Thurs. 8/21 - No Big-League Game to Tempt Us Tonight

[biedergb]

4 minutes ago, duewizard said:

Rund is up in the 9th to secure the win

Looks like he closes the door. Nice come from behind win

[duewizard]

2 minutes ago, biedergb said:

Looks like he closes the door. Nice come from behind win

Yup. Nice soft grounder to Fischer who completes the out 

[Ro Mueller]

Quite the back-and-forth game in Nashville.

Stallings conceded 3 runs early, Alfaro hit one 454 feet to spark a 5-run 5th inning.

However, Stallings allowed 4 consecutive hits to start the 6th inning, putting Nashville behind again 6-5.

Delgado tripled and scored in the bottom half of the inning, but then Zastryzny conceded a triple and a run in the top of the 7th.

In the bottom of the 7th, Black walked, Quero doubled to opposite field, then Dunn hit a 105.1mph grounder to short...which resulted in a 6-3-2 double play. Ugh. But Daz hit the next pitch 110.3mph into center field to tie it. Then Delgado took strike 3, but it was called a ball and followed with a 104.7mph run-scoring single.

8-7 Sounds thru 7 innings. Easton McGee is pitching.

[Joseph Zarr]

20 minutes ago, Ro Mueller said:

Quite the back-and-forth game in Nashville.

Stallings conceded 3 runs early, Alfaro hit one 454 feet to spark a 5-run 5th inning.

However, Stallings allowed 4 consecutive hits to start the 6th inning, putting Nashville behind again 6-5.

Delgado tripled and scored in the bottom half of the inning, but then Zastryzny conceded a triple and a run in the top of the 7th.

In the bottom of the 7th, Black walked, Quero doubled to opposite field, then Dunn hit a 105.1mph grounder to short...which resulted in a 6-3-2 double play. Ugh. But Daz hit the next pitch 110.3mph into center field to tie it. Then Delgado took strike 3, but it was called a ball and followed with a 104.7mph run-scoring single.

8-7 Sounds thru 7 innings. Easton McGee is pitching.

Whewwww that is an entertaining Triple-A affair! Fans getting their moneys worth on both sides.

[Joseph Zarr]

Delgado has had an absolutely insane series. Just like that, and he is hitting 0.271 with an 0.718 OPS on the season after 402 PA's. I love this. He is a very underrated player in that AAAA class of Sounds picked up this past off-season. I also love that he's starting to get looks at 3B with Murray up. He'a also clearly on top of his physical health as he hasn't missed an opportunity all season long. 

[biedergb]

4 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Whewwww that is an entertaining Triple-A affair! Fans getting their moneys worth on both sides.

And it’s back-and-forth no more. Payamps goes1-2-3 (last two batters with Ks swinging) to end it. 8-7 win

Has a nice “sound” to it right?

[Joseph Zarr]

McGee pitches 1 1/3 scoreless IP. Payamps closes the door with a very clean 2 K frame to grab another Save. Payamps now has 5 SV with the Sounds. That's also a 3-0 series lead.

[Joseph Zarr]

The Mudcats lost last night but Fredericksburg was postponed. Fredericksburg won tonight but the Muddies were postponed. We have a divisional tie atop the leaderboard. 

Fayetteville remains 3.0 GB.

It certainly seems every seaeon of late it is coming down to the Fred Nats and Muddies when it matters most. Let's hope these young Mudcats can flip last year's script and kick the Nats out of the post-season picture. Great situation for the young men to test their mettle.

[wiguy94]

Is anyone else a bit perplexed by the Middendorf release? With his release Biloxi only has 12 pitchers on their active roster and frankly I'm not sure I see anyone from Wisconsin getting promoted. Are there some guys coming off the IL that will be there to help them?

[Joseph Zarr]

48 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Is anyone else a bit perplexed by the Middendorf release? With his release Biloxi only has 12 pitchers on their active roster and frankly I'm not sure I see anyone from Wisconsin getting promoted. Are there some guys coming off the IL that will be there to help them?

The staff is certainly paper thin. And this also means more spot starts for LHP Nate Peterson - we all know that isn't ideal given his Starter/Reliever splits. He is vastly more impactful and positively impacts games out of the Pen. He has been getting absolutely shelled as a spot Starter. It feels unfair to the player. I do wonder, however, if Hardin isn't ramping up. That would certainly help!