Astro's PbP for BMets 5-1 loss in Game 1 Against Portland

Binghamton Mets @ Portland Sea Dogs

May 21, 2014 – Game 1

Luis Cessa @ Keith Couch

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E	LOB
Binghamton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	8	1	6
Portland	3	0	1	1	0	0	X		5	9	0	8

MiLB.com boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Keith Couch – 7 IP, 9 H, ER, BB, 2 SO, 88 pitches, 61 strikes (69%), 28 batters faced, 11 groundouts, 4 fly outs

Batters

Matt Reynolds – 2-3

Matt Clark – 2-3

Dustin Lawley – 2-3, 2B (9), SI

Travis Shaw – 2-3, 2 R, HR (9), RBI (32), BB, SO

Stefan Welch – 2-4, R, 2B (7), HR (2), 3 RBI (19)

Astro’s Play By Play

1^st inning

Top

1)   CF Darrell Ceciliani hit a line drive over the head of the CF towards the right-center field gap. D8/L8D

2)   SS Matt Reynolds hit a line drive off the end of his bat into LF for a single. S7/L7S

3)   C Kevin Plawecki hit a medium chopper deep into the SS hole – Gibson fielded it with the backhand and went to 2B just in time for the force. FC6/G56D

4)   DH Matt Clark pulled a grounder into the 2B hole. 41/G4

5)   1B Jayce Boyd lined out to RF. 9/L9

Totals: R, 2 H, 2B, LOBster

Bottom

1)   CF Mookie Betts got HBP on his upper arm. HBP

2)   SS Derrik Gibson hit a chopper over the mound that Tovar fielded in the baseline, so he reached out and tagged Betts for the force out. FC4/G4MS

3)   1B Travis Shaw popped out to shallow left-center that fell just out of the reach of Reynolds. S6/P78S

4)   3B Stefan Welch turned on an inside 95 MPH fastball for a 3R HR down the RF line. HR/9LD

5)   C Blake Swihart grounded out to Tovar. 43/G4

6)   RF Henry Ramos grounded out up the middle. 43/G4M

Totals: 3 R, 2 H, HR, HBP

2^nd inning

Top

1)   RF Cory Vaughn struck out swinging on a foul tip. K/Sw

2)   3B Dustin Lawley struck out looking. K/Lo

3)   LF Travis Taijeron pulled a grounder down the 1B line that died on the OF grass, limiting Taijeron to a single. S9/G1

*Wild pitch allowed Taijeron to advance to 2B

4)   2B Wilfredo Tovar popped out to shallow RF. 9/P9S

Totals: H, 2 SO, LOBster

Bottom

1)   DH Matt Spring lined a double to the mini-monster in LF. D8/L7D

2)   2B Heiker Meneses lined out to CF – nice catch by Ceciliani. 8/L8

3)   LF Shannon Wilkerson struck out swinging at a pitch that was nearly in the dirt. K/Sw

4)   Betts walked.

5)   Gibson lined out to CF. 8/L8

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

3^rd inning

Top

1)   Ceciliani grounded out to the 2B. 43/G4

2)   Reynolds chopped one towards the SS hole that was cut off by Welch. 53/G56

3)   Plawecki hit a chopper towards the SS hole handled by the backhand of Gibson. 63/G56

Totals: 3 groundouts

Bottom

1)   Shaw lined a HR off the top of the CF wall. HR/8D

2)   Welch lined a double into the RF corner. D9/L9LD

3)   Swihart struck out looking. K/Lo

4)   Ramos hit a medium roller toward the SS. 63/G6

5)   Spring skied out to CF. 8/F8

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

4^th inning

Top

1)   With an extreme infield shift on, Clark hit a groundball where the SS would play for a single. S7/G6

2)   Boyd hit a grounder up the middle to start a double play. 643/G6M

3)   Vaughn got jammed on a weak groundout to the SS. 63/G6S

Totals: H, GIDP

Bottom

1)   Meneses hit a high slow chopper down the 3B line for an infield single. S5/G5S

2)   Wilkerson hit a nice bunt in front of the plate to sac Meneses to 2B – nobody was covering 3B after the play, so Meneses advanced further. SH2/B2

3)   Betts lined a double that one-hopped the wall in the RF corner. D9/L9LD

4)   Gibson walked. BB

5)   Shaw struck out swinging at a pitch in the dirt – Betts got stuck between 2B and 3B, but Plawecki threw to 2B too soon and Betts reached 3B safely. K/Sw -> Wild pitch

(Substitution: Hamilton Bennett pitching for Binghamton)

6)   Welch flied out to RF. 9/F9

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

5^th inning  

Top

1)   Lawley lined a double to the wall in the LF corner. D7/L7LD

2)   Taijeron walked. BB

3)   Tovar grounded out to the SS to start a double play. 642/G6

4)   Ceciliani grounded out to the SS. 63/G6

Totals: H, 2B, BB, GIDP, LOBster

Bottom

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

2)   Ramos reached on an infield single back to the pitcher. S1/G1S

3)   Spring flied out to RF. 9/F9

4)   Meneses flied out to RF. 9/F9

Totals: H, LOBster

6^th inning

Top

1)   Reynolds lined a single into RF. S9/L9

2)   Plawecki flied out to CF. 8/F8

3)   Clark hit a groundball into LF for a single. S7/G

4)   Boyd hit a groundout to the 3B. FC54/G5

5)   Vaughn popped out to the 3B. 5/P

Totals: 2 H, 2 LOBsters

Bottom

1)   Wilkerson tapped out back to the mound. 13/G1

2)   Betts flied out down the RF line. 9/F9L

3)   Gibson hit a hard liner over the head off Reynolds that was not fielded cleanly by Taijeron in left-center, allowing Gibson to advance to 2B. S7/L7S -> E7

4)   Shaw walked on four pitches. BB

5)   Welch popped out down the LF line. 6/P7LS

Totals: H, BB, E, 2 LOBsters

7^th inning

Top

1)   Lawley lined a single that bounced off the mini-monster in LF – played perfectly to hold Lawley to a single. S7/L7L

2)   Taijeron hit a grounder to the SS to start a double play. 643/G6

3)   Tovar flared a single into RF. S9/L4D

4)   Ceciliani popped out to shallow left-center field. 8/P78S

Totals: 2 H, GIDP, LOBster

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