Joseph Zarr

How about RHP Dikember Sanchez pitching 1 2/3 scoreless 4 K innings after Rudy gave up the lead? I mean that's some major work for a young man who was pitching in the ACL earlier this summer!

The AB's I've seen in this post-season from Di Turi, Castillo, and Eduarqui Fernandez? Just so uncompetitive. Tough looks all around with this group.

A Jheremy Vargas double has tied the game 3-3. Garcia HBP and SB set the scene before the RBI poke.

Pretty much every button manager Nick Stanley pressed and didn't press in the post-season backfired. He really had a poor two game stretch. A real bummer.

HEARTS FOR ALL! LET'S GO!!!!!

AND, Shuckers trail 3-2. Kuehner gives up a 3-run bomb. The story of his recent struggles. Sigh.

Mudcats clinging to a 2-0 lead in Game 1 in a scheduled seven-inning affair. Top of 5th, after a groundout to 3rd, Kuehner walked his 3rd and 4th batters. Two on, one out. We have a mound visit.

Molina has been extremely effective in his Low-A innings. I have to think he'll open 2025 at Wisconsin.

That's truly insane. One might ask. They might...why he is sitting in Low-A at this juncture. But, what do I know? I'm just a guy who watches Minor League baseball.

RHP Manuel Rodriguez is such a Gamer, man. Absolutely one of my favorite players in the system. Rankings be damned. He shows UP!

The Woodward and Adamczewski injuries loom so large in what should be seen as a two game set. That's two extremely skilled players rehabbing in Arizona.

I also remain entirely amazed by the long leash given to Di Turi who is very clearly still living and breathing off of his DSL/ACL work. He just has not been all that good as a Mudcat. You can see the innate skill, most definitely. But the results do not lie and in his long slump his swing decisions have fallen off the map.

This is exactly how I anticipated the Sykora innings to go. And, this is precisely why I was so confused by Stanley's Game 1 approach.

I admire manager Nick Stanley sticking with struggling 2B Filippo Di Turi. With Adamczewski on the shelf with a high ankle sprain (sigh), Stanley keeps rolling with the young switch-hitter in a two month slump. Let's hope he finds some success in game two. RHP Manuel Rodriguez is back atop the hill in only his second action since returning from the IL. The Mudcats are going to need his best tonight versus the Fred Nats and RHP Travis Sykora. RF Braylon Payne is back in lead-off. Two notable changes to the line-up: C Blayberg Diaz replaces C David Garcia and LF Luis Castillo starts the game replacing LF Yhoswar Garcia. Let's see if the young men can find some better luck off the Fred Nats bats and some better defense throughout. Game 1 was a rough loss. Can we take Game 2 and force a Game 3?

RHP Will Rudy will try to keep building off his improved form of late. He takes game 2 on the bump for the playoff-hungry T-Rats fans. C Matt Wood is back in the line-up and batting fifth protecting our everyday baseball hero in 2B Jadher Areinamo. CF Luis Lara goes back atop the line-up protected by SS Cooper Pratt and 3B Luke Adams. 1B Tayden Hall will hope to pair his flashing leather with improved results at the dish. Big game two for the Timber Rattlers as they look for the sweep and an advance to the Championship Series.

Let's score more runs than the Giants tonight. Let's toss last night's debacle in the trash. Let's get some hot bats going for a change. I'm calling toward the baseball gods' quarters: Please, oh please, give us double digit Brewers runs tonight.

Before line-up cards are shared for the Carolina and T-Rats Home playoff tilts, let's take a trip down memory lane at Quad Cities with Chris Mehring on the inspired call:

Let's hope the line-up card misprint right off the bat for game 1 isn't an inauspicious sign for the execution we see on the field. Obviously, #6 is Dylan O'Rae and we don't have CF Adam Hall and his doppelgänger covering the infield dirt. LHP Tate Kuehner will look to discover earlier season form after a couple tough outings of late. Of note, OF Connor Scott remains sidelined past his 7-Day stint on the IL. This remains a big hole in the Shuckers line-up.

