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That Hansel's So Hot Right Now!



May 19, 2014



Teams
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Binghamton
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Portland
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The Highlights:

Pitchers

Hansel Robles (W, 2-2) – 6 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 90 pitches, 61 strikes (68%), 23 batters faced, 2 groundouts, 9 fly outs
Cody Satterwhite – IP, SO, 2 fly outs

Batters

Matt Reynolds – 1-2, 2 R, 2 BB
Kevin Plawecki – 2-4, R, 2B (9), RBI (17), 2 SO
Matt Clark – 2-2, 2 R, HR (8), 3 RBI (27), BB
Darrell Ceciliani – 2-3, RBI (13), BB, SO
Travis Shaw – 2-3, 3B (1)



Recap:

            The BMets won game one of Monday’s double-header behind a really strong effort from Hansel Robles. Robles might have been due to come out after his six strong innings anyway – the BMets had someone warming in the pen at one point in the 6th – but a ~100-minute rain delay in the top of the 7th assured the end of his night. Portland start Henry Owens had a very nasty change-up working, but was a bit wild (56% strikes) and had to come out after 4 IP with 89 pitches. Offensively, Matt Clark did not make an out, and provided the biggest hit of the night when he golfed a three run homerun down the RF line in the 5th. Cody Satterwhite came on for Binghamton after the rain delay, retiring the side in order on nine pitches – it took six minutes to get the last four outs after the rain delay.


            Robles was very efficient early for the BMets, throwing 18 of his first 23 pitches for strikes over the first two innings, getting three pop ups, two groundouts and a long fly out. Owens looked even better, striking out five over the first two innings – four swinging at his change-up. Hansel still had strong control the rest of the game, but some Portland hitter started fouling off his pitches more often – I wish I had done the pitch sequences for him last night.
The BMets managed to get their first run with a two out single from Darrell Ceciliani in the top of the 4th. Portland only had two hits through the first four innings, but they were both hard hit extra base hits that were left stranded. Michael Olmsted came in for the SeaDogs in the top of the 5th and things did not go well for him, as he gave up the Clark HR in the 5th, and then walked Matt Reynolds with two outs in the 6th before giving up an RBI double that one-hopped the wall to Kevin Plawecki. Robles worked around a couple of singles in both the 5th and 6th innings to keep Portland off the board. For more on Robles, check out this recent report by Jeffrey Paternostro.
These two teams did manage to play a game two, however I was forced to choose between watching it and the Las Vegas 51s, and I chose to watch Greg Peavey’s debut over Angel Cuan’s – neither went that well, as both the BMets and 51s lost. There are still four games left in the series from Tuesday – Thursday. The BMets send Darin Gorski to the mound Tuesday night at 6:00 PM ET opposite SeaDogs starter Brian Johnson. Gorski has given up a few too many homeruns early on, but has otherwise been lights out, and he hasn’t even been burned that bad by the long ball – 12 ER allowed on 7 homeruns over 38.2 IP (42 K: 10 BB). The lefty Johnson will be making his fourth start of the season for Portland, after only seven combined starts in the Carolina league. He has been very effective though, so I’ll be curious to see him, though I am mostly just excited about GORSKI!


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