Corniel works around a Bitonti misplay at 1B to escape a one on two out scenario in the third. He gets the line drive hit right to Baez to end it. 1-0 and the Muddies are on the 4th. Meanwhile, pitch one in Biloxi.
Ground rule opening dub from Capra. Arroyo's hot night continues with a line drive single into CF. Men on the corners. Nobody out.
Meanwhile, in Lynchburg, Yophery rips a double dpast a diving 1B down the RF line and Yoshwar Garcia blows by Stanley's sttop sign and easily makes it home.
AND Black just blasted a HR over the RF wall @wiguy94 Hell of a blast. That may have left the stadium? Golfed it on a low inside pitch and just ripped it. 3- run knock. 433' out to RF?! Yeah that's crushed.
I don't think Henderson makes it past the third inning tonight. Heck, he may not make it out of the second. 50 pitches. 2 down. Just walked a guy. Down 3-1 to the next batter. Has zero control of his off-speed tonight but in very short stints. Gets the 3-1 pop out to shallow LF. He will get the third frame it would appear. BUT, given he's on a pitch limit in Triple-A I don't see this outing lasting much longer given what we've seen.
I mean, I think it's fair to say Black's status as a whole is pretty concerning. Can't really find a position anywhere on an MLB diamond. His bat has to play. BUT, his bat hasn't played in his current MLB sample size and he hasn't really had a good year as a whole.
Henderson follows the HR with a walk. As I said from pitch one: not sharp.
And, in an 0-2 count, Henderson hit his spot but failed to get a high heater past the hitter. The lefty launched a line drive HR over the RF wall. 93 mph on the heater. Henderson is sitting 91-93 and only touching 94 mph. 3-2 game. Two down.
Roller with his second consecutive K. He's looked completely overmatched in both. Not good AB's. On to the second half of the 2nd. Sounds lead 3-1.
Meanwhile, in Lynchburg. Yoshwar just walked. Castillo just dropped a single into shallow right CF. men on the corners. One down. Top of 2nd. 0-0 game.
Zamora is having a rough start to this one. The weak error in the first. Now a three pitch K. Looked at two pitches belt high in the zone. Swung and whiffed on an inside change-up about 6" inside.
Wes Clarke first pitch rocket launch over the LF wall. BOMB. Hicklen. First pitch BOMB. Absolutely crushed a liner over that LF wall. That's his 20th long ball. 3-1 game. These balls were ripped.
Corniel just hung a belt high inside hanger. That ball was crushed down the LF line and tailed foul by about 6" at the last second. Whewwwww. Two down. 0-0 bottom of the first. He gets the 1-2 fly out to Yoshwar in the left CF gap. On to the 2nd.
He definitely has those AB's where the bat never leaves his shoulder. I still can't get a read on his offensive projection. At present, it's just really inconsistent.
Mejía then throws a misfire into the base path as the runner takes 2B and the runner scores from 3B. UGLY inning defensively for these Sounds. Gotta get their heads in the game. 1-1 game.
Zamora absolutely biffs a weak line drive one-hopper off his glove. Men on the corners. You never really know what you're going to get there. That's a really poor misplay. Henderson opens the next count with his best change-up of his night so far. Gorgeous string pull on an inside change-up.
AND, they are just about to get underway at Lynchburg.
Meanwhile, as to that lack of fine-tuned control, Henderson just threw a WP ball in the dirt that skipped about 9" before home plate. Man on 2nd base now.
Henderson saw several foul balls and ultimately walked the Knights lead-off hitter from a full count. Man on 1st. Nobody down. Lacking fine-tuned control early. seems to be missing spots.
A Roller K looking. A Capra fly out to CF. AND Christian Arroyo just smashed a line drive atop the CF wall. Smack dab atop that yellow line. It's 1-0 Sounds.