Brewers Minor League Link Report (6/9): Ethan Dorchies' Scoreless Outing Leads ACL Brewers to Lone Organizational Win on Monday Night

Transactions: OF Demetrio Nadal &nbspassigned to ACL Brewers from Carolina Mudcats

Game Action:

Final: ACL Brewers 6, ACL Athletics 5

Box Score and Wrap

Another Monday night start for Ethan Dorchies, and another sterling performance for the Brewers big righty, as the ACL Brewers hung on for a 6-5 victory, producing the lone win for the organization on Monday night. Dorchies went five scoreless, allowing only three hits and two walks while striking out five. For the season, Dorchies has a 1.67 ERA and .85 WHIP in 27 innings pitched.

The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fifth, when the Brewers played small ball to plate three runs and appeared poised to give Dorchies his first pro win. Tyler Black started the rally with a walk, followed by a Frederi Montero single.  Luis Corobo drove in Black with a single, and then Roderick Flores walked to load the bases for Jadyn Fielder. Another walk to Fielder made it 2-0 Brewers before a pitching change and then a ground out from Kevin Garcia made it 3-0.

The Brewers lead quickly evaporated in the following half inning as the A’s welcomed Brewers reliever Joshua Quezada with a single, double, and homer to tie the game in the sixth inning.  

The Brewers responded with another three run rally of their own in the bottom of the sixth, which would put them in control for good.  Engel Paulino singled with one out in the frame, then stole second and third, to move into a tie for the ACL league lead with thirteen steals on the season. The thirteen steals match Paulino’s season total from 49 games last year in the DSL. Black and Montero then walked to once again load the bases for Corobo, who drove in one with a single. Flores then doubled to make it 6-3.

Quezada nearly went the distance to poach the win in relief.   However, he ran into trouble in the ninth and gave way Jose Nova who secured the final two outs to earn the save. The ACL Brewers improved to 18-10 on the season, the second best record at the Complex League behind only the 20-7 Giants team.

Other notes offensively:

The Brewers pounded out 10 hits in this one, highlighted by multi-hit efforts from Paulino, Montero and Corobo. However, the team left 11 runners on base, due in large part to a combined 3 for 15 with RISP. Fielder’s leadoff triple in the second – his third three bagger of the season – was one example of the Brewers inability to produce in the clutch. Fielder was left stranded after the next three men were retired in order.

Final: DSL Cubs Blue 5, DSL Brewers Gold 3

Box Score and Wrap 

The DSL Brewers Gold team fell to 1-5 on the young season with a loss to the DSL Cubs Blue squad on Monday. Gabriel Colmenarez, a 19 year old right hander pitching in the DSL for the third consecutive season, pitched well in this one for the Brewers, going 5IP, 4H, 2R, 1ER, 1BB, and 7K. In ten DSL innings this year, Colmenarez sports a 11:4 K:BB ratio while holding opponents to a .182 average.

Unfortunately for Colmenarez, the Brewers offense couldn’t muster much support, tallying individual runs in the fourth, fifth, and seventh innings on just four hits in the game. Juan Martinez opened the scoring with an RBI triple in the fourth, but was then stranded on third as the next three hitters failed to knock him in.

In the fifth, Romano Donato led off with a solo homerun to tie the game at 2-2. The Cubs would homer off reliver Saul Sanchez in the sixth to snatch the lead back in the following inning. The Brewers would tack on a late run in the seventh inning on a walk, a balk, and two throwing errors to close the gap to 4-3 before falling by a final score of 5-3.

Top signees from this year’s international class Kenny Fenelon and Cristopher Acosta combined to go 0 for 9 at the top of the order in the game, with Acosta now off to a 0 for 21 start (with two walks) to his professional career.

The DSL Brewers are back in action Tuesday at the DSL Pirates Gold team, with both teams searching for win number two.

Final: DSL Tampa Bay 8, DSL Brewers Blue 5

Box Score and Wrap

The DSL Brewers Blue wasted no time getting on the board in their Monday game versus the DSL Rays. After top 2025 international signee Brailyn Antunez reached on an error, Gerlyn Payano  (in his professional debut) singled him home. Shortstop Leonard Rijo followed with his own RBI single, continuing his hot hitting to start the DSL season. Rijo is now 10 for 23 on the season with four walks through six games.

