May 2, 2014
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RT @ScienceNewsOrg: An exciton, illustrated here, transfers energy to an electron: http://t.co/tBnxXKtPZP pic.twitter.com/cHEacGZ3VW
— Anand Bahl (@anzbahl) May 2, 2014
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Verrett (ND, 4.18 ERA) – 7 IP, 5 H, ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, HR, 85 pitches, 60 strikes (71%), 27 batters faced, 13 groundouts, 4 fly outs
Goeddel – 0.2 IP, 2 SO, 9 pitches, 6 strikes
Batters
Flores – 4-5, 3 R, 2 RBI (16), 2 HR (3), SO
Brown – 2-4, SO
∂en Dekker – 2-4, SO
Teagarden – 1-2, 2 BB
Recap:
On
a cold night in Tacoma, fans bundled up under their blankets and settled in for
what was a pitcher’s duel until the 8th inning. Las Vegas 51s
starter Logan Verrett bounced back impressively after a rough start against
this same Tacoma team this past Sunday, when he need 92 pitches (57 strikes,
62%) to get through 5 IP, giving up five runs (three earned) off seven hits and
a walk along the way. Unfortunately for the 51s, Tacoma starter Erasmis Ramirez
brought his A-game, striking out eight batters over 5.2 IP on his birthday (his
birthday gift was the high strike zone called by the home plate umpire), though
he departed trailing 1-0. Fans would finally have something to get out of their
seats about in the 8th inning, as both teams would break through for
some runs. First, Las Vegas broke open a 1-1 tie with two runs in the top of
the inning, and then Tacoma rallied to take their first lead of the game
against the combination of Joel Carreno and Zack Thornton, scoring five runs
before Erik Goeddel came in to retire the last two hitters swinging at his
fastball.
The
biggest positive takeaways for fans of the 51s and Mets: Logan Verrett’s 7
sparkling innings; the two HR’s for Flores, as part of a four hit night while
playing shortstop – he did fine on the groundballs but overran a tough pop up
in the 8th (see play-by-play for my notes); M∂D now has four
multiple hit games in his last six; Andrew Brown has had at least one hit in
every game he’s played for the 51s, including seven extra base hits; and Erik
Goeddel came in and blew both hitters away with his fastball (not noticing many
velocity readings given by these Tacoma announcers). On the negative side: Kirk
Nieuwenhuis and Eric Campbell combined for a walk and four strikeouts in their
ten plate appearances out of the 1-2 spot, which meant no one was on base for
any of Wilmer’s plate appearances, unfortunate for his two HR’s; Joel Carreno
was pulled after walking the first two hitters in the 8th on ten
pitches; Zack Thornton gave up a double, intentional walk, bases loaded walk,
sac fly, single, walk (on a pitch in the dirt), and pop single before being
removed with three runs charged against him already and the bases still loaded.
Logan
Verrett worked quickly and down in the strike zone, which is where he needs to
live if he wants to be successful. As a result, he got thirteen groundouts in
his 7 IP, with only five hits allowed. He was mostly able to limit the hard
contact – the Chris Taylor homerun and Gabriel Noriega double were the only
mistake pitches that got punished. I wouldn’t call the 51s infield defense all
that great yet (Lutz has a solid reputation), but they didn’t do anything to
hurt Verrett Friday night, which was all he needed to coast through seven
innings on only 85 pitches. The five hits are a season low, besting the seven
he allowed last time against Tacoma, after eight a piece in his first five
starts. Combined, he’s now 1-1 with a 3 ERA in his last two starts, both
against the PCL’s best offense (best AVG and SLG, Las Vegas paces them in OBP).
It’s a wonderfully small sample size, but Logan Verrett has only given up 2
earned runs over the first two innings combined across his six starts, and is a
strike thrower (65% strikes on the season now). It’s hard to look at that and
not wonder what his life as a reliever in the Mets bullpen might be like
someday – though he’s probably far down on their depth chart for now. It’s nice
to see his stuff generate a start like this, but he still needs to do this
consistently moving forward to have a chance as a starter at the next level.
Looking
forward, the 51s will look to bounce back behind Dana Eveland opposite Mark
Rogers of the Rainiers Saturday evening starting at 8:05 PM ET. Eveland, coming
off his best start of the season, may not have many starts left for the
51s, as John Lannan is due to join
the team and be stretched out soon and Eveland was in the 51s pen to start
the season.
