Astro's PbP, 51s Win Sixth Straight, Beat El Paso 6-4 Behind Eveland

Las Vegas 51s @ El Paso Chihuahua’s

May 17, 2014

Dana Eveland @ Juan Pablo Oramas

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Las Vegas	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0		6	10	2	11
El Paso	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	7	2	6

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The Highlights:

Pitchers

Dana Eveland (W, 3-1) – 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 ER, BB, 10 SO, HR, 99 pitches, 71 strikes (72%), 27 batters faced, 5 groundouts, 3 fly outs

Zack Thornton (H, 4)– IP, H, 2 SO, 11 pitches, 10 strikes, 1 groundout

Vic Black (S, 6) – IP, 12 pitches, 7 strikes, 2 groundouts, 1 fly out

Jorge Reyes – 2 IP, H, BB, SO, 24 pitches, 15 strikes (62.5%), 7 batters faced, 3 groundouts, 1 fly out

Batters

Cesar Puello – 2-3, 2 R, 2 HBP, 2 SB (4), SO

Allan Dykstra – 1-3, RBI (39), 2 BB

Zach Lutz – 1-3, R, 2 BB, 2B (9)

Xorge Carrillo – 2-5, 2 R, 2B (1), RBI (1)

Brandon Allen – 2-5, R, HR (3), RBI (8)

Jeff Francoeur – 2-4, R, 2B (7)

Play By Play

1^st inning

Top

1)   CF Cesar Puello looped a single into CF. S8/L8

*Puello stole 2B.

2)   2B Josh Satin struck out looking at an outside corner-breaking ball – 3 pitches. K/Lo

3)   1B Allan Dykstra dribbled one towards behind the mound that was handled by a charging 2B. 43/G4MS

4)   RF Andrew Brown popped one into shallow LF that was dropped by the SS – he was waiting on it and had two hands ready. E6/P7S

5)   3B Zach Lutz hit one sharply to the backhand of the 3B, who threw to 2B to end the inning. 54/G5

Totals: R, H, SB, E, SO, LOBster

Bottom

1)   CF Rico Noel flied out to RF. 9/F9

2)   3B Jonathon Galvez golfed a HR to LF – into the Peter Piper Pizza Porch. HR/7D

3)   2B Brooks Conrad struck out swinging. K/Sw

4)   LF Tommy Medica hit a liner that was flagged down by a leaping Danny Muno at the edge of the grass. 6/L6D

Totals: R, H, HR, SO

2^nd inning

Top

1)   C Xorge Carrillo hit a sharp single beyond the grasp of the 3B. S7/G5

2)   LF Brandon Allen flied out to LF. 7/F7

3)   SS Daniel Muno pulled a hard grounder through the SS hole. S7/G56

4)   P Dana Eveland struck out looking at an outside corner fastball. K/Lo

5)   Puello hit a sharp grounder up the middle for a single that loaded the bases. S8/G6M

6)   Satin pulled a grounder towards the SS hole that Greene got to but his throw pulled the 1B slightly off the bag for an infield RBI single – everyone advanced. S6/G56D

7)   Dykstra skied a lazy fly ball to shallow LF. 7/F7S

Totals: R, 4 H, SO, 3 LOBsters

Bottom

1)   RF Jeff Francoeur got jammed on a bloop single into CF. S8/F8S

2)   C Adam Moore flied out to the LF wall. 7/F7D

3)   1B Cody Decker lined a single into LF. S7/L7S

4)   SS Tyler Greene got jammed on a grounder to Dykstra, who threw to 2B for a force out – had a little trouble getting the ball out of his glove. FC36/G3

5)   P Juan Pablo Oramas lined a one-hopper to the backhand of Muno, who lobbed a toss to Satin, but it was high and everybody was safe. E6/G56

*Greene stole 3B.

6)   Noel broke his bat on a grounder to Satin, who looked rushed as he threw the ball over the head of Dykstra. E4/G34

7)   Galvez struck out looking at a breaking ball. K/Lo

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

3^rd inning

Top

1)   Brown struck out looking at a fastball – did not agree and had words for the home plate ump. K/Lo

2)   Lutz walked. BB

3)   Carrillo launched one over the head of the CF that one hopped the wall – the throw got away from the 3B as Carrillo went for a triple, so he got up and scored on the play. D8/L8D -> E2 (throw)

4)   Allen launched one to deep RF. HR/9LD

5)   Muno walked. BB

6)   Eveland bunted it in front of the plate – Moore pounced on it and threw it to 2B for the force out. 26/B2