Given what we've seen from the Sounds defense and bats, they could very much use the night off. Let's hope they regroup and start playing some more 'Sound' ball throughout the remainder of the series.

I mentioned this early in last night's thread. The game seemed quite unlikely with a 70% prediction of up to an inch of rain throughout the day into the evening. Unsurprised. What a weird season of consistent rain outs!

With playoff teams resting and preparing back at their home ballparks and with Biloxi postponed yet again, we solely had the Sounds to look forward to tonight. Sadly, they weren't up to the task. The ballpark was mostly in a lifeless mid-week form and, well, I can't really blame them. Let's get into the report! Image courtesy of Brewer Fanatic Transactions: None Final: Memphis (Cardinals) 6, Nashville 3 Via the Sounds' website, please be sure to click and read this write-up believe me, it's worth it: Sounds' Late Rally Not Enough in Series Opening Loss to Redbirds - Brian Navarreto Has Two RBI in 5-3 Loss Box Score / Game Log Let's make this Quick and easy as the Sounds certainly didn't give us an evening to wax poetic about. RHP Carlos F. Rodriguez had a few moments in his 5.0 complete IP. But, in all reality, he wasn't sharp throughout. Often misfiring around the zone and building very little rhythm or flow. He was already averaging over 20 pitches per inning by the end of the third frame. He was working deep into all too many counts. Cargo did manage to execute some key pitches in key moments - particularly impactful with the change-up, as one would predict. But, as a whole, despite touching 94 and even 95 mph on the heater on more than one occasion, he just struggled with any semblance of fine-tuned control throughout. This certainly isn't the first time I've seen this type of outing for the talented 22-year-old at Triple-A Nashville in 2024. At this juncture, I simply hope he can find it within himself to deliver more consistency in 2025. With Columbus coming back late against St. Paul, the Sounds fell to 5.5 GB with only 10 games remaining. Their hopes for a playoff berth are essentially all but over. Three Quick Strikes: 1) LF Carlos D. Rodriguez ran down a ball down the left field foul line early - a fine full speed play and a play I hoped was a sign of things to come. All in all, despite this fine play Rodriguez did not have a great night - even with a 2-for-5 showing overall. He ended the evening by hitting into a double play in the ninth and final inning. He also rushed a throw from the deep LF corner in an attempt to aggressively grab a runner stretching to second base - the throw misfired well right of the bag past a diving 2B Vinny Capra. It resulted in an E7 after a double. Essentially, an inside the park home run. 2) About that play...1B Wes Clarke or RF Brewer Hicklen absolutely have to do a better job backing up that throw to second base. Their collective ball watching led to the ball rolling all the way to the middle wall down the 1B/RF line. Clarke, certainly not a speedster, ultimately lumbered toward the ball. The runner rounded third. Clarke got there late and threw a misfire to home plate. It was truly a play that encapsulated the Sounds entire night. It's truly a play that shouldn't be happening in a Triple-A baseball game. 3) LHP Bryan Hudson suffered a bloop flare into shallow right field to lead-off his relief inning. He was also very much left out to dry by a truly inexplicable gaffe by SS Freddy Zamora on a routine slow grounder to his right. Yet, with men on second and third with nobody out Hudson struck out the side to end the threat. A truly savvy and gritty effort. His pitch count went into the high 20's. He touched 92 mph on several occasions. He started slow in the frame but he ended looking like the threat he has been for most of the season in Milwaukee. Biloxi will be back on the diamond trying to find some semblance of post-season form as they play their first double-header of a two double-header week. Both playoff teams will also be back at it in their respective home ballparks. And, the Sounds will try to wake up from their two game slumber as they face the Redbirds at home for game three. RHP Manuel Rodriguez will try to even the series for the Mudcats. RHP Will Rudy will try to take the series for the Timber Rattlers. LHP Tate Kuehner and RHP K.C. Hunt will try to take games one and two for the Shuckers. RHP Mitch White will try to stop the Sounds' bleeding. It's a late-season full night of Brewers affiliated baseball with big implications on the line. As always, thanks for reading and thanks for supporting Milwaukee Brewers Minor League baseball and the many players deserving of our time and recognition. 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 View full article