"I felt like I was me again," #Mets No. 4 prospect Wilmer Flores said after going 4-for-5 w/two HRs for @LasVegas51s. http://t.co/w7Q23n1ODy
— MiLB.com (@MiLB) May 3, 2014
Play By Play
1st inning
Top
1)
LF Kirk
Nieuwenhuis hit a high pop out behind 3B. 5/P5D
2)
2B Eric
Campbell struck out looking at a nasty curve that buckled his knees.
3)
SS Wilmer
Flores crushed one out to LF.
4)
DH Allan
Dykstra popped out to about the same place as Kirk. 5/P5D
Totals: 1 R, HR, SO
Bottom
1)
SS Nick
Franklin walked on five pitches.
2)
2B Chris
Taylor hit a medium roller at Flores to start a double play. 643/G6
3)
CF James Jones
hit a medium chopper at Campbell. 43/G4
Totals: BB, GIDP
2nd inning
Top
1)
RF Andrew Brown
struck out swinging at a curveball that dropped out of the strike zone and just
outside.
2)
1B Brandon
Allen roped a liner into right-center field that got just under a diving
Jones in CF, but was backed up by Blash. S9/L89
3)
3B Zach Lutz
struck out swinging.
4)
CF Matt ∂en
Dekker lined out to the LF warning track. 7/L7D
Totals: H, 2 SO, LOBster
Bottom
1)
1B Jesus
Montero pulled a grounder to Wilmer but they only showed Montero ‘running’
up the line. 63/G6
2)
DH Ty
Kelly pulled a grounder down to Allen. 3u/G3
3)
RF Jabari
Blash lined a single into LF. S7/L7S
4)
3B Gabriel
Noriega flied out to CF – very spacious oufield, 425 to CF. 8/F8
Totals: H, LOBster
3rd inning
Top
1)
C Taylor
Teagarden took fives pitches to walk.
2)
Nieuwenhuis struck out swinging on some heat at
the belt.
3)
Campbell hit a slow chopper towards SS that
Franklin charged to start a double play – he was able to field it and make a
quick throw
Totals: BB, SO, GIDP
Bottom
1)
C Jesus
Sucre hit a weak chopper charged by Campbell. 43/G4
2)
LF Xavier
Avery hit a soft liner over the head of Flores. S7/L7S
3)
Franklin pulled a medium chopper to the right of
Campbell for a force out at 2B. 46/G4
4)
Taylor hit a chopper in the 2B hole flagged down
by Campbell. 43/G34D
Totals: H, LOBster
4th inning
Top
1)
Flores struck out swinging.
2)
Dykstra walked.
3)
Brown hit a hard grounder towards the SS hole
that was cut off by the 3B to start a double play. 543/G56
Totals: BB, SO, GIDP
Bottom
1)
Jones hit a medium grounder up the middle that
Flores moved to his left smoothly to get. 63/G6M
2)
Montero flied out to deep LF. 7/F7D
3)
Kelly walked
4)
Blash hit a high fly ball a few steps in front
of the warning track in RF. 9/F9D
Totals: BB, LOBster
5th inning
Top
1)
Allen grounded out weakly to the right of the
1B.
2)
Lutz struck out looking.
3)
∂en Dekker hit a hard grounder up the middle for
a single. S8/G6M
4)
Teagarden walked on a 3-2 fastball that missed
inside.
5)
Nieuwenhuis struck out looking at an inside
fastball – a call that Kirk did not
agree with, throwing his arms up in the air and talking with the ump for a few
seconds after the at-bat.
Totals: H, 2 SO, LOBster
Bottom
1)
Noriega hit a medium grounder towards SS. 63/G6
2)
Sucre hit a hard grounder that deflected off of
Lutz for an infield single. S5/G5
3)
Avery flied out to LF. 7/F7
4)
Franklin hit a line drive at Wilmer. 6/L56
Totals: H, LOBster
6th inning
Top
1)
Campbell struck out swinging.
