Autumn Dreamin

Popeye made an impressive running basket catch on a foul ball. He's got wheels. Barons win 10-4. Multihit efforts for Popeye, Ramos, Veras, and Elko. Montgomery reached twice and scored both times. Quero had an RBI single and 2 walks. Really feels like we're doing Project Birmingham again, but the guys just already there. Nastrini on the bump tomorrow.

Barons bats add on late with a fun little bat around to put the game away Womack flyout Tatum BB Popeye single (should have been a double, but he stopped at first) Montgomery catcher's interference Ramos pop out Veras 2B (of course), 2 RBI Wild pitch scores Montgomery Quero walks Elko RBI single Mieses RBI single Womack K Nice to see Popeye making good contact again after cooling off a bit in the last series. Veras' double was his 2nd of the night, and 10th in his 14 games at AA.

Mena in August: 24.2IP across 4 starts. 7ER, 26K, 7BB. 2.55 ERA. Man, if he keeps this up...

Mena gives up an unearned run when Ramos makes a bad throw past 1B and the runner gets to second and then scores on a ground rule double. Popeye leads off the next inning with his own ground rule double. Ramos drives him in. Veras hits a double off the wall to score Ramos. Barons up 4-1 and still threatening.

Drew McDaniel left early with an apparent injury. Seemed visually like he was indicating towards his side, but Gameday says ankle.

Patino with an interesting showing in Charlotte. Walks the leadoff guy in the first. Gets three outs on weak contact to follow. Walks the leadoff guy in the second. Weak flyout, K, pick off to end the inning (nice throw to 1B by Lee). Walks the leadoff guy in the third. GIDP, BB, pop out. Walks the bases loaded in the forth. Allows a run on a sac fly, a single reloads the bases, but he gets another GIDP to strand them. 4IP, 1ER, 1H, 1K...7BB. Sac fly and single were the only balls hit hard. For what it's worth, it's an ABS day in Charlotte today so no benefit from framing, but a good number of the misses weren't particularly close anyway. Knights lead 3-1 on a Sanchez 3R HR.

Elko with another oppo HR

Mario Camilletti promoted to WS and activated today.

Move over Quero, there's a new youngest catcher in AA.

Eder gives up a cheap run in the 3rd. Batter reaches on an IF single on a very close play. He was picked off and CS for the final out, but the ump called him safe. Montgomery seemed pretty sure he got him, and he looked out to me at game speed, but no replay in AA obviously. He scored from second on a single. 5Ks for him through 3IP. The pick off play:

2 strike, 2 out, 2RBI game tying single for Nishida. He's very fun.

Wonder if they'll try to get Schultz some innings in AFL. Montgomery is presumably still going for some extra reps. Maybe Ramos too with his missed time.

Comas provided some much needed innings for Kannapolis in Schultz' absence. He does finally give up his first ER on a solo shot, but was solid otherwise. 4IP, 1ER/HR, 3H, 0BB, 3K. Strike thrower. Guess I spoke tooo soon. They try to squeeze another inning from Comas, and a second run scores on a single, balk, single sequence so he finishes with 5IP, 2ER. Longest outing of the season for him by far.

Re: Schultz

He's back ? Gave up 0ER over a handful of ACL appearances.

Bush had given up just one hit through 5IP...Then the 6th inning started with a HR and a single. The next "single" probably should have been at least one out, but it took a weird hop and Ramos couldn't corral it. Another HR clears the bases, Barons trail 4-2. Line looks worse than he pitched, 5IP+, 4ER (all in the 6th), 5H, 1BB, 6K.

Montgomery triples and scores when a shallow fly from Ramos finds grass.

Popeye gets the Barons on the board by being a menace on the basepaths. Single on a liner to LF, strolls into second for a steal, dodges the tag to steal third on a much closer play, and then scores on a FC grounder up the 1B line by beating out the throw home.

DJ hits ANOTHER HR. 4th in 4 games.

Quick 1-2-3 for Bush. Weak foul pop, K, grounder to 3B.

Pallette almost got let down by his defense when two consecutive errors let a 1 out single reach 3rd...but then an excellent throw on a would be sac fly cut down the runner at the plate to end the inning. Over in WS, my personal sleeper SP prospect Mason Adams just struck out the side in the 2nd. All swinging.

Nishida assigned to Kannapolis today.