Fri. 8/2 - McGee, Henderson, Hunt, Knoth - Should Be Fun!

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Yhoswar intentionally walked to load the bases for Reece Walling.

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Walling Ks. But it’s in to 10th.  Still from 5-0 down, to tied at 5. Bitonti and Adamczewski at the heart of that comeback. First two HRs at low A for Eric B.

Meanwhile Henderson pitches into 7th, out after 6.1 innings, 8K!!

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Oh yeah some kid named Hunt went 5 scoreless- as mentioned in an earlier post.

Manfredi on trying to keep it a shutout, or at least maintain the lead. But a couple of walks and a 3– count. Yikes. 
 

Extras in Zebulon with A. Reyes in after a heroic relief effort from Flores.

….. and Anfrenny makes him look silly with a K after a sac bunt.….. deep fly. And it’s 5-5 on to the bottom of 10!

while TRats give up a run. Bases juiced of Cubs with on,ly 1 out. Oh buy. Tough spot 

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Oof. Not watching TRats. But first run scores on what was called a FC by Adams and no out on the play. The next is a ground out labeled as “pitcher to 2B to SS to 1B”.

sounds like some defensive challenges there.  4-2 TRats still, but Root in for Manfredi who lasts officially 0.2 IP..

Muddies - a near HBP and the catcher prances on it and throws a strike to 2B and Briceno (Manfredi runner) picked off 🙄

Then Castillo pops out

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Nashville getting clobbered, but Vinny Capra went three for three with a double, a home run, and an HBP. 

He also made an error to remind us that he is in fact human, after all.

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Wow. Nothing but unique in Zebulon.  3-2 count on the hitter. Catcher calls time. Batter steps out but not back in by 9 sec, so clock violation and strike out. Wild

next batter grounder to Guilarte and he boots it. 6-5  Charleston.  😩 ugh

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Then it’s your classic 2-3-1 DP to end the top of the inning.  I think the runner was safe but he was called out. Phew 😅 

6-5. On to bottom 11. One run to tie it again, 2 to win it. Let’s go Muddies

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Hoo boy. Rodriguez starts at 2nd. Adamczewski walks. Now Bitonti up 🤩 

But he pops out.  DiTuri walks. 
‘Now Guilarte - can he atone for his run scoring error?

Nope he strikes out. Last chance now. y. Garcia has to get a hit to toe or win it

But pops out. Mudcats lose. Ugh. What a comeback but rough loss.  Error leads to winning run, and two outs with bases loaded in the bottom of 11. They will want that inning back.

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Shuckers held on for the 3-2 win. String outing by Mr. Logan Henderson, and some kid named Boeve with big hits.

TRats still clinging to a 4-2 lead. On to the top of 9. Time to close it out.

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And Rund goes ground out (nice play by Pratt at short and strong throw, looks like a SS for sure). Then Rund get 2 K. TRats hold on for the win. Nice night for the farm, well outside of the debacle in Gwinnett.

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Oh hey, manager Victor Estevez back in the dugout. T-Rats win. Color me shocked.

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Mudcats failed to score Manfred's Man in both the 10th and 11th inning falling 6-5 to Charleston. That's a tough 'L' after all that comeback.

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2 hours ago, wibadgers23 said:

Nice to have Areinamo back in that Rattlers lineup.  Wow.

 

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Welcome back 2B Mike Boeve. Heck of a night in just his, what, second game back? Third?

3-for-4, 3 RBI, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR. Yeah, we'll take that for the first place Shuckers babayyyyyyyyy.

#ItWasAllInTheCFCamera

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It's looking more and more like RHP K.C. Hunt is not going to be a Timber Rattler during their post-season run. My goodness. What. A. Season. Love it!

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1 hour ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Welcome back 2B Mike Boeve. Heck of a night in just his, what, second game back? Third?

3-for-4, 3 RBI, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR. Yeah, we'll take that for the first place Shuckers babayyyyyyyyy.

#ItWasAllInTheCFCamera

Boeve just looks like one of those guys that can roll out of bed & hit line drives. Still up in the air which corner is the better home for him but in the meantime boy is it fun watching him hit.

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1 hour ago, Joseph Zarr said:

It's looking more and more like RHP K.C. Hunt is not going to be a Timber Rattler during their post-season run. My goodness. What. A. Season. Love it!

Yeah, more than a little surprised he's still in Grand Chute.

I've been a Brewers fan since they've been in Milwaukee, and have followed the minor league system as closely as I could, going back to the days when it was really tough to do so. Not to diminish the talent in Nashville & Biloxi because it's substantial, but if you limit yourself to the two A-level teams & rookie ball, at those levels I believe they've never had the concentration of talent they now possess. Never.

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8 hours ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

Yeah, more than a little surprised he's still in Grand Chute.

I've been a Brewers fan since they've been in Milwaukee, and have followed the minor league system as closely as I could, going back to the days when it was really tough to do so. Not to diminish the talent in Nashville & Biloxi because it's substantial, but if you limit yourself to the two A-level teams & rookie ball, at those levels I believe they've never had the concentration of talent they now possess. Never.

Yep, just shows you how unbelievable the 2023 draft was as well as the international signings the past couple of years.  

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10 hours ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

Not to diminish the talent in Nashville & Biloxi because it's substantial, but if you limit yourself to the two A-level teams & rookie ball, at those levels I believe they've never had the concentration of talent they now possess. Never.

I agree. I’ve been following brewers minors since early 90s with USA Today baseball weekly, so also a while.

The talent seems better, but also we have so much more access to stats and players that there is some bias there. But if we factor in the production and age of those A ball clubs, I agree it is full of legitimate prospects, no all high end, but anyone of them could be in the bigs given how they are playing and their ages.  I believe they are still one of the youngest clubs in each league, and both are leading their leagues in wins, and top 5 in ops, and top half in pitching metics (era, k/9, whip) per BRef.

And Biloxi now healthy- Wilken, Boeve, EBJ, ORae, and young pitchers (Wichrowski, Smith, Yoho) is starting to come into their own. 

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First thing I am reminded of when watching LHP Anthony Flores? He gives off Teddy Higuera vibes on the bump.

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7-up and 7-down before Bitonti botched a routine grounder for an Error. In those first 7 batters faced, he had one mistake breaking ball belt high and in that was hit for a hard out to the tip of the LF warning track. Curve ball is a realllly nice pitch. 

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First K was in his third inning of work on another curveball. Really a fantastic breaker. Plus pitch.

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BTW, those 2 HR by Bitonti? That River Dogs pitcher, RHP Samuel Mejia had only allowed 3 long balls in 40 innings pitched coming into that tilt.