Reno Aces @ Las Vegas 51s
April 30, 2014
Lucas Harrell @ Noah Syndergaard (THOR)
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The Highlights:
Pitchers
THOR (W, 4-2) – 7 IP, 4 H, R, 2 BB, 7 SO, 96 pitches, 68 strikes (71%), 26 batters faced, 7 ground outs, 5 fly outs
Thornton – 2 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 34 pitches, 24 strikes, 8 batters faced, 1 groundout, 1 fly out
Batters
LAGARES – 2-4, R, HBP
Lutz – 2-4, R, RBI (19), 2B, BB
Flores – 1-1, RBI (14), pinch-hit single with the bases loaded in the 7th
Recap:
The
51s looked to top Mets prospect Noah Syndergaard to stop a season-high three
game losing streak Wednesday night opposite Lucas Harrell of the Reno Aces in
the third game of their series, and he more than rose to the occasion. Syndergaard was coming off a nice win against Tacoma last week, whereas Harrell was making his first AAA start of the season,
after three not so successful starts for the Diamondbacks in April. Harrell limited
the damage against him to one run thanks to some nasty stuff, which led to 7
strikeouts, but he didn’t always know where it was going, as he also had 6
walks in his 4 innings of work. Syndergaard was the star of the show, as he had
his best performance of the season, matching his longest career outing as he lead the 51s to their 19th
win of season – they finish April at 19-8, with a 4.5 game division lead.
The biggest problem for Thor coming
in had been preventing the leadoff batter from getting on base, as he had
allowed 8 hits (including two doubles and a HR) and 5 walks to lead off hitters
in his 25 opportunities (.400/.520/.650). Well, he allowed the leadoff man to
reach base 3 out of 7 times tonight, but was good enough to not get seriously
burned. A quick recap of Thor’s start, inning-by-inning:
1st inning
– Sitting 98 MPH with his fastball, he got two fly outs and a grounder up the
middle for a single, which was erased thanks to an Alfredo Marte base running
gaffe.
2nd inning
– Gave up a lead off single to Mike Jacobs on a hard-hit grounder off the glove
of 2B Eric Campbell. Jacobs would be erased with a double play, however, as
Thor induced routine grounders from the next two batters. Still hitting 98 MPH.
3rd inning
– A couple of fielding mistakes by Thor led to an unearned run scoring despite
the ball not leaving the infield. He did not cover the 1B bag in time on a
grounder that was handled by Dykstra too far from the bag to take it himself –
the runner was Trent Oeltjen. He then threw the ball a bit too high to Dykstra on
a weak chopper back to the mound, which allowed the pitcher to be safe at 1B. He’d
recover from the error to get a weak groundout to 2B (which allowed the runner
to score) and a strikeout on an 86 MPH change-up at the knees.
4th inning
– Bounced back for a 7-pitch inning with two weak grounders sandwiching a fly
out.
5th inning
– Struck out the side swinging – still hitting 98 MPH.
6th inning
– Had a couple of high pitch at-bats, but recovered from a 2-out single to
strikeout Nick Evans swinging.
7th inning
– Walked the leadoff batter on a close 3-2 pitch before getting Marte to fly
out to RF. Then came the best part of the night – got Blake Lalli swinging on a
98 MPH fastball to make it 2-2 before ending it with a 99 MPH fastball down and
in that Lalli was way late on. Went 99 MPH on multiple pitches to Tyler
Bortnick before walking him on a 3-2 fastball that missed low. And this is how
he ended his night: fastball (called) – fastball (foul) – curveball (foul) – 99
MPH fastball (foul) –curveball (swinging) to strike out Nick Ahmed.
Wow,
what a performance. He got better as the night went on – 6 of his strikeouts
came after the 4th inning. After he left, former major leaguer and
occasional broadcast partner for the 51s Jerry Reuss commented that Thor looked
good enough to compete at the major league level, which, he said, is what
should be most important to Mets fans at this point.
Offensively,
it looked as if the 51s would continue to struggle getting runners in, having
stranded 9 runners on base through the first four innings. They left the bases
loaded in the 3rd and 4th innings, though they were able
to scratch out a run in the 3rd thanks to a wild pitch with the
bases loaded. They were finally able to break through win a big inning in the 7th
thanks to a very wild Eury De La Rosa (2 BB’s and a HBP) and a key error by
Andy Marte. Zach Lutz, Wilmer Flores (pinch hitting) and Eric Campbell each had
RBI singles in the inning.
Flores
did not get a start again Wednesday night, likely still feeling lingering
effects from the hand injury. Cesar Puello also didn’t start, which reminds me
of what I was saying the other day…
Where’s Puello at?
