Tue. 9/16 - Shuck Yeah! Postseason Begins with Single Road Game

[Joseph Zarr]

Cornielle gets his second K on an upper inside corner K looking on a what appeared to be a curveball. One down. 2 K through 2 1/3 IP. 

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He falls behind 3-0 to Blake Dunn, who hit the lead-off HR, and works it to 3-2. He then walks him on a high uncompetitive pitch. That's Cornielle's 2nd walk. Man on 1st. 

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And, Cornille then throws the pick-off away. Man on 2B. I do believe that's also consecutive outings for Cornielle with errant throws to 1B? (I could be misremembering). 

[Joseph Zarr]

Up 0-2 to the next hitter, several fouls, then two balls. 2-2 count. Wayyyyyy outside to another full count. 46th pitch is another pitch high and outside. Back-to-back walks for the 24-year-old erratic right-hander. 

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And, on a swinging miss on an outside slider - beautiful pitch - amidst a double steal Haase absolutely airmails the throw to 3B into LF. Yikes. 3-0 Bats. Cornielle gets the K on the next pitch swinging on an identical slider. Beautiful pitch. 3 K. 3 BB. 2 errors on the pitcher/catcher battery in this frame. 

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Cornille gets ahead 0-2 yet again. Two straight dipping off-speed pitches. Can't get chase on the third. Nice pitch below the zone. Why not? 1-2 count. Gets him looking with the outside heater. That's 4 K for Cornielle who is very clearly showing he can strike out Triple-A hitters. 

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My guy, Raynel Delgado, playing his second consecutive game at 1B has the first AB BB and now the 2nd AB oppo double ripped off the low part of the LF wall. Smoke show. I'm telling you: do not sleep on Raynel Delgado...as he is promptly caught stealing at 3B with one down 😅. Gorgeous throw from Banfield. 

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Dunn executes the reverse Delgado: he follows his first AB double with a second AB BB. Man on 1st. 2 down. 

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Fifth stranded runner for the Sounds. Haase goes down swinging on a slider in a 3-2 count. On to the bottom of the 4th. Sounds trail 3-0.

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And, Cornielle leads off his 4th with yet another walk. That's 4 BB. 4 K. And 2 solo HR for Cornielle. Weird outing. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Lara leads off the Shuckers playoffs with a 1-2 K looking at a curve. Hopkins is pretty dang filthy. And, he looks filthy early. Sitting 95-98 mph. Dropping a cutter, change, and curve in there. 

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Made pops up to shallow LF in a 3-2 count. Two down. Burke swings at the first pitch for a chopper to ol' friend Jadher Areinamo at 2B. It's an easy 1-2-3 first for Hopkins. 

Cornielle strands the walked batter via fly out to LF, pop up to 1B, and K swinging. On to the 5th. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Wichrowski first AB K on a beautiful hard dipping curve in the dirt. Wood easily throws to 1B for the out. 

Berroa gets the one out double in the top of the 5th. Zamora grounded out to SS on the first pitch of the first AB. 

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Black follows suit with an RBI double to the left CF gap past the springing Bats LF'er. 

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98 mph low inside corner 9-pitch swinging K from Wichrowski. Absolutely gorgeous heater there. Can we see that more often? What a pitch. 

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Wichrowski says "Hold my beer, Hoskins!" My goodness. He K's the side and it was nasty. THIS is the Wichrowski we know is in there. Can we get it for a full outing. The 98 mph swinging K inside heater was about the filthiest heater I've seen from him all season. He touched 99.8 mph in that first frame!

[Joseph Zarr]

Cornielle opens his 5th with a HB. BUT, he follows with a line out to LF and his 6th punch out (looking). 

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Back-to-back walks for Wilken and Adams open the 2nd inning.

Meanwhile, Cornielle absolutely did his job inducing a weak high pop fly to shallow LF. Black loses it in his lights with his hands up immediately. It falls to the grass to his right. Men on the corners instead of the inning over. Sigh. 

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Berroa with the great jump and casual sliding grab to his glove side on a shallow bloop liner to right CF. That's the final out. Great escape.

Meanwhile, Wood pokes a grounder oppo through the left side. Bases juiced. Nobody down. Zavi Warren to the dish. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Zavi goes down looking. Completely overmatched. Ugh. One down. Bases still juiced. 

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Delgado now has a BB, 2B, and single. He leads off the 6th with a single to deep SS. He beats it out quite easily on the cross-body throw. 

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Spain chases a low inside pitch (his kryptonite). That's consecutive K's for the bottom of the Shuckers order. It's up to Garcia. 

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Predictably, Garcia K's swinging. Three pitches. Poor poor form from the bottom of the Shuckers order. A vintage Brewers classic: bases juiced. Nobody out. No runs. 

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With runners on 1st and 2nd after consecutive singles, nobody down, Blue decides to squeeze Wichrowski on a gorgeous 2-2 slider at the outer corner of the zone. He blows the called K looking. Batter walks on the next pitch. Sighs. So many sighs. Bases juiced. Nobody out. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Can we all salute the Triple-A work of one RHP Justin Yeager? He just continues to sling it with purpose.