Astro's PbP, 51s Lose Big After Losing Thor to Injury

Fresno Grizzlies @ Las Vegas 51s

June 5, 2014

Mike Kickham @ NoahSyndergaard

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Fresno	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	1		9	13	1	10
Las Vegas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		4	6	2	4

W: Kickham (4-5, 4.10 ERA); L: Syndergaard (5-3, 4.47 ERA)

MiLB.com boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Mike Kickham – 7 IP, 2 H, BB, 3 SO, 96 pitches (60 strikes), 25 batters faced, 14 groundouts, 2 fly outs

Batters

Kirk Nieuwenhuis – 2-3, R, HR (8), RBI (23)

Gary Brown – 3-6, 3 R, 2B (9)

Joe Panik – 2-5, R, 3B (4)

Mark Minicozzi – 3-4, 2 R, HR (4), 5 RBI (24), BB

Chris Dominguez – 2-5, 3B (3), RBI (39)

Astro’s Play By Play

1^st inning

Top

1)   CF Gary Brown lined a double down the RF line. D9/L9L

2)   2B Joe Panik hit a medium grounder to Muno – Brown to 3B. 43/G4

3)   LF Mark Minicozzi hit a sharp grounder up the middle that deflected off Syndergaard and into CF for an RBI single. S8/G1

4)   3B Adam Duvall lined a single into LF on the first pitch. S7/L7

5)   1B Travis Ishikawa hit a slow grounder to Muno. 43/G4

6)   *Wild pitch allowed Minicozzi to score and Duvall to advance to 3B.

Thor injured shoulder in a collision covering home plate.

(Substitution: Giancarlo Alvarado pitching for Las Vegas)

RF Chris Dominguez hit a line drive off the RF wall for an RBI triple. T9/L9D

7)   SS Nick Noonan hit a grounder to Muno. 43/G4

Totals: 3 R, 5 H, 2B, 3B, LOBster

Bottom

1)   LF Cesar Puello grounded out to Panik. 43/G4

2)   2B Daniel Muno flied out to CF. 8/F8

3)   1B Josh Satin hit a sharp two-hopper right at Duvall. 53/G5

Totals: 7 pitches, 5 strikes

2^nd inning

Top

1)   C Trevor Brown hit an easy two-hopper at Lutz. 53/G5

2)   P Mike Kickham hit the first pitch for a medium grounder at Muno. 43/G4

3)   Brown hit a slow grounder towards the SS hole that deflected off the glove of Lutz for an error. E5/G5

*Brown thrown out trying to steal 2B

Totals: E, CS

Bottom

1)   3B Zach Lutz lined out to RF. 9/L9

2)   CF Kirk Nieuwenhuis lined a single into RF. S9/L9

3)   RF Cory Vaughn struck out swinging. K/Sw

4)   C Taylor Teagarden hit a medium grounder at the 2B. 43/G4M

Totals: S, SO, LOBster

3^rd inning

Top

1)   Panik hit a hard line drive over the head of Kirk in CF for a triple. T8/L8D

2)   Minicozzi hit a medium grounder towards the SS hole that Q made a sliding stop on, but had no play at 1B – Panik scored. S6/G56

3)   Duvall hit a high pop out about 10 feet behind home plate. 2/P2F

4)   Ishikawa lined a single into RF. S9/L9

5)   Dominguez hit a can o’ corn to Vaughn in RF. 9/F9

6)   Noonan flied out to left-center field. 7/F78

Totals: R, 3 H, 2 LOBster

Bottom

1)   SS Omar Quintanilla hit a medium roller towards the SS hole that was cut off by the 3B. 53/G56

2)   P Giancarlo Alvarado hit a routine grounder at the SS. 63/G6

3)   Puello hit a weak groundout up the middle.

Totals: 9 pitches, 6 strikes

4^th inning

Top

1)   Brown walked on a full count after a lot of foul balls. BB

2)   Kickham flied out to RF after failing to get the bunt down. 9/F9

3)   Brown popped out to the 2B. 4/P4

4)   Panik lined a single into RF. S9/L9

5)   Minicozzi flied out to RF. 9/F9

Totals: H, BB, 2 LOBsters

Bottom

1)   Muno reached on a fielding error by the 3B. E5

2)   Satin walked. BB

3)   Lutz hit a sharp grounder at the 3B that might have started a double play, but Panik dropped the ball at 2B – he’d pick it up in time to get the out at 2B. FC54/G5

