Brewers Minor League Report (7/8): Nashville Churns Out a Win, Wisconsin Bullies Beloit, Warbirds Fly

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Brewers Affiliates Post 3-1 Day but Disappoint in Double-A Showcase vs Cubs. Tyson Hardin Leaves Early for Nashville, Bitonti and the T-Rats Mash while the Warbirds Run Wild

 

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Transaction:

• LHP Robert Gasser optioned, assigned to Nashville Sounds

 

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Pre-game media notes
Nashville 6, Charlotte (White Sox) 3
Box Score & Game Log

Four-Run Seventh Leads Sounds to Even Series - Miller earns his first career Triple-A multi-hit game

Tyson Hardin took a ground ball deflection in the first inning and left the game after three innings. No updates as yet.

Nashville’s offense kept the bases juiced with nine hits and ten walks scattered throughout the lineup. Luke Adams went 1-3, with two walks, two runs and his fifth stolen base of the season. 

The Sounds tied the game 1-1 in the 2nd on Ethan Murray's bases-loaded walk. Eduardo Garcia followed that with an RBI single to left, but Darrien Miller was thrown out at the plate for the 2nd out of the inning on the play.

Eddys Leonard hit his eleventh home run of the season for his only hit in five trips to the plate. It came in the top of the 7th, a nice response as Charlotte had just tied the game at 2-2.

Later in the 7th, Miller's second hit of the game drove in Luke Adams, then --

Tyler Black extended his on-base streak to 18 games with a hit in four at-bats and his 16th stolen base.

There are four additional videos available here (all dated 7/8) from a Charlotte perspective. We don't see the very first batter of the game, it was a 94.6 MPH grounder that deflected off of Hardin. The MiLB.TV archive for subscribers shows the ball catching the back or side of Hardin's calf just above the ankle (01:08:00 hour/minute mark) before deflecting to Brock Wilken at third base, batter reached. They don't show it on screen, but the Charlotte announcers indicated Hardin slammed his glove down in frustration and they also mentioned it was the third consecutive start that he's been nailed by a comebacker.

 

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Pre-game media notes
Knoxville 9 (Cubs), Biloxi 6
Box Score & Game Log

Hurtubise Has 3-RBI Night in Shuckers Loss to Smokies - Biloxi Drops Back-to-Back Games to Knoxville

In MiLB’s featured game of the day, the Brewers top prospects were held in check as Jesus Made, Andrew Fischer, Blake Burke and Josh Adamczewski all went hitless, though Adamczewski extended his perfect Double-A on-base streak to seventeen games with three walks.

Jacob Hurtubise and Mike Boeve carried the load on offense, with four of the team's six hits in the game. 

Early action:

Got closer in the three-run 7th --

While he didn’t get a hit, Burke walked and then stole his 18th and 19th bases of the season and is now just one steal and one home run away from the Shuckers first 20/20 season since Jackson Chourio played for Biloxi in 2023.

Jesuis Broca pitched an inning of relief with no runs allowed and two strikeouts.

There are seven videos detailing the Charlotte attack available here.

 

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Pre-game media notes
Wisconsin 14, Beloit (Marlins) 4
Box Score & Game Log

Rattlers Batter Beloit - Bitonti bombs two homers as Wisconsin moves back into first place

A day after mustering only five hits, the home team mashed 16 including four home runs. Eric Bitonti busted out of a mini slump with a 3-4 game, 2 home runs, 3 RBI and 4 runs scored effort. Bitonti now has 14 home runs on the season.

Daniel Dickenson and Tayden Hall both hit home runs and two hits apiece. Leading off, Marco Dinges went 2-5.

Centerfielder Tyler Rodriguez went 3-3 with his first double with the T-Rats and is now hitting .414 through his eight games in High-A.

Starter Daniel Corniel pitched a tidy four innings in 66 pitches with three strikeouts, while allowing 2 hits, 2 walks and one run.

 

Enjoy the Postgame Podcast with Manager Nick Stanley, Tanner Perry, Tayden Hall, & Eric Bitonti

 

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Pre-game media notes
Wilson 6, Fayetteville (Astros) 4
Box Score & Game Log

 

Warbirds Stifle Late Fayetteville Rally - Martinez Homer Seals Game

Juan Martinez, recently called up from Arizona, hit his first home run with the Warbirds, a solo shot in the eighth inning.

Brady Ebel went 1-3 with a walk as he continues to get on base at an elite - above .400 rate. Ebel was a menace on the base paths all game and stole his 25th base of the season and scored two runs but was also caught attempting to steal home plate.

As a team the Warbirds stole three bases but were caught four times, twice by Filippo Di Turi.

Handelfry Encarnacion stayed hot with a 2-4 effort out of the leadoff spot, including a double. Rylan Mills and Juan Ortuno each had two hits as well.

Juan Ortuno singles on a line drive to right to plate the first run for Wilson

Handelfry Encarnacion RBI single for a 2-1 lead in the 2nd

Ortuno lines a double to left to break a 2-2 tie in the 5th

Starter Jacob Morrison threw 60 pitches, covering 3.1 innings, striking out 4, while allowing 2 hits, no walks and 1 run.

 

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Thursday's scoreboard linked below shows that the schedule jumps from four to seven games as all three rookie level clubs return to action. 

Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores
Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Batting Stats and Depth
Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Pitching Stats and Depth

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In honor of Juan Martinez's first home run off the Complexes...

2025-26 Alexander Frias (306 PA)
358/441/517 (142 wRC+)
11.1 BB% | 17.0 K% | 24 SB / 10 CS

2025-26 Juan Martinez (372 PA)
336/460/561 (155 wRC+)
16.7 BB% | 11.1 K% | 46 SB / 4 CS

Advantages Frias
- younger, bigger, more projectable
- has gotten some industry buzz

Advantages Martinez
- plate discipline (his 1.44 BB/K ratio is 4th of 1,483 minor leaguers with at least 350 PA last two years)
- has a much less extreme BABIP (.368 vs .428 for Frias)
- better current power (.226 ISO vs .158 for Frias) despite being shorter
- higher up on the defensive spectrum
- better base runner