Wed. 9/18 - It's a Winner Takes All Game 3 for Wisconsin; Sounds Play Double-Header

[Joseph Zarr]

Let's try this again:

• RHP Logan Henderson hopes to end his season on a better note
• RHP Will Rudy hopes to have an immaculate series-clinching Championship performance

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[Joseph Zarr]

Reminder:

Wisconsin @ Lake County is indeed the MiLB.TV 'Free Game of the Day'. Any and all can tune in to see if the T-Rats can bounce back with a more polished performance in the series finale. 

 

[Joseph Zarr]

This is it, folks. Our very last 2024 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers line-up card. Without further ado, here is tonight's scheduled starters:

 

[Joseph Zarr]

We missed Game 1's line-up card earlier @ Norfolk. Here's the Sounds Game 1 setup:

It was scoreless after 2...

It's scoreless in the top of the 4th inning. RHP Logan Henderson is having a bounce-back outing through 3 IP - 1 H, 0 BB, 1 HB, 3 K, 0 R. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Umpires are pounding chests and the warm up pitches have begun @ Lake County...Game 3 is nearly underway. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Lara leads-off with a swinging K on an off-speed pitch low and in the dirt. One down. Pratt to the dish.

[Joseph Zarr]

The Lake County game feed continues to annoy. How do they not have a basic balls and strike count in their scoring banner? Amateur hour. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Pratt goes down swinging on a high inside heater. Not a good swing choice. Easily a ball. T-Rats bats are over-amped early. AND, who else would get things started but Luke Adams with his third HBP in two nights. That's his 44th HBP of his season. Just uncanny. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Areinamo comes to the dish swinging first pitch. Swung so hard he nearly lost his helmet. LOL. Yowza. AND, just like that Adams is picked off 1B. Ugly start. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Rudy gets a high chopper to the mound to start his evening. Fantastic. Love a soft start. Well done, Will. Like Cornielle yesterday, however, the heater is missing high and outside. Off-speed appears dialed.

[Joseph Zarr]

Headed to the bottom of the 5th @ Norfolk, the Sounds strand Hicklen at 1B after a two-out grounder made it into LF through the left side. Fly out to RF to end it.

Rudy walks the second batter on an outside off-speed pitch that just missed. Tough one. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Line out to Yophery in RF. Two outs. Two fantastic sliders to get ahead 0-2. Slider misses outside doesn't get the chase. This homeplate ump is really squeezing the zone. He's missed two very very close pitches. I think he just robbed Rudy of a K looking.

Meanwhile, Miz was up 0-2. He just walked his first batter.

[Joseph Zarr]

Yeah. He absolutely blew this call. Right on the outer black. Come on Blue. That's ridiculous. This is a Championship game on the road. Gotta give the pitcher that call!

[Joseph Zarr]

No matter! Credit to Rudy. He got the K looking on a high center-in breaker. Goes down looking.

Meanwhile, Miz got a DP and an unbelievable web gem play from Zamora deep in the hole. That may be the best play he's made all season. My goodness! Just pure baseball magic.

[Joseph Zarr]

Oh man. Two Areinamo swings. He's almost lost his pants, his helmet, his everything on both. He swings a massive hack and misses on a first pitch breaking ball in the 2nd. LOL.

[Joseph Zarr]

AREINAMO leads off the 2nd with a double high off the left CF wall. Just missed a long ball. What a swing. What a result. Lead-off man in scoring position for last night's best bat in Yophery Rodriguez. He comes out swinging pitch 1 again. Slider inside. Broken bat. Foul down the 1B line.

[wiguy94]

After the Areinamo leadoff double, Yophery swings at a chin high FB and doesn't even come close. Really bad AB.

[Joseph Zarr]

Yophery coming out tonight like he came out last night: swinging at anything. Every pitch a ball. Strikes out at a heater outside and eye level. Almost a replica of last night's first AB. Only difference is the heater wasn't inside it was outisde. 

[Joseph Zarr]

2 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

After the Areinamo leadoff double, Yophery swings at a chin high FB and doesn't even come close. Really bad AB.

I had dejá vu from last night not going to lie. 

Meanwhile Mejía just absolutely ripped a ball over the RF fence. 98.4 mph off the bat. 37 degree launch angle.

[Joseph Zarr]

This homeplate ump @ Lake County pretty much stinks. Not a good look for a Championship game. He's missing some strike calls going against both pitchers.

[Joseph Zarr]

Solid AB's from Wood and Hall. Wood advances the runner. Hall fouls a couple off and takes the free pass. Make him work. Men on the corners. Two down. Hedbert with a moment here. Come on young fella!

[Joseph Zarr]

Perez gets 0-2. Lays off off-speed in the dirt. 1-2 count. Nice block by the catcher there. High and inside he ducks away. 2-2 count. Check swing on a high breaker. Close swing and pitch. He doesn't go. Called full. Tense. Here we go. He pops up left of the mound. Wooof. Darn.

[Joseph Zarr]

Hudson is on for another rehab outing. With one down, he misses high and outside at 90 mph on the heater. Misses low and outside on an 82 mph sweeper. 2-2 count. 90 mph again up and in. Fouled down the 3B line. And he gets the grounder to 2B. Arroyo bobbles it going glove side. Unclean. Runner beats it out. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Rudy comes out blazing in the second frame. He gets a K swinging and missing on a high heater. That's consecutive punch outs. 

[Joseph Zarr]

COstly bobble by Arroyo. The next hitter hits what seemed to be a 50 mph squibber up the middle for a single advancing the runner to 3B. Men on the corners. 1 down. 1-0 Sounds.

Rudy gets the fly out to LF for the second out. Efficient inning so far. Let's hope it stays that way. Ump still not giving him anything on the corners.