Tue. 8/20 - DSL Season Ends; Nashville and Carolina Home, Others Hit the Road

[biedergb]

1 hour ago, Joseph Zarr said:

The amount of work Jim, Daniel, and I do on a week-by-week basis from late March into September (given we all live lives outside our devout love for the Brewers) is remarkable. I continue to be extremely grateful I get to put these reports together with such incredible men. 

This is absolutely amazing. The work you all put in is treasured by many of us and I for one am eternally grateful. The recaps and the daily thread - I mean some days I can just “watch” the games from the details, highlights and posts.  My hat is tipped, and a huge thank you to Jim, Daniel and Joseph.

[wiguy94]

Just now, Joseph Zarr said:

Well that sucks. Weird. Try this:

https://www.milb.com/live-stream-games/g756073

Yeah. This is all I'm seeing. So bizarre. Hopefully that pitcher is okay.

[Joseph Zarr]

Baez has made some really nice fundamental plays at 3B tonight. I again opine: extremely underrated at the hot corner. he has a really good arm and is quite adept at the bare-handed gather and throw. Bitonti, as well, with some very adept glove work at first. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Connor Scott just ripped a solo jack over the RF wall. He continues to be an absolute revelation as a Shucker. Whew. 1-0 lead baby!

[Joseph Zarr]

EBJ proceeds to swing and miss for a punch out on a slider about 3' off the plate. About sums up his 2024 so far. Woof.

[Joseph Zarr]

Oh HEY! C Brian Navarreto just ripped an RBI double down the LF line? You don't say! 2-1 Sounds pull within one of the Jumbo Shrimp.

[MudcatsfaninBrunsCO]

Joe!! You got us a shout out!!!

[Joseph Zarr]

Flores with just a fantastic 3 innings of work (5 K) - 12 batters faced. Scoreless. 

[MudcatsfaninBrunsCO]

2 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Flores with just a fantastic 3 innings of work (5 K) - 12 batters faced. Scoreless. 

Did you see my thing above!?

[Joseph Zarr]

4 minutes ago, MudcatsfaninBrunsCO said:

Joe!! You got us a shout out!!!

Chris always gives me shoutouts my friend. He reads any and all emails. He's the best! Glad you heard it.

[Joseph Zarr]

Dikember running into trouble. He just gave an RBI oppo single to LF. It's 5-3. One down. Runners on 2nd and 3rd. That was just after a mound visit.

[Joseph Zarr]

A squibber grounder makes it to the shallow RF grass. Runners on the corners now. One down. 5-4 game. Seeing eye hits. One out. Gonna have to dig deep.

[MudcatsfaninBrunsCO]

1 minute ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Chris always gives me shoutouts my friend. He reads any and all emails. He's the best! Glad you heard it.

Oh!! I am the Finn guy he does so(; 

[Joseph Zarr]

He gets the inning ending 6-4-3 DP. Whewwwww. Big time pitch to get that ground out - inside breaking ball. 5-4 to the bottom of the 8th. Let's hope they can add some insurance.

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, MudcatsfaninBrunsCO said:

Oh!! I am the Finn guy he does so(; 

Awesome.

[Joseph Zarr]

RHP Chad Patrick just walked in a run. He has not pitched his best ball these past two starts.Bases are still juiced. Sounds trail 3-1. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Frustrating night for Bitonti at the dish. Just getting under some balls. Nothing hit hard into fair play. Unfortunate. 

Meanwhile Nick Gordon just poked a change-up as a looping two RBI flare. 5-1 Jumbo Shrimp. 

[Joseph Zarr]

It's a 3-up, 3-down Mudcats bottom of the 8th. They'll bring that 5-4 lead into the 9th and hope to pull it out. 

Meanwhile C Darrien Miller continues to showcase his sub-par defense as a catcher. He allows the tying run to cross on a very poor piece of defensive catching on a slider away. He has to learn how to move his body and glove. I'll be very curious to see how they score that - he seems to get the benefit of the doubt. It was a lazy piece of fielding. 1-1 game.

[Joseph Zarr]

Yeah, they're giving Wichrowski the WP on that. AND, as I've opined: that's a garbage scoring decision. That is Miller dropping the ball in a key spot. 

[biedergb]

Sanchez gets two outs… then a 3-2 single, and another 3-2 single (edited I thought he walked the batter)

Uo oh.

Lara gets a 2B for Trats would love to see him get hot these last few weeks.

[Joseph Zarr]

He has the glove there. Get your body behind that ball...which he just never does:

[biedergb]

And Sanchez gets the last out. Swinging strike. Nice breaking ball. Phew. Closer than it needed to be.
This should be a good learning outing for Dikember - learn by getting through adversity and succeeding, good job young man. Mud cats open the night with a 5-4 win

[Joseph Zarr]

This is Patrick's shortest stint since early April. A death by paper cuts. 3 IP and his day is done. His command was not all that crips despite 40 strikes in 64 pitches - too much plate in 0-2 counts. 

[biedergb]

And Darrien Miller helps get a run back- although with a strike out -but O’Rae steals second and Casey Martin scores. 2-1 Shuckers.

[Joseph Zarr]

Oh Boy. Hedbert just absolutely hammered a solo bomb over the RF wall. Absolutely crushed that ball. LOVE IT! 2-1 T-Rats baby.