Tue. 7/9 - Everyone Gets Back to Work

[Joseph Zarr]

He grabs another K. This one looking at an outer black heater at the knees. Two down. Let's get out of here without further damage young man. You got this! A bad luck inning happens.

[Joseph Zarr]

Wow. He works the count full. He gets the 3-2 swinging K on a beautiful inside slider. What a gutsy pitch for the unranked 18-year-old. 🫠

[Joseph Zarr]

Oh hey! It's another two-bagger - his 21st - knocking in a run in the process for Areinamo. A 1-2 reach poke dub on an outside slider. The young man is ridiculous. 49 RBI. Gorgeous piece of hitting. 1-0 T-Rats. Bottom of the third.

[biedergb]

No hitter broken. Yay. Yophery.

but alas nothing comes of it. 
Will Rodriguez pitch a 6th inning?

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, biedergb said:

No hitter broken. Yay. Yophery.

On a miscommunication on a weak topped dribbler just past the mound. LOL. We'll take it!

[Joseph Zarr]

Men on the corners. One down. EBJ at the dish. AND, he pops out to 1B foul territory. Sigh. Two down. Martinez Jr. will try to cash in. Shuckers lead 2-1 here in the top of the 6th.

[Joseph Zarr]

Ernesto has a 3-0 count. And the bases are juiced on four straight balls. 

AND, just like that Manuel Rodriguez is going for yet another Quality Start. Have I mentioned he's 18 years old? Have I mentioned he's unranked by the Prospect 'Experts'. Clueless, I say. He gets his 7th K to open his 6th frame. 77 pitches. Just a gorgeous prospect.

[biedergb]

5 minutes ago, biedergb said:

Will Rodriguez pitch a 6th inning?

To answer my own question. YES

and 6 IP, 79 pitches, 7K. This will be an outing I will watch later. So impressive for this young man. Wow

[Joseph Zarr]

Scott taps one right back to the mound. The Shuckers strand them juiced. Rodriguez goes 1-2-3. Heck, he may come back for the 7th. He's only at 80 pitches.

[Joseph Zarr]

Blalock back to the hill for his sixth inning of work. He corks a heater that lands about 6' before the dish and crashes into somebody behind that plate. That was a pitch. LOL.

[wiguy94]

2 minutes ago, biedergb said:

To answer my own question. YES

and 6 IP, 79 pitches, 7K. This will be an outing I will watch later. So impressive for this young man. Wow

It's honestly unbelievable how many innings this kid is eating as an 18 year old in full season ball.

[Joseph Zarr]

That's a four pitch walk for Blalock. He's at 78 pitches now. 2nd walk. Had a walk in the 4th as well. Tying run aboard. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

It's honestly unbelievable how many innings this kid is eating as an 18 year old in full season ball.

Overreact much? He's not even Top 30 ranked. 

Yawn.

🤭

***YES, indeed. I'm still working through the stupidity that was the Baseball America re-published Top 30. Embarrassing work. Seriously. As a subscriber of over 10 years, an embarrassing effort. 

[Joseph Zarr]

It's a 2-2 game on a seeing-eye single up the middle in Chattagnooga. Cargo doesn't have the arm to make a play of it. Throw is up line, to boot. Runner reaches 2nd base. Still zero outs. Blalock falling apart here. He gives up a smash off the LF wall. Double. 3-2 Chattanooga. 

[Joseph Zarr]

They are just about to get underway in Nashville. Noice!

[wiguy94]

7 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Overreact much? He's not even Top 30 ranked. 

Yawn.

🤭

***YES, indeed. I'm still working through the stupidity that was the Baseball America re-published Top 30. Embarrassing work. Seriously. As a subscriber of over 10 years, an embarrassing effort. 

Rodriguez was ranked 22 on Baseball America's list.

[Joseph Zarr]

Blalock will leave after 5 1/3 IP and 91 pitches. No long balls (tho, two very close). No HB. All three runs earned. 6 K. Shuckers trail 3-2. Seminaris will come aboard. One down. Man on 2nd base.

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, wiguy94 said:

Rodriguez was ranked 22 on Baseball America's list.

[Joseph Zarr]

Fantastic work by Seminaris strands the runner aboard. Shuckers will head to the 7th down 3-2.

Meanwhile, RHP Alexander Cornielle - whose season ERA is now down to a ripe 2.88 with 6 K through 4 2/3 IP - will try to work around a two out walk. He gets ahead in the count 0-1. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Cornielle misses strike 3 looking by a matter of inches. He then throws a slider way away and to the back stop. Runner advances. Slider misses outside. 3-2 count now. He gets the pop up to Garcia in the shallow LF grass. Fantastic pitch to escape. 1-0 T-Rats. ON to the bottom of the 5th.

[biedergb]

5 complete for young Alexander Cornielle, 6K, 2BB, 2H. Nice start for him

[biedergb]

So Castillo singles.  Advances to 3rd on an error pick off attempt, and then wild pitch. 1-1 muddies tie up.

[biedergb]

And Y. Garcia walks, steals and advances to 3rd on an error. Norman big double. Mudcats up 2-1.

[wiguy94]

Areinamo lines his 3rd double of the night to LF. He's stupidly locked in.

[biedergb]

Huge hit by Areinamo. Breaks the game open - caught at third but 4-0 TRats.