Tue. 8/12 - Get Thyself to Appleton

[Joseph Zarr]

Berroa singles to shallow CF and a slight misplay gives him all the space he needed to steal 2nd in the ordeal. He officially steals 3B. Quero SF to RF. 2-1 Sounds.

[MudcatsfaninBrunsCO]

If anyone is curious... Fayetteville goes back and forth on play by play. The lead guy is Andrew Chapman, Color guy is Ryan Zimmerman, former voice of Vermont WBB replacing Colin Casey this year.

[Joseph Zarr]

Black walks. He is caught stealing. 

Bitonti walks he is picked off and caught stealing leaving early. 

In unison everybody. Outs on the basepaths. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Hernandez's off-speed stuff is really popping tonight. Lotta really good movement. Getting many a check swing strike.

[Joseph Zarr]

I see we are back to the completely blurry smudged CF camera in Biloxi. AND, just like that Chad Patrick hangs another dead center belt high off speed pitch (or sinker?) that is absolutely launched over the left CF wall. These pitches are just not good pitches. 2-2 game.

[Joseph Zarr]

What is that? 5 HR in his last 7 2/3 IP? Good gracious. It's definitely four but I feel like he gave up a third long ball his last start? He just doens't look very inspired right now.

[rccola42]

Did not realize how miserable the parking operation at Appleton is.

[Joseph Zarr]

Seriously. We are in August AND the Shuckers CF camera is still a relative disaster. EArly in the season it was completely out of alignment. Everything was tilted down to the right. Now? It's a complete smudefest. All the chalk - anything white - is smudged and jumping off the screen. Utterly annoying. Every year it is something down at Keesler Federal Park.

[Joseph Zarr]

Anyhow, after a first batter pop out to 3B. DeBerry goes:

-single to left CF

-double inside the 3B line

-double roped into the RF corner

2-0 deficit. 

AND, hey , just like that what would another inning be without another HR given up by Chad Patrick. This is unbelievable.

 

[Joseph Zarr]

0-2 count. Inside belt high four-seamer? Seymour's 2nd tonight. 28th on the season. I think, in second viewing, that was a cutter that just didn't, well, cut. 116.2 mph. Do you think Patrick is getting absolutely shelled these past two outings? Hint: he is. 3-2 Sounds trail.

[Joseph Zarr]

Pratt goes down swinging at two consecutive balls at his ankles. His string of unimpressive AB's continues. Hasn't been a pretty second half.

Meanwhile, Burke stays red hot sneaking a single into LF with the infield shadowed pull toward 2B. 

[Joseph Zarr]

EMJ ropes a stand up double into the RF corner. That ball was absolutely scorched. 7th double of his season. Berroa is back to the dish. He's been the most impactful batter this evening. Let's hope he finds something here.

[Joseph Zarr]

Berroa answers. Rips a single through the gap between 1B and 2B into RF. Runners on the corners. Nobody out. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Bullpen for Durham. We'll see a new arm.

Adamczewski works a one out walk in the top of the fifth. Mudcats still clinging to a 2-0 lead. DeBerry has settled things. He works a clean 2nd. 2-0 Shuckers still trail.

After a brief weather delay they are raring to get things going in Wisconsin.

[wibadgers23]

Quero hit an absolute bomb for a 3-run HR.

 

[Joseph Zarr]

QUERO!!!

HOLY COW.

THAT was a MAMMOTH shot.

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, wibadgers23 said:

Quero hit an absolute bomb for a 3-run HR.

 

Absolute tank

[Joseph Zarr]

That may have been the hardest and furthest hit ball Quero has ever hit as a Brewer. That ball was absolutely torched.

[Joseph Zarr]

Black follows the 3-run Nuclear Bomb with a walk. Cameron follows with a hustle double into LF. We have runners on 2nd and 3rd with only one down. Let's Go, Sounds! Keep this going. We need the reprieve from loss after loss. Dunn here's my call and pops up to 3B. Sighs. 😂

[Joseph Zarr]

A flare down the RF line results in a luck double. Diaz, playing 1B, chases down a grounder toward the middle of the infield. He throws inaccurately missing his pitcher covering the bag. Sigh. Runners on the corners for Travis Smith. One down. Ugly play.

[Joseph Zarr]

43 pitches through 3 IP for DeBerry. He keeps things calm since the early hiccups. He ends his third with a swinging K. Looking really dialed since the first. 2-0 Shuckers trail. Bats still asleep.

[Matt]

Rough top of the first for Pena in the field. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Back-to-back fielding gaffes by Made and Peña. Made can't get the DP throw out of his glove allowing the run to cross. Two outs. Dinges throws an absolute dart to 2B to grab the steal attempt and Peña botches the catch off the heel of his glove. Perfect throw. He had him. Peña then botches a routine weakly hit chopper. Runner gets aboard but the runner had advanced too far past 3B and Peña gets him with a cannon shot to the bag. LOL. Hokay then.

T-Rats trail 1-0.

[Joseph Zarr]

3 minutes ago, Matt said:

Rough top of the first for Pena in the field. 

Well, Made also botched the transfer on an inning ending DP - but, honestly, you could argue Peña was slow to get the ball to 2B. LOL. It was poor form from both. LOL. But, yeah, botching the CS throw. Then that hiccup? At least he showed off the cannon. Heck of a throw across his body to get the runner at 3B. Weird sequence there.

[Joseph Zarr]

Made immediately answers with an oppo chopper up the 1B line on the first pitch. Man on 2B right off the bat.