Straily Strong, Q Error Late Huge in 5-2 Loss for the 51s

Sacramento River Cats @ Las Vegas 51s

May 24, 2014

Dan Straily @ Joel Carreno

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Sacramento	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0		5	13	0	8
Las Vegas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		2	7	2	7

Win: Straily (2-0, 3.32 ERA); Loss: Carreno (1-1, 4.50 ERA)

MiLB.com boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Joel Carreno – 6 IP, 8 H, 2 R, ER, 2 BB, 7 SO, 105 pitches, 71 strikes (68%), 26 batters faced, 5 groundouts, 3 fly outs

Erik Goeddel – 2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 4 SO, 50 pitches, 34 strikes, (68%), 11 batters faced, 2 groundouts, fly out

Dan Straily – 7 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 7 SO, 95 pitches, 56 strikes (59%), 26 batters faced, 5 groundouts, 4 fly outs

Batters

Andrew Brown – 2-3, 2B (10), BB, SO

Andy Parrino – 2-5, RBI (15), SB (2), SO

Michael Taylor – 4-4, R, 2B (13)

Daric Barton – 2-4, R, 2B (1), 3 RBI (3)

Tyler Ladedorf – 2-4, SO

Astro’s Play By Play

Recap:

            Fresh off a recent demotion from the A’s, Dan Straily went back to doing what he’s done in AAA the past two seasons – dominating – as he shut down the top offense in the PCL over 7 scoreless innings. The 51s managed to scratch out a run in each of the final two innings against the bullpen, but it was too little to late in what was the fourth straight loss for Las Vegas. Joel Carreno had a very nice start for the 51s but took the hard luck loss. Omar Quintanilla committed an error with two outs and nobody on in the 8^th that led to three unearned runs.

            This game was a pitcher’s duel before Q’s crucial error, an exciting change of pace for the 51s, who are often in slugfests or are just blowing the other team out. The 51s wasted a one out, bases loaded situation in the 2^nd when Q hit a hard line drive right at the SS, who threw it to 2B to double off Kirk Nieuwenhuis – unlucky for Q and Kirk really had no chance. They would go down in order four out of the next five innings against Straily. Meanwhile, the River Cats were putting together a good looking inning of their own in the 4^th before Nick Buss got thrown out trying to tag from 3B on a flyout to Kirk in LF. They loaded the bases with one out before Daric Barton hit a line drive off the wall that only scored one. Unsure of where the ball would end up, the runners all held, and then Brown played it off the wall and got it in very quickly. A Carreno throwing error on a pickoff attempt in the 5^th allowed Alden Carrithers to get into scoring position and then come in when Parrino lined a single into CF – Carreno was likely thinking about the stolen base Carrithers had in the 3^rd.

            After the Q error in the 8^th, the River Cats connected for four straight hits  - double, double, single, single – before Goeddel finally recovered to strike out Carrithers. Q did smoke a double to lead off the bottom of the 8^th, and would come around to score on a Josh Satin sac fly, but the 51s offense did not have enough time to mount a comeback. Matt ∂en Dekker helped Jeff Walters work a scoreless 9^th, making what Russ Langer described as a “circus catch” as he reached the warning track in CF – back to the plate, over the shoulder catch. Taylor Teagarden and Danny Muno (RBI double) connected on back-to-back two out hits off ex-Met Phillip Humber to give the 51s their 2^nd run in the 9^th.

            Looking ahead, the 51s lost for the 5^th straight time Sunday afternoon, with a final score of 10-1. I woke up a little sick and so just relaxed while watching Rafael Montero’s dominant start and then the Mets salvaging a win in game two of the double-header – hence the delayed recap. The series wraps up Monday afternoon with the 51s scheduled to send Greg Peavey opposite Matt Buschmann. Peavey ended up having a rough outing in his first start for Las Vegas in 2014 (second overall), but was having a very strong season for Binghamton before the promotion. Buschmann will be making his fifth start since a promotion, and is coming off a very strong seven in performance against El Paso in which he allowed only one run on four hits.

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