Las Vegas 51s @ Albuquerque Isotopes, July 6, PbP and Pitches for Thor

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Las Vegas 51s @ Albuquerque Isotopes

July 6, 2014

Noah Syndergaard @ Red Patterson

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
Las Vegas	4	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	1	12	14	0	7
Albuqurque	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	5

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The Highlights:

Pitchers

Syndergaard – 7 IP, 6 H, R, 8 SO, 94 Pitches (67 Strikes), 7 GO: 3 FO

Ryan Reid – 2 IP, H, 3 SO, 3 GO

Batters

Matt ∂en Dekker – 2-4, 2 R, SO

Wilmer Flores – 2-4, 2 R, HR (11), 3 RBI (45), BB, SO

Andrew Brown – 3-3, 2 R, RBI (43)

Kevin Plawecki – 3-5, R, 3 RBI (7)

Cesar Puello – 2-5, 2 R, 2 HR (4), 2 RBI (22), 2 SO

Table 1 – Thor pitch count breakdown by type

Count (Strikes)	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	6th	7^th	Total
Fastball	11 (8)	8 (6)	9 (8)	11 (6)	12 (9)	6 (5)	9 (9)	66 (51)*
Change-up	1 (1)	1 (1)	0	7 (5)	6 (4)	0	5 (1)	20 (12)ª
Breaking Ball	1 (0)	0	0	3 (2)	2 (2)	1 (0)	1 (0)	8 (4)º
Total	13 (9)	9 (7)	9 (8)	21 (13)	20 (15)	7 (5)	15 (10)	94 (67)

*96.6 MPH average on 14/66 pitches; ª85.3 MPH avg on 7/20; º78.3 MPH avg on 3 curveballs

Table 2 – Thor pitch results breakdown by type

Strike %
Total	Call	Sw	Foul

BIP%
LD	GB	FB	PU

Results
AB	BABIP	ISO	K

Fastball

77.3

19.7

15.2

21.2

.357

.095

Change-up

.500

.333

Breaking Ball

.000

Astro’s Play By Play

1^st inning

Top

1) CF Matt ∂en Dekker flared a single into RF. S9/L9

2) SS Matt Reynolds struck out swinging. K/Sw

3) 3B Wilmer Flores walked. BB

4) RF Andrew Brown lined an RBI single into LF. S7/L7

5) 1B Josh Satin walked. BB

6) C Kevin Plawecki grounded a single through the 2B hole to drive in two runs. S9/G34

7) 2B Omar Quintanilla grounded out to the 2B. 43/G4

8) LF Cesar Puello rolled over a weak groundout to the SS. 63/G6

Totals: 4 R, 3 H, 2 BB, SO, LOBster

Bottom

1) CF Trayvon Robinson grounded out to Flores on a check swing. 53/G5

a. Fastball, belt high and outside corner – strike 0-1

b. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner

2) LF Carl Crawford struck out swinging. (K/Sw)

a. Fastball, knee high over the middle – strike 0-1

b. Fastball, bounced and inside – ball 1-1

c. Fastball, shin high and inside – ball 2-1

d. Change-up, belt high and inside corner – foul 2-2

e. Fastball, belt high and inside corner – strike 3 swinging

3) 3B Jamie Romak hit a hard groundout to the right of Reynolds. 63/G6

a. 97 MPH Fastball, belt high and outside corner – swinging strike 0-1

b. Fastball, belt high over the middle – foul 0-2

c. Fastball, belt high and inside – ball 1-2

d. Curveball, high and inside – ball 2-2

e. Fastball, belt high over the middle – foul 2-2

f. Fastball, knee high over the middle

Totals: SO, 13 Pitches, 9 Strikes

2^nd inning

Top

1) P Noah Syndergaard grounds out to the 1B. 31/G3

2) ∂en Dekker flied out to deep CF – to the edge of right side of the hill in CF. 8/F8D

