Wed. 4/17 - T-Rats Make-up Rain-Out with Mid-Day Double-Header; Evening Tilts For the Rest

[Joseph Zarr]

It's a rare evening when the Sounds bullpen - let alone shutdown RHP Enoli Paredes (who has been fantastic so far) - concedes a lead. We are in the 10th, however, after Paredes gives up 4 hits and two tying runs (largely to the bottom of the order). 5-5 ball game. Chirino is on the bump. The first run was a seeing eye single where the 2B was shadowed over 1B. Wasn't especially hard hit either. He got a K for the 2nd out. Then a seeing eye ground ball single up the middle. You can live with these - it's baseball. Is what it is. 3 singles. Then after ripping a swinging K he got a ridiculous jam shot dribbler into the gap by 1B with the 2B once again in the wrong position. It didn't even achieve 60 mph off the lumber. What can you do?

[Joseph Zarr]

Chirino has an extremely effortless looking 97 mph four-seamer. It's wild. Literally looks like zero effort. Heck of an inning to close out the 10th. Comes with 97 mph then rails a high curveball top of the zone for the K looking. Just fantastic stuff. 5-5 to the bottom of the 10th. I continue to love his whole package.

[wiguy94]

Brewer Fanatic favorites Noah Campbell and Isaac Collins with big moments for Biloxi and Nashville respectively. Campbell with a go ahead single in the 8th and Collins with a walk off in the 10th.

[wiguy94]

Looks like Darrell Thompson was supposed to pitch the Top of the 10th for Nashville but was removed while warming up. Seems he's really struggling to get healthy to start the year.

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

Looks like Darrell Thompson was supposed to pitch the Top of the 10th for Nashville but was removed while warming up. Seems he's really struggling to get healthy to start the year.

OH man, I missed that. I'll have to go and take a look and see if Jeff Hem has anything to say. Feel for the guy. He's part of an unsavory Brewers theme here early in the season. 

[Joseph Zarr]

4 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Brewer Fanatic favorites Noah Campbell and Isaac Collins with big moments for Biloxi and Nashville respectively. Campbell with a go ahead single in the 8th and Collins with a walk off in the 10th.

Collins' hit was a deeeeeeep fly to straightaway CF. One hopped to the wall. Landed on the warning track. Ground rule double. None of that pokey nonsese we saw from Omaha in the 9th. You love to see it.

Yet, another one of my guys just pouring it forth. Unheralded. Entirely underappreciated and under-recognized. Always showing up. 

[wiguy94]

1 minute ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Collins' hit was a deeeeeeep fly to straightaway CF. One hopped to the wall. Landed on the warning track. Ground rule double. None of that pokey nonsese we saw from Omaha in the 9th. You love to see it.

Yet, another one of my guys just pouring it forth. Unheralded. Entirely underappreciated and under-recognized. Always showing up. 

I've noticed at least lately Collins is hitting the baseball really hard. Lots of 100 EV batted balls.

[Joseph Zarr]

Re: Thompson.

This was to be his first outing as a new dad. CONGRATULATIONS, Darrell! 

So, he was on the mound. Had warmed up. Mysterious. We would need a Lip Reading. LOL. 

[Joseph Zarr]

This makes CHirino's work in the 10th even more impressive. Came in entirely cold and just shut it down. Incredible.

[Joseph Zarr]

Despite these ridiculous injuries we continue to see from the widely regarded top prospects. Despite numerous top prospects underperforming early or yet to hit their stride...tonight's report is going to absolutely focus on the depth and the unheraldeds in the system. Just fantastic performances on a seemingly night-in and night-out basis by young men very very few talk about. They know who they are. They came to play in 2024. AND, lemme tell you: I am absolutely here to appreciate these men and shine the light. Unreal performances as the system treads good water while dealing with a lot of adversity.

I'll say it again: the Brewers kind of know what they are doing with this baseball thing. 

[Joseph Zarr]

39 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Brewer Fanatic favorites Noah Campbell and Isaac Collins with big moments for Biloxi and Nashville respectively. Campbell with a go ahead single in the 8th and Collins with a walk off in the 10th.

The absolute best part of Noah Campbell's go-ahead single? In the 4th frame in an exact replica scenario, he struck out looking at an inside heater. Not so fast! Full count. Bases juiced. Two down. trailing 4-2. Campbell rips a line drive single to RF that drops. Incredible AB in a big moment and incredible evolution in game. It should also be mentioned Campbell faced 4 consecutive pitches in that AB that were 100 mph +. Not a typo. Just an incredible AB.

[Joseph Zarr]

Anywho, I suppose I should stop posting and, you know, actually write a report. 😅 Too much joy just staying in game watch mode.

[Joseph Zarr]

Shane Smith gets the fly out to LF. Meeker grabs his first Save in nearly a calendar year. He K's 2 and works around a ridiculous infield single dribbler to the 1B side. That's five in a row for the Shuckers. What a win. Lotta scrap and fight in this one. 

[Joseph Zarr]

I mean can we start a little Kay-Lan Nicasia 'Fan Club'? I do not care if I am the sole member:

 

CRUSHED. Gorgeous swing.

[Ro Mueller]

Thank you Joseph and others for the thorough play-by-play across 5 games.

That’s a gutty win for Biloxi, who are now down to 11 position players since Wilken was never replaced. Hopefully EBJ won’t be sidelined for a lengthy period of time.

[Playing Catch]

Does Ernesto Martinez still have that crazy swing?

[TURBO]

Wondering if Boeve is going to get the call up sooner than expected due to Biloxi injuries?  I really hope we get to watch him in Appleton a little longer, but the kid is hitting out of his head!