Thurs. 6/20 - Seven-Pack of Games; Three are of the DSL Variety

[Joseph Zarr]

Holub will try to close it out in the 9th. Let's hope he stays un-scored upon with Biloxi!

[sveumrules]

Still knotted at nothing nothing in Nashville heading to bottom of nine.

Kahle - Zamora - Mitchell due up to try and walk it off.

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Man, this ump in Rocket City has stolen 2 K's from Holub. Unbelievably pinched zone. Just silly.

[Joseph Zarr]

He's working around a flubber bloop nuffer single to shallow CF with the outfield deep. O'Rae almost caught it over his shoulder. He then walked the next batter - it was close. AND, he's also working around 2 WP's that have advanced runners 3 bases. Men on 2nd and 3rd. 1-1 count. 8-7 Shuckers. Whewwwww. AND, he induces the ground out to Martinez Jr. We can thank his 8 foot frame for handling that weird hop. It's a 3-0 Series LEAD. Let's GO!!!!

[sveumrules]

Joel Kuhnel goes 1-2-3 top of ten.

Collins, Hicklen, Miller lined up bottom of ten with Capra starting out on second base.

 

[Joseph Zarr]

3 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Joel Kuhnel goes 1-2-3 top of ten.

Collins, Hicklen, Miller lined up bottom of ten with Capra starting out on second base.

 

Collins K looking (inside heater). Hicklen swings and misses on 2 sliders center cut, fouls 2 off, grounds out to 3B. Miller K's swinging on a 95 mph inside heater. Zuber is pretty tough. His slider has some really interesting pace. Nobody could touch it.

[Joseph Zarr]

Yonny Hernandez!!! He ties the game on an oppo 3-2 single. Glorious AB. That's Zuber's first run allowed (earned or unearned) as a Durham Bull all season. 1-1 game. Hernandez then caught stealing on a beautiful throw from the Bull's Driscoll. Bases empty now. One down.

[Joseph Zarr]

On to the 12th. 1-1 game. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Chirino just gave up an absolute bomb over the RF wall. Absolute bomb. Yikes. 

[Joseph Zarr]

A 2-0 hanger on the inside part of the plate. Oh how the disadvantaged counts can haunt a pitcher. This is Chirino's Achilles' Heel. It truly is. He puts too many men on base because he can't control his awesome set of tools. 3-1 Bulls.

[Joseph Zarr]

He then hangs a breaking ball for a double down the RF line past a diving 1B Owen Miller. These are bad pitches. Very hard hit balls. Come on, Harold my guy. You are a much better pitcher than this.

[Joseph Zarr]

CF Chris Roller saved Chirinos from another mistake. An 0-2 count. Hangs a dead center cut heater. Roller runs it down in a fantastic track and catch sprinting into the warning track in deep left CF. That pitch, again, can't happen. 0-2 count. Gotta get him to chase on something flirting with the zone not sitting in the meat.

[Joseph Zarr]

Chirino gives up another run. 4-1 game. First pitch elevated heater hit oppo down the line. The runner tries for two but is thrown out by Hicklen. Man, that was a really poor inning from a very talented pitcher. <Sad Face>.

[Joseph Zarr]

Er merrr gerrrrd. Garrett Mitchell just smacked an oppo inside-the-park 2-run HR. The Bulls LF'er tried to dive and catch the ball. He missed. Mitchell has wheels. 

Here's your look:

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Capra pops out to 1B foul territory. Collins laces an oppo single to LF. Hicklen represents the winning run. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Hicklen's timing, as I said in my report, is just not right as he works his way back. He gets under one and pops out to CF. This a pitch after missing a heater by a good second. He'll get there. He isn't there yet. Sounds lose 4-3. Tough loss.

[Jim French Stepstool]

13 hours ago, sveumrules said:

In addition to the aforementioned Jesus Made bomb, 18yo RHP Wenderlyn King has worked around 5 H | 1 BB | 3 HBP to allow only 1 ER through 4 IP (4 K) for Crew Uno so far today.

I see that so far this season King has hit 6 batters while only walking one. That's efficiency.😁

[Jim French Stepstool]

2 hours ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Er merrr gerrrrd. Garrett Mitchell just smacked an oppo inside-the-park 2-run HR. The Bulls LF'er tried to dive and catch the ball. He missed. Mitchell has wheels. 

Here's your look:

 

I've heard Mitchell has put on some added bulk. Good to see it hasn't affected his speed.

I'll be honest, the thing that excited me most about tonights' N'ville box score was Mitchell coming to the plate six times w/o striking out. That (and health obviously) is the last piece to his puzzle--contact.

[Joseph Zarr]

8 hours ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

I see that so far this season King has hit 6 batters while only walking one. That's efficiency.😁

There's no 'FREE' pass when the Wonder-Man takes the Hill. Earn your base!