Astro's PbP, 51s Lose to El Paso 7-4

Las Vegas 51s @ El Paso Chihuahua’s

May 29, 2014

Joel Carreno @ Michael Nix

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Las Vegas	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		4	13	1	8
El Paso	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	X		7	14	0	12

Win: Nix (2-0); Loss: Carreno (1-2); Save: Boyer (4)

MiLB.com boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Michael Nix – 6 IP, 7 H, ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, HR, 99 pitches, 62 strikes, 25 batters faced, 7 groundouts

Blaine Boyer – IP, SO, 2 groundouts

Batters

Omar Quintanilla – 3-5, R, 2 2B (4), SO, E

Josh Satin – 2-5, R, HR (2), 2 RBI (9), GIDP

Andrew Brown – 2-3, R, HR (11), RBI (27), 2 BB, SO

Juan Centeno – 2-4

Jake Goebbert – 2-3, 3B (2), RBI (34), BB

Adam Moore – 2-5, R, 2B (9), RBI (16), 2 SO

Cody Decker – 3-4, R, 2B (11), BB

Alex Castellanos – 2-4, R, 2B (9), RBI

Astro’s Play By Play

1^st inning

Top

1)   SS Omar Quintanilla pulled a sharp groundball through the 2B hole. S9/G34

2)   2B Josh Satin chopped one at the 2B to start a double play. 463/G4

3)   RF Andrew Brown launched a HR over the right-center field wall. HR/89D

4)   1B Allan Dykstra flared a single into shallow CF.

5)   3B Zach Lutz hit a medium roller to the backhand of the 3B. 53/G5

Totals: R, 3 H, HR, GIDP, LOBster

Bottom

1)   SS Jace Peterson hit a high chopper over the mound fielded by Satin near the bag, but Peterson was too fast and beat it out. S4/G4M

2)   2B Brooks Conrad lined a single into RF – Peterson to 3B. S9/L9S

3)   LF Travis Buck hit a sac fly out to deep right-center field – Peterson scored from 3B. SF8/F8D

4)   RF Jeff Francoeur skied out to LF. 7/F7

5)   1B Jake Goebbert hit a sharp line drive into the RF corner for an RBI triple. T9/L9L

6)   C Adam Moore struck out looking at a big hook. K/Lo

Totals: 2 R, 3 H, 3B, SF, LOBster

2^nd inning

Top

1)   LF Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit a medium chopper to the backhand of the SS in the hole, but he had no chance at Kirk. S6/G56D

2)   CF Cesar Puello chopped a one-hopper to 3B for the force out at 2B – Puello just safe at 1B. FC54/G5

3)   C Juan Centeno chopped one at the 3B. 53/G5

4)   P Joel Carreno struck out swinging – ugly, even for a pitcher. K/Sw

Totals: H, SO, LOBster

Bottom

1)   3B Cody Decker hit a check swing grounder that found its way into RF for a single. S9/G34

2)   CF Alex Castellanos hit a medium grounder to the backhand of Q for the force out at 2B. FC64/G56

3)   P Michael Nix bunted it hard back to the mound for a sac. SH1/B1

4)   Peterson hit a groundout right at Satin. 43/G4

Totals: H, SH, LOBster

3^rd inning

Top

1)   Quintanilla struck out swinging. K/Sw

2)   Satin grounded one up the middle for a single. S8/G6M

3)   Brown walked. BB

4)   Dykstra hit a soft liner at the 1B. 3/L3

5)   Lutz slapped a single into right-center field. On the play, Satin was held up at 3B by Backman but Brown rounded 2B to head for 3B anyway – he didn’t look up – so he was tagged out on the basepaths. S9/L9 -> 9254

Totals: 2 H, BB, SO, 2 LOBsters

Bottom

1)   Conrad struck out swinging at an outside fastball. K/Sw

2)   Buck hit a groundout at Satin. 43/G4

3)   Francoeur hits a weak roller up the middle. 63/G6M

Totals: SO

4^th inning

Top

1)   Nieuwenhuis chopped a groundout to the 2B hole. 43/G34

2)   Puello lined out to 2B. 4/L4

3)   Centeno flied out to LF. 7/F7

Totals: 10 pitches

Bottom

1)   Goebbert walked. BB

2)   Moore struck out swinging at a breaking ball in the dirt. K/Sw

3)   Decker walked. BB

4)   Castellanos skied one to CF. 8/F8

5)   Nix struck out looking at a 76 MPH curve. K/Lo

Totals: 2 BB, 2 SO, 2 LOBsters

5^th inning  

Top

1)   Carreno grounded out to the SS. 63/G6

2)   Quintanilla lined a double over the head of Francoeur in right-center field. D9/L89D

*With Satin batting, the pitch hit the umpire and knocked him out for a few minutes, Q to 3B.