Where’s the boy Wally? Where’s Puello? That’s all I wanna know. Where is
Puello, huh? Wally, Wally, look at me, LOOK AT ME! WHY ISN’T PUELLO PLAYING
DAILY? I don’t want this pantyhose wearing bunt-caller managing me. Ima get my
own man, alright? So just get back in ya car and head back to sin city. That’s
right, I made my decision. Where’s Puello at? Where is Puello? Where’s Puello
Wally? Where is Peullo?
Looking
ahead, the 51s will try to earn a split of the series Thursday night behind
Jacob ∂eGrom at 10:05 PM ET, with ∂eGrom coming off a win in his last start against Tacoma. The Aces counter with Charles Brewer, who got roughed up for 6
runs over 4.2 innings in his last start.
Play By Play
1st inning
Top
1)
2B Didi
Gregorius flied out to the LF corner. 7/F7DL
2)
After falling behind 1-0 to RF Alfredo Marte, Thor threw back-to-back 98 MPH fastballs to make
it 1-2, before giving up a soft roller up the middle for a single. S8/G6M
3)
LF Nick
Evans flied out to center field. Lagares made the catch and threw to 1B to
complete the double play, as Alfredo Marte had ran to 3B thinking it was a hit.
83/F8
Totals: H, DP, 7 pitches
Bottom
1)
CF JUAN
LAGARES grounded out to 3B. 53/G5
2)
2B Eric
Campbell hit a liner that was caught by a diving Nick Ahmed in the SS hole.
3)
LF Brandon
Allen grounded a medium single up the middle. S8/G4M
4)
RF Andrew
Brown hit a medium grounder at the SS on the first pitch. 64/G6
Totals: H, LOBster
2nd inning
Top
1)
1B Mike
Jacobs pulled a hard grounder past the shift into RF – it deflected off the
glove of 2B Campbell. S9/G34
2)
3B Andy
Marte hit a medium grounder right at Muno for an easy double play. 643/G6
3)
Thor threw a 98 MPH fastball strike at 1-1 and
followed it with an 87 MPH change-up just low before C Blake Lalli grounded out at the SS. 63/G6
Totals: H, GIDP, 10 pitches
Bottom
1)
1B Allen
Dykstra walked on four pitches.
2)
3B Zach
Lutz pulled a line drive down the 3B line that went into bullpen back there for
a ground rule double. 2B7/G5DF
3)
C Juan
Centeno struck out swinging on a ball in the dirt – Lalli completed the
strikeout with a throw to 1B.
4)
SS Danny
Muno turned to run down the line on a 3-2 pitch he though was out of the zone,
but was called out on strikes instead.
5)
P Thor
struck out swinging.
Totals: 2 H, 2B, 3 SO, 2
LOBsters
3rd inning
Top
1)
CF
Trent Oeltjen pulled a medium grounder down the 1B line that Dykstra was able
to field, but Thor did not cover 1B. S3/G3
2)
SS Nick
Ahmed hit a soft grounder at the 2B – only play was at 1B. 43/G4
3)
P Lucas
Harrell hit a weak chopper half way towards the mound that was fielded by Thor
with the glove, but his throw pulled Dykstra off the bag for an error. E1/G1S
4)
Gregorius hit a medium groundout to 2B. Oeltjen
scored. 46/G4
5)
Thor threw his first two curveballs of the night
at 0-1 for a strike and 0-2 in the dirt before eventually getting Marte to strike
out swinging at an 86 MPH change-up at the ankles.
Totals: R, H, E, SO, LOBster, 17 pitches
Bottom
1)
LAGARES lined a 0-2 breaking ball into CF for a
single. S8/L8S
2)
Campbell walked on a 3-1 fastball that missed
high.
3)
Allen pulled a change-up weakly towards 1B to
advance the runners. 3u/G3S
4)
Brown walked on a 3-1 breaking ball that missed
down and away.
*Wild pitch on 2-2 breaking ball
in dirt. Lagares scores. Campbell goes to 3B.
5)
Dykstra couldn’t check his swing enough on a 3-2
pitch not close to the zone.
6)
Lutz walked on a 3-1 pitch that missed down and
away.
7)
Centeno hit a grounder in the hole that
Gregorius made a nice play on. 43/G34
Totals: R, H, 3 BB, 2 SO, 3 LOBsters
4th inning
Top
1)
Evans hit a two-hopper at the SS. 63/G6
2)
Jacobs flied out to RF. 9/F9
3)
Marte hit a routine grounder to SS. 63/G6
Totals: 7 pitches
Bottom
1)
Muno struck out swinging.
2)
Thor walked on a 3-2 breaking ball that missed
low – pitch selection to the other pitcher?
