Tue. 5/27 - Four Games as Nashville is Idle

[Joseph Zarr]

T-Rats threatening in the Bottom of the 3rd. Bases juiced for Dinges. One down.

[Joseph Zarr]

Sac Fly to right CF. Guilarte scores. Garcia advances to 3B. 3-2 deficit. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Quintana starts the fourth frame. Pitch count 47. You love to see this. Good rehab work.

[Joseph Zarr]

I am just now noticing my AI assist auto-corrected my earlier entries to 'Jorge Quintana.' 😂 I'm going to leave it and see if I get the patented name correctors to give me the business. JOSE grabbed his third K but just issued his first walk and with the pitch count at 63 O'Neil will likely check to see if he wants to call his outing. This is where, pre-game, he said he'd likely exit. 

[sveumrules]

Things about to get going on the complex with the AZ Brewers lining up like this…

Juan Ortuno 2B
Jeferson Quero C
Jorge Quintana SS
Frederi Montero 3B
Roderick Flores LF
Luis Corobo DH
Engel Paulino CF
Pedro Ibarguen RF
Gery Holguin 1B

Miqueas Mercedes on the mound.

[Joseph Zarr]

Nope. Quintana stays aboard. Has the pick off and Blake Burke absolutely butchers the run down. 😅 That was hilarious. Well, in fairness, he was throwing to Baez who is never reliable to make the play anywhere. AND, following up a single to RF. Hedbert with a glorious one hop throw on a one hop line to Guilarte who botches the catch and tag. SO, that's two outs the T-Rats blow. Because, well, they are the 2025 T-Rats. Embarrassing baseball there. They don't even give Guilarte the error because, well, if you've been paying attention to Minor League scoring in 2025...they do not know what they are looking at. 😅 Pitch count at 67.

[Joseph Zarr]

Quintana mercifully helps his T-Rats teammates escape with the weak chopper to Baez at 2B. Phew. My goodness. So sloppy. 3-2 regardless and, hey, Quintana got some more pitches in there. That's what we're after in the end. Yeah, that's it.

[Joseph Zarr]

A Yhoswar ground out to 2B advances Perez. Baez pokes a flare liner to RF. Men on the corners. A 1B foul territory fly out and Perez adeptly tags - nice base running mojo there. 3-3. Areinamo skies a pop up for the second AB in a row to end it. On to the 5th. Broca does indeed replace Quintana.

[sveumrules]

Mercedes starts out rough with a pair of singles, a walk and a hit batter scoring a run.

Bounces back pretty nice though with a sac fly and two strikeouts.

[Joseph Zarr]

I quite like the recent version of Broca we are seeing. Sitting 92-93 mph on his heater. Throwing in that hook with a really effective mid 80's change-up. IF he can stay around the zone he can find quite a bit more success in the Midwest League than his earlier outings. 

[sveumrules]

Ortuno lead off BOMB followed by a trio of singles from Quero, Montero and Flores plus a wild pitch got both runs back for the Zona Crew in the bottom half.

[sveumrules]

Walk, triple, sac fly to open the second and Mercedes gives the two runs right back.

Then it’s a single and double for another run making it a 5-2 deficit heading to bottom two.

[Joseph Zarr]

Baez can't come up with a makable sliding stop up the hole for the final out at 2B. Would have been a tricky play but the play was there to be made to end the inning. Instead, two men on. Two down. AND a single into LF scores the go-ahead run for the Chiefs. T-Rats trail 4-3 to the bottom of the 6th. Flores wasn't sharp that inning. Two free passes. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Two free passes for Hedbert tonight. You love to see it. Especially after last week's productive series.

[Joseph Zarr]

All for naught. Yhoswar goes down looking. Diaz goes down swinging late on a high outside heater after Hedbert had left for 2B. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Flores has 3 BB in 1 1/3 IP. Not sharp. In fairness, he has been used primarily as a Starter of late. May be an adjustment or some residue. 

[Joseph Zarr]

With Woody rehabbing tomorrow, you know Estevez would like for Flores to finish this outing. He gets the pitch clock violation, now, to fall 3-1. Already a walk in this inning. Man on first. One down. 

[sveumrules]

Paulino and Ibarguen each singled then double stole a run home.

Holguin walked on a wild pitch to put runners on 2nd/3rd setting up Ortuno to sac fly a second run home.

& now Quero doubles home a third run to tie it back up at five each.

Quintana walks making it 1st/2nd one out for Montero.

[Joseph Zarr]

That's Flores' fourth walk in 1 1/3 IP. Two men on. One down. He is missing big on these misses too. They are not close. 

[Joseph Zarr]

AND, now we have four free passes and Flores air mails a throw back to 2B for an E1. He threw to 2B like he's been throwing to home plate tonight. Brutal. He gets the comebacker, however, and spears it for a run down out on the 3B/Home base line. Two down. Men on the corners. 

[CheeseheadInQC]

Each team scores two in the first and three in the second. Extrapolating out, this ACL game is going to head to extras 54-54.

[Joseph Zarr]

Guilarte digs it clean on a chopper to 3B. He shows none of the sure fire moxy from earlier innings. Short arms a throw. Burke rescues him with an adept scoop at 1B for the final out. I swear. These T-Rats. Nothing is ever easy with this team. Just not a sound ball club. 

[Joseph Zarr]

If I earned a nickel for watching every T-Rat sky high infield pop up this evening I'd have like $0.30. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Eduardo Garcia. Pay dirt. 107.8 mph. 380.6 feet over the LF wall. 4-4 game. Bottom of the 7th. two down. Sixth of his season. Third vs the Chiefs.

[sveumrules]

Zero Alert !! Zero Alert !!

Mercedes goes four up three down top of three.