Brewers Minor League Link Report (4/11): Huge Night for International Signing Bargain OF Jose Anderson

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Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes 
Final: Gwinnett (Braves) 4, Nashville 3
Box Score and Game Log

Via the Sounds, game details, and we encourage readers to always review affiliate write-ups as part of their Link Report routine:

Sounds Walked Off for Second Straight Night - Kuehner Spins First Career Triple-A Quality Start

You may not recognize the name Cory Hilborne, but he's the Communications Manager for the Sounds and is responsible for the big majority of postgame summaries, and he nails it every single time. Today's effort was just the latest example, and hopefully you'll agree that both the in-game action recap and the miscellaneous notes linked above provide a cornucopia of detail for us.

I shared on social media that I was able to catch up with longtime Brewers.com beat writer and Supervising Reporter Adam McCalvy (along with the Journal-Sentinel's Curt Hogg) in Boston on Tuesday. While I thanked Adam for his decades of coverage, he acknowledged that we provide details within our daily Link Reports that aid his efforts.

Now, the fact Tyler Black had been placed on the IL was evident from the MiLB transaction wire, easy enough to track. Much less obvious was that Pratt had sat out not one, but two games, something we pointed out when Saturday's early AM report was published. Clearly Adam has the means and the contacts to then follow up on notes like that. Sure enough, by Saturday afternoon, he informed us of the status of both players. 

Of course, there will be instances when the beat reporters uncover minor league news outside of our site and forum posts. But our symbiotic relationship has helped inform Brewers fans for many years now, and we've long been aware that many members of the organization's front office, spanning multiple departments, make our daily report a staple. Pretty cool, right?

Outside of the catching corps, the Sounds have a one-man position player bench (Manager Rick Sweet loves when that is the case - not). Sweet emptied the non-catcher crew when OF Jacob Hurtubise entered as part of a defensive shuffle to begin the bottom of the 10th, with first baseman Luke Adams exiting. Adams had struck out swinging in the top of the 9th and had remained in the game on defense for the bottom of that frame. So, at this time, nothing concerning from that perspective, but as always, we'll see.

In addition to old friends Rowdy Tellez and Brewer Hicklen in the Stripers lineup, reliever Tayler Scott is an alumnus (Biloxi 2016-17).

As for the extra inning, the top of the 10th was not pretty for Nashville - Wilken K'd on a foul tip, Jones fanned looking, and Eddys Leonard grounded to 3rd, leaving a speedy ghost runner in Lara firmly planted.

LHP Brian Fitzpatrick got the first out on a 3-1 putout to start the fateful bottom half, advancing the ghost runner. A 90 MPH chopper vs. the drawn-in infield was enough to end things - watch that here.

Nothing personal vs. the Voice of the Stripers, Dave Lezotte, but we've had enough of these walk-off calls:

Via the Sounds: "After Sat.'s 3-for-5 night at the plate, CF Luis Lara ranks 5th in the International League with a .370 AVG through his first 12 Triple-A games. The #12-ranked #Brewers prospect is tied for fourth in hits (17) and SB (7) and leads the league with 14 runs scored"

You're invited to consult the Sounds' "X" feed for a series of five highlights - given it's a road game, Lezotte is on the calls. You'll catch Luis Lara, Greg Jones, Brock Wilken, Tate Kuehner and Will Childers along the way.

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