May 21, 2014
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W: Cordier (2-1,
5.30); L: Socolovich (1-2, 2.88); S: Dunning
(1)
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Noah Syndergaard – 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO, 2 HR, 83
pitches, 56 strikes (67%), 21 batters faced, 4 groundouts, 4 fly outs
Batters
Allan
Dykstra – 1-2, R, 2B (14), 2 BB
Zach
Lutz – 2-4, 2B (10)
Omar
Quintanilla – 2-4, R, HR (2), RBI (6), SO
Gary
Brown – 1-2, R, HR (3), 2 RBI (20), 2 BB
Adam
Duvall – 3-4, R, SO
Recap:
It
was Thor day for the 51s Wednesday night against the Grizzlies, but it was
Fresno who would end up with the win thanks to a late comeback. For
Syndergaard, his outing went very well outside of a long 3rd during
which he allowed back-to-back bombs. The 51s would bounce back to take the lead
in the top of the 4th, but were unable to get anyone home the rest
of the night, as the Fresno bullpen combined for three scoreless innings. Buddy
Carlyle pitched a scoreless frame in the 6th for the 51s, and Miguel Socolovich
worked around a couple of base runners in the 7th. However,
Socolovich stayed on for the 8th and immediately gave up the lead,
allowing a long two run bomb to Travis
Ishikawa. Jake Dunning came in to get his first save for Fresno and looked
very sharp, only giving up a groundball single to Q.
Announcer
Russ Langer said that the scoreboards were not displaying the velocities early,
though the TV announcers were apparently reporting some speeds for Thor’s
heater. Apparently he was sitting 92-93 MPH in the 1st but 95 MPH by
the 4th. As usual, he threw predominantly fastballs, and was good at
staying around the zone with it. He’s not perfect at hitting his spots in the
zone, but not many guys are at his age, and his heater is fast enough to make
up for poor location in the zone much of the time. One criticism I would make
(I was thinking about it early on and Langer mentioned it later) is that he
falls in love with his fastball at times. His change-up and curveball are good
pitches, but he seems to only use them in bunches against certain guys. Gary
Brown was the biggest thorn in Thors butt, as he required 15 pitches over his
two plate appearances against Syndergaard, drawing a walk in the 1st
and launching the first HR in the 3rd. I thought it was good to see
Thor settle back down after the two homeruns to retire the last seven batters
he faced. He probably could’ve seen the 6th inning, but I had no
problem with him being taken out at that point in the game – let him leave on a
positive note.
Looking
ahead, the series wraps up Thursday night at 10:05 PM ET, with Dana Eveland
starting for the 51s opposite Jose De Paula. Eveland has been pretty sharp and
effective as a starter for the 51s, having found his strikeout touch again. He had
ten strikeouts over six innings in a win his last time out against El Paso. De
Paula will be making his fourth start of the season, coming off his longest and
most effective outing yet – allowed a run over seven innings in a win.
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