Thurs. 4/4 - Another Nashville Evening Affair

[Jim Goulart]

Thread will be utilized for any minor league news Thursday, lineup updates, etc.

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

[Ro Mueller]

Gonna have to call him Evan “Iron Man” McKendry if he goes far in this game, given that he threw 86 pitches 5 days ago.

Old School me couldn’t help but imagine Freddy Peralta coming into yesterday’s game to handle 4 middle innings after pitching 5 days earlier, instead of giving him a full week between starts. Don’t mind me…

[Joseph Zarr]

4 hours ago, damuelle said:

Gonna have to call him Evan “Iron Man” McKendry if he goes far in this game, given that he threw 86 pitches 5 days ago.

Old School me couldn’t help but imagine Freddy Peralta coming into yesterday’s game to handle 4 middle innings after pitching 5 days earlier, instead of giving him a full week between starts. Don’t mind me…

No kidding eh? I mean we can still fondly recall those days of yore and admirably fill the role of the old man speaking to the clouds while rocking back and forth on the front porch. Heck, with the Sounds Home MiLB.TV broadcast quality to start this young season, we can even envision this scene with a static filled radio station calling the game in the background. Times have certainly changed. BUT, they haven't changed so much and so successfully to delete our romanticization and fondness for the  past. 

[Ro Mueller]

RHP Evan McKendry makes his second start of the season as AAA Nashville looks to grab a 2-1 series lead at home over St. Paul. LF Brewer Hicklen is tearing it up in the early going: 6-for-16 with 4 extra base hits, 2 RBIs and 3 stolen bases. 

[Ro Mueller]

Throwing on comparably short rest by today's standards, Evan McKendry has been a model of efficiency, giving up 1 run through 5 innings on 63 pitches (42 strikes). They're tied 1-1 in the bottom of the 5th inning.

[Ro Mueller]

We all know that the reward for good work is more work and this obviously applies to McKendry as well, so he pitched the 6th inning and gave up his 2nd run of the game, exiting after throwing 82 pitches with the game tied 2-2.

LHP Darrell Thompson has been activated and threw the 7th inning, being the unlucky victim of a Chavez Young error which allowed a baserunner to score all the way from first. 3-2 St. Paul led at that point.

But Brewer Hicklen doubled (3rd time reaching base in 4 tries) and ultimately scored on an Owen Miller sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 7th inning. 3-3 affair.

[Ro Mueller]

C Jair Camargo and RF DaShawn Keirsey Jr. are the 2-man crew keeping the Saints in the game. Camargo has the clutch hits (solo HR, 2-out RBI double), while Keirsey Jr. has a double, single, stolen base, run scored and threw out Patrick Dorrian at home on an Isaac Collins double (yes, Collins continues to make the most of his opportunities) to end the 7th inning.

The Sounds are out-hitting the Saints 8 to 4 and have left 10 men on base vs. 4 for the Saints. It's still tied 3-3 in the 8th inning now. 

[Ro Mueller]

Weird situation (and troubling for Saints' fans) as Joey Wiemer fouls off 4 pitches with 1-on, 2-outs in the bottom of the 8th, then faces a new pitcher as Jeff Brigham exits due to injury with the count 2-and-2. He Ks on the 3rd pitch from Scott Blewit.

And the 9th inning begins with the Sounds committing what may be their second costly error (Owen Miller fielding error at first base this time). Let's hope RHP Enoli Paredes can work around it.

[Ro Mueller]

Enoli Paredes helps himself out by striking out the next batter, then inducing a groundout and getting the lead runner caught between bases. And he induces another ground out.

We head to the bottom of the 9th, tied 3-3, with Tyler Black, Brewer Hicklen and Owen Miller due up.

[Ro Mueller]

Attaboy Tyler Black: he starts the bottom of the 9th inning by doubling the other way on a 1-2 pitch which Blewitt probably meant to throw as high heat (instead it was right down the middle).

[Ro Mueller]

...and 4 pitches later the Saints escape the inning. Hicklen ground out, Miller ground out, Dorrian fly out. Ugh. We head to the 10th inning tied 3-3. 

[Ro Mueller]

The Sounds are 2-for-16 with runners in scoring position, while the Saints are 1-for-8. The Sounds have 2 errors vs. 0 for the Saints.

Enoli Paredes continues into the 10th inning.

[Ro Mueller]

Enoli Paredes does a fabulous job, stranding the ghost runner and giving Nashville another chance to walk this thing off. We've got Isaac Collins, Yonny Hernandez and Nick Kahle due up.

Poor Nick Kahle! He's caught 4 straight games and this one has gone to extra innings! Finish this!!

[Ro Mueller]

Fitting that the game comes to Nick Kahle (after an intentional walk and a bunt single) and he ENDS it with a first pitch base hit to right field. Way to go!!! Sounds win 4-3. Let Kahle's body rest!

[Joseph Zarr]

38 minutes ago, damuelle said:

Fitting that the game comes to Nick Kahle (after an intentional walk and a bunt single) and he ENDS it with a first pitch base hit to right field. Way to go!!! Sounds win 4-3. Let Kahle's body rest!

 

(I see they still haven't fixed the audio issues? Amazing. No sound in this clip). Kahle looks svelte this season. He definitely worked his physical in the off-season.

[Joseph Zarr]

Small Sample Alert (?):

Through 6 Games, 25 AB's, Joey Wiems has a 0.374 OPS. Whewwww. If we go back to Big League ST, he has one single XBH from then through the first six contests. The adjustment and the makeover is clearly going to need some time. Gotta stay in the grind. Gotta keep that work ethic, faith, and resolute 'never too high, never too low' mind set. This is a tough period in this young man's career. I sincerely hope he can pull through. 

[Honey Nut Chourios]

12 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

 

(I see they still haven't fixed the audio issues? Amazing. No sound in this clip). Kahle looks svelte this season. He definitely worked his physical in the off-season.

I cranked my laptop audio to the max & could hear some very faint audio of Jeff Hem. 

[SomewhereInTime]

19 hours ago, damuelle said:

Gonna have to call him Evan “Iron Man” McKendry if he goes far in this game, given that he threw 86 pitches 5 days ago.

Old School me couldn’t help but imagine Freddy Peralta coming into yesterday’s game to handle 4 middle innings after pitching 5 days earlier, instead of giving him a full week between starts. Don’t mind me…

Better than that, they could have just had him start the game.  Since it would've been on normal rest.