Bowie at Akron 4-11.

[BillySmith]

Your Lineups:

Batters POS AB R H HR RBI BB SO LOB AVG

Figueroa, P DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

Tucker 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Snyder 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .385

Concepcion RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143

Abreu 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .417

Fiorentino LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111

Dorta SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

Figueroa, D CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286

Donachie C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Erbe P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242

Pitching >

Pitchers POS NOTE IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Erbe P 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

0 0 0 0 0 0 3.96

Batting >

Batters POS AB R H HR RBI BB SO LOB AVG

Constanza CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273

Rivero SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111

Mills 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Santana, C DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222

Weglarz LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Goedert 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Rodriguez 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Drennen RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Espino, D C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Wright P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Pitching >

Pitchers POS NOTE IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Wright P 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

[BillySmith]

Wright sounds good. Drafted 2nd round in '06, fastball in the low 90's, circle change, slider, and curve. 24 y.o.

[BillySmith]

Paco Figueroa, Danny's brother, starts out.

Paco flies out on the second pitch of the game.

Jonathan Tucker up.

Quick 0-2 count as Tucker watches.

[BillySmith]

2-2 count and Tucker fouls a couple back.

Tapper to the right side and it gets past Wright for an infield single. Snyder up.

[BillySmith]

High ball.

Called strike, Snyder doesn't like it, thought it was high.

Called strike 2, Tucker takes second, the throw goes into the outfield and Tucker races to 3rd.

RBI chance for Brandon.

[BillySmith]

2 fouls by Snyder, and they're working the counts a bit now.

Another foul.

Swing and miss on a breaking pitch. 2 outs.

Concepcion batting cleanup.

[BillySmith]

1-2 count is followed by two foulballs. Strikeout.

And the real reason I'm here: Brandon Erbe is coming in.

[BillySmith]

Costanza, Rivera, Mills.

Costanza is a lefty centerfielder.

2-1 count. Real hard grounder to Dorta at short, high throw, but Snyder gets it for the first out.

[BillySmith]

1-1 to Rivera. Grounder to short, high throw again, Snyder grabs it for out number 2. Erbe is at 7 pitches.

[BillySmith]

1-1 count. Foulball, 1-2. Foulball. Liner to Fio in left for the third out. A 1-2-3 first for Erbe. 12 pitch inning on a very windy day in Akron. Windchill is 45 or so.

[BillySmith]

Anybody have insight into Erbe's ETA, what he needs to work on, what pitches he throws.

Isn't a mid-90's fastball guy with a plus curve?

[backwardsk]

This is a cool thread.

How does Snyder's footwork look around the bag when he's taking those throws?

[BillySmith]

This is a cool thread.

How does Snyder's footwork look around the bag when he's taking those throws?

I wish I was watching. I'm listening on the radio. They sounded like nice plays.

[BillySmith]

Fio singled, but Wright gets the other three as we go to the bottom of the 2nd.

Did a little research: According to Tony, Erbe changed up his delivery last year to reduce the risk of injury. He dumped his sweeping curve, and now throws the big fastball that can get in the upper 90's, has a plus slider, and a developing change that needs to get better.

Adam Vencill loves this guy. Got to talk to Adam about him at a HO Night last year.

[BillySmith]

0-2 on a "good" fastball on the inside corner. Then a foulball. Inside pitch puts the batter on his bum.