Tue. 5/14 - Woessner Hopes to Find His Way; Shuckers & Mudcats Postponed

[Joseph Zarr]

Woessner open his bottom half of the 4th with his 6th K. I would complain about the ABS missing a strike 3 on an outside slider but what good would it do? 

[Joseph Zarr]

In a 2-1 count with two down, Woessner gives up a solo jack to the Shrimps' C Banfield. out of the ballpark and over the far fence on an off-speed pitch. 101 off the bat. 382 feet. Mistake pitch? Perhaps. He was sitting on that. 2-1 Sounds.  

[Joseph Zarr]

Adams with his 2nd RBI on a line drive to CF. Lara and Barrios were on 2nd and 3rd. 5-1 T-Rats in the bottom of the 2nd. One down men on the corners. 

Woessner walked his first batter to start his fifth frame. He just got the linedrive out to Capra diving at SS (to his left). He's now 1-2 to the next batter. 2-1 Sounds. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Woessner gets the K looking on a beautiful change-up on the outer stripe. 7 K here through 5 2/3 IP. Let's go, big fella!

[Joseph Zarr]

He gets his 8th K (matching a career-high) on a slider down and on the outer strip to ol' friend Jonathan Davis. Gorgeous pitch. THIS is what we've been looking for in his brief Triple-A tenure. We're getting it. Gorgeous stuff. 2-1 Sounds to the 6th we go. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Wes Clarke's first Triple-A hit will be recorded as a 105 mph line drive single ripped to dead CF. A K. A walk. And a ripped liner. You love to see it. Let's go Big Fella!

[Joseph Zarr]

Hicklen MY MAN!!! YES, MINE. LOL. Absolutely crushes a two-run jack over the Left CF wall. He crushed that pitch baby. Get that man to the Brewers dugout. No data yet available but his 7th long ball of the year. Let me share: 106 mph off the stick of wood. Still traveling, apparently. 4-1 Sounds. Gorgeous!

[Joseph Zarr]

BT Dub, if you ever check in and watch these Minor League games, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp absolutely have one of the best announcing duos in the entirety of Minor League ball. I love listening to these guys every single time. They are just pure baseball fans. Great listen. 

[Joseph Zarr]

You just have to laugh that Woessner has cut his ERA in half in this masterful outing so far and his ERA is sitting at 12.35 through 5 IP. LOL. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Meanwhile C Eric Haase just crushed an oppo two-run jack over the high RF wall. His 5th of the season. That ball was hammered. That's a 20 foot wall. No joke. No data shared. Trust me. Smacked that ball. Sounds lead 6-1 suddenly.

[Joseph Zarr]

Meanwhile, back in 'Da Nort', Wisconsin has the bases juiced on a line drive smack oppo off the bat of Luis Lara. O'Rae to the dish. One down. T-Rats still lead 5-1. 

[Joseph Zarr]

O'Rae sac fly to deep LF. 6-1 T-Rats. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a new career high:

RHP Tyler Woessner K's the very talented 22-year-old Marlins' prospect Victor Mesa Jr. on a check swing. That's NINE K for Woessner. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Woessner completes the sixth frame via two very hard hit line drive outs - to a adeptly charging Collins from deep LF into the left CF and to Roller chasing deep to far left CF before the warning track. After those two balls, I'm going to 'guess' that's Woessner's last work. Just a fantastic outing overall. 

Meanwhile, Aquino's stuff has sneaky movement on everything as he's settled in. Just dealing. 53 pitches as he leaves the 4th frame on two weak groundouts. 6-1 T-Rats as they head to the plate in the bottom half. 

Good to be back to winning baseball!

[Joseph Zarr]

What happens when you've lost 11-of-12 games? The Jumbo Shrimp would tell you: A 60 mph flare off the bat of Vinny Capra finds the shallow RF grass for a recorded single. That's how we start the 7th. Capra is now 3-for-4 on his evening. 

[Joseph Zarr]

MY MAN!!!! Brewer Hicklen CRUSHED ANOTHER!!! TWO HR GAME FOR MY PRINCE!

His 8th of the year. Whewwwwww baby. Just another BOMB over the wall in Left CF. 8th of the season. 9-1 Sounds. Let's go, baby!

(Casually waiting for @wiguy94 to tell me about his exit velo and cheap hits. Hoo-Ha! I kid, my Liege. I kid! Kind of.)

[Joseph Zarr]

Areinamo just smashed a deep ball to the far Left CF warning track. Pretty swing on an off-speed pitch. Sat on it. Swung easy. Smashed that ball deep. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Jadher Areinamo is quite easily in my top 5 favorite Brewers Minor Leaguers. He just makes so many fantastic plays in the field. He's flashy. He's uber-skilled with the leather. He's over-aggressive at the dish but I'm going to trust he's going to make it all work in time as he matures - as is, he already does enough to keep me interested. Obviously, I'd like to see him practice a bit more selectivity but it may just be something we live with given his innate genius elsewhere. What he does in the infield dirt just can not be taught. It can not. He's a savant. 

[Joseph Zarr]

INF Freddy Zamora K'd on a couple very solid off-speed pitches on the outside portion of the plate. BUT, his 1st hit in Triple-A will be recorded as a hot shot line drive single to CF. He smacked that ball. Well done, Freddy! Men on 1st and 2nd now. One down. Isaac Collins to the dish. Sounds still lead 9-1.

[Joseph Zarr]

Just another Areinamo web gem. LOL. I mean, that's 3 dazzlers in just this game. This young man is something else. He just made a sprinting falling grab on the shallow OF grass as he was shaded to 2B (playing 2B) to corral the first out here in the top of the 6th. Not an easy play at all. Heck of a jump. 

[Joseph Zarr]

At 77 pitches, Aquino just hit a batter one batter after a walk. He has only completed six full innings 4 times in his career. They are going to let him attempt to complete this frame. One down. Clean count. Men on 1st and 2nd. He throws the ball in the dirt. 1-0 on the next hitter. Hopefully he can get out of this! 6-1 T-Rats.

[Joseph Zarr]

3-2 count from Aquino, pay-off pitch, he gives up a looping single bloop shot to CF. O'Rae gave a nice little fake-out to hold the runner at 3rd base. I have to think that's Aquino's last batter? Just didn't have it this frame. Bases juiced. One down for Beloit.

[Joseph Zarr]

Meanwhile, Clarke just smacked a 3-2 liner to LF and that ball made it all the way to the LF corner. Yeah baby. That's right, Wes. 12-1 Sounds! Clarke's first 2 RBI. Let's go! Hicklen to the dish.

[Joseph Zarr]

Victor Estevez is going to leave Aquino in to try and deal with his mess. I trust Estevez inherently. Let's see how this goes. 1-1 count. He got the DP to end the 5th frame. He's now in a favorable 1-2 count. The pitch?

Gets him swinging and missing high and in. Glorious. 5th K through 5 2/3 IP. Bases still juiced. Two down now. He's at 87 pitches. 

Let's go, young man!

[Joseph Zarr]

Aquino escapes! Well done! He gets the ground out to Adams at 3B who calmly sidearms a strike to Barrios covering 2B. On to the bottom of the 6th. T-Rats still lead 6-1.