Sun. 5/18: Tanner Gillis' First Wisconsin Start. Biloxi + Carolina Can Join Nashville as Series Winners

[Ro Mueller]

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[Ro Mueller]

Just-promoted 6’3” RHP Tanner Gillis (1.32 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 9.2 K/9 in 27.1 IP at Carolina) makes his High-A Wisconsin debut at home against Beloit, needing a win to earn a 3-3 series draw. 1B Blake Burke is 6th in the Midwest League in hits (39) and doubles (10). 

[Ro Mueller]

Low-A Carolina need to win today at home over Fayetteville to capture a 4-2 series win. RHP Chandler Welch makes his 2nd start of the week (89 pitches for Wisconsin on Tuesday). DH Eric Martinez gets his 3rd start for the club. 

[sveumrules]

Chandler Welch walked a batter before surrendering a two run bomb but bounced back to strikeout the last two batters of the first inning.

[Ro Mueller]

AAA Nashville have already won their road series at Memphis and have RHP Deivi Garcia (4.34 ERA, 1.55 WHIP, 8.1 K/9 in 29 IP) on the bump this afternoon. SS Freddy Zamora keeps doing the Moneyball thing (19-game on-base streak). 

[sveumrules]

22 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Chandler Welch walked a batter before surrendering a two run bomb but bounced back to strikeout the last two batters of the first inning.

Welch put up a zero in the 2nd with a lil help from Marco Dinges gunning down a runner on the bases.

39 pitches after two in what will likely be an abbreviated second start of the week for Chandler, 

[Ro Mueller]

LHP Nate Peterson makes his 3rd start (8th appearance, including 44 pitches thrown on Tuesday) for AA Biloxi, which aims to clinch a 4-2 series victory at Montgomery. C Victor Torres (63 PAs from 2023-24) makes his first 2025 appearance. 1B Zavier Warren is 7-for-15 with 2 HRs in his last 4 games. 

[sveumrules]

A pair of two out walks by Demetrio Nadal and Tyler Rodriguez set the stage for a three run bomb from #9 hitter Eric Martinez to put Carolina up 3-2 after two innings 

[wiguy94]

8 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Welch put up a zero in the 2nd with a lil help from Marco Dinges gunning down a runner on the bases.

39 pitches after two in what will likely be an abbreviated second start of the week for Chandler, 

I don't think Carolina can afford for it to be an abbreviated start. I think they are going to ask him to get that pitch count up to 90-100 area considering the state of their pitching staff.

[sveumrules]

Carolina adding on in the third with a Luis Peña single, Marco Dinges HBP and Filippo Di Turi scoring a fourth Mudcat run.

Reece Walling has walked to load em up with one out.

[sveumrules]

5 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Reece Walling has walked to load em up with one out.

Carolina batters couldn’t come through but a balk did get one Mudcat home stretching the lead to 5-2 after three. 

[wiguy94]

Chandler Welch might not be long for professional baseball. After seriously struggling in A+ to get demoted to A and give up 3 HR in your first start...tough scenes

[sveumrules]

Made walks and Luis Peña goes deep to get the Mudcat lead back to three at 7-4.

[snoogans8056]

I wish Made had more of Peña’s aggressiveness.
 

They are a lot closer prospect-wise than all these lists think.

[sveumrules]

Jesus Flores on in the fifth and goes one two three (2 K).

& Reece Walling leads off the bottom half with a double.

[sveumrules]

Tanner Gillis has put up three scoreless (2 BB | 2 K) so far in his TRats debut.

[sveumrules]

Flores goes 1-2-3 again in the sixth with another strikeout.

[biedergb]

Five singles so far have TRats out in front. One out on the base path - Herbert at home - but an error and wild pitch help out. 2 outs, 4 runs in. 
Meanwhile Muddies get some base runners. But nothing doing. Still up7-4.

[sveumrules]

Flores dealing, another one two three (2 K) frame in the seventh.

That’s three perfect with 5 K total.

[biedergb]

Do they add Flores to the rotation in Carolina sometime soon?

[sveumrules]

Lameda walked followed by singles from Nadal and Eric Martinez to load the bases for a Jesus Made walk, extending the lead to 8-4.

[sveumrules]

Bases loaded for Peña who grounds into a 5-2 putout then departs the game for pinch runner Eric Bitonti.

[biedergb]

Ugh. Grounder to third and they get the runner at home but the throw to first is high and the first baseman tries to get the bag and/or runner and Peña runs into him and has to exit. He was down for a minute. Ugh. Can we just not have injuries running the bases for a while please ?!?

Still 8-4 game. 

[Jake McKibbin]

Peña had a horrible looking collision at first, I THINK he may have caught an elbow to the face and is now being replaced by bitonti. I think it'll be concussion checks but hopefully nothing more sinister.

[wiguy94]

Just feels like we are never going to see a healthy Carolina team. Pena probably has a concussion from that. Payne is dealing with something. Adamczewski is dealing with a back issue. Why can't we just get a healthy stretch from Carolina.