Sat. 9/9 - Hopefully We're Dressed to the Nines Tonight

[Jim Goulart]

This thread will be utilized for any minor league news Saturday, lineup updates, etc.

Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores

[Joseph Zarr]

Just a reminder to any and all interested fans:

Game 5 Biloxi @ Birmingham is indeed the FREE MiLB.TV 'Game of the Day'. Check in for a free viewing as they look to take a game back in their race against the Rays' Montgomery Biscuits.

[Ro Mueller]

The AA Shuckers need a victory tonight at Birmingham or risk falling 2.5 games behind Montgomery in the playoff race. RHP Tobias Myers (5.27 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 10.8 K/9 in 126.1 IP can extend his lead atop the Southern League strikeout board (151). RF Carlos D. Rodriguez is 13-for-25 in his last 6 games. 

[Ro Mueller]

AAA Nashville can clinch a series win tonight at home against Memphis. LHP Eric Lauer has been getting strikeouts but needs to limit runs (8.1 IP, 6 ER, 17 Ks over last 2 starts). DH/INF Abraham Toro has a 31-game on-base streak (including 4 Brewers' games). 

[Ro Mueller]

The High-A Timber Rattlers play their penultimate game of the season at home against Cedar Rapids, looking to grab a 3-2 series lead. RHP Tyler Woessner (4.03 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 8.2 K/9 in 116 IP) wants to get his season ERA below 4.00 and collect his 7th Win. 3B Brock Wilken has a 13-game hitting streak. 

[markedman5]

Lauer is at 74 pitches through 3 innings………glad I’m not watching……

[Joseph Zarr]

Another very solid RHP Tobias Myers start - that's now three straight. 5 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 9 K, 2 ER. 

Shuckers lead 3-2 - they've outhit Birmingham 7-to-2. RHP Kaleb Bowman will try to protect the lead here in the 6th frame. AND, he gives up a solo jack facing his first batter. That's the 2nd HR Bowman has allowed in the past two outings. Ouch. 3-3. Nobody down. Sighs. And, lo and behold, Montgomery leads Memphis 6-3 in the 9th frame. This is close to a must win game tonight for the Shuckers. 

[wiguy94]

The Biloxi bullpen might be bad again. Bowman coughs up the lead 3 pitches after being put into the game.

[wiguy94]

Montgomery is about to win again. Biloxi needs to win these next 2 if they want any realistic chance going into next week.

[Joseph Zarr]

How about a OF Lamar Sparks 3-0 rocket over the RF wall?!? 4-3 baby. Let's go Shuckers!!! That linedrive left in a hurry. Whewwwww. If there was ever a batter to give himself a green light on a 3-0 count it's Lamar Sparks and I love it!!!

[Joseph Zarr]

Collins walks on 5 pitches. Chourio to the dish. 4-for-21 in the series but does have a triple tonight. Let's find some magic, Jackson! He K's looking on a questionable outside slider - looked just off the plate to me. BUT, he had an absolute meatball slider dead center early in the count but his swing was a mess and he fouled it off while falling apart. He is not dialed at present. All we can hope for, at present, is he finds his best stuff leading into the final series. 4-for-22 in the series.

[Joseph Zarr]

Collins is thrown out at 2B (heck of a play by the Barrons' Womack tagging Collins) and Clarke goes down looking. On to the bottom of the 7th. Shuckers lead 4-3. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Earlier tonight, RHP Tobias Myers set the Shuckers single season strikeout record:

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Three pitch K (strike 3 on a slider in the dirt - noice, we'll take it!). Another K swinging - that's now five straight Barrons K'd between Bowman and Meeker. Two down. A first pitch line out to Rodriguez in RF. We are on to the 8th. 4-3 Shuckers.

[Joseph Zarr]

Meanwhile in Wisconsin, RHP Sam Gardner has run into a bit of trouble with a two out walk and single to left CF. Men on 1st and 2nd with two down. 2-2 ball game. Top of the 7th. He gets a 2-2 check swing called for a 'K'. On to the bottom half. Still 2-2.

[markedman5]

 

[Joseph Zarr]

EBJ walk. Lara 3-2 triple. Paydirt. 3-2 T-Rats baby. EBJ also took 2nd base for his 37th steal on the first pitch.

[Joseph Zarr]

Meeker gave up a second pitch double down the 1B line. Nobody out. Man on 2nd. 4-3 Shuckers. 

(Bites nails)

[Joseph Zarr]

Sac fly to deep RF. Man on 3rd base. One down. The very dangerous Wilfred Veras to the dish. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Zamora just made the play of the game. He took a short-hopped chopper to shallow SS behind the mound and fired a very accurate dart to Clarke at home plate back away from his body. Zamora makes this play look way too easy. This just in: that play is ridiculously hard to make.

 

AND, Clarke then asleep at home plate during a delayed steal airmails the throw to 2B into shallow CF and they have a runner back on 3B. That can't happen. Yikes. Two down, at least. But, sheesh, Clarkesy just eat the ball!

[Joseph Zarr]

Meeker gets a very generous strike 3 call on the very dangerous Edgar Quero on a heater that looked to me just high and outside. Who cares? Let's go! 😅 On to the top of the 9th. These are the big money innings. Heck of a job by Meeker working around that jam.

[wibadgers23]

14 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

 

Black is having a really nice week. Nice to see him turning things around.

[Joseph Zarr]

Ethan Murray just led off the 9th by smashing a double in the exact location Sparks smashed his HR ball in the 7th. Huge AB's. Let's see if Sparks can send him home. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Four pitch walk to Sparks (and the Birmingham announcer is somehow still a batter ahead thinking it's Collins -he catches his error and is very good-spirited about it) and Collins is to the dish. Men on 1st and 2nd. Nobody out. Collins fails to get a bunt down the line and pops out in foul territory for the first out. That hurts. Chourio now to the dish. One down. Two men on.

Meanwhile Gardner worked around a man on first getting a line out to EBJ at SS and then a swinging K. 3-2 T-Rats and we are onto the bottom of the 8th.

[Brewcrew82]

5 minutes ago, wibadgers23 said:

Black is having a really nice week. Nice to see him turning things around.

A very good thing in light of Rowdy's struggles.