Autumn Dreamin

Underrated positive tonight was Tyler Alexander with a nice 3IP to save the pen. Pitching to a solid 3.40 ERA/1.17 WHIP here compared to 6+ ERA/1.49 WHIP in Milwaukee. If the team splits were swapped it might get credited to coaching, but alas.

That's out if his leg wasn't sore

WS won 9-5. Zavala and Perez both 1-4 with a double and walk. McCants 3-4 with a double and triple. Lodise 2-4 with a triple and HR.

Wow Vargas got screwed in that AB

Good time for some insurance

Cannon 6.1IP, 1 ER (solo shot), 5H, 5K, 1BB. Good progress.

Kannapolis broadcaster Dan Helotie maybe getting some kind of late season cup of coffee in the bigs?

Zavala in August: .296/.408/.438 with 11 walks to 6Ks. Jeral Perez in August: .400/.456/.643 with 8 walks to 7Ks, plus 4 HR (8 XBH total). BMont in August: .358/.456/.552 with 10 walks and 10 doubles in 19 games.

Barons win Game 2 of the DH 4-3. Braden at DH went 1-3 with a walk, August slash at .358/.456/.552 Antonacci 1-2 with a double, a walk, and 3 (!) stolen bases. Could be joining Braden in the .900 OPS club soon, he's at .895. Murphy went 5 IP with 1 unearned run.

3 straight very winnable losses. Let's try to not give them free outs AND free runs tomorrow.

Gotta give Luis a shot with the sacks packed there.

Also from Tauchman, who is playing fine but could use more rest.

Meidroth and Tauch liners both right at guys, unlucky

Civale doesn't walk the bases loaded if he got this zone lol

Barons win the first half of the DH 1-0. 5IP, 2H, 1BB, 7K for Gowens, Schoelne with a perfect 2IP. Rikuu with the walkoff sac fly

Gowens looks good tonight, struck out the side in the 3rd. 6K total so far.

Michael Turner out of the Barons game after apparently feeling something on a swing in his first AB.

Here's the HR, he finished 3-5 and a triple short of a cycle.

Bonemer with HR #9 He also just missed one earlier

4 game hit streak since hitting that first HR.

Davitt went 6 IP, 1 ER (a solo shot), 2H, 2BB, 9K. Impressive outing from him. Lee got randomly pulled mid-inning while catching (no apparent injury), and I thought maybe it was for a call up to try carrying 3 catchers. But then Sabol (playing 1B) got pulled the next inning so I don't know what to make of it. Hopefully not an injury to Quero/Teel.

Feels like a good time to put up a crooked number