3) Reynolds grounded out to the 3B. 53/G5

Totals: 10 pitches needed

Bottom

1) C Tim Federowicz hit a sharp grounder off the glove of Flores. S5/G5

a. Fastball, knee high and outside corner – strike 0-1

b. Fastball, outside – ball 1-1

c. Fastball, below the knees over the middle

2) 1B Brock Peterson

a. Fastball, inside corner – strike 0-1

b. Fastball, knee high and outside corner – foul 0-2

c. 96 MPH Fastball, above the belt over the middle – swinging strike 3

3) RF Mike Baxter hit a hard grounout at Q to start a double play. 463/G4

a. Fastball, knee high and outside – ball 1-0

b. Fastball, above the belt and outside corner – swinging strike 1-1

c. Change-up, thigh high and inside corner

Totals: H, SO, GIDP, 9 Pitches, 7 Strikes

3^rd inning

Top

1) Flores popped out to shallow RF. 9/P9S

2) Brown lined a single into LF. S7/L7

3) Satin struck out swinging. K/Sw

4) Plawecki pulled a groundball for a single into LF. S7/L7

5) Quintanilla hit a routine groundout to the SS. 63/G6

Totals: 2 H, SO, 2 LOBsters

Bottom

1) SS Walter Ibarra lined a single into CF. S8/L8

a. Fastball, thigh high and outside – ball 1-0

b. Fastball, knee high and inner half

2) 2B Delvis Morales struck out swinging (K/Sw)

a. Fastball, knee high and outside corner – strike 0-1 (showed bunt)

b. Fastball, belt high and outside corner – foul 0-2

c. 96 MPH Fastball, belt high and outside corner – swinging strike 3

3) P Red Patterson struck out swinging (K/Sw)

a. 97 MPH Fastball, knee high over the middle – strike 0-1

b. Fastball – bunted foul 0-2

c. Fastball, thigh high and outside corner – missed bunt for strike 3

4) Robinson hit a routine groundout to Q. 43/G4

a. Fastball, knee high and inside corner

Totals: H, 2 SO, LOBster, 9 Pitches, 8 Strikes

4^th inning

Top

1) Puello struck out looking. K/Lo

2) Syndergaard strikes out swinging. K/Sw

3) ∂en Dekker hit a hard groundout to the backhand of the 1B. 3u/G3

Totals: 2 SO

Bottom

1) Crawford struck out swinging. K/Sw

a. Change-up, thigh high and outside corner – swinging strike 0-1

b. Fastball, belt high and outer half – foul 0-2

c. 78 MPH Curveball, knee high and outside corner – foul 0-2

d. Missed – ball 1-2

e. Fastball, missed – ball 2-2

f. 84 MPH Change-up, thigh high and inside corner – foul 2-2

g. Fastball, thigh high and inside

2) Romak struck out swinging. K/Sw

a. Change-up, up and in – ball 1-0

b. 85 MPH Change-up – swinging strike 1-1

c. 96 MPH Fastball, thigh high and outside corner – swinging strike

d. 78 MPH Curveball, belt high and outside – ball 2-2

e. 97 MPH Fastball, high and outside – ball 3-2

f. 84 MPH Change-up, knee high and outside corner – swinging strike 3

3) Federowicz lined a double into the RF corner. D9/L9L

a. 98 MPH Fastball, thigh high over the middle – strike 0-1

b. Fastball, low – ball 1-1

c. 97 MPH Fastball, above the belt over the middle – ball 2-1

d. 86 MPH Change-up low and outside corner – ball 3-1

e. Fastball, knee high and outside corner

4) Peterson flied out to the left of CF. 8/F8

a. 96 MPH Fastball, knee high and inside corner – strike 0-1

b. 86 MPH Change-up, knee high and inside – swinging strike 0-2

c. Curveball, belt high over the middle

Totals: H, 2B, 2 SO, LOBster, 21 Pitches, 13 Strikes

5^th inning

Top

1) Reynolds grounded a single back up the middle. S8/G6M

2) Flores struck out swinging. K/Sw

3) Brown hit a hard grounder towards the SS hole that was stopped by a diving Ibarra, but he had no play. S6/G56

4) Satin struck out swinging. K/Sw

5) Plawecki lines an RBI single into LF. S7/L7

6) Quintanilla hit a double off the bases of the LF wall to drive in Brown. D7/F7D

7) Puello struck out swinging at a breaking ball in the dirt. K/Sw

Totals: 3 R, 4 H, 2B, 3 SO, 2 LOBsters

Bottom (Substitution: Cory Vaughn playing RF for Las Vegas)

