51s Offense Quiet, Verrett Can't Overcome 6th inning Hump Against Tacoma

Las Vegas 51s @ Tacoma Rainiers

July 24, 2014

Logan Verret @ Jordan Pries

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

W: Pries (7-6, 3.78 ERA); L: Verrett (8-3, 4.73 ERA); Save: Coffey (5)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights (gifs here):

Pitchers

Zack Thornton (3.78 ERA) – 2 IP, SO, 1 GO: 2 FO

Batters

Matt ∂en Dekker – 2-4, R, 2B (24)

Hit the first pitch into the RF corner for a double

He hustled and beat the throw to 2B

Nice job of waiting on this breaking ball and slapping it down the LF line

Brandon Allen – 1-2, 2 R, HR (12), 2 RBI (42), 2 BB

Allen with the oppo power

"Why am I still chasing this homerun down?"

Josh Satin – 2-4, GIDP

Satin followed the Allen homerun with this single up the middle

He lined this single in the 9^th

Recap:

            The Las Vegas 51s will be happy to get out of Tacoma and go home, as they managed only one win in their five-game series this week. 51s starter Verrett was cruising through the finale early, but was hit hard and would give up the lead in the 6^th. Offensively, the 51s were very quiet all night, although M∂D managed another couple of hits – the guy cannot be stopped right now. Brandon Allen hit his 12^th homerun to give the 51s a 3-1 lead in the 4^th, but Josh Satin was the only other Las Vegas player to collect any hits. Zack Thornton was great over his two innings of work, retiring all six batters he faced.

            Before Thursday night, Las Vegas starter Logan Verrett hadn’t taken a loss since April 27, which was the first time he faced Tacoma this year. Verrett gave up back-to-back doubles in the 1^st and 6^th innings, but retired 13/16 Tacoma batters in between, allowing only a single and two walks. Ty Kelly provided the big blow against Verrett in the 6^th, hitting a three-run homerun that made it a 5-3 Tacoma lead.

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