Tue. 8/13 - Wichrowski Toes the Biloxi Rubber

[Joseph Zarr]

Chris Roller:

Extremely good defender. My goodness he just gave it all and sold out his body and is cruchnced on the ground after an incredible catch leaping and crashing into the CF wall. He saved McKendry some damage there with a one out deep fly with Peters on 1B. What a catch. Hope he's OK. That's a digital wall so clearly there is some type of screen there.

[Joseph Zarr]

Man, this is just a tough luck inning for Birchard. His second run crosses on a slider in the dirt Wood can't gather. 2-0 Chiefs. He ends it with a 1-2 line out to RF. 

[Joseph Zarr]

4 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Was that a bunt? Looked like a check swing to me so basically just crazy luck that it was perfectly hit.

Edit: Went back and looked and it was a half hearted full swing. Basically a sword that he actually made contact on.

That's funny. I saw that out of the corner of my eye on screen 3. Saw it late and it looked like an improbable perfect bunt (considering the size of the base runner). That makes way more sense. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Sounds pitchers are not sharp in game one. McKendry gives up an RBI double down the RF line. He's extremly lucky Roller made that insane catch. AND, in Delmarva Cornielle just threw wildly on a pick-off to 2B and the base runner advances to 3B. Zero outs. 0-0 game.

Lotta ugly baseball going on in the system early tonight. Sigh.

[wibadgers23]

Is it just me or is there a lot of slumping going on right now, particularly on the offensive front?

[Joseph Zarr]

Dorrian has made two fantastic plays at 1B tonight. Such an underrated defender. Considering how hot he is at the dish of late, I'd love to see him get consistent playing time for the foreseeable future. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, wibadgers23 said:

Is it just me or is there a lot of slumping going on right now, particularly on the offensive front?

It has mostly been an up-and-down last week. We had some epic stuff going on with Bitonti's bat. We had some hard fought victories in there. But, more than that, there has been some ugly baseball amongst those games and it has certainly continued early tonight. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Burke just ripped a single into CF. Men on the corners for the T-Rats. 2-0 game. One down. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Luke Adams leads all of Minor League baseball with a 0.453 OBP. That's something. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Burke advancing to 2B via WP proved huge as a Luke Adams ground out to 2B scores Lara. Burke advances to 3B. 2-1 deficit. Two down.

[MudcatsfaninBrunsCO]

Center Field cam in Delmarva is fixed!

[wiguy94]

2 minutes ago, MudcatsfaninBrunsCO said:

Center Field cam in Delmarva is fixed!

CF is a bit generous. That's a RF (or as @Joseph Zarr calls it LF) cam haha

[Joseph Zarr]

 Birchard is throwing a lot of strikes. Gotta be a fun guy to play defense for. He gets his 2nd punch out of his outing to start his 2nd. 

[MudcatsfaninBrunsCO]

1 minute ago, wiguy94 said:

CF is a bit generous. That's a RF (or as @Joseph Zarr calls it LF) cam haha

ok ok!! I guess Five Countys can be called CF!

[Joseph Zarr]

Third K for Birchard on three pitches (95 mph heater) a batter after giving up a dart off the LF wall for a one out 3-1 double. Man on 2nd. Two down. 2-1 game still.

[Joseph Zarr]

3-1 Peoria. Birchard gives up a hard hit 2-2 single into LF. Just some slight lack of execution here. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Brichard has given up two absolute rockets off the LF wall in this second frame. Wheww. Nearly gave up a two-run oppo jack. Instead it is his 2nd double. And it's 4-1. Meanwhile, in Durham McKendry has gotten himself into a bases loaded jam and he just gave up another bloop hit. Sounds now trail 8-2 and McKendry is getting pulled. The rough night on the farm carries on. Shuckers trail 1-0. T-Rats trail 4-1. Mudcats trail 1-0. 

[Joseph Zarr]

ANother double. This one to deep RF just shy of the warning track. 5-1 Peoria. This inning is unraveling for Birchard, unfortunately.

[MudcatsfaninBrunsCO]

A lineup card issue for delmarva..... What a odd thing to happen!

[Joseph Zarr]

4 minutes ago, MudcatsfaninBrunsCO said:

A lineup card issue for delmarva..... What a odd thing to happen!

Yeah what a strange delay. And, it's a lonnnnnng one.

[Kellerowl]

4 minutes ago, MudcatsfaninBrunsCO said:

A lineup card issue for delmarva..... What a odd thing to happen!

Not a lineup card but they batted out of order. Muddies got screwed

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, Kellerowl said:

Not a lineup card but they batted out of order. Muddies got screwed

Yup. I went back to look at it and Stanley has every right to be ticked there. Pretty ridiculous.

[Joseph Zarr]

None the less, credit to Sanchez for getting out of it with an easy come backer for the casual underhanded toss to 1B.

[Joseph Zarr]

If I had a nickel for every slider the Shuckers batters stared at over the plate, I'd have  buck or so. Murray goes down looking in a 3-2 count, man on first, with one down. Can not leave the bat on the shoulders there. Not a good look. That's 9 K's for the Shuckers bats and most of them are on the slider. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Yoshwar just laid down amasterful bunt to take first and the catcher rushed the throw putting the go-ahead run, in Garcia, on 2B in a 1-1 game. One down. 8th inning. He then does what he does: swiped a base. He takes 3B. Gotta get him in here, men!