Wed. 4/16: Join the Rattlers for Lunch in Appleton

[Joseph Zarr]

95 mph heater for a swinging K. Pitch count sitting at 20. Two down.

[Joseph Zarr]

HBP, walk, 2-run Homer, K, and fly out. Man on first yet again after the free pass. Two down. Pitch count at 26. He falls behind 2-0 to the next hitter. Dinges comes to the mound. And now pitching coach Paul Moeller joins him.

[Joseph Zarr]

And, after a SB (very close - looked like they may have gotten him tho the camera work was slow to react) Torres walks the next batter on four pitches. He then gets a first pitch jam shot ground out to Bitonti. Not a clean inning.

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Made tops a weak grounder to the mound for a ground out. Dinges muscles a jam shot liner single into shallow CF. Adamczewski strikes out swinging on a heater. Bitonti flies out to LF. 

Meanwhile, the Sounds took a 1-0 lead on an EMJ single, Alfaro walk, Seigler gets aboard on a fielding error by the second baseman. With the bases juiced, EMJ crosses on a wild pitch. The Miz is out for his first frame. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Torres gets a 1-2-3 (all ground outs) frame. Much needed. I think that was a seven pitch frame? Either way his pitch count is 37.

[Joseph Zarr]

Miz works around two singles and two men on to get consecutive K's finishing his first frame of work. He sat 95-96. He touched 98. 

[Joseph Zarr]

HEY NOW, I see you Jimmy Herron. Two-run poke just over the RF wall. An oppo taco. Love it. That's 5 RBI now in the first two games. Delgado had singled to RF to start the frame. It's 3-0 Sounds. 

Meanwhile, Nadal reached 1B on a fielding error and pulled up a little lame. We have the trainer, Nick Stanley...and it looks like he's going to stay in. With Payne running, he took 2B and it would appear the Mudcats speed caused the SS to rush the play. Payne then used his swim move again to swipe 3B. Men on the corners. Nobody down. Di Turi at the dish. 

[Jastro]

Successful double steal, Payne scores but Nadal comes up slow and is being pulled due to injury.

[Joseph Zarr]

Di Turi K's. Muddies execute another successful double steal. And, I think Nadal is now going to get pulled after he came up a bit lame after the steal. It appears to be a potential hammy. Dang. He was really getting going of late! The fact they are bringing on Blayberg Diaz as the runner on 2B. Which leads me to: What's our current bench situation?

Oliva just ripped a double down the LF line just over the third base bag.

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, Jastro said:

Successful double steal, Payne scores but Nadal comes up slow and is being pulled due to injury.

He pulled up lame when he ran out the misplayed grounder to SS. They visited with him for several minutes and he stayed in. Clearly, he wasn't right. Chris Edwards thinks it's a hammy. Not good for a young man who had been hot of late.

[Joseph Zarr]

AND after Walling K's swinging on a full count heater, the switch-hitting Alastre rips a deep triple off the wall in RF beyond the leaping RF'er at the wall. It's 2-2. Made will try to knock him through with two down. Not to be. A ground out to 2B. 

[Jastro]

1 minute ago, Joseph Zarr said:

He pulled up lame when he ran out the misplayed grounder to SS. They visited with him for several minutes and he stayed in. Clearly, he wasn't right. Chris Edwards thinks it's a hammy. Not good for a young man who had been hot of late.

Yup, saw the initial play where he came up lame. Such a bummer, hopefully it isn't too bad

[Joseph Zarr]

10 minutes ago, Jastro said:

Yup, saw the initial play where he came up lame. Such a bummer, hopefully it isn't too bad

No kidding. He had really gotten going of late. And, with Pena also possibly nursing some type of minor injury hopefully Tyler Rodriguez can get some action tomorrow. Either way, to your point, really stinks.

[Joseph Zarr]

Walk, DP, K looking on a beautiful high and inside slider ends Miz's second frame of work. 3-0 Sounds.

[Joseph Zarr]

Mudcats 3rd:

Dinges high chopper ground out to SS. Admaczewski hi fly out to the LF warning track. Bitonti sky high fly out to the RF warning track. On to the 4th. 

[Joseph Zarr]

MONA BOMB over the LF wall. His 2nd in two nights baby. Yes Sir! Two-run jack. 5-0 Sounds baby.

[Joseph Zarr]

Meanwhile, Flores just gave up a well hit oppo taco to lead off the 4th. 3-2 Delmarva as the Shorebirds continue to give the Mudcats back-and-forth fight.

[Joseph Zarr]

Flores has faced three batters since coming on in relief. Two opposite field singles and an opposite field home run. Let's see if he can get an out here. Man aboard after the solo jack.

[Joseph Zarr]

Now, in a 2-2 count Flores misses high and outside off-speed. The runner swipes 2B and Dinges' throw sails wide of the bag into CF. The runner takes third on the throwing error. Flores gets a check swing K for the first out. The runner stays at 3B. One down. Man on third. First pitch oppo grounder. Di Turi full stretch dives for it with the runner moving on contact and the ball caroms off the bag back into the infield dirt at SS. Booooo! 4-2 Shorebirds. Flores gets a fly out to RF. Two down. Flores walks the next batter. Delmarva steals another in the process with another inaccurate Dinges throw going to CF yet again (runner did not advance).

[wiguy94]

Tim Elko is the bane of the Brewers Minor League System. Is there a level where this guy hasn't crushed the Brewers?

[Joseph Zarr]

0-2 count. Two down. Miz hangs a belt high center in slider and ol' friend Tim Elko absolutely crushes a two-run line shot to straight away CF. 5-2 Sounds. That was definitely not the location you are looking for in that count. 

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, wiguy94 said:

Tim Elko is the bane of the Brewers Minor League System. Is there a level where this guy hasn't crushed the Brewers?

Totally. AND, that is not an ideal location for that pitch in an 0-2 count. It's Elko. Can't hang anything. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Miz walks the next batter on 5 pitches.

Meanwhile, Alastre helps Flores gunning a runner at home for the final out. Flores is getting hit left and right. Not a sharp outing whatsoever.

[Joseph Zarr]

0-2 count. This is the pitch to known Brewer killer Tim Elko:

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Man, Jared Oliva has some absolute wheels. That is a fast human being. Smooth. He swipes 2B and he made it look too easy.