3)   With the infield in, Satin hit a sharp liner up the middle that was caught by a diving Peterson at the edge of the grass. 6/L6MS

4)   Brown walked. BB

5)   Dykstra struck out looking at an inside corner fastball. K/Lo

Totals: H, 2B, BB, SO, 2 LOBsters

Bottom

1)   Peterson walked. BB

*Peterson was caught trying to steal 2B. CS

2)   Conrad hit a groundout to Dykstra. 31/G3

3)   Buck hit a medium grounder through the SS hole for a single. S7/G56

*Wild pitch allowed Buck to advance to 2B. WP

4)   Francoeur walked (became intentional). IBB

5)   Goebbert hit a dribbler up the 1B line that was fielded by Carreno near the bag, but Dykstra wasn’t covering and Carreno couldn’t get to the bag in time. S1/G3S

6)   Moore hit a weak roller at Q – out by a step. 63/G6

Totals: 2 H, BB, WP, CS, 3 LOBsters

6^th inning

Top

1)   Lutz struck out swinging at a fastball. K/Sw

2)   Nieuwenhuis struck out swinging. K/Sw

3)   Puello grounded out to the 3B. 53/G5

Totals: 2 SO

Bottom (Substitions: John Church pitching and batting 7^th, Kirk playing CF, Brandon Allen playing LF and batting 9^th)

1)   Decker lined a double into the LF corner. D7/L7L

2)   Castellanos lined a single into CF – Decker to 3B. S8/L8

3)   PH Jonthan Galvez hit an RBI double on a line drive to the RF corner. D9/L9L

4)   Peterson struck out swinging. K/Sw

5)   Conrad intentionally walked. IBB

6)   Buck walked in a run. BB

7)   Francoeur hit a sac fly pop out to Dykstra down the RF line in foul territory. SF3/P3DF

8)   Goebbert hit it weakly back to the mound. 13/G1

Totals: 3 R, 3 H, 2 2B, 2 BB, SF, SO, 2 LOBsters

7^th inning

Top (Substitution: Dennis O’ Grady pitching for El Paso)

1)   Centeno lined one sharply up the middle for a single. S8/L6MD

2)   LF Brandon Allen hit a routine groundout right at the SS to start a double play. 63/G6

3)   Quintanilla slapped a double into the LF corner. D7/L7L

4)   Satin hit a fly ball that got just over the wall in the RF corner (322 feet away). HR/9LD

5)   Brown lined a single up the middle. S8/L8

(Substitutions: Hector Ambriz pitching, Tyler Greene playing 2B and batting 9^th, Conrad playing 3B, Decker playing 1B)

6)   Dykstra struck out swinging. K/Sw

Totals: 2 R, 4 H, 2B, HR, SO, GIDP, LOBster

Bottom (Substitution: Zack Thornton pitching for Las Vegas, rain falling decently hard to start inning)

1)   Moore hit a sharp grounder up the middle for a single. S8/G4M

2)   Decker reached on an infield hit with a poor throw to 1B that got by Dykstra – Moore advanced to 3B on the wild throw. S6/G -> E6

3)   Castellanos lined an RBI double into the LF corner. D7/L7L

4)   2B Tyler Greene struck out swinging a slider. K/Sw

(Rain mostly done)

5)   Peterson struck out swinging at a 76-MPH slider. K/Sw

6)   Conrad struck out swinging at a slider. K/Sw

Totals: R, 3 H, E, SO, 2 LOBsters

8^th inning

Top

1)   Lutz hit a routine groundout to the SS. 63/G6

2)   Nieuwenhuis grounded out to the 1B. 3u/G3

3)   PH Daniel Muno launched a HR to RF. HR/9D

4)   Centeno lined a single into LF. S7/L7

5)   Allen struck out looking – was not happy with the call. K/Lo

Totals: R, 2 H, HR, SO, LOBster

Bottom (Substitution: Erik Goeddel pitching for Las Vegas)

1)   Buck flied out to deep RF. 9/F9D

2)   Francoeur struck out swinging at a 93 MPH fastball. K/Sw

3)   PH Jason Lane flied a double to deep right-center field. D9/F89D

4)   Moore one hopped the wall in left-center field for an RBI double. D7/F78D

5)   Decker skied out to CF. 8/F8

Totals: R, 2 H, 2 2B, LOBster

9^th inning

Top (Substitution: Blaine Boyer pitching for El Paso)

1)   Quintanilla chopped one up the middle. 43/G4M

2)   Satin hit a two-hopper at the SS. 63/G6

3)   Brown struck out swinging. K/Sw

Totals: SO, Save

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