Autumn Dreamin

Another collision in Bham, this time a runner clips Luis Mieses during a play at first. He stayed down for a while then left the game, looked like the right shoulder.

Popeye was a late scratch from Bham.... He was supposed to be replaced by Jason Matthews, who has now been replaced himself.

Mendick with a well hit double off of Rodon.

Popeye stayed down for a while after a collision at 2B on a steal attempt. He appears to have shaken it off and is staying in the game. He looked okay running 2B to home on the next play, so hopefully it's no big deal.

X is continuing to put up video game numbers for Bham in July, hits his 4th HR of the week. Cousin turned in a nice line for WS: 5IP, 1ER, 2H 5K, 1BB. The run was on a solo shot.

The funny thing is, the game is probably over if not for that WP to start the inning.

Montgomery finally on the move? ?

Twins hitters are literally on pace to break the team season strikeout record, FYI.

6.1IP, 2ER, 7H, 2BB, 6K for Mena on 60/93. He left with a guy on, but Stivors finished the inning with 2Ks to strand the runner.

Xavier Fernandez is on some kind of heater for Bham right now. After a first inning RBI hit, he's batting .543 in July so far (19-35) with 8 XBH and more walks (7) than strikeouts (5). July OPS is over 1.500.

Rodon tagged by the Angels for 6 ER in 4.1IP. 7.36 ERA in 3 starts (14.2IP) so far, thanks in part to a ratio of 9BB to just 11K (and 4HR out of 12H).

Verlander vs. the Sox last year: 10.2IP, 17H, 10R (7ER), 1BB, 7K

The AAA season runs a little longer than lower levels, so I wouldn't be surprised to see him spend the last ~week there. Similar to Colas last year.

Three walks to load the bases with 2 outs in the 8th provided the opportunity for WS to storm back and take the lead. Weaver 2 RBI single, Burke 2 RBI double, Montomgery IBB (lol), Veras RBI single. Dash win 8-7. Burke with an opportunity to tie Montgomery's 2022 on base streak tomorrow. He's been on in every game this season, with the promotion apparently not slowing him down at all. Having Colson batting behind him now probably helps too, not that he seems to need it.

IIRC, the idea was 7-10 games in WS for him. This is game 8 I think, so it'll definitely be odd if he's there too much longer.

Some peeks at the ACL guys...

If the Twins think they've fixed Keuchel, they can test him out this weekend...

I was wondering if Mason Adams would get a start of his own after he didn't piggyback Schultz yesterday... The answer is yes. 5IP, 2R (1ER), 5K, 2H, 0BB. BP doesn't hold the lead though.

I mean, they ended their streak of consecutive games with a HR at a mere 28. Not sure how they'll recover.

The Braves were undefeated at home vs. the Sox until yesterday. They hadn't lost a rubber match all season until today. Baseball ?‍♀️