Brandon Erbe game discussion

[Big Mac]

He's on the mound tonight (8/6) against New Hampshire.

Bowie has scored 3 runs in the top of the 1st. Josh Bell is out of the lineup again.

[Big Mac]

Erbe gets a 1-2-3 first inning with 2 K's.

[Big Mac]

Cruising through 3 shutout innings so far...

[AgentOrange]

Cruising through 3 shutout innings so far...

Very exciting. Do you have any idea what type of pitches he is throwing?

[Big Mac]

Very exciting. Do you have any idea what type of pitches he is throwing?

Just following on MILB.com...no idea.

[olehippi]

Anyone know why Josh Bell isn't playing again?

[Big Mac]

Anyone know why Josh Bell isn't playing again?

He's probably still resting the ankle he turned.

[olehippi]

He's probably still resting the ankle he turned.

OK....I didn't know about the ankle. Thanks!

[Big Mac]

Zero runs through 4 IP now, 2 BB and 4 SO

[Frobby]

Erbe doing that thing he seems to do from time to time, through 4 IP.

[allstar1579]

Erbe doing that thing he seems to do from time to time, through 4 IP.

Yup. Although I've seen definite progression in his last few starts. I'll let you know next week, I'm going to make sure to go see him before I leave for vacation.

Aside from the velocity, everything else about his game has gotten better start to start, and I don't know how he was previously in the lower levels, but he does a very good job of mixing pitches and keeping guys off balance now.

[Frobby]

5 innings now....have a look at the box score.

[Scrat1]

Anyone know how many pitches he's thrown?

[Scrat1]

In Norfolk, our old friend RANDOR BIERD pitched a pretty good game against us.

[allstar1579]

5 innings now....have a look at the box score.

Very interesting. I see a lot of flyouts to RF too, which means either there are a ton of LH in the lineup for NH, or he is doing a very good job of staying on the outside edge (he was throwing almost every pitch to that right edge of the plate his last start). That tells me his command is good tonight.