The score would remain 2-0 until the fourth inning, when Carlos Done would unleash his first professional homerun – a two run shot following a Jefer Lista single – to put the Brewers up 4-0.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Rays began their rally off of Brewers starter Lonell Downs. The 18 year old Nicaraguan scattered three hits and a walk over his first four scoreless innings, but gave up three singles to the first four hitters to plate a run in the fifth before being pulled for Johan Zapata. Zapata would allow the two inherited runners to score, making it 4-3 Brewers through five. Zapata would be victimized by his wildness in the sixth and seventh, with the Rays rallying for five more runs, aided in part by two walks, two wild pitches, and a balk. Rays infielder Kleiver Chauran provided the decisive blow – a three run shot in the sixth – to give the Rays a lead they would not relinquish. Brewers reliever Jhosep Ospino worked the final five outs of the game cleanly to finally stop the bleeding. Ospino has yet to allow a run over five innings of DSL ball this year.

The DSL Brewers Blue will look to get back over .500 Tuesday when they host the DSL Astros Blue.

A quick preview of the week ahead:

The first place Carolina Mudcats are coming off a 2-4 week, which was their first losing week since late April.  The Cats will look to bounce back as they travel to Lynchburg (Guardians’ affiliate) this week with first place in the Carolina League North on the line.  The Cats hold a slim one game lead in the standings over Lynchburg.  

On Sunday, Jose Anderson ripped his first homer at the Low A level to help the Mudcats snap their four game losing streak.

In Appleton, the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers got above .500 by taking four of six games from Cedar Rapids last week. Next up will be a series with the Dodgers’ Great Lakes affiliate, as the T-Rats look to gain ground on first place Quad Cities (five straight losses) in the standings.

Eduardo Garcia is looking to restore his prospect status with a recent run of torrid play – since May 16, he’s rocking a .325/.393/.688 slash that brings his overall season line up to 277/.353/.505. Garcia’s ten homeruns now rank second in the Midwest League and he’s putting out highlight reel catches too:

Not to be outdone, Blake Burke is third in the Midwest League among qualified hitters with a .325 average on the season. Marco Dinges has also looked the part since his promotion from Carolina, sporting a solid .322/.338/.458 slash line in 16 games at High A. Jaron DeBerry will look to build on his best start for Wisconsin, (5.1IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 4K) while Tyson Hardin will look to bounce back from his worst start of the season (4IP, 10H, 7R, 6ER, 1BB, 4K) towards the end of the week.

As always you can find the weekly Rattlers podcast here:

In Biloxi, the first place Shuckers will look to extend their four game win streak when they travel to Chattanooga to take on the Reds’ affiliate. The Shuckers lead the eight team Southern League in runs, run differential, homeruns, on-base, and slugging. The Biloxi Bash Brothers, Brock Wilken and Luke Adams, rank first and fourth in the Southern League in homers, with Wilken’s 15 bombs, five more than the next closest hitter. Not to be lost in their immense shadows, 26 year old utility  man Zavier Warren has also added eight homers, good for sixth in the Southern League. Wilken, Adams, and Warren rank 1-2-3 in the Southern League in RBI. Impressive stuff for a league not known to be kind to hitters.

In case you missed it, Wilken’s 15th Brocket of the year was a grand slam:

Adams and pitcher Coleman Crow swept the Southern League player of the week honors:

And finally, the trip around the horn brings us to Nashville, who finished the week with three straight wins to close the gap to 4.5 games back of International League leader Lehigh Valley.  Next up for Nashville is a trip to Norfolk to take on the Orioles affiliate.  Norfolk sports the second lowest win total in the 20 team league.

Anthony Seigler continues to state his case for a spot on the 40 man roster, as he’s now slashing .307/.444/.521 on the season, while riding a 31 game on-base streak. You have to go back to April 24 to find a game when Seigler last failed to reach base. Should the Brewers look for a spark on their infield, Seigler could be next man up, but the recent run of good play of Caleb Durbin may keep Seigler in the minors a while longer.

Top catching prospect Jeferson Quero made his return to AAA last week. Quero was 4 for 14 in his first four games back from his rehab assignment with the ACL Brewers.  Rumor has it Tyler Black could be close to returning to Nashville soon as well, as he could look to state his case for a call-up, if he can get his bat going like he had it back in 2023.

On the bump, the Sounds sport the best ERA in all of International League play at 3.22, led by Logan Henderson (1.89 ERA) and Jacob Misiorowski (2.13 ERA).  What’s left to say about Brandon Woodruff’s arduous rehab that hasn’t already been compared to a horror movie?  Craig Yoho is still refining his command – he logged 3IP 0H 1BB, 1HBP, and 5K last week – in an effort to get back in the mix in the Brewers’ bullpen.

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