Brewers Minor League Link Report (5/27): T-Rats Split Their Doubleheader - Everyone Else Lost - Including Biloxi Twice, on a 1-for-6 day for Brewers affiliates

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• Wisconsin Timber Rattlers activated SS Luis Pena from the 7-day injured list.
• Wisconsin Timber Rattlers transferred RHP Jose Nova to the Development List.
• OF Jesus Mancera assigned to DSL Brewers Gold
• RHP Manuel Davila assigned to DSL Brewers Blue

Nashville pre-game media notes
Final: Gwinnett (Braves) 5, Nashville 3
Box Score & Game Log

Quinn Priester’s outing included 38 pitches, only 18 for strikes, five base runners and only two outs recorded. Priester’s ERA in Nashville now sits at 17.65 as memories of the pitcher who won 12 straight decisions for the Brewers last season seem very distant.

Video highlights available via the Sounds game writeup include Jefferson Quero hitting his sixth home run of the year. Quero added a single as well, on the downside, all four Stripers that attempted to steal against him were successful.

After beginning his season with ten scoreless outings and then hitting the injured list, Will Childers got back to putting up zeros in his second outing since returning to active duty. Childers will need to be added to the 40-man roster this coming winter, and his continued development could add yet more depth to the Brewers playoff push this season.

Cooper Pratt and Jett Williams each had two strikeouts today and have slowed down a little of late, perhaps cooling talk of imminent callups to Milwaukee for the duo.

Tyson Hardin will look for a third straight strong outing with the Sounds on Thursday, as he’s made the jump from AA look easy so far.

Biloxi pre-game media notes
Final, Game 1: Columbus (Braves) 2, Biloxi 1
Box Score & Game Log 1
Final, Game 2: Columbus 4, Biloxi 1
Box Score & Game Log 2

Two runs in two games. Not great. With Jesus Made out with an illness (not pulled for promotion) the Shuckers went a combined 0-15 with runners in scoring position across the two games.

Dylan O’Rae managed two singles in each game raising his batting average to .319 with the 4-hit day, while building a five-game hit streak with four multi-hit games and 11 hits in his last 20 at-bats.

After throwing 100 MPH on Saturday, Cameron Wagoner pitched two clean innings in the opener, striking out three without allowing a baserunner. In 10.1 innings pitched this season he has 14 strikeouts and one walk, albeit with four HBP.

Darien Miller provided the other offensive bright spot on the day, hitting his eighth home run with a moonshot to right-center in the opener and drawing two walks in the second game.

Brett Wichrowski will make the start for the Shuckers on Thursday.

Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes (download link)
Final, Game One: Peoria (Cardinals) 6, Wisconsin 0, seven innings as scheduled
Box Score and Game Log

Via the Timber Rattlers, game details: 

Chiefs Shut out Rattlers in Game One - Van Dyke and Sparks combine on two-hit shutout

GIDP: Baez, J; Bitonti; Castillo, L; Peña; Ragsdale.

Wow, as the game summary noted, five GIDP's in just seven innings. That's one way to limit the men left on base (official number was three). Note the media team did not include any of them in their highlight package, blessedly brief at just under two minutes:

OF Braylon Payne has now missed a week's worth of action, having last played on Thursday the 21st. We await formal word on his absence. Payne was the lone position player to not see action in either game.

Luis Pena returned to the Timber Rattlers lineup as the designated hitter after a scorching three-game stint in Maryvale. He walked once, in the first of his three plate appearances. After being a GIDP victim, he lined out to short in his final at-bat. Pena would not play in Game Two, understandably.

Eric Bitonti's missed catch was his first error of the season in 38 games (36 at first base, two at third base). 

Andrew Fischer reached base twice (BB, HBP), as did Daniel Dickinson (double, BB), though Dickinson was immediately thrown out attempting to steal third base after his leadoff two-bagger in the 2nd. That broke the don't make the first out at third base rule. That became painful when Luis Castillo lined a single as the next batter, and yes, those two back-to-back knocks represented the entirety of Wisconsin base hits in this opener.

After his rude three-run 5th inning introduction to the Midwest League, just-promoted RHP Tanner Perry settled in for two additional innings in which only one man reached (HBP).

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Final, Game Two: Wisconsin 12, Peoria 7, seven innings as scheduled
Box Score and Game Log

Via the Timber Rattlers, game details: 

Rattlers Score Twelve to Earn Split in Doubleheader - Wisconsin scores six in first to bounce back from game one loss

The nearly 5,000 in attendance (4,864) were rewarded for their patience, and as the game summary title notes, didn't have to wait long.

As you'd imagine, the 19 combined runs produced a much lengthier highlight package:

It's been a minute since we got to enjoy a Postgame Podcast, so the combined video and pod give you a nearly 30-minute feast of catching up with this club.

Postgame Podcast with Manager Nick Stanley, infielder Juan Baez and RHP Garrett Hodges

Yes, Marco Dinges has not seen action behind the plate in two and a half weeks, as he singled and walked in the designated hitter spot here after sitting out Game One. We now know what Dinges has been dealing with, but it's promising that the injury has not fully sidelined him and allowed him to swing the bat.

Within your box score review, you'll see that all nine T-Rats reached base, and that the one player not to have a base hit, SS Luiyin Alastre, contributed with a walk and sacrifice fly.

Left fielder Josh Adamczewski (double, single, walk) and first baseman Tayden Hall (two singles, walk) led the way among the seven Wisconsin batters to reach base multiple times, impressive when one considers that the team only had six innings as the home team to put together their stat lines.

Be sure to review that Game Two summary for a more thorough breakdown of the game log.

The mound efforts in the nightcap (afternooncap?) were a mixed bag - starter Braylon Owens did not issue a free pass over four innings but surrendered five runs. Fellow righty Quinton Low struck out three in his lone inning and was credited with the win, even though his elevated ERA took another hit with two runs allowed. Garrett Hodges earned the save despite the five-run final margin because his effort in the 6th inning came when the lead was only two runs.

Wilson pre-game media notes
Final: Myrtle Beach (Cubs) 6, Wilson 2
Box Score & Game Log

Jayden Dubanewicz had an uneven but successful start. In his fifth outing of the season Dubanewicz pitched three innings, surrendering only two hits, while striking out three and not giving up any runs, however, he did walk four batters. Prior to this game he had 3 total walks in his first 4 games.

Last week’s Carolina League Player of the week, Brady Ebel, went 1-4 with a walk and extended his hitting streak to 11 games.

Leading off Handelfry Encarnacion went 2-4 with a walk and his ninth steal of the season.

Venezuelan 2024 international signee, Enderson Mercado will make his sixth start of the season on Thursday.

Final: ACL Royals 6, ACL Brewers 2
Box Score & Game Log

Alexander Frias had three more hits raising his average to an Arizona Complex League leading .434. The 18-year-old supreme athlete had singles of 103.2 and 99.9 MPH in the game.

2025 19th round draft pick and $750K overslot bonus signee, Chase Bentley, struck out five over four innings, but gave up two home runs in his fourth professional outing.

Rehabbing Luke Adams was hitless in three at-bats. Also rehabbing, Griffin Tobias threw 32 pitches, 23 for strikes, giving up two runs (1 ER), three hits allowed and one strikeout.

Kenny Fenelon and Brailyn Antunez each had a hit, with Antunez’s hit a triple.

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