7)   Puello got HBP in the leg, appeared to graze him. HBP

8)   Satin hit a medium grounder to the SS. 63/G6

Totals: 3 R, 2 H, 2B, HR, 2 BB, HBP, E, SO, 2 LOBsters

Bottom

1)   Conrad hit the first pitch back up the middle for a single. S8/G6M

2)   Medica flied out to RF, relatively deep. 9/F9

3)   Francoeur hit a fly ball off the wall in the RF corner for a double – Conrad to 3B. D9/F9LD

4)   Moore hit a sac fly out to right-center field. SF9/F89

5)   Decker struck out swinging over a breaking ball. K/Sw

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

4^th inning

Top (Substitution: Jorge Reyes pitching for El Paso)

1)   Dykstra walked. BB

2)   Brown skied one out to RF, a little towards the corner. 9/F9

3)   Lutz pulled a liner down the 3B liner for a double – Dykstra was thrown out at home. D7/L5D

4)   Carrillo hit a medium grounder at the SS. 63/G6

Totals: H, 2B, BB, LOBster

Bottom

1)   Greene smacked a liner into the LF corner for a double. D7/L7LD

2)   Reyes struck out failing to make contact on consecutive bunt attempts. K/Sw

3)   Noel struck out looking. K/Lo

4)   Galvez struck out swinging at a breaking ball. K/Sw

Totals: H, 2B, 3 SO, LOBster

5^th inning  

Top

1)   Allen struck out swinging. K/Sw

2)   Muno hit a medium chopper up the middle that was cut off by a sliding Greene behind the bag – he then popped up and threw out Muno at 1B. 63/G6M

3)   Eveland hit a hard one-hopper back to the mound, which was knocked down by Reyes before throwing to 1B to record the out. 13/G1

Totals: SO

Bottom

1)   Conrad struck out swinging – three pitches.  K/Sw

2)   Medica struck out swinging. K/Sw

3)   Francoeur broke his bat on a medium roller at the SS. 63/G6

Totals: 2 SO

6^th inning

Top (Substitution: Branch Kloess pitching, Jake Goebbert playing RF for El Paso)

1)   Puello struck out swinging at a pitch in the dirt – he ran to 1B and it appeared he was safe when the ball got away, but he was called out for running out of the baseline. K/Sw

2)   Satin struck out swinging. K/Sw

3)   Dykstra walked. BB

4)   Brown lined it right back at the pitcher. 1/L1

Totals: BB, 2 SO, LOBster

Bottom

1)   Moore pulled a two-hopper to Lutz. 53/G5

2)   Decker walked. BB

3)   Greene struck out looking at a fastball down the middle. K/Lo

4)   RF Goebbert struck out looking at an outside corner-breaking ball. K/Lo

Totals: BB, 2 SO, LOBster

7^th inning

Top

1)   Lutz hit a slow grounder to the 2B. 43/G4S

2)   Carrillo hit a medium grounder at the SS. 63/G6

3)   Allen struck out looking. K/Lo

Totals: SO

Bottom

1)   Noel walked. BB

2)   Galvez flied out to RF. 9/F9

3)   With Noel running, Conrad popped out behind the SS and Noel couldn’t get back to 1B in time. 63/P6D

Totals: BB, PIDP

8^th inning

Top

1)   Muno flied out a few steps in front of the LF warning track. 7/F7D

2)   PH Kirk Nieuwenhuis flied out to the edge of the warning track in left-center field. 8/F78D

3)   Puello got hit on his front leg again. HBP

*Puello stole 2B.

4)   Satin walked. BB

(Substitution: Blaine Boyer pitching, Jace Peterson playing 2B for El Paso)

5)   Dykstra slapped a single into LF that was bobbled by the LF – Puello scored. S7/L7S

6)   Brown struck out swinging at a big breaking ball. K/Sw

Totals: R, H, BB, HBP, 2 LOBsters

Bottom (Substitution: Zack Thornton pitching, Omar Quintanilla playing SS, Kirk playing CF, Allen playing 1B, Muno playing 2B, Puello in LF for Las Vegas)

1)   Peterson struck out looking at a slider. K/Lo

2)   Francoeur broke his bat on a medium grounder to the SS. 63/G6

3)   Moore hit a hard grounder up the middle for a single. S8/G6M

4)   Decker struck out swinging at a high fastball. K/Sw

Totals: H, SO, LOBster

9^th inning

Top

1)   Lutz walked. BB

2)   Carrillo hit a medium grounder at the 3B to start a double play. 543/G5

3)   Allen lined a single into shallow RF. S9/L9S

4)   Muno hit a medium grounder up the middle. FC46/G4M

Totals: H, BB, GIDP, LOBster

Bottom (Substitution: Vic Black pitching for Las Vegas)

1)   Greene flied out to the RF warning track. 9/F9D

2)   Goebbert hit a one-hopper to the SS. 63/G6

3)   Noel pulled a medium grounder towards the 2B hole to end the game. 43/G34

Totals: Save, 12 pitches

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