Milwaukee Brewers: Minor League Affiliate Recap for 4/25 to 4/30

As we near the end of the first month of baseball, let's take a trip down on the farm for the Brewers Minor League system over the last week. We saw a lot of good pitching and plenty of rehab assignments to go around, that will soon fill the holes need up in Milwaukee.

Here is the Milwaukee Brewers minor league affiliate recap from April 25th to April 30th.

Triple-A Nashville Sounds (14-12)

The Sounds find themselves around the middle of the pack in the International League West standings as this week of action closes. Despite not being where they want be in the standings there were still a lot of exciting things going on down in Hit City.

With a couple of Brewers players on rehab assignments the Sounds were able to take four of six from the Omaha Storm Chasers, improving their record to three games above .500. Brewers top pitching prospect Robert Gasser started the series strong as he picked up his first win of the season with a strong five innings of work which included eight punchouts. Most importantly for Brewers fans, Tyrone Taylor was back in action for the first time this season as he had a multi-hit game that included a couple of RBIs on the Sounds' way to win game one 8-3.

The bats stayed hot and so did Keston Hiura as he had a three-hit game, but maybe the bigger storyline was the shutout thrown by the Sounds pitching as they cruised on by the Storm Chasers 5-0. The bats went quiet in game three as the bullpen did their job not allowing any runs, as the Sounds dropped the first game of the series 2-1.

In need of starting pitching depth, Brewers fans had another sigh of relief as Adrian Houser took the mound for the first time since his injury, and he went five strong. However, the bats didn't wake up until the bottom of the eighth inning when they mustered three runs across the plate to tie it up. Brian Navarreto beat out the throw from third to bring home the winning run from third for the Sounds to walk it off in the bottom of the ninth, winning 4-3.

The hot bats continued over to Saturday night's game as there was a combined nine runs scored in the first two innings between the teams and then the pitching showed up. The Sounds bullpen threw seven shutout innings and the Sounds took advantage of yet another infield error made by the Storm Chasers as Keston Hiura was responsible for the RBI single, winning 6-5.

It was a bit of a slugfest for the series finale between the two, and the Sounds were in it right up until the end. Robert Gasser took the mound for the second time in the series and typically, a team seeing the same pitcher twice in one series doesn't go so well for the pitcher. Gasser threw five innings, giving up five runs, three walks, and three long balls as well. As far as the offensive side of things goes, third baseman Eddy Alvarez had a three-hit game followed by a productive afternoon from Tyrone Taylor as who had a hit and two RBIs.

The Sounds go on the road for a six-game series this week against the St. Paul Saints with the first pitch of the game being Tuesday at 11:07 AM CT.

Double-A Biloxi Shuckers (11-9)

Starting the week just a couple of games above .500, the Shuckers are currently a half game behind first place in the Southern League South standings with a huge divisional series looming against the Montgomery Biscuits.

But first, let's recap this past week's series against the Mississippi Braves, where they split the series. In game one, Braves starting pitcher Alan Rangel threw six strong shutout innings striking out five, and on the other side, Shuckers starting pitcher Tobias Myers went six deep, giving up six hits and two runs but striking out five as well. The Shuckers' bats finally woke up in the last three innings as they scored one in the seventh, two in the eighth, and then walked it off on a passed ball in the ninth to take game one 4-3.

Not much went on in game two as the Braves evened up the series at one, winning 4-2. The biggest headline in this game was top prospect Jackson Chourio extending his hitting streak to five games with a double.

Things were more or less the same in game three as the Braves and Shuckers pitching continued to dominate as the Braves took this one 2-1. Shuckers starting pitcher Carlos Rodriguez threw five innings giving up three hits, and three walks, and a run, but most importantly striking out nine batters in his outing. However, the hitting continued to slump as the offense could only come up with three hits, and Chourio's hitting streaking coming to an end.

The Shuckers looked to get back on track during Friday night's game against the Braves, and they did just so, beginning with a strong six-inning outing by Justin Jarvis where he gave up only one run off of a home run and struck out six. The bats came alive scoring eight, which included a multi-hit home run game from Freddy Zamora, and another bomb from Jeferson Quero. Shuckers showed out in front of the home crowd 8-3.

The bats stayed hot but the pitching slumped as the Shuckers dropped game five 7-6. Chourio and Quero both had a multi-hit game. The starting pitching for both sides had strong showings as they both combined to have 15 strikeouts.

The Shuckers bats stayed alive in the final game of the series as five players had multi-hit games. Jeferson Quero went yard for the second time this weekend continuing his hot streak of 5-for-11 from the plate. The Shuckers wound up splitting the series overall with the Braves as they won 10-5 on Sunday.

Single-A Carolina Mudcats (11-8)

The Mudcats had a solid series against the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers as they took three out of five games in the series. What was a week filled with weather delays, the Mudcats started the game one strong as they won 7-4. Jacob Misiorowski pitched two solid innings striking out four. The story of the game was Edwin Jimenez who threw four innings, giving up only one hit and one walk, but striking out eight batters. The offense showed out too, where four Mudcats had multi-hit games.

The fun didn't stop after the game one despite the Mudcats losing 4-3 in game two. What was a back and forth affair, the Mudcats once again had three players achieve multi-hit games. Chase Costello couldn't hold on in his relief appearance as he gave up three runs on two hits and three walks in which he was given the loss.

Hitting stayed hot as the Mudcats entered game three of the series as they won 7-1. Two of the offensive players for the Mudcats had multi-hit games, and despite command issues for Dustin Peterson, he was still able to throw four and two thirds of shutout baseball.

The hot pitching carried over into Friday night's matchup as the staff gave up only three hits. Alexander Vallecillo had the bulk of the work, due to the rain delay, as he struck out six batters and in five innings, which was continued Saturday afternoon, where the Mudcats won 1-0.

The second game of the day for the Mudcats did not go the way they wanted as they were blown out 8-1. A rough outing by Tyler Wehrle was the cause of that one as he gave up five runs on four hits. The bats couldn't get anything going either as they could only score once.

With the bad weather on the East Coast, the last game of the week between the two teams has been postponed for a later date.

The Mudcats currently sit tied in second place in the Carolina League North a game behind first place. They go on the road to Delmarva this week, who is right above them. A series win will guarantee them at least tied with first place or perhaps even sole possession of it.