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

[Joseph Zarr]

Burke now sneaks a ground ball double inside the first base line - his 11th of his season. Go-ahead run now standing at 2B. Dinges to the dish. Two down bottom of 7th. 4-4 game. T-Rats have not led in this game. AND, they will continue to not do so. Dinges K's on a 2-2 dead center hook. Just under it.

[Joseph Zarr]

FOLKS we have a 2-3-2 Area Code down in Arizonnnnnna. Crew jump ahead 7-5 and it may not be over. Extra Extra. Man on 2B. One down. We got a 2-3-2 on the speed dial!!!

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1 minute ago, Joseph Zarr said:

FOLKS we have a 2-3-2 Area Code down in Arizonnnnnna. Crew jump ahead 7-5 and it may not be over. Extra Extra. Man on 2B. One down. We got a 2-3-2 on the speed dial!!!

& Holguin goes deep. Nine to five, we’ve entered the Dolly Zone.

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Ortuno promptly drilled by the new pitcher.

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Quero’s turn on the homer carousel !!

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, sveumrules said:

Ortuno promptly drilled by the new pitcher.

A fitting 'Je ne sais quoi!' with the Brewers surrendering the likely losing 1-0 run on an Ashby WP. 2025 won't stop 2025'ng.😅

[Joseph Zarr]

Flores pitches that elusive 1-2-3 top of the 8th. Great Scotts! I eagerly await Baez over-extending and K'ng to lead off the T-Rats half. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Well, Baez weakly flew out to RF. He swung at three balls up and away out of the zone by about 6-9" each. He is such an undisciplined free swinger. Meanwhile, Hedbert continues to come on and improve as a hitter before our eyes. Two free passes earlier and now has extended his hit streak to 9 Games with a single under the diving 1B glove into RF. Go-ahead run back on base in the 8th.Yhoswar Garcia pops up sky high to shallow RF to 2B (Hey, $0.35 to ME!). Two down. Diaz to the dish who has looked fairly overmatched throughout. Let's hope he can come through.

[Joseph Zarr]

OH NO!!! 

[Joseph Zarr]

Hedbert's shoulder. COME ON!!!!

[Joseph Zarr]

Sliding head first into 2B. Something happened. He's holding that left shoulder. Oh no. That looks like a separation or some type of issue from the dive itself. Went smack dab into the bag on the slide. UGH!!! Come on, baseball gods be good please. He is just hitting his stride and finally healthy. He's coming out. Not good.

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Jayden Dubanewicz on for the fourth inning and he notches a four up three down zero (1 K).

[Joseph Zarr]

And, fitting, Diaz then goes down looking at a dead center off-speed curve. Man I am hurting so hard for Hedbert!

[Joseph Zarr]

Hedbert slide and Injury (Man I am SO in pain for this young man) 3:32:00. Brutal. Those types of injuries just never end up well.

[Joseph Zarr]

Burke has had two absolutely fantastic scoops tonight at 1B. He continues to showcase his vastly underrated defense. He saved Guilarte earlier with runner heading toward home with an expert snag. He just saved Areinamo's short-hop throw to grab the first out of the ninth. Don't sleep on Burke's hands and overall defensive abilities. He is much better than advertised. 

On to the bottom half of the 9th where the T-Rats will try to walk this off.

[Joseph Zarr]

Winning run is aboard for the T-Rats with another Guilarte free pass. You love to see it. No free swinging there. Areinamo will try to do some damage in a frustrating night at the dish - -0for-4. Pokes a bloop single. Alright! Men on 1st and 2nd. Nobody out. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Garcia goes down looking at a beautiful breaking curve on the outer black. Absolutely fooled. Heck of a pitch. One down. Men on 1st and 2nd. Burke to the dish who is 2-for-4.

[Joseph Zarr]

The Blake Burke game. Where were you?

[Joseph Zarr]

WHERE WERE YOU?!?!

[Joseph Zarr]

WALK-OFF nearly identical hit down the RF line. Would have likely been a double. Instead it goes as a walk-off single. 5-4 T-Rats dub. Woot woot! Burke was absolutely fantastic throughout. A truly professional game from that young man. D. Clutch. Everything. 

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Complex Crew is just insane.

Engel Paulino doubled, stole third and scored on a errant throw. 12-5.

Ibarguen walked, Holguin doubled, wild pitch. 13-5.

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, sveumrules said:

Complex Crew is just insane.

Engel Paulino doubled, stole third and scored on a errant throw. 12-5.

Ibarguen walked, Holguin doubled, wild pitch. 13-5.

[biedergb]

Perez injury did look bad - immediate reaction for him grabbing his shoulder Yikes. Hope for best for that young man who was just getting his prospect status back again.

And Blake Burke is looking pretty good. Handles the glove and is a hitter. Still want to see more gap and HR power for him, but I won't critique the young man tonight and let us savor this win.

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Man for a mere two game night I could right voluminous pages. VOLUMINOUS. 

 

**Relax...I will not pen voluminous pages...let's all just settle down! You there! Just stop with the nonsense!**

 

 

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Maybe even more impressive than the offense scoring 13 runs through four innings…Dubanewicz with his second 4U3D inning (1 BB | 2 K).