The Brewers’ minor league system had no shortage of movement and late-inning drama Thursday, with Nashville and Biloxi both getting pushed into extra innings and Wilson continuing to pile up wins in loud fashion.
Milwaukee sent RHP Lyon Richardson outright to the Nashville Sounds, but Richardson chose to reject the minor league assignment and elected free agency. Nashville also placed 3B Luke Adams on the 7-day injured list, while Biloxi activated SS Dylan O’Rae from the 7-day injured list.
Nashville’s night turned on the 10th inning after Indianapolis opened the game with two runs in the first and then went quiet until extras. Starter Thomas Pannone was tagged early, but the Sounds got strong relief work from Garrett Stallings, who threw three scoreless innings with five strikeouts, no walks and just one hit allowed. Joel Kuhnel and Carlos Rodriguez also posted clean innings out of the bullpen, and Blake Holub allowed only the automatic runner to score in the 10th.
The Sounds managed ten hits, though only one went for extra bases: Darrien Miller’s double. Miller and Eduardo Garcia each had two hits, and Brock Wilken drove in both Nashville runs with a bases-loaded single in the seventh. The game eventually ended with Nashville in a bases-loaded, no-outs spot in the bottom of the 10th, but the comeback never materialized.
Biloxi’s game carried even more offensive punch, even in a loss. Pensacola edged the Shuckers 11-10 after the teams combined for 12 runs and five home runs between the ninth inning and extras.
Starter Braylon Owens struck out the first two batters he faced before leaving with an injury, and Biloxi was then forced to turn to utilityman Jheremy Vargas on the mound to begin the 10th. Four runs crossed before the inning was over.
The Shuckers got homers from four different players and kept adding to their lead in MiLB second-half home runs, now at 78. The 2026 team is also just ten shy of the Shuckers’ all-time record of 154.
Andrew Fischer kept making history with his 36th homer of the year, tying Gorman Thomas (1977) for the third-most home runs in a minor league season in Brewers history. He needs one more to catch Joey Meyer (1985) for second, while Gorman Thomas’s 51 in 1974 still sits out in front.
Mark Coley II went 2-for-4 with a home run and two stolen bases, and Damon Keith followed up yesterday’s homer with a 3-for-3 night that included another long ball and a stolen base. Keith, who missed more than two months, was noted for his raw power and may be getting hot again.
Matthew Wood led off for Biloxi and finished with three hits and three runs scored.
Not everything went smoothly for the Shuckers. Jesus Made went 1-for-5 and committed two errors, one in the field and one for interference.
Wisconsin’s offense never got rolling in a 4-0 loss to the Kernels, managing only three hits and five baserunners. One of those hits came from 2026 second-rounder Sawyer Strosnider. Josh Knoth worked 5.2 innings, allowing four hits, two walks and two earned runs while striking out three after cruising through four scoreless frames.
Wilson delivered the day’s most one-sided result, rolling past Columbia 12-3 and scoring 11 straight runs in a blowout win. Brailyn Antunez stayed scorching hot, going 2-for-3 with his sixth home run in his first 14 games at the level.
He now owns a video-game line of .392/.516/.824 in Low-A. Brady Ebel added a double, single and walk, extended his on-base streak to 31 games and scored three times.
Joey Broughton finished things off with a four-inning save, striking out three and allowing just two hits. Wilson also added nine more walks to the Minor League-leading total.
In the Dominican Summer League, Brewers Gold beat the Astros Orange 2-1 behind Luis Aguayo’s sharp first outing with the Gold squad. Aguayo picked up his first win of the season by throwing five innings of two-hit ball with five strikeouts, no walks and no runs allowed.
His season line now sits at a 2.36 ERA and 1.05 WHIP. The Gold club only had four hits, with Leanders Matos and Ricki Moneys both going hitless, but it still scraped across both runs on wild pitches after collecting two hits in a messy second inning by the Astros.
Brewers Blue also won, taking down the DSL Dodgers Mega 9-6. Christian Montilla provided the key swing with a two-run double in the fifth to put Blue in front, and he finished 1-for-3 with another RBI on a sacrifice fly in the fourth. Diego Frontado reached base twice after being hit by a pitch and reaching on an error, and he scored both times.
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