Tue. 7/23 - Nashville Home, Other Full-Season Squads Travel

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

I'll be honest, unless they were crossed up, I think both the balls that went to the backstop should have been caught. 

(Don't tell Clancy)

[Joseph Zarr]

Have a game Yophery. After his first AB single, he rips a deep fly to the RF warning track for a 2-rbi dub dub. 3-1 game in favor of the Muddies.

[Joseph Zarr]

First time through th eorder, the Shuckers bats are making alllllll sorts of negligible contact. Nothing hit hard whatsoever.

[Joseph Zarr]

Oh hey, Tyler Black misplays a grounder to 1B. You don't say? A two base lead-off error. 

[Joseph Zarr]

It's a Mudcats buffet. 5-1 game after Pratt's shallow line drive looping single to CF. Let's go baby!

[Joseph Zarr]

The Muddies rally continues on Di Turi's deep RF corner line drive dub. 6-1 Muddies in a flash!

[Joseph Zarr]

Oh man. Miz picked off the runner at 2B. BUT, wait a minute, it's 2024. Pitch clock violation first. LOL. 2-2 count now. As opposed to 1-2 and two down. Throws a slider in the dirt and it's a full count. 

[wiguy94]

And Darrien Miller throws a ball well over the 3B head on a SB attempt and Pensacola has a run.

[Joseph Zarr]

Ball four high and wide. Miller airmails a throw into LF in a failed CS attempt. Sheeeeesh. Ugly sequence there. Miller once again having a rough defensive outing early. 

[wiguy94]

Miller looks clueless behind home plate tonight.

[Joseph Zarr]

AND, another Miz pitch travels to the back stop. A WP inside slider in the dirt. Recorded the second of his outing. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

Miller looks clueless behind home plate tonight.

(Don't tell Clancy. That's a surefire 40-Man catcher right there!)

[wiguy94]

Get Miller out of this game. This is an embarrassing defensive showing.

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

Get Miller out of this game. This is an embarrassing defensive showing.

For context, folks, that's two high heaters he failed to get his mitt to. He has now failed to get his body behind two slider stabbing with his glove - at air on the first...and off his glove for the second. Pair all this with an airmailed throw into LF. A woeful outing. AND, now the homeplate ump has decided to squeeze Miz as a result. 

[wiguy94]

Just now, Joseph Zarr said:

For context, folks, that's two high heaters he failed to get his mitt to. He has now failed to get his body behind two slider stabbing with his glove - at air on the first...and off his glove for the second. Pair all this with an airmailed throw into LF. A woeful outing. AND, now the homeplate ump has decided to squeeze Miz as a result. 

I think it would be very difficult for any catcher to block that first slider in the dirt but all 3 of the other pitches to get by Miller should have been stopped. Just a shambolic defensive performance from him.

[Joseph Zarr]

Cornielle did not look comfortable after K'ng the final batter to end the 1st frame. He hunched over and looked to walk gingerly off the mound. The Sky Carps announcers are mentioning this as well. Quite obvious he did 'something'. What that was? I have no idea. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

I think it would be very difficult for any catcher to block that first slider in the dirt but all 3 of the other pitches to get by Miller should have been stopped. Just a shambolic defensive performance from him.

Very fair. That slider in the dirt was really not catchable. But, you could make an argument on the high heaters. That last slider, absolutely a lazy effort. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Walling dub off the top of the RF wall? An angel grows its wings. All is back to well.

[Joseph Zarr]

Wiemer oppo single through the defensive coverage (men on 1st and 2nd) scores Black from 2B. 1-0 Sounds. 

Meanwhile, we have an Eduardo Garcia hard hit liner to CF misplayed in the gather that caromed off the charging CF for an error and wind up on 3B. Valerio grounds out to deep SS and Garcia scores. 1-0 T-Rats in the top of the 2nd. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Cornielle is back out on the hill to start the 2nd. So, whatever he tweaked to end the first frame it wasn't serious. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Yophery really has such a good feel in the CF grass. Just knows how to manage that space. Constantly impressed by his ability to make plays out there. 

[Joseph Zarr]

This certainly isn't the sharpest we've seen young RHP Manuel Rodriguez. BUT, at this point, with a 7-2 lead the Muddies just need him to challenge hitters. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Miz spikes another on to start the fourth after a lead-off knock. That'll be his fourth scored WP. Now he falls to a 3-0 count. Meanwhile, Rodriguez just gave up a 1-2 poke to RF and then the throw from Castillo sails. It's a 7-4 game. Not sharp all the way around. 

[Joseph Zarr]

AND Miz throws an uncompetitive ball four on a heater a good 1-2' outside the zone. Yikes. Men on 1st and 2nd. Nobody down. We are now at 4 WP and 4 BB in just 3 1/3 IP. Not good.

[Joseph Zarr]

4 WP is the most WP by a Southern League pitcher this entire season (unsurprising). The first such feat since last season.