It’s a spot in which Shreve, Brett Cecil, and newcomer Tyler Webb have tried, stumbled, and tried again in recent weeks. Webb retired the lone lefthander he faced to strand two runners in the sixth inning. Cecil walked the first batter he faced Wednesday, then got a double play from a righthanded batter to get three outs from three batters. Shreve struck out the final two batters he faced, including lefthanded hitter Adam Frazier, in a perfect inning.
Off the 40-man roster, there’s lefty Genesis Cabrera, who was part of the Tommy Pham trade with Tampa Bay. He’s thrown two scoreless innings for Memphis with three strikeouts to build on a Class AAA season that saw him hold lefties to a .