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

[Joseph Zarr]

Lockridge just snuck a well hit grounder inside the 3B line all the way into the Sounds bullpen for a one out double in the bottom of the 3rd. Still a 2-2 game. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Letson is sitting 94.5 -to- 95.5. He gets the ground out to 1B and the ground out to Made at SS (yes, he moved over to cover for the injured Pratt). He escapes without any damage. 4-0 and they head to the 2nd.

[Joseph Zarr]

And now we will pause for your farmer's farm chores in your not so local mountain valley in the remote Inland Northwest wilderness. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Quero with the go-ahead RBI double in a 1-2 count. Beaut. Got all the way to the wall as it tailed away from ol' friend LF Carlos D. Rodriguez. 101 mph off the lumber. 3-2 game.

[Joseph Zarr]

Lara swipes his second bag of his evening. 43rd of his year. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Cornielle opens his 4th frame with his 1st inning friend: the four-pitch walk.

[Joseph Zarr]

Cornielle follows with an 0-2 check swing K. That's his sixth K through 3 1/3 IP.

[Joseph Zarr]

Cornielle then nabs the runner at 1B who inexplicably left early. It's a pick-off CS. And he induces a pop up to 3B. He faces the minimum despite the walk and is now only at 61 pitches through four frames. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Letson finishes his second frame with consecutive K's swinging. Love it. 3 K through 2.0 IP. 4-0 Shuckers. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Sounds with the rare base running mishap. Berroa took off for the steal. Dunn stayed put and made his way back to 2B. They squander a two on and two out opportunity for Daz Cameron. Not the Sounds batter you want to waste that opportunity with. On to the 5th. 3-2 Sounds. Cornielle is still on the bump at just 64 pitches.

[Joseph Zarr]

Letson strikes out his 4th and his 3rd in a row to open his half of the 3rd frame. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Man alive. 7 K for Cornielle. He gets a K looking on a sinker on the outer black for his first out of his fifth inning. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Letson walks one and sees a single poked immediately after. But he gets his 5th K on an inside slider (swinging). That's two down as the Barons executed the double steal on the play when Wood dropped the ball before attempting a throw to 3B (likely wouldn't have succeeded anyway). Men on 2nd and 3rd. 4-0 Shuckers lead. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Welp. It was great while it lasted. Letson walks the next batter on five pitches. Bases juiced. He falls behind again to the next hitter to a 2-0 count. And, the game one nemesis in Gladney smashes a grand salami. It's suddenly a 4-4 game. That was what we call a dead center hanger. Poor pitch. Damage done. That ball was absolutely crushed. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Cornielle will come just shy of five complete frames. He ends his night seeing an 0-2 count turn into a...you guessed it...free pass. He will finish at 4 2/3 IP. Pitch count ends at 88. Sounds leading 3-2 with runners on 1st and 2nd. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Gasser does what Gasser does. Bobby Petrol puts the pump back in the holster. First pitch weak ground out to 1B. Threat ends. On to the bottom of the 5th. 3-2 Sounds.

[Joseph Zarr]

Garcia, filling in for the injured Pratt, after Made k'd looking with two on, sends two across after a double steal. Lara and EBJ both cross home plate on a shallow liner to left CF for a 2-RBI single. 6-4 Shuckers they take the lead right back top of the 4th.

[Joseph Zarr]

Wilken rips a hard hit grounder off the glove of the diving SS. Garcia, who had advanced to 2B on a Burke ground out up the middle, scores on the play. That's three of the salami back in the Shuckers column. 7-4 they lead. 

[Joseph Zarr]

4 IP for Letson. 6 K. His lone real blemish the mini meltdown that led to the hanger that led to the Salami dong. Outside that sequence, he's had a really nice debut. 

[Joseph Zarr]

This just in: Robert Gasser is still filthy. He gets a swinging K on that filthy here it is now it isn't breaking ball. Two down. Man on 1st. 3-2 Sounds in the top of the 6th. Gasser then threw a wild pick-off throw to 1B and Kelenic seemed to head first slide right into his lower leg. He will leave the game injured. May have been stepped on his right hand. Black is OK. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Gasser throws three sweepers in a row. He gets his second K of his inning.

I ask us: Why the heck is LHP Robert Gasser pitching as a Sound? Why is RHP Craig Yoho back in the Sounds bullpen? Mysterious pitching staff decisions afoot up in Milwaukee if you ask me. Both of these arms 'should' be eating innings for the Brewers. I personally don't see this as a hot take. This is pretty obvious baseball observation.

[Joseph Zarr]

Matt Wood has done a very good job of dropping transfers to attempt to nab runners tonight. This is a flashback to his days as a Timber Rattler. He's been fantastic throwing runners out as a Shucker. Tonight is not one of those nights. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Mendoza sees two runs cross in his first inning of work. He ends the frame with a swinging K. It's 7-6 Shuckers as they head to the top of the 6th. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Seigler doubles to the LF corner with one down in the bottom of the 6th.

Meanwhile, Lara gets aboard for the 4th time in his evening. Another single. Man aboard to start the Shuckers half of the 6th. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Made hits into a DP on a chopper over the mound to the 2B bag. Garcia immediately follows his 2-RBI single of his last AB with a double roped to the LF wall. Heck of a job filling in for Eduardo. Man on 2B. Two down. Burke to the dish. 7-6 Shuckers lead.