RR v. SA game 4

[JimR]

Tucker homered to LF. 1-0 RR in 2nd

Bielak pitching for RR.

[JimR]

Bielak mowing ‘em down through top 3

Express 1-0

[JimR]

Top 4

SA threatening. Two straight hits

1-3, runners at second and third

SA’s best hitter up.

[JimR]

Long fly to LF, Ferguson ran it down. Stressful inning.

1-0.going to bottom 4.

[JimR]

Express bases loaded, one out, Dawson up

[JimR]

HBP 2-0

McCormick now

[JimR]

SY on 3-0 pitch. 3-0

All runners moved up

Straw hitting

[JimR]

Straw bunted for a hit! 4-0

Super Jack up

[JimR]

Straw out stealing

4-0 after 4

Josh James just arrived in the pen. He has not pitched well here.

[austro]

Josh James just arrived in the pen. He has not pitched well here.

With Devo not looking viable, we really need James to step up.

[JimR]

Got ‘em out in the 5th

4-0

[JimR]

Cionel Perez sighting. He has been hurt. James starting to move around a little. Not throwing yet.

Super Jack against a new pitcher.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Any velocity info on James?

[JimR]

Did not score

4-0 after 5

[JimR]

Cionel is throwing.

Bielak has one out and one on in the heart of their order.

[JimR]

Bielak survived through 6

4-0. Perez not throwing now. James is.

[JimR]

Looks like James may  pitch the 7th. I am leaving after to check on my dog. Radio for me. 1300 am.

[Jacksonian]

Cionel Perez sighting. He has been hurt. James starting to move around a little. Not throwing yet.

Super Jack against a new pitcher.

Perez has been pitching in A ball on rehab assignment.

[JimR]

Express wasted leadoff double

4-0 after 6.

[Jacksonian]

Bielak survived through 6

4-0. Perez not throwing now. James is.

How hard was Bielak throwing?

[JimR]

Josh James on. FB 95, one 97

6-3
K on slider
K on FB

4-0

[austro]

Josh James on. FB 95, one 97

6-3
K on slider
K on FB

4-0

That's encouraging. Thanks for the report.

[JimR]

James pitched 8th also

1 BB 1 K

[VirtualBob]

How hard was Bielak throwing?

Saw him last outing and he was 95 often. Another grouping at 92/93. Maybe a 4-Seamer and a 2-seamer?

[JimR]

Saw him last outing and he was 95 often. Another grouping at 92/93. Maybe a 4-Seamer and a 2-seamer?

Agree with this

[JimR]

Perez struggling to close it. Game up homer, walk, single while getting two outs.

[JimR]

RR wins 6-1!

3 up

[JimR]

I was listening on the radio after the top of the 7th, and the bottom of the 8th featured high and tight pitches, a warning to both benches, ejections, and near fights. SA v. RR is a bitter rivalry which goes all the way back to RR’s Texas League days, and SA did not like losing 3 of 4 with only one series to play. RR still has to win one or two (not sure of the magic number), but the Express caught and passed SA in the last ten days or two weeks after trailing for most of the season. 

ETA: magic number is one. RR is in Omaha.

[Snuffy]

I was listening on the radio after the top of the 7th, and the bottom of the 8th featured high and tight pitches, a warning to both benches, ejections, and near fights. SA v. RR is a bitter rivalry which goes all the way back to RR’s Texas League days, and SA did not like losing 3 of 4 with only one series to play. RR still has to win one or two (not sure of the magic number), but the Express caught and passed SA in the last ten days or two weeks after trailing for most of the season. 

ETA: magic number is one. RR is in Omaha.

Wondered about the long delay - much more time than just a pitching changes.  A few guys left the game early.

Glad no one was hurt.

[JimR]

Wondered about the long delay - much more time than just a pitching changes.  A few guys left the game early.

Glad no one was hurt.

Listening on the radio would have eliminated your confusion. The fireworks were in the bottom of the 8th.

[BUWebguy]

SA v. RR is a bitter rivalry which goes all the way back to RR’s Texas League days, and SA did not like losing 3 of 4 with only one series to play.

This makes me wonder -- what keeps long-lasting rivalries going in the minors? It seems with players, coaches, even affiliations changing so frequently, that there might not be enough continuity over the course of years to keep a rivalry stoked.

[JimR]

This makes me wonder -- what keeps long-lasting rivalries going in the minors? It seems with players, coaches, even affiliations changing so frequently, that there might not be enough continuity over the course of years to keep a rivalry stoked.

Whatever you say.

[Lefty]

This makes me wonder -- what keeps long-lasting rivalries going in the minors? It seems with players, coaches, even affiliations changing so frequently, that there might not be enough continuity over the course of years to keep a rivalry stoked.

In this case, proximity.  The Missions and Hooks had some fun series after RR moved to AAA in '05.

[Waldo]

This makes me wonder -- what keeps long-lasting rivalries going in the minors? It seems with players, coaches, even affiliations changing so frequently, that there might not be enough continuity over the course of years to keep a rivalry stoked.

Other than proximity, I guess one big constant is the front offices and the PR/marketing departments that drum up the rivalry.

[Jacksonian]

Saw him last outing and he was 95 often. Another grouping at 92/93. Maybe a 4-Seamer and a 2-seamer?

This is good.  95 often is not where he was when he was drafted out of Notre Dame two years ago.  He was sometimes touching 95 at that time.  His knocks were no real out pitch and too many walks.  It looks like he's walking about 2 batters a game, but as he's striking out a batter an inning perhaps he's developed a real out pitch.

[JimR]

Other than proximity, I guess one big constant is the front offices and the PR/marketing departments that drum up the rivalry.

The organizations do not like each other. No “drumming up” needed.

ETA: The aggressive  circus in the 8th last night was started and kept going by SA pitcher Jimmy Nelson who is a MLB player on injury rehab. He threw two consecutive pitches at Tanielu’s head.