RHP Tyler Renz Low-A debut. Heater sitting 88-91 mph but very clearly has life up in the zone. Several swings and misses above the barrel. He gets a K swinging on a high heater for out 1. He gets a K swinging on an inside slider for K 2. He gets away with a bit of a hanging curve for a fly out to RF. A clean 1-2-3 first inning debut! What can't these young pitchers do for us in 2025?! Incredible.
Well, we come out of the rain delay in the sixth with runners at 2nd and 3rd. A 2-1 lead. Bitonti K's swinging on a string pull chang-up. Jose Anderson then bloops a sky high first pitch ball that somehow lands in shallow RF between the sliding RF and 1B. It is now 4-1 Mudcats. Di Turi flies out to 3B.
For any Bobby Petrol fans such as myself, our man Spencer has apparently cut up some Sweeper filth. It is glorious:
I had nearly forgotten how much I absolutely love that pitch. It's beautiful.
AND, just as the Mudcats will apparently be resuming play in Augusta the Shuckers are now in a rain delay in the 4th inning in Pensacola. They lead 6-0. Obviously, the game is not official as of yet.
Payamps gives up a hard hit oppo deep fly to the warning track in RF for out number one. That ball was tagged. Hangs an 0-1 slider for a single into RF. Hangs a pitch one slider. AND, Payamps has two aboard. The man loves to hang those pitches.
That'll be it for the Sounds. Tyler Black fly out to LF. Dalbac swings and misses at three consecutive off-speed pitches for his 2nd K. Bobby loves that swing and miss as much as he loves to mash. 😜
AND Avans plates two himself with another single up the middle in nearly identical fashion as Zamora with the infield in. It's a 7-3 game. One down. Avans at first. Love it.
Zamora swipes 2B. Cameron hits an infield single deep into the SS hole. Men on the corners. Still one down. 5-3 Sounds.
Bobby Petrol update:
Sat 92-93. Touched 95 mph. Sweeper was filthy. He looked very VERY good.
Jheremy Vargas just hit a three-run two-out double baby. It's 6-0 Shuckers in the third inning.
OH, also...
LHP Robert Gasser a 2.0, 4 K, 0 R outing tonight! Going to have to go back and watch that later.
Delgado follows with a hard hit double into the RF corner. Alfaro has to stop at 3B. Go ahead and insurance run both in scoring position. It's up to Zamora. Only one down.
Elvis is haning pitches. This is not a good look. He gets away with another hanger as it is fouled into the LF corner. Everything is currently low or hanging.
Nope. He does not. He gives up a grounder through the left side on a first pitch inside sinker at the knees. Cameron's throw airmails Alfaro. 3-3 game. Sigh. Man once again at 2B. Zimmerman's fantastic Quality Start is wasted. He will not figure into the decision after Hudson and Peguero's inability to pitch clean sheets.
Peguero grabbed two ground outs to 2B to start his work. He then gave up a double to the Left CF gap. Runner holds at 2B. Man in scoring position now. Two down. That was a lefty. He will now face a righty hitting 0.200. Come on, Elvis. Let's shut this down.
Beautiful early work from Hunt. Three consecutive K and how about a weak first pitch pop out to the infield? Six up and six down. Shuckers still lead 3-0 and we are on to the 3rd.
Meanwhile, the Sounds all struck out in their top half of the 8th. All on high heaters out of the zone. Not a good look. RHP Elvis Peguero will look to fare better than Hudson. 3-2 Sounds.