Wed. 9/10 - Cornielle and Letson Make Respective New Level Starting Pitcher Debuts

[Jim Goulart]

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[Joseph Zarr]

I thought for shore, with your recent GOAT run of Game Thread zingers, we were in for a 'Lets(on) Get it On'. Alas, we can't have it all (as this current Brewers Texas roadtrip is certainly reminding us).

[Ro Mueller]

 

[Ro Mueller]

24-year old RHP Alexander Cornielle (3.88 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 8.5 K/9 in 123 AA IP) makes his AAA debut, as Nashville aims for a 2-0 home series lead over Gwinnett. 3B Luis Urias is 7-for-18 with 4 extra-base hits in 5 games, while 2B Anthony Seigler gets his first action since being optioned. 

[Ro Mueller]

20-year old RHP Bishop Letson (1.69 ERA, 0.99 WHIP. 10.4 K/9 in 37.1 High-A IP) is set for his AA debut, as the Shuckers aim to take a 2-0 series advantage at Birmingham. LF Eric Brown Jr. is back from injury for his first game in 18 days.

[Joseph Zarr]

Not a friendly start for RHP Alexander Cornielle and his defensive unit. He induces a routine 0-2 grounder to 3B Luis Urias who has plenty of time but throws it short and, tell me if you've heard this before, 1B Tyler Black couldn't snare it on the bounce. This was a very tough play for Black so I certainly don't begrudge his inability to collect the vicious hop. Error charge to Luis. Cornielle then walks the next batter on four pitches. Sigh.

[Joseph Zarr]

Cornielle's next pitch is a slider low and in and in the dirt. That's 5 straight balls after the error. Now six straight balls with a high outside heater. 

[Joseph Zarr]

7 straight balls. High and outside again. He is down 3-0 and risking loading the bases. Yup. 8 straight balls. Consecutive walks. Bases juiced. Nobody out. This has been his ongoing issue at pretty much every level. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Cornielle has already been rescued in the dirt twice by Quero. He is as wild as he's ever been. Now he hangs a very hittable 2-2 pitch to McCabe and it's quickly 2-0 Stripers. Not a good inning for the Sounds. Error, walk, walk, 2-run single up the middle.

[Joseph Zarr]

Back to back punchouts now for Cornielle as he looks to strand runners at the corners. He can escape with only the one run charged to his ledger (the first crosses via the Urias error).

[Joseph Zarr]

At 31 pitches, Cornielle gets his third consecutive K swinging on a very pretty low inside off-speed pitch. Really nice recovery. 32 total pitches tho in the first frame. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Who other than Luis Urias again?!? He works a count to 2-2 and rips an RBI single. His 8th RBI in six games as a Sound. Cameron had led off with a BB and SB to get into scoring position.

[Joseph Zarr]

Black rips one to the corner. Urias scores. Quero is sent and he is thrown out with relative ease - tho kudos to the catcher for that grab on a tricky throw home. LOL. He was huffing down that line. 2-2 game. Black does take 3rd on the throw home. Two down. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Seigler grounds out a wet turd dribbler to the mound on the first pitch. That's that for that inning. Yes, that's that and that's that. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Heck of a 4-6-3 DP by Seigler to Murray to Black who adeptly digs Murray's intentional one hop throw. That was not an easy play. Credit to the defense on that one. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Fantastic. That's a minimum batters inning. I believe that was less than 10 pitches as well. Fabulous for Cornielle. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Lara leads off with a first pitch shallow single to CF. He then swipes 2B and the throw goes into CF so he takes 3rd. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Made beats out a chopper to SS in back of the 2B bag for another hit. Speed kills. 1-0 Shuckers. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Now a wild pick-off throw back to 1B and Made is standing on 3B. Speed kills. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Well shoot. Pratt just took a high heater up and in off his hand. He is in obvious grimacing pain. Come on now.

[Joseph Zarr]

Yup. That's his dominant right hand as well. He is pulled from the game. Good grief. Unbelievable. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Eduardo Garcia will take his base at 1B and back fill at SS presumably. Man, this is ridiculous. 

[Joseph Zarr]

4-0 Shuckers after a weak Wilken groundout to 3B scored Made, Boeve k'd swinging (and once again looked uncomfortable in doing so) and Spain then pokes an 0-2 single into left field. Well hit pro hit there. Two come across. 

[Joseph Zarr]

2 more K's for Cornielle. That's the minimum in two consecutive frames. Pitch count very manageable. Settling in quite nicely! Slider working really really well early now that he's back on top of things. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Letson records his first K on an inside dipping slider. One down. The runner swipes 2B in the process. Man on 2nd. One down. Bottom of 1st.