Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 9-21-22

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Playoff Game (Central Time):

 

MWL Championship Series Game 3: South Bend at Lake County, 6:05 pm CT (best-of-3 series tied 1-1)

 

Tennessee has the day off

 

South Bend: RHP Porter Hodge

 

Regular Season Games (All Times Central):

 

Iowa at Omaha (game one), 12:05 pm

Iowa at Omaha (game two), TBD

 

Iowa (game one): LHP Wyatt Short

[Bertz]

 

Really enjoying this Sosa/McGwire dynamic between Mervis and Canario

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

Really enjoying this Sosa/McGwire dynamic between Mervis and Canario

 

The runner on base was Canario who had a measly single.

 

(Canario has since added a walk.)

[Transmogrified Tiger]

5 of Mervis's last 8 home runs have come against LHP

[CaliforniaRaisin]

The final South Bend starting lineup of the year:

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Owen Caissie just hit a 3-run HR to give South Bend a 3-0 lead in the 3rd.

 

[Jaxbro]

Owen Caissie 3 run shot

[Jaxbro]

Aliendo adds a 2 run shot

 

5-0 SB

[Jaxbro]

Three Lake County hits to start the bottom of the third leave runners at 2nd and 3rd and the score at 5-1

[Jaxbro]

Three Lake County hits to start the bottom of the third leave runners at 2nd and 3rd and the score at 5-1

A wild pitch(should've been a passed ball) and a single make it 5-3 going to the fourth

[JeffH]

Aliendo adds a 2 run shot

 

5-0 SB

 

#1 sleeper in the organization.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

5-3 South Bend after 4.

[Jaxbro]

Verdugo 2 run shot

 

7-3

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Verdugo 2 run shot

 

7-3

 

Speaking of underrated prospects

[CaliforniaRaisin]

[JeffH]

To borrow a bit from George Carlin, "My High-A affiliate has a bigger dick than your High-A affiliate".

[CaliforniaRaisin]

7-3 Cubs after 6.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

7-3 Cubs after 7

[CubinNY]

Aliendo adds a 2 run shot

 

5-0 SB

 

#1 sleeper in the organization.

How’s his defense?

[JeffH]

Aliendo adds a 2 run shot

 

5-0 SB

 

#1 sleeper in the organization.

How’s his defense?

 

Excellent. A super athletic guy. This is not a "square peg in a round hole" situation.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Lake County gets a triple and sac fly in the bottom of the 8th but that’s it.

 

South Bend leads 7-4 going to the 9th.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

AFL-bound Sheldon Reed coming in for the save in the bottom of the 9th.

 

7-4 Cubs

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Reed works around a lead off double and South Bend wins the MWL Championship!

[Jaxbro]

CHAMPS

[CaliforniaRaisin]

The final out: