Tue. 9/10 - Playoffs?! Best-of-3 Semifinal Series Commence for T-Rats, Mudcats

[biedergb]

How do spell Home Run?

Areinamo!!!

1-0 TRats!

[wiguy94]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

JADHER AREINAMO BOMB!

106 EV!!

[Joseph Zarr]

Man, I know we haven't seen the power results with Dinges. BUT, I absolutely love this young man's approach at the dish. I don't care about the results. 

AND, Areinamo!!!!!

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

106 EV!!

Holy hyeck he crushed that ball. WOuld have hit the ferris wheel for crying out loud. IT DID hit the ferris wheel. 😅

[Joseph Zarr]

3- up. 3-down. Mudcats all K. 1 looking. 2 swinging.

[Joseph Zarr]

Ramsey doesn't allow long balls. 4 HR in 89 IP on the year. Last HR allowed? July 9th.

WHewwwwwww. Areinamo. Definitiely MY guy. Y'all know it. Been hyping that young man for two years. Dang that felt GOOD!!!!

[Joseph Zarr]

Corniel indeed back out for the 5th. Pitch count at 71. Short leash in hand. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Corniel is dealing. 8th K (swinging after he also got a slider sword). 4-of-5 of his past outs Punch Outs.

[Joseph Zarr]

5 pitches. Two outs for Corniel in the 5th. This is potentially HUGE.

[Joseph Zarr]

Next batter? Two swinging K's on sliders. 0-2 count. Disengagement by Green (standard by him). Pitch count 78. Slider. Weak ground out to Guilarte. Three up. Three down!

[biedergb]

And grounder to SS. Corniel thru 5 IP with the lead. Wow. That’s a turnaround this game!

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, biedergb said:

And grounder to SS. Corniel thru 5 IP with the lead. Wow. That’s a turnaround this game!

He absolutely does this. He's prone to bad innings. It's a matter of how bad. But, he can absolutely shut it down like this. You just never know how bad that one inning will be. Just a major credit to him for his resilience and ability to come back ripping darts. 

[Joseph Zarr]

That's now 4 straight K for this Nats reliever. He's mowing em down. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Cornielle, pitch count now at 72 in the fifth., opens his inning with two straight ground outs. Opens next batter to an 0-2 count - K swinging inside heater. K looking gorgeous change-up. Corks a ball into the dirt and it bounces 13 feet in the air. 1-2. Bloop snort into shallow right CF. Man on. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Cornielle gets up 0-2. Ball in the dirt doesn't get the check swing strike. Rodriguez back checks 1B but he's safe. 1-2 count. Outside slider fouled off to 3B side. Another slider low. He gets the foul down the 1B side. Nivens is a major threat. This is as tough as it gets in High-A as a pitcher. He is a major long ball threat in this second half. Pitch count now at 81. 1-2 count. Breaking ball high and outside. Fouled back again into the stands beyond 3B. 8 pitch battle now. Heater high and inside. Fouled hard down the 1B line. WHewwww. 9-pitch AB now. Change-up tailing low inside. Fouled down the 1B line. 6 consecutive fouls. 10 pitches coming. Pitch count over 85. High outside heater. 2-2. What an AB. He gets the K swinging on a gorgeous inside slider. 

Whewwwwww. Fifth K. 

[biedergb]

And a 10-pitch battle (I think) against nivens. And this Cornielle goes 5 IP as well. tRats up still 1-0.

[Joseph Zarr]

Corniel opens the 6th with a weakly hit single down the 3B line. That'll like be his night. The run of excellence will end. Man, what a gritty performance! Hats are off, young man. We see you.

[biedergb]

I did not see it. But apparently an error by Baez and the lead runner on. Corniel exits after an absolutely gutty performance after his first inning.

 

EDIT - what you call gritty I call gutty 😂

[Joseph Zarr]

It's looking like the bullpen doors will swing open for RHP Morris Austin. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, biedergb said:

I did not see it. But apparently an error by Baez and the lead runner on. Corniel exits after an absolutely gutty performance after his first inning.

Yeah. I don't know about that scoring decision. That ball was ripped. It high hopped off his mid-section. 94 mph bounce. Rough either way. The ball jumped on him. He kept it in front of him. Had to throw on the run across his body. I'm fine with that play. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Sounds trailing 5-1 after stranding two the inning before. Roller dumps a single into shallow LF over the leaping 3B and men are now on the corners with nobody out. 4th inning.

[biedergb]

An error by Austin. And it’s 2 on 0 out😟

[Joseph Zarr]

A swinging bunt dribbler. Two on. Yuck. Nobody out. Men on 1st and 2nd. That ball was hit about 10 mph. Meanwhile Sounds score on a <wait for it>

Navs single through the 3B/SS hole. 5-2.

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, biedergb said:

An error by Austin. And it’s 2 on 0 out😟

That wasn't an error. 

[biedergb]

Just now, Joseph Zarr said:

That wasn't an error. 

Well he made a wide throw. Not sure of the runner was going to be safe, but I think the C should have played it. Either way 2 on. Ugh