Sounds with the rare base running mishap. Berroa took off for the steal. Dunn stayed put and made his way back to 2B. They squander a two on and two out opportunity for Daz Cameron. Not the Sounds batter you want to waste that opportunity with. On to the 5th. 3-2 Sounds. Cornielle is still on the bump at just 64 pitches.
Cornielle then nabs the runner at 1B who inexplicably left early. It's a pick-off CS. And he induces a pop up to 3B. He faces the minimum despite the walk and is now only at 61 pitches through four frames.
Quero with the go-ahead RBI double in a 1-2 count. Beaut. Got all the way to the wall as it tailed away from ol' friend LF Carlos D. Rodriguez. 101 mph off the lumber. 3-2 game.
Letson is sitting 94.5 -to- 95.5. He gets the ground out to 1B and the ground out to Made at SS (yes, he moved over to cover for the injured Pratt). He escapes without any damage. 4-0 and they head to the 2nd.
Lockridge just snuck a well hit grounder inside the 3B line all the way into the Sounds bullpen for a one out double in the bottom of the 3rd. Still a 2-2 game.
2 more K's for Cornielle. That's the minimum in two consecutive frames. Pitch count very manageable. Settling in quite nicely! Slider working really really well early now that he's back on top of things.
4-0 Shuckers after a weak Wilken groundout to 3B scored Made, Boeve k'd swinging (and once again looked uncomfortable in doing so) and Spain then pokes an 0-2 single into left field. Well hit pro hit there. Two come across.
Heck of a 4-6-3 DP by Seigler to Murray to Black who adeptly digs Murray's intentional one hop throw. That was not an easy play. Credit to the defense on that one.
Black rips one to the corner. Urias scores. Quero is sent and he is thrown out with relative ease - tho kudos to the catcher for that grab on a tricky throw home. LOL. He was huffing down that line. 2-2 game. Black does take 3rd on the throw home. Two down.