3)
LAGARES slapped a single into RF. S9/L9S
4)
Campbell struck out swinging on a breaking ball.
5)
Allen walked on a 3-2 pitch outside.
6)
Brown struck out swinging – 3 pitches.
Totals: H, 2 BB, 2 SO, 3 LOBsters
5th inning
Top
1)
Thor got ahead 0-2 before eventually getting Lalli
strike out swinging at 98 MPH heat. (Jerry Reuss was just talking about how
Reno hitters are anticipating and making contact on his fastball)
2)
Oeltjen struck out swinging on a change-up – 3
pitches.
3)
Ahmed couldn’t check his swing for a strikeout.
Totals: 3 SO, 14 pitches
Bottom (Substitutions:
Alex Sanabia pitching, Aaron Cunningham playing CF and batting 9th
for Reno)
1)
Dykstra hit a medium grounder to the right of
Jacobs. 31/G34
2)
Lutz popped out to shallow RF – Gregorius made a
basket catch running away form the infield. 4/P9S
3)
Centeno struck out swinging.
Totals: SO
6th inning
Top
1)
Cunningham flared out to CF. 9/F9S
2)
Gregorius popped out to LF. 7/F7L
3)
Marte hit a line drive single off the end of the
bat into RF. S9/L9S
4)
Evans couldn’t check his swing on a high
fastball.
Totals: H, SO, LOBster, 20 pitches
Bottom
1)
Muno walked on a 3-2 pitch that missed low.
2)
Thor, up there looking to bunt, struck out on a
2-2 whiffed bunt attempt. He had fouled off his two previous bunt attempts.
3)
LAGARES got HBP (shoulder).
4)
Campbell hit a medium grounder at the SS. 643/G6
Totals: BB, HBP, GIDP, LOBster
7th inning
Top
1)
Jacobs walked on a 97 MPH fastball – not sure
where it missed.
*Passed ball on the first pitch, a
ball not caught by Centeno
2)
Marte flied out to RF. 9/F9
3)
Thor hit 98 MPH to make it 2-2 before getting Lalli
swinging at a 99 MPH fastball, down and in.
4)
PH Tyler
Bortnick walked on a 3-2 fastball that missed low. Thor hit 99 MPH multiple
times in this inning.
5)
Thor went fastball (called) – fastball (foul) – curveball
(foul) – 99 MPH fastball (foul) –curveball (swinging) to strike out Nick Ahmed.
Totals: 2 BB, 2 SO, 2 LOBsters, 23 pitches
Bottom (Substitution:
Eury De La Rosa pitching for Reno)
1)
Allen walked.
2)
Brown lined a single into LF. S7/L7
3)
Dykstra walked.
4)
Lutz blooped an RBI single into right-center
field. S9/F89S
5)
Centeno slapped one towards 3B that went off the
glove of Andy Marte and into LF for an error. Brown scored. E5/G5
6)
Muno got HBP. Dykstra scored.
(Substitution: Will Harris pitching for Reno)
7)
PH Flores
lined an RBI single into CF on a hanging breaking ball. S8/L8
8)
LAGARES hit the 8th pitch of the
at-bat weakly at the 3B, who threw home to start the double play. 523/G5
9)
Campbell hit a hard line drive that caromed high
off the pitcher’s leg towards Marte near 3B, but Marte dropped the ball to
allow an RBI single. S1/L1
10)
Allen popped out to Jacobs in foul territory.
1/P1F
Totals: 5 R, 4 H, 2 BB, HBP, E, 2 LOBsters
8th inning
Top (Substitution:
Zack Thornton pitching for Las Vegas)
1)
Cunningham flared a pop out behind 2B. 4/P4D
2)
Gregorius pulled a medium chopper into RF.
S9/G34
3)
Marte hit a soft chopper towards the SS hole
that was cut off by Lutz, who threw onto 2B just in time for the out. 54/G56S
4)
Evans couldn’t check his swing on a strikeout.
Totals: H, SO, LOBster
Bottom
1)
Brown walked.
2)
Dykstra got HBP (arm).
(Substitution: Anthony Seratelli pinch running for Dykstra, playing 2B)
3)
Lutz popped out to his counterpart. 5/P5
4)
Centeno struck out looking at a 0-2 breaking
ball.
5)
Muno flied out to LF. 7/F7
Totals: BB, HBP, SO, 2 LOBsters
9th inning
Top
1)
Jacobs lined a single passed a diving Muno into
left-center field. S7/L6D
2)
Marte struck out swinging.
3)
Lalli flied out to CF – nice gliding catch by
Lagares. 8/F78D
4)
PH Bobby
Wilson struck out looking at a fastball on the outside corner.
Totals: H, 2 SO, LOBster
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