Thurs. 8/31 - Sounds Play Double-Header While Affiliates Push for Playoffs

[Joseph Zarr]

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[Joseph Zarr]

RHP Julio Tehran brings his ongoing rehab to Nashville where he'll get the game 1 nod in tonight's double-header affair. We welcome back INF Patrick Dorrian who will be back at SS tonight. Tyler Black is moved back to 3B while rehabbing Jesse Winker mans 1B. Toro will be manning 2B with Hiura back in LF. Josh Van Meter, then, will be playing the DH role. Hopefully, the Sounds can come out hot.

With the Game 1 loss, the Sounds dropped to 2.5 GB of the now tied (with Worcester) for first place Durham Bulls. Needless to say, tonight's double-header is huge for their second half playoff birth hopes.

 

[TheeAirbender]

1 minute ago, Joseph Zarr said:

RHP Julio Tehran brings his ongoing rehab to Nashville where he'll get the game 1 nod in tonight's double-header affair. We welcome back INF Patrick Dorrian who will be back at SS tonight. Tyler Black is moved back to 3B while rehabbing Jesse Winker mans 1B. Toro will be manning 2B with Hiura back in LF. Josh Van Meter, then, will be playing the DH role. Hopefully, the Sounds can come out hot.

 

Is Owen Miller going to be the bat Sept. callup? Seems like all the other options are in the lineup. Which, I don't think would be the case if they were coming up? 

[wibadgers23]

Yeah Black being in the Sounds lineup leads me to believe he isn’t coming up which was probably a long shot anyway.

[Joseph Zarr]

7 minutes ago, TheeAirbender said:

Is Owen Miller going to be the bat Sept. callup? Seems like all the other options are in the lineup. Which, I don't think would be the case if they were coming up? 

Good ?. He's on the 40 so, in theory, he's certainly up for consideration. I would have to think Hiura is in serious consideration given his consistent year as a whole. Black is likely considered given his pedigree; his Double-A work; and what they saw injected into their line-up after Frelick came aboard (who was definitely not lighting things on fire in Triple-A in 2023). I continue to love Toro's bat and think he's proven he can fill in at 1B (I personally only want him as an emergency 3B). They could go in a lot of directions. My darkhorse, as has been all season long, is Patrick Dorrian. I love his game. He deserves an opportunity. Obviously, some of these would required adds to the 40-Man. Anywho, it will certainly be interesting.

[wiguy94]

The hitting environment in game 1 of this doubleheader is crazy difficult because of the shadows. A lot of bad AB in the 1st inning for both teams.

[wiguy94]

Monte Harrison just hit an absolute nuke of a HR. 111 EV bomb well over the blue monster in LF. Tyler Black having a rough day though with 2 strikeouts on 6 pitches with 4 swings and misses

[wibadgers23]

8 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Monte Harrison just hit an absolute nuke of a HR. 111 EV bomb well over the blue monster in LF. Tyler Black having a rough day though with 2 strikeouts on 6 pitches with 4 swings and misses

I’ve been advocating for Black to be a September call up but even I’ll admit he just hasn’t been the same hitter he was earlier in the season for a good month now, maybe longer.

[wiguy94]

Teheran with a rough 2nd inning giving up a lot of quality contact against. Sounds now down 4-3 after 2.

[Ro Mueller]

Low-A Carolina trails their home series against First Half champ Down East 1-0 and calls on 2022 10th round pick LHP Brian Fitzpatrick (5.70 ERA with 26 Ks in 23.2 IP) to turn things around in Game Two. 1B Jesus Chirinos comes in with a 19-game on-base streak and a 1.006 OPS thus far in August. 

[Ro Mueller]

Biloxi seeks a third straight win at Tennessee, with LHP Adam Seminaris making his second AA start (3 ER with 0 Ks in 3.2 IP in last outing) after a long injury lay-off. 23-year old DH/C Wes Clarke has had a monumental August thus far (1.132 OPS in 109 PAs) and has a 16-game on-base streak. 

[Ro Mueller]

The Timber Rattlers have won 4 consecutive games and have RHP Joseph Hernandez ready for his first High-A start since an injury in May. This is Game 3 of their series in Beloit this week. 19-year old LF Hendry Mendez has hit safely in 9 of his last 10 games. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Mudcats trail 1-0 early. Sounds trail 7-4 in the to of the 6th. Both Tehran and Alexander - two of the most tenured vets on the Sounds roster - suffered 4 and 3 run innings, respectively, to give leads to the Bulls. Woof.

[Joseph Zarr]

Boy the Bulls own the Sounds so far in 2023. And, RHP Jason Alexander's nightmare season continues. Ugh. He gives up a solo jack here in the 6th and has also allowed a runner to score on a force out. Still runners on the corners. Two down. It's 9-4 Bulls. 

Alexander has pitched 3 innings: 5 H, 2 BB, 1 HR, 5 ER, 2 K. 

Ugh. Hurt me. 

I say this a lot lately but I miss RHP Josh Linblom. He was such a good and dependable vet. 

[TheeAirbender]

Whew. Chourio is something else

[wiguy94]

4 minutes ago, TheeAirbender said:

Whew. Chourio is something else

That opposite field power is something else and on a FB above the belt as well.

[Ro Mueller]

7 minutes ago, TheeAirbender said:

Whew. Chourio is something else

 

[Ro Mueller]

In the second game of AAA Nashville’s doubleheader in Durham, we have RHP Caleb Boushley (5.01 ERA in 116.2 IP) starting 4 days after a rare relief appearance. The team makes 3 lineup changes from the earlier loss:

1 - Jones - LF
2 - Black - 3B
3 - Hiura - DH
4 - Toro - 1B
5 - Henry - C
6 - Dorrian - 2B
7 - Devanney - SS
8 - Harrison - CF
9 - Campbell - RF
X - Boushley - P

[wiguy94]

Zavier Warren just hit a laser beam out of the park down the RF line. Had to touch down maybe 3 seconds after he made contact.

[Joseph Zarr]

Mudcats put 4 on the board in the bottom of the 6th to claim their first lead. 5-3 headed to the top of the 7th. The damage came by way if a bases clearing double from my man C Jose Sibrian.

[Joseph Zarr]

 

[Joseph Zarr]

So far, in games 2 and 3 at Durham the Sounds have proved quite proficient at taking a lead and giving it right back in the bottom half. The struggle is real.

[wiguy94]

Yorman Galindez did give up 2 ER, but his breaking ball looks very good. Maybe we have another Edwin Jimenez type prospect here with a big breaking ball to build around.

[Joseph Zarr]

Big 'W' by the Mudcats. Lynchburg is currently steamrolling Fredericksburg so the Mudcats will likely gain a game back on The Nats while maintaining that 2.0 G lead over the Hillcats.

[Joseph Zarr]

Folks we have a combined thing going on for the T-Rats in Beloit. We are in the bottom of the 6th. 5-0 Timber Rattlers.

RHP Joseph Hernandez: 3 1/3 IP, 2 BB, 4K

RHP Stiven Cruz: 1 2/3 IP, 3 BB

T-Rats are only 3-for-16 with RISP.