4)   Nieuwenhuis hit a slow grounder near the 2B to start a double play. 63/G6M

Totals: BB, E, GIDP, LOBster

5^th inning  

Top

1)   Duvall hit a slow grounder up the middle that was handled by Q near the bag. 63/G6M

2)   Ishikawa hit a line drive that deflected off Alvarado towards the 1B line – he recovered to get the ball and throw to 1B in time. 13/L1

3)   Dominguez reached on an infield single. S1

4)   Noonan hit a slow grounder to Muno. 43/G4

Totals: H, LOBster

Bottom

1)   Vaughn flied out near the RF line. 9/F9L

2)   Teagarden hit a groundball towards the SS hole that Noonan backhanded but his throw to 1B was too high – ruled an infield single. S6/G56

3)   Quintanilla hit a slow grounder up the middle that got just passed a diving Kickham but was fielded nice by a charging Panik. 43/G4MS

4)   Alvarado hit a groundball down the 3B line that was backhanded by Duvall, whose long throw one-hopped 1B but was in time to get the jogging Alvarado. 53/G5

Totals:H, LOBster

6^th inning

Top

1)   Brown flied out to CF. 8/F8

2)   Kickham walked. BB

3)   Brown lined a single into CF. S8/L8

4)   Panik lined out to Kirk. 8/L8

5)   Minicozzi launched a no-doubter to RF. HR/9D

6)   Duvall hit a medium groundout to Muno. 43/G4

Totals: 3 R, 2 H, HR, BB

Bottom

1)   Puello hit a medium groundout to the SS. 63/G6

2)   Muno struck out looking. K/Lo

3)   Satin hit a groundout up the middle. 63/G6M

Totals: SO

7^th inning

Top (Substitution: Ryan Reid pitching for Las Vegas)

1)   Ishikawa hit a hard one-hopper up the middle that was fielded by Q. 63/G6M

2)   Dominguez hit a weak come backer to the mound. 13/G1

3)   Noonan walked. BB

4)   Brown struck out looking. K/Lo

Totals: BB, SO, LOBster

Bottom

1)   Lutz struck out swinging. K/Sw

2)   Nieuwenhuis was HBP. HBP

3)   Vaughn flied out to deep CF. 8/F8D

*Kirk advanced to 2B on a wild pitch.

4)   Teagarden hit a one-hopper to the 3B. 53/G5

Totals: HBP, SO, LOBster

8^th inning

Top

1)   PH Mike Ford struck out swinging – three pitches. K/Sw

2)   Brown hit a grounder up the middle and into CF for a single. S8/G4M

3)   Panik hit a grounder at Muno that might’ve started a double play, but Muno’s throw was low and Q couldn’t handle it – Lutz backed up the throw but Gary Brown raced passed him to 3B. E4/G4M

4)   Minicozzi walked to load the bases. BB

(Substitution: Brett Krill pinch running for Fresno)

5)   Duvall hit a grounder up the middle that deflected off of Reid, but was fielded by a redirected Q, who threw to 1B in time for the out. 163/G1

6)   Ishikawa walked. BB

7)   Dominguez lined out to RF. 9/9

Totals: R, H, 2 BB, E, 3 LOBsters

Bottom (Substitution: Jake Dunning pitching for Fresno)

1)   Quintanilla flied out to RF. 9/F9

2)   PH Juan Centeno lined a single into CF. S8/L8

3)   Puello hit a groundout back to the mound. 13/G1

4)   Muno launched a bomb over the RF wall. HR/9D

5)   Satin launched a no-doubter of a bomb over the LF wall. HR/7D

6)   Lutz struck out swinging. K/Sw

Totals: 3 R, 3 H, 2 HR, SO

9^th inning

Top (Jeff Walters pitching for Las Vegas)

1)   Noonan struck out swinging. K/Sw

2)   Brown grounded out to Q. 63/G6

3)   PH Juan Ciriaco launched a bomb near the scoreboard in left-center field. HR/78D

4)   Brown flied out to CF. 8/F8

Totals: R, H, HR, SO

Bottom (Substitution: Heath Hembree pitching for Fresno)

1)   Nieuwenhuis launched a bomb over the COX sign in left-center field. HR/78

2)   Vaughn walked. BB

3)   Teagarden struck out swinging. K/Sw

4)   Quintanilla hit a groundout to Panik to start a double play. 463/G4

Totals: R, H, HR, BB, SO, GIDP

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