Tue. 6/10 - Hit the Road, Jack! (All Full-Season Affiliates Travel This Week)

[Ro Mueller]

Low-A Carolina (35-20) leads Guardians’ affiliate Lynchburg (35-22) by 1 game and play 6 games at the Hillcats this week. 18-year old RHP Melvin Hernandez (2.76 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 6.8 K/9 in 49 IP) starts pivotal Game 1 of the series. 2B Luis Pena has the 2nd-highest SLG (.522) in the Carolina League.

[Joseph Zarr]

Hernandez escapes with a swinging K on a curve ball belt high and in. Nice pitch. Pitch count ran up due to the unearned run. 1-0 Mudcats trail.

[Joseph Zarr]

Anderson and Di Turi back-to-back walks. Men on 1st and 2nd. Nobody down.

[Joseph Zarr]

The Muddies continue to be way out ahead of this lefty's off-speed. Holguin goes down swinging on what seemed like a change dead center. Ouch. One down. Men on 1st and 2nd. Fly out to left CF (I think? Camera doesn't move. LOL). Two down.

[Joseph Zarr]

Wait a moment. We might have audio? We definitely have static. LOL.

[Joseph Zarr]

Holguin and Walther will both regret the pitches they missed in their K's. Both missed on pitches they fouled straight back. The Muddies strand two. They trail 1-0 headed to the bottom of the 2nd. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Nice efficient second inning. Two line outs to the OF (again, camera doesn't move - presumably to left CF and RF?) and then a K looking on a gorgeous hook on the outer black and upper corner of the zone. On to the 3rd. 1-0 Muddies trail.

[Joseph Zarr]

Made chases a high outside heater and goes down swinging to start the 3rd. Very much a ball. One down. 

Meanwhile, the Sounds trail 1-0 @ Norfolk. Just got that feed going. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Payne goes down looking in a 3-2 count - that fastball was easily three inches off the plate. Terrible call. That was a walk. Sigh.

[Joseph Zarr]

Avans begins his Nashville tenure by smoking a liner off the diving 1B glove down into the RF corner. That's a double. Delgado (BB) reached 3B. Men on 2nd and 3rd. Two down. 1-0 deficit. Top of 3rd.

[Joseph Zarr]

Quero strands them via a ground out to SS. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Hernandez just gave up a two out single to shallow CF here in the bottom of the 3rd. Meanwhile, Walther finally got his man! He nabbed the runner at 2B - CS to end the frame. Noice! Beautiful throw and tag by Made. 

[sveumrules]

Wisco with a two out rally in the first that kicked off with a Burke HBP and Dinges walk with both of them coming around to score on an Areinamo double.

Then Hedbert singled Jadher home for a third Rattler run.

[sveumrules]

Pair of doubles from Luke Adams and Cooper Pratt get Biloxi on the board first.

[Joseph Zarr]

Do we seriously have no audio in Great Lakes too?!?

[biedergb]

5 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Then Hedbert singled Jadher home for a third Rattler run.

When did Hedbert come back? Good to see that!!

[biedergb]

Dinges in the action with a caught stealing!

[Joseph Zarr]

T-Rats have scored three so far (I'm behind) in the first after two outs. Burke HBP. Dinges BB. Areinamo pull double to the LF wall. 1-0. Hedbert is up on my feed now.

Meanwhile, the Mudcats offense stranded two more in the fourth. Zimmerman is getting shelled in the third frame here. Sounds trail 4-0. Two down. 

[sveumrules]

Wilken walked and Warren went yard, 4-0 Shuckers.

[Joseph Zarr]

8 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Wisco with a two out rally in the first that kicked off with a Burke HBP and Dinges walk with both of them coming around to score on an Areinamo double.

Then Hedbert singled Jadher home for a third Rattler run.

Dinges didn't score on Areinamo's dub. He scored on Hedbert's single by my eyes. FWIW.

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, sveumrules said:

Wilken walked and Warren went yard, 4-0 Shuckers.

Looking forward to going back and watching baby. My lil laptop multi-screen set up can't handle four games this year. I fried my IMAC last fall and am now an impoverished three game viewer. 

[Joseph Zarr]

OH we have audio now at Great Lakes just in time to watch Nicasia going down looking on a massive hook.

[biedergb]

Shuckers offense coming back to life. Warren with a HR. 4-0 Biloxi. Alrighty then!

And Birchard Ks two and it’s a 3-0 lead after 1 in Great Lakes

Mudcats - man they are no longer relentless without Dinges, and the injured Adamczewski, seeing the struggles of Bitonti (except for the weekend before last) and Payne both really having a rough go at the plate. 

[sveumrules]

1 minute ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Dinges didn't score on Areinamo's dub. He scored on Hedbert's single by my eyes. FWIW.

Foiled by GameDay (or faulty eyeballs) again.

[Ro Mueller]

High-A Wisconsin (29-28) plays at Dodgers’ affiliate Great Lakes (30-27) this week, with RHP Ryan Birchard (4.46 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 11.3 K/9 in 42.1 IP) starting the opening game. CF Eduardo Garcia’s on-base streak is up to 21 games.