8-14-25
Getting back from Aggie Soccer, I checked out the Rockies’ game. I only heard some of the postgame with a very weak signal. They were defeated by the Diamondbacks, 8-2.
I flipped over to the Chihuahuas playing the Aces. It was the seventh with the pups up 7-3. I gathered that the Chihuahuas had batted around in one inning. The Aces loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom, but only got one run off a sac fly, 7-4. In the bottom of the eighth, the Aces brought up the tying run again. They only got another sac’d in run, 7-5. That was their chance. In the ninth, Luis Campusano homered as part of a multi-homer day. The pups scored 3 and won, 10-5.
8-15-25
There was some interesting MLB news tonight. The Orioles lost out on a perfect game in the eighth with 2 outs. They still beat the Astros, 7-0. Meanwhile, the Brewers won their 13-th in a row.
I was too busy at work to pay much attention to baseball tonight. The Giants and the Rays were playing for the MLB.TV Free Game. It was 6-6 in the bottom of the eighth. The Giants loaded the bases with no outs. A line out, and two fielder’s choices ended the frame with no runs. In the top of the ninth, the Rays had runners on second and third with no outs. There was an FC play at plate with a rundown, but a single finally drove in a run for a 7-6 Rays win.
The Chihuahuas were still playing the Aces in Reno. In the fourth, Will Wagner hit a three-run homer to make it, 5-2 Chihuahuas. The Aces came back and tied it at 5 in the sixth. The pups scored two runs in the ninth for a 7-5 win, their fourth-in-a-row.
8-16-25
Saturday, I went to the Aggie Volleyball Scrimmage in the afternoon. I listened to a Cowboys preseason football game after I got home. The starters weren’t playing, but they look kind of hopeless. For whatever reason, I enjoy listening to the radio broadcasts. (It’s Brad and Babe. They’re like listening to a baseball broadcast.)
I started listening to the Chihuahuas playing the Aces. The pups were a half-game out of first. A 25mph wind was blowing out in Reno. In the first, Yonathan Perlaza homered 400’+ for a 2-0 Chihuahuas lead. The Aces scored 1 in the bottom, but had loaded the bases. Then the station powered down and reception became too bad to listen to.
I flipped around on the radio and briefly picked up a Diamondbacks game, but lost it just as quick. The Broncos were playing on KOA, instead of the Rockies. I thought about listening, but they had just gone into halftime. (I have no idea who’s playing for the Broncos these days.)
I tried the Chihuahuas’ broadcast again and it was a little better. It was 5-1 Chihuahuas in the fifth. In the seventh, Mason McCoy hit a two-run homer into a truck displayed beyond the outfield wall. It was there for a promotion, rather than somebody having to call their insurance agent about the damage. Broadcaster Tim Hagerty wasn’t sure (and reception was still kind of bad), but if a player hit the truck, they’d win it. Unfortunately, visiting players were not eligible. Regardless, it was a 408’ two-run homer for an 8-1 lead.
The Aces came back with two in the bottom to make it, 8-3. In the bottom of the ninth, the Aces scored two to make it, 8-5, and had two more on with one out. The Chihuahuas brought in a new pitcher. He got the second out on a strikeout and a fly out ended it. That’s an 8-5 win and five in a row!
8-17-25
The Rangers’ affiliate wasn’t carrying the game again today. I wouldn’t have been able to have listened anyway. I basically missed the Chihuahuas playing the Aces to go to Aggie Soccer, but I was interested in the result. I had some things to do after the game and couldn’t go home to listen. I was catching bits of the game in the car. It was a very tight from what I was hearing. The Chihuahuas prevailed via a three-run homer by Nate Mondou in the eight to win, 4-2. That’s a sweep in Reno and a six-game winning streak. I’m not sure where they are in the standings, but they’re either close or tied for first.
8-19-25
There wasn’t any baseball at all yesterday for me. Tonight, the Chihuahuas started another away series in Sacramento against the Rivercats. The pups are currently in first place in the PCL thanks to their sweep in Reno last week.
The game certainly started off well. In the first inning, Tyler Wade homered. This was followed by Luis Campusano hitting a monster 400’ line drive shot just under Sacramento championship banner. Then Nate Mondou homered and it was 3-0 Chihuahuas. Unfortunately, that’s all the cheering I’d be doing for the evening.
In the bottom of first, the Rivercats loaded the bases with one out. There were three challenged ball and strike calls early on that created some (artificial and unnecessary) drama. (Just use ABS to call the darn game.) The Rivercats sac’d in one run and drove in another on a broken bat single, 3-2. That could have been worse. Broadcaster Tim Hagerty mentioned that Sacramento was carrying 6 catchers right now on their roster. That’s even weirder than the Aggie Volleyball team carrying 6 setters.
The MLB.TV Free Game was an audio-only Diamondbacks/Indians game (6-5 Dbacks), but I chose to listen to the Chihuahuas. That may have been a mistake, since the MLB game looked pretty good, whereas nobody scored for the next seven innings in Sacramento. Granted, nobody scored in tonight’s Astros/Tigers’ game, but that one finished in the tenth with a 1-0 Tiger victory via a bases loaded walk. Tarik Skubal pitched 7 scoreless innings.
Extra innings coverage came up between the Orioles at the Red Sox and I switched over to it. The O’s won 4-3 in 11 innings. In the bottom of the eleventh, the Red Sox had tying run at third with one out, but he didn’t run home on a short sac fly. The postgame show wasn’t pretty. The Sox left 13 men on base, had left bases loaded in three late innings, and went 0-13 with runners in scoring position.
Back in Sacramento, the Rivercats tied it in ninth 3-3. The Chihuahuas didn’t score in the tenth. The Rivercats loaded the bases in the bottom. The Chihuahuas brought their centerfielder to the infield. There would be a play at the plate on a grounder, but the runner slid in for a 4-3 Rivercats’ win. I don’t know where the standings are after this loss.
8-20-25
Somehow, though I wasn’t that busy at work, I barely listened to tonight’s Chihuahuas versus Rivercats’ game. That’s too bad, because the game was a dramatic back-and-forth battle. The pups went up 7-5, but the Rivercats tied it in seventh and then scored two more in the eighth. In the top of the ninth, the Chihuahuas got two on with one out. They managed to score 1, but a strikeout followed. With two on in scoring position and two out, the next batter went to a full count. Finally, there was a liner to the outfield. The fielder made a sliding catch on it to end the game, 9-8 Rivercats. Tacoma hasn’t been able to capitalize on these losses yet to take the lead in the PCL.
8-21-25
With the day off for Aggie Soccer, I tuned in at noon for a Rangers game on the radio. This time, I don’t know if they carried it, because the station was powered down and I couldn’t hear it at all. This has been kind of annoying this month. It gave me plenty of time to go out and do other things, I guess.
After the Soccer game was over, I started listening on my car’s radio to the Chihuahuas and the Rivercats. It was the sixth and pups were down 4-3. They managed to tie it before I got home. In the eighth, Bryce Eldridge, the Giants’ top prospect, hit a two-run homer on a pitch described as being right in the middle of the plate to make it, 6-4 Rivercats.
Next inning, I’m not sure I heard this right on the coverage with a weak signal, but the ump had an argument with the Sacramento dugout while on a hot mic. Broadcaster Tim Hagerty didn’t think that was an accident. The Chihuahuas scored in the ninth and had a chance, but they lost, 6-5. This was their third one-run loss in a row.
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