2)
Flores hit a flare out to RF that was misjudged
by the RF – he went back initially and was unable to complete a sliding
attempt. S9/F9
3)
Dykstra flied out to right-center field. 8/F89
4)
Brown hit a weak chopper up the middle that was
fielded by Taylor behind 2B, but he had no play. S4/G4M
(Substitution: Nick
Hill pitching for Tacoma)
5)
Allen flared the first pitch behind 3B. Hill is
a lefty with a basically sidearm delivery. 5/P5D
Totals: 2 H, SO, 2 LOBsters
Bottom
1)
Taylor crushed a high fastball over the wall in
left-center field.
2)
Jones pulled a medium grounder to Campbell.
43/G4
3)
Montero hit a medium grounder at Flores. 63/G6
4)
Kelly struck out swinging.
Totals: R, H, HR, SO
7th inning
Top
1)
Lutz flied out to RF on the first pitch.
2)
∂en Dekker pulled a grounder into the 2B hole
for a single. S9/G34D
3)
Teagarden roped a single into LF. S7/L7S
4)
Nieuwenhuis walked.
(Substitution: Jonathan
Arias pitching for Tacoma)
5)
Campbell hit a medium chopper at the 3B, who was
playing on the edge of the infield grass, and threw home to start a double
play. 523/G5S
Totals: 2 H, BB, GIDP, 2 LOBsters
Bottom
1)
Blash struck out swinging on a breaking ball
down and away.
2)
Noriega hit a fly ball to the warning track in
CF, just out of the reach of a retreating M∂D, who was going for the Willie
Mays style catch. 2B8/F8D
3)
Sucre hit a weak chopper up the middle. 43/G4MS
4)
Avery hit a medium grounder towards the 2B hole.
43/G34
Totals: H, 2B, SO, LOBster
8th inning
Top
1)
Flores looped a single into shallow LF. S7/L7S
2)
Dykstra hit a hard liner down the RF line for an
RBI double. 2B9/L9L
(Substitution: Anthony
Seratelli running for Dykstra)
3)
Brown lined a single that one-hopped the LF.
S7/L7
4)
Allen hit a soft grounder up the middle that
Franklin fielded and threw home for a fielder’s choice. The throw beat
Seratelli, but he was ruled to have slid under the tag of the catcher. FC62/G6MS
*Before the next pitch, the home
plate umpire ejected Sucre from the game for still arguing the last call.
Manager Roy Howell came out to argue and was ejected as well.
(Substitution: Humberto
Quintero catching for Tacoma)
5)
Lutz was behind 0-2 for several pitches before
taking a breaking ball for strike three.
*Wild pitch allowed the runners to
advance
6)
∂en Dekker struck out swinging at a breaking
ball in the dirt.
7)
Teagarden hit a grounder slowly to 3B. 53/G5S
Totals: 2 R, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 LOBsters
Bottom (Substitution:
Joel
Carreno pitching for Las Vegas)
1)
Franklin walked on five pitches.
2)
Taylor walked on five pitches.
(Substitution: Zack
Thornton pitching for Las Vegas)
3)
Jones hit a low line drive into RF that nearly
rolled to the wall for an RBI double. 2B9/L9LS
4)
Montero was walked intentionally. Bases loaded.
5)
Kelly walked to score Taylor from 3B.
6)
Blash hit a fly ball to deep left-center field
(edge of the track) for a sac fly. Montero advanced to 3B. SF8/F78D
7)
Noriega lined an RBI single to CF. Kelly
advanced to 3B. S8/L8S
8)
Quintero walked on a 3-2 pitch in the dirt.
Bases loaded
9)
Avery hit a pop up behind the SS hole with the
infield drawn in that Flores had a long way to run on and actually overran by a
step, allowing it to fall in for an RBI single. I’ve seen the infield fly rule
called on balls hit deeper into the OF, so the umpires must have judged this a
difficult play based on where the infield was. S6/P56D
(Substitution: Erik
Goeddel pitching for Las Vegas)
10)
Franklin struck out swinging on a fastball.
11)
Taylor struck out swinging on a fastball.
Totals: 5 R, 3 H, 2B, 5 BB (1 IBB), SF, 2 SO, 3 LOBsters
9th inning
1)
Nieuwenhuis popped out behind the SS. 6/P6MD
2)
Campbell flared an out to CF. 8/F8
3)
Flores pulled a HR into the LF corner.
4)
DH Seratelli
struck out looking at a high fastball on the outside corner.
Totals: R, H, HR, SO, Save (3)
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