Tue. 8/6 - A Bit Much

[biedergb]

Sounds keep pouring it on. And the Muddies in cruise control.

TRats and Shuckers need to wake the offense up. Both down 3-0, but wait. Boeve HR!

Shuckers get run.  Boeve scorches one. Line drive to the RF corner. Just ripped it.

[wiguy94]

Boeve in 3+ games off the IL has 1 2B and 3 HR. That'd be cool if he suddenly turned into a power hitter. The HR tonight was an absolute scorched liner to the corner.

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, biedergb said:

Sounds keep pouring it on. And the Muddies in cruise control.

TRats and Shuckers need to wake the offense up. Both down 3-0, but wait. Boeve HR!

Shuckers get run.  Boeve scorches one. Line drive to the RF corner. Just ripped it.

The healthy Boeve return and sudden power surge is friggin' awesome. He scorched that sucker. 

Meanwhile, Wehrle really salvage Aquino's outing when he allowed runners on 2nd and 3rd in his final inning - Wehrle got the 3-2 K looking. Nice piece of work.

[biedergb]

Then after a Wilken deep fly out, D. Miller deep to LF for a double. Then EBJ with a ripped single to LF, and they send Miller 😳 good thing the throw was way offline, somehow Miller avoided the tag?

either way it’s 3-2

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

Boeve in 3+ games off the IL has 1 2B and 3 HR. That'd be cool if he suddenly turned into a power hitter. The HR tonight was an absolute scorched liner to the corner.

I swear the amount of group think you and I share and double post sentiments is uncanny! I have to keep you guessing with my inaccurate 'on the fly' details 😜

[wiguy94]

2 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

I swear the amount of group think you and I share and double post sentiments is uncanny! I have to keep you guessing with my inaccurate 'on the fly' details 😜

The fact we both used the word scorched to describe the HR...definitely some brain meld going on

[biedergb]

A wild pitch ball 4 and EMJ is on while EBJ scores. 3-3. Well that offense woke up.  
‘TRats not yet.

[Joseph Zarr]

97 mph sinker for Ashby here in the top of the 5th (I'm behind due to early evening farm chores).

[biedergb]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

The fact we both used the word scorched to describe the HR...definitely some brain meld going on

I think Javik used that word as the ball went out 

[Joseph Zarr]

He then gets his first K on an absolutely gorgeous slider. Ok, Aaron. We love to see this!

[Joseph Zarr]

19 minutes ago, biedergb said:

I think Javik used that word as the ball went out 

Reviews the call. Javik not in the 'mind meld'. He's in the booth so there some EMF's in the way. 'Hammered' and 'Demolished' were used. Also in the lexicon. Potato. Potata. The mind meld did happen with the Biscuits announcer, however who went from 'hammered' to 'scorched'. A worthwhile evolution!

[markedman5]

For those…..like me…..who didn’t see it

 

[Joseph Zarr]

3 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

For those…..like me…..who didn’t see it

 

(Also for those...like me...who already forgot the homer. #MiddleAgedOldFart)

[biedergb]

Ok TRats.  Lara flies out.  Pratt with his third double.  Areinamo HBP. Adams? What else HBP 😂

but he’s down in a heap but then jumps up and jogs to first.

lets go TRats!!

[wiguy94]

Oh hey make that 2 more HBP for Luke Adams pushing his minor league leading HBP total to 33.

[Joseph Zarr]

Owen Miller has been unreal since being DFA'd back to Nashville. He has been on an absolute tear. 

[Joseph Zarr]

The AB prior Boeve's dinger, O'Rae really had words for the home plate ump. I've never seen him lose his cool like that. Did not like the second punch out called on a slider (?) on the upper corner of the zone. Looked close 'enough' but also looked just outside. Pena came down from 3B to stick up for O'Rae. Ump gave them a lot of room to wiggle in that back-and-forth. I've definitely seen this same crew toss players and/or managers for less.

[Joseph Zarr]

Darrien Miller with an unbelievable slide to score the Shuckers 2nd run here in the 6th with two down. The ball beat him but it was left of home plate. He somehow found a way to stay in the baseline and avoid the glove while getting the plate first in the umpire's eyes. Bang-bang play. Huge two out poke and RBI from EBJ an even better piece of base running for the young catcher. He had ripped a double deep to left CF the AB prior. Shuckers finally getting good lumber on in the 6th.

[Joseph Zarr]

Of course, with this angle, the ump is directly in front of the play and we can't see if his hand is touching home plate. But, that's as close as it gets. 

[Joseph Zarr]

HUGE call regardless as a full count pitch in the dirt inside and to the backstop scored EBJ from 3rd base (he had advanced all the way to 3rd in the commotion at home plate - heads up running from Eric!). 3-3 game baby.

[jay87shot]

Dang, 33 hbp in 89 games. Does he stand in the box weird or is it something like everyone tries to pitch him inside. I know he got hit a ton last year as well.

I feel like a broken record but man are our minors and second tier prospects under rated. At 18 where do you think Bitonti would have been drafted this year, borderline top 10 with the other top 2 everyday HS prospects or later 1st? Either way that should make him a borderline top 100 prospect soon enough. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Two tough K's from Bitonti earlier. Now a fantastic walk taken from an 0-2 count. Laid off some tough pitches. Fouled several off. THAT is exactly what we're looking for given the uncanny power we are seeing on a regular basis early in his Low-A tenure.

[biedergb]

And the Mudcats pour it on.

Meanwhile, TRats fail to score. A K by Garcia, and then a pop up by Wood. And then they keep Wehrle in.  Walks a couple of guys. Still in. A caught stealing. Another walk. Oof.  Then a strikeout but successful double steal.  Just need an out to keep it close, but gives up a hit. 5–0 now.  Finally ends the inning. 64 pitches in 3.1 innings.

[Joseph Zarr]

Oh man, Arroyo had a one out grounder dribbling up the middle. Over Ashby. And as Arroyo is charging for the possible corral and step on 2B for the inning-ending DP...the ball caroms directly off the bag and into shallow RF. Classic. 

AND, Dylan O'Rae was in fact tossed the last inning tho the ump never made the gesture. Casey Martin in as the replacement in CF.

[Joseph Zarr]

I continue to really love me some RHP Nick Merkel. Definitely in that RHP Sam Gardner level of unappreciated relievers in the system. With Merkel, however, he's even more undervalued. He isn't perfect by any measure but he just battles. Has fantastic off-speed stuff. Was touching 94 mph consistently through his first innings tonight. 

Also, that HBP on Adams was directly off his left knee. He went down in a heap at first. Yikes! You see the blur in this photo right next to his left knee. Caromed straight up in a hurry. OUCH!