Minor League Game Thread for Friday, April 07, 2023

[texasdave]

LOUISVILLE 2-4 7:15 EDT - Brandon Williamson (6.00) will take to the mound for the second time this season, hoping for a better effort this time out. His opposite number will be Caleb Smith (15.43), who was rocked his first time out.
The Bats are currently sporting a nifty 2.63 team ERA, which ranks them in a tie for second in the Internation League with Nashville. Conversely, Bats hitters are ranked second to last with a team OPS of .642. It's early still. It is Kids Opening Day, and there will be dinosaurs.

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CHATTANOOGA 1-0 7:35 EDT - And, just like last season, Chattanooga will keep the name of their starting pitcher under lock and key until the last possible moment. The Huntsville Trash Pandas will send Coleman Crow (-.--) out to the hill.
Lookout pitchers fanned 23 last night, a pace that will be difficult to sustain.

Here's some baseball history for you:
SHE, Jackie Mitchell, pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts, a minor league baseball team, struck out baseball legends Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig during an exhibition game on this day 1931. Mitchell showed a talent for baseball from a young age. Her next door neighbor, future Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Dazzy Vance, taught her how to pitch as a girl, including his special "drop ball" pitch. At 17, Mitchell joined a women's team, attended baseball school in Atlanta, and was soon offered a contract by the Chattanooga Lookout for the 1931 season -- one of the first professional baseball contracts given to a woman. It was during this season that Mitchell became famous for striking out two of the greatest baseball players in history Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, pictured with her below.

Jackie bringing the heat as the Iron Horse and the Babe look on:

[texasdave]

DAYTON 0-1 6:35 EDT - Dayton will try to get onto the smiling side of the scoreboard tonight in order to even their record at 1-1. Thomas Farr (-.--) draws starter's duties. It will be the first 50/50 pot of the season, and they are starting it at 10,000. You can play at daytondragons5050.com. I believe that you have to be a resident of the Buckeye State to play.

We have a lineup:

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[texasdave]

DAYTONA 0-0 6:10 EDT - The Tortugas will kick off tonight's action for the Reds farmhands. TBD will also be starting this game. St. Lucie is in the opposite dugout tonight. They owned Daytona last season very many wins to very few losses.
Okay, they just posted the lineup, and it will be Lyon Richardson working the rubber to begin the game for Daytona.

Here is the lineup:

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[WrongVerb]

Texas Dave doing the minor league game threads. All is right with the world.

[j.u.FAIRFIIELD]

DAYTONA 0-0 6:10 EDT - The Tortugas will kick off tonight's action for the Reds farmhands. TBD will also be starting this game. St. Lucie is in the opposite dugout tonight. They owned Daytona last season very many wins to very few losses.
Okay, they just posted the lineup, and it will be Lyon Richardson working the rubber to begin the game for Daytona.

Here is the lineup:

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Argh, I hope we stop kicking off baseball games sometime before it's too late.

[texasdave]

DAYTONA - The first three Turtles reached base to open the game, and they lead 2-0 after one inning of play. Triple by Carlos Jorge, walk to Leonardo Balcazar and a single by Cam Collier produced the two runs for Daytona.

Lyon Richardson struck out two, while posting a zero in the first.

UPDATE: Daytona has scored a run in the top of the 2nd to make it 3-0. The bases are loaded with two outs. Walks to Triana, Jorge, Balcazar and Collier pushed across that run. Pitching change.

NOTE: Richardson just ran a fast ball up to the plate at 98. Lyon just struck out the side. 5 Ks in 2 IP.

[texasdave]

LOUISVILLE - Louisville will line them up this way:

Siani - CF
Senzel - DH
Votto - 1B
McLain - 2B
Martini - LF
Reynolds - SS
Hopkins -RF
Robinson - C
Lopez - 3B

Williamson - P

[texasdave]

CHATTANOOGA - And, here is how the Lookouts lineup shakes out:

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[texasdave]

DAYTONA - Richardson strikes out two more in the third, giving him 7 over the first three frames.

Leonardo Balcazar = BOOM! He lifts the first pitch he sees in the top of the fifth over the left field wall (1). He has walked twice and homered. 4-0 'Tugas.

[JCM11]

The Daytona offense is going to be fun to follow this year.

[texasdave]

DAYTONA - Richardson's night is over. Kenya Huggins has come on, and hung another goose egg onto the scoreboard.

[texasdave]

LOUISVILLE - Same old, same old. Good pitching, nonexistent hitting. Bats trail 1-0 in the bottom of the 4th.

Brandon Williamson - 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 2 K. 72 pitches with just 38 strikes.

Chuckie Robinson has a single for only Louisville hit.

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CHATTANOOGA - Postponed due to rain.

[texasdave]

DAYTON - They trail 2-0 in the home half of the 7th. Each team has 2 hits.

Thomas Farr wobbled only in the second inning when both runs were scored. 5 IP, 2H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K.
Braxton Roxby, in Dayton for his third go-'round, set down the side in a hitless inning. He struck out 2.
Javi Rivera - why is he in the pen? - also added a scoreless inning.

Austin Hendrick and Trey Faltine have collected base knocks for the Dragons.

[texasdave]

DAYTONA - Things have tightened up considerably as Daytona holds onto a slim one-run lead, 4-3. They are at-bat in the top of the 8th.

Lyon Richardson dominated in his 3 innings of work. 1 H, 0 R, O BB, 7 K.
Kenya Huggins gave up all 3 St. Lucie scores in 1.2 innings. He allowed 6 hits.
Brody Jessee pitched a scoreless inning and a third.
Arij Fransen, the Dutch Dandy, struck out the side in the 7th.

The Shell Men have garnered just 5 hits, but have been the grateful recipients of 8 walks.

[j.u.FAIRFIIELD]

Williamson has a lot of work to do if he plans to pitch for the Reds.
His command is shaky and he isn't showing he has an out pitch.