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Patrick settles down from there. Check swing sword K on a high heater. Pop up to Zamora at SS. K looking on Sasaki - I'm used to seeing him man CF in Pensacola. I guess he's played four games as a Shrimp.

Patrick was ahead to open this inning 0-2. He walked that hitter. Then Wiems 3-2 2-run shot. Now an 0-2 double to the RF corner. Not a good frame after a fantastic first inning. Nobody out.

The flowing golden hair that is Joey Wiemer just worked a count full and then took Patrick to the left CF fence and over for a two-run jack. Was not expecting that! LOL. Sounds trail 2-0.

Patrick was touching 95 and change in a very efficient 1-2-3 first. Got a K looking at 95 on the outer black. Nice frame. DeBerry has really responded retiring 5-of-6 before getting the third out of his third inning of work. 2-1 Shuckers in the 4th. Spain just gave us the old swinging K throw the bat into the opponents dugout look. Noice!

In Minor League baseball, the tie goes to the runner 50% of the time. It's a new rule. I'm continually amazed at how many times the infield umps blow calls at 1B in favor of the defense. Darrien Miller legged out a slow rolling grounder to beat the DP - tie goes to the runner. Never mind. Ump confidently calls him out. Shuckers strand two runners. 2-1 on to the bottom of the 3rd.

Pratt walked and stole second base in his second AB. At least, he's standing on 2B now. I don't know. The camera angle was Blake Burke's left foot. God bless Minor League baseball.

AND, he strikes out the side. Well, OK then! LOL.

DeBerry got ahead both batters in his second frame 1-2. They took him full - not very competitive pitches. He K's the first swinging. He k'd the second looking at a slider. His first two punchouts in Double-A.

Made and Peña open their second game in High-A with consecutive walks.

Boeve K's in his second AB on a dead center curve that broke low in the zone. Over the top and foul tipped. The Shuckers strand a man on 2B in Restituyo (single liner into RF).

Shuckers are hitting some very hard hit pull outs to 1B and 2B. Good contact early.

DeBerry allows one run on a force out ground out and then gets the inning ending pop out to Spain in RF. Not a pretty frame but he avoided further damage.

Now Darrien Miller, oh Darrien, is charged with a catcher's interference on the next pitch. It was a strike. Good grief.

Walks the next batter on four pitches. I expect a mound visit shortly with this inefficient inaccurate beginning.

2-0 to his third batter as well. Not a good looking start so far.

DeBerry has fallen behind his first two batters 2-0. His second batter casually hits a line drive single on a four-seamer thrown dead center. Not an impressive beginning. Let's hope he settles in.

Miller walked. Spain rips an absolute rocket directly in the vicinity of the second baseman. Smoked that ball. Good AB. End result? Third out. Baseball. DeBerry will pitch in a few minutes.

Eduardo returns to Double-A with a fly out to LF on a slider in a 1-2 count. Just got under it and a bit in front. Two down.

Big Burke line drive to the left CF gap reaches the wall. That's a two-rbi dub. Yeah, Blake! Nice easy swing. Sharp line drive to that gap.

Pratt follows suit with a 1-2 oppo line drive single into RF. Two men aboard, first and second, with Burke coming to the idsh. Burke gets a round of applause from the Knoxville faithful.

Lara K's on an uncompetitive swing on a slider low and in. Pitch ultimately landed at Lara's back foot. Not a competitive AB. K's on three pitches. Boeve stays hot. Lines a single into LF.

We are on the way in Knoxville. Lara fouls off a heater to start the evening.

BUMP: 😎 Bullpen getting a massive boost in 3...2...1

That's right. Let's. GO.

Y'all, Spencer's José Anderson write-up is spot on. He's a wild horse, essentially, learning how to be broken in. AND, you can see his earnestness in the manner in which he shows these adjustments in-game. He has tons of talent but he has very little refinement in his game. Hence, because he has a cannon arm he'll over-aggressively go for an over-aggressive OF assist to 3B from deep CF and airmail the throw into the dugout (seriously, he did it last week). His jumps and overall impact in CF have/has really evolved favorably in the time he has covered for Payne. I actually think Anderson may be the better CF'er when it's all said and done, but Payne is very clearly just the better amd more refined baseball player. In the very least he is just much further along in his development arc. Payne is really more the prototypical straight-line athlete - strong and fast but not a short-space or side-to-side quickness kind of young man. Anderson appears to have a bit more elasticity. Regardless, you can see the massive difference at the plate on a regular basis. Payne had one period of prolonged slump. He took a small bit of time. He came back with a refined modified approach and reached another level. Anderson is very much a work in progress in every way at the dish. However, seeing the earnest manner by which Anderson has attempted to refine his approach and modify his game in season, while still playing games, and the fact he is evolving into a plus CF'er before our eyes gives me hope he isn't going to simply go the route of an Eduarqui Fernandez. And, saying this, there is a long road ahead for Anderson. I am extremely curious to see how he responds to the upcoming off-season of intentional work.