Tue. 4/15 - Morning Mudcats

[Jim French Stepstool]

As a collective, I thought I'd never see a Brewers' minor league affiliate excite me as much as the '08 Huntsville team w/Brantley, Gamel, LaPorta, Salome, Escobar & Cole Gillespie.

Think again, ace.

[Joseph Zarr]

2 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

As a collective, I thought I'd never see a Brewers' minor league affiliate excite me as much as the '08 Huntsville team w/Brantley, Gamel, LaPorta, Salome, Escobar & Cole Gillespie.

Think again, ace.

[sveumrules]

22 minutes ago, snoogans8056 said:

I swear Made started 0-10 too…

Yeah, started 0-10 with three walks.

Since then he is 7-14 with two doubles, a triple, a bomb, two walks and a HBP. 

[Jim French Stepstool]

1 hour ago, sveumrules said:

Yeah, started 0-10 with three walks.

Since then he is 7-14 with two doubles, a triple, a bomb, two walks and a HBP. 

And not quite yet eighteen. Gracious.

[MudcatsfaninBrunsCO]

1 hour ago, Joseph Zarr said:

I know! I was intently listening for the call from Edwards too. I can email him to try and get that info if you'd like.

I follow him on Instagram, I'll DM him. I'm wondering as well

[sveumrules]

14 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

And not quite yet eighteen. Gracious.

It took him all of two and a half games (with a rolled ankle in between) to figure out the Carolina League apparently.

[Ro Mueller]

The Sounds play at White Sox AAA affiliate Charlotte this week, with RHP Deivi Garcia (7.1 season IP, 3 ER, 6 Ks) making his 2nd start (4th appearance) tonight. 3B Caleb Durbin has hit safely in 9 of his last 10 games. 

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, Ro Mueller said:

The Sounds play at White Sox AAA affiliate Charlotte this week, with RHP Deivi Garcia (7.1 season IP, 3 ER, 6 Ks) making his 2nd start (4th appearance) tonight. 3B Caleb Durbin has hit safely in 9 of his last 10 games. 

Wes Clarke fills in for EMJ who gets the rest day - this is only Clarke's third appearance at first base on the season 15 games in.

[Ro Mueller]

Biloxi is in Birmingham this week to battle the White Sox’s AA affiliate, with RHP Alexander Cornielle aiming to replicate last week’s stellar outing (6 IP, 0 R, 4 Ks). DH Eric Brown Jr. looks to extend his hitting streak to 9 games. 

[Ro Mueller]

The Timber Rattlers host Athletics’ High-A affiliate Lansing this week. RHP Ryan Birchard makes his 2nd start (3.2 IP, 0 R, 4 Ks last week). SS Eduardo Garcia has a 5-game hitting streak and raised his OPS to .781 in 35 plate appearances. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Daz Cameron stays red hot for the Sounds. He leads off the game tonight with a reach liner single into LF in an 0-2 count. The lead-off man is aboard for the Sounds.

[Joseph Zarr]

Welp, just like that an Oliva force out to SS sees Cameron put out. Then Oliva is picked off before the first pitch to Durbin. Two down. 

[Joseph Zarr]

García sees a broken bat liner land in right CF off the bat of Drury. Quero fights off an inside heater for a liner just beyond the leaping glove of Monasterio at SS. Two men aboard. One down. Knights bottom of the 1st frame. Garcia has gotten ahead of each batter. His two strike execution has found just a bit too much of the plate. He is ahead 0-2 again (second batter in a row) 15 pitches into his first frame of work.

[Joseph Zarr]

García gets the K looking (ol' nemesis Tim Elko) and then walks the bases full in a five-pitch AB following. He is already at 25 pitches. BUT, the next hitter (Fletcher) starts with a pitch clock violation of his own. He show bunt and pulls on an inside heater on the inner black. García up again 0-2. Fouled back a heater (way too much plate again). Misses way high on a breaker. 1-2. Misses way outside and low on a slider. 2-2. Slider runs away inside (Seigler set out on the outside black) fouled back (just barely). Pitch count 28. High corner heater. 92 mph. Fouled back again. 30th pitch. Another foul down the first base line. Bullpen is up and active already. Misses low on a dipping slider 3-2 count. Another foul - this one down the RF line into the stands. Another foul ball. Pitch count 33. Sheeesh. 😅 High slider. Fouled back again. Inside heater coming up and in he mercifully gets the fly out to Cameron in RF. 

Yowza. I do wonder aloud if he'll come back out. That was a lengthy inning. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Sounds pitching staff is managing a team-wide 2.20 ERA. 

They are hitting 0.216 as a team as well.

Hence, the 7-7 record.

[Joseph Zarr]

Two very well worked two out walks from Wes Clarke and Andruw Monasterio. Both behind in their counts. Laid off some pretty enticing sliders. Delgado now works his count 3-0. Let's hope we have something here.

[Joseph Zarr]

That's now three consecutive two out walks from the Knight's starter Rodriguez (their opening day starter). Bases dripping. Two down. Let's see if Jimmy Herron can have his best moment of his young season. It's been a struggle to date. Hopefully, he can come through. 

[Joseph Zarr]

YES SIR! Herron gets his first and second RBI's of his season. That had to have felt good for Herron!. He gets a bit of a hanging inside slider or curve and pokes an oppo line drive single into shallow RF. Big hit there, Jimmy! 2-0 Sounds. Cameron now back to the dish for his 2nd AB. 

[Joseph Zarr]

WP scores Delgado. Herron moves to 2B. 3-0 Sounds. 1-1 count to Cameron. This all has happened with two down. Baseball. You literally never know. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Cameron smokes a 3-2 comebacker and Rodriguez snags it. 3-0 Sounds. We will now see if García comes back out for a second frame of work given he's approaching upper 30's total pitches.

[CheeseheadInQC]

4 hours ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

As a collective, I thought I'd never see a Brewers' minor league affiliate excite me as much as the '08 Huntsville team w/Brantley, Gamel, LaPorta, Salome, Escobar & Cole Gillespie.

Think again, ace.

I know it’s early, and some will likely fall short of the mark, but since 2010, only two Brewers teen prospects totaled an .800 OPS in low-A in at least 200 plate appearances. There are five on pace this year.

[Joseph Zarr]

Heck of a perfromance from García to get into the fifth frame after that 35 pitch first frame! Sounds lead 4-1.

[Joseph Zarr]

Two more walks in two frames completed so far for RHP Ryan Birchard. They continue to be a problem. He also allowed a few knocks in there as the T-Rats trail 4-0 early.

[Joseph Zarr]

1B Luke Adams just hit a double to clear the bases for the T-Rats after Darrien Miller worked a count full and then took a walk to load the bases. 3-0 Shuckers. Pratt and Adams also swiped bags in the same frame. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Mona just ripped a double to deep LF. He now has a two hit night. Nice to see for the young man! Sounds lead 4-1. Top of 6th. Man on second. One down for Delgado. He goose snorts a bloop infield liner into shallow CF. Monasterio had to hold at 2B so is incapable of scoring on the play (looked like he'd make Home, honestly). Men on the corners. One down. Delgado then steals 2B (throw beat him by 3 feet. Tag hit his left hand. Ump called him safe anyway.) A sharply hit liner one hops and is snared but Mona scores anyhow. 5-1 Sounds.