Gorski and Goeddel Great but Offense Stinks Against Leon and the River Cats

Las Vegas 51s @ Sacramento River Cats

June 29, 2014

Darin Gorski @ Arnold Leon

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

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Darin Gorski (L, 2-2) – 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 8 SO, HR, 106 Pitches (69 Strikes), 2 GO: 5 FO

Erik Goeddel – 2 IP, 3 SO, 2 GO: 1 FO

Arnold Leon (W, 8-2) – 6 IP, 3 H, R, 2 BB, 5 SO

Fernando Rodriguez (H, 4) – 2 IP, 2 SO

Evan Scribner (S, 11) – 1 IP, H, SO

Batters

Matt ∂en Dekker – 1-3, 2B (15), BB

Matt Reynolds – 1-4, R, GIDP

Wilmer Flores – 2-4, SO

Nick Buss – 1-4, R, HR (4), RBI (40)

Anthony Aliotti – 2-3, SO

Recap:

            Darin Gorski had another strong start for Las Vegas, but his offense would give him minimal support in the loss. Great job by Arnold Leon, who kept a tough offense in check while pitching in a ballpark that’s tough on pitchers.

            The 51s got the scoring started in the 1^st on a wild pitch. Matt Reynolds got things going with this one-out single.

Reynolds picks up the first hit of the game

            Flores followed with this single of his own.

Flores reaches out and singles just out of the reach of the diving RF

            After that, the offense went silent, scraping together only two more hits the rest of the game:

Flores led off the 4^th with this single.

Flores picks up his second hit of the night

M∂D led off the 9^th with this double.

M∂D doubles

            The River Cats tried to run on the Gorski/Plawecki combo, and were successful ½ times. Andy Parrino went on first move in the 1^st, forcing Plawecki to rush this poor throw to 2B.

Plaw rushed this throw 

            Jose Martinez was caught stealing 2B to end the 2^nd inning.

Plaw made a much nicer throw this time

            On the pitching front, Gorski and Goeddel combined to strikeout 11/30 batters faced. Gorski had the first 8:

Shane Peterson looking in the 1^st.

Peterson strikes out on 2-2

Josh Whitaker strikes out swinging in the 2^nd.

Whitaker swinging at 1-2

Peterson strikes out swinging to end the 3^rd – he went down 1-2-3 on three swinging strikes.

Gorski started him off with the breaking ball

Peterson swung through the 0-1 fastball

Gorski finished him off with the breaking ball

Whitaker strikes out swinging in the 4^th.

Whitaker chases high heat on 0-2

Andy Parrino strikes out swinging for the second out in the 5^th.

Parrino swinging at 2-2

Peterson strikes out swinging for the third out.

Peterson swinging

Jake Elmore strikes out swinging for the second out in the 6^th.

Elmore swinging at the 3-2 pitch

Anthony Aliotti strikes out swinging for the third out.

Gorski finishes his night with this full count strikeout

            Goeddel would takeover in the bottom of the 7^th and stick around for the rest of the game, picking up three strikeouts:

Whitaker swinging to lead off the 7^th.

Whitaker swinging at 1-2

Ryan Ortiz swinging to end the 7^th.

Ortiz couldn't check his swing on this 1-2 pitch

Peterson strikes out to end the 8^th.

Peterson strikes out swinging on this 2-2 pitch

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