Brutal. Di Turi chases a neck high FB for strike 3. Had chased 3 pitches in a row on full counts and leaked over home plate and gets interference called against him which means Braylon Payne who successfully stole 2B was ruled out.
The moment has looked way too big for the Mudcats at many times tonight. Relievers unable to throw strikes. A bunch of errors. Bad throwing decisions. Bad baserunning. It's looking like this might be another year with a 1st round playoff exit for the Mudcats.
TAYDEN HALL! He crashes in on the sac bunt attempt and makes a sliding catch then spins around while on the ground and throws out the runner at 1B for a double play!
Don't think it can be emphasized enough how important winning this game is for the Mudcats. Going into Thursday down 1-0 facing Sykora is a recipe for disaster.
It does suck having to face Clemmey and Sykora who are probably 2 of the 5 best pitchers still in the Carolina league. From a stuff perspective they might be 1-2.
Carolina is the youngest team in the Carolina League and they played like it in the 1st inning. Yophery with bad baserunning turning a leadoff double into an out. Corniel/Bitonti miscommunication on a pickoff. Yophery overthrowing the cutoff. Corniel trying to make a circus play instead of letting his defense behind him do their job.
Spotting Clemmey an early 2-0 lead is not ideal especially with Sykora waiting on Thursday.
Corniel is getting rocked here early. 108, 103, 108 EV off the bat for the Nats. Yophery with a poor choice to overthrow the cutoff allowing the runner to reach 2B. It's 1-0 Nats and likely headed for more.