1) Baxter grounded a single back up the middle. S8/G4M

a. Fastball, shin high and inside – ball 1-0

b. 85 MPH Change-up, low over the middle – swinging strike 1-1

c. Change-up, low and inside – ball 2-1

d. Fastball

2) Ibarra hit a weak groundout back to Thor. 13/G13

a. Fastball, above the belt and outside – ball 1-0

b. 96 MPH Fastball, belt high and outside corner – strike 1-1

c. 96 MPH Fastball, belt high and outer half – foul 1-2

d. Curveball, low and over the middle

3) Morales flared a double into shallow LF to score Baxter. D7/L7LS

a. Fastball, thigh high and outside corner – strike 0-1

b. Fastball, knee high and inside

4) PH Alex Liddi hit a routine groundout to Q. 43/G34

a. Fastball, shin high and outside – ball 1-0

b. Change-up, thigh high and inside – swinging strike 1-1

c. Change-up, knee high and outside corner – swinging strike 1-2

d. Fastball, below the knees and outside corner

5) Robinson struck out swinging. K/Sw

a. Change-up, thigh high over the middle – swinging strike 0-1

b. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner – strike 0-2

c. Curveball, belt high and inside corner – foul 0-2

d. Fastball, belt high over the middle – foul 0-2

e. 87 MPH Change-up, bounced and inside – ball 1-2

f. 98 MPH Fastball, belt high and inside corner – swinging strike 3

Totals: R, 2 H, 2B, SO, LOBster, 20 Pitches, 15 Strikes

6^th inning

Top (Substitution: Colt Hynes pitching for Albuquerque)

1) Syndergaard grounded out back to the pitcher. 13/G1

2) ∂en Dekker hit a grounder up the middle for a single. S8/G4M

3) Reynolds flied out to CF. 8/F8

*∂en Dekker advanced to 2B on a wild pitch in the dirt

4) Flores lined an RBI single into CF. S8/L8

5) RF Cory Vaughn walked. BB

6) Satin hit a grounder deep into the SS hole that was flagged down by Ibarra, who got the force out at 2B. 64/G56D

Totals: R, 2 H, BB, 2 LOBsters

Bottom

1) Crawford lined out to left-center field. 8/L78

a. Fastball, belt high and inner half

2) Romak struck out swinging. K/Sw

a. Fastball, knee high and outside corner – strike 0-1

b. Fastball, knee high over the middle – foul 0-2

c. Curveball, low over the middle – ball 1-2

d. 96 MPH Fastball, knee high and outside – swinging strike 3

3) Federowicz lined out to the SS. 6/L6

a. Fastball, letter high and inside – ball 1-0

b. Fastball, thigh high and outside corner

Totals: SO, 7 Pitches, 5 Strikes

7^th inning

Top

1) Plawecki lined out to the 2B. 4/L4

2) Quintanilla pulled a groundout to the 1B. 3u/G3

3) Puello lined a HR to dead-CF. HR/8D

4) Syndergaard grounded out to the 1B. 31/G4

Totals: R, HR

Bottom (Substitution: Daniel Muno playing 2B, batting 2^nd – Q playing SS)

1) Peterson hit a hard groundout right at Muno. 43/G4

a. 96 MPH Fastball, above the belt and outside corner – foul 0-1

b. Change-up, above the belt and inside – ball 1-1

c. 79 MPH Curveball, knee high and inside – ball 2-1

d. Fastball, belt high and outer half

2) Baxter pulled a grounder down the 1B line for a double. D9/G9L

a. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner – foul 0-1

b. Off-speed, outside – ball 1-1

c. Change-up, above the belt and inside – ball 2-1

d. Change-up, knee high and inside corner

3) Ibarra lined out to Puello. 7/L7

a. Fastball, thigh high over the middle – foul 0-1

b. Fastball, knee high and outside corner – strike 0-2

c. Change-up, high and outside – ball 1-2

d. Fastball, knee high and inside corner – foul 1-2

e. Fastball, belt high and outside corner – foul 1-2

f. Fastball, thigh high over the middle

4) Morales lined out to Flores.5/L5

a. Fastball, knee high and inner half

Totals: H, 2B, LOBster, 15 Pitches, 10 Strikes

8^th inning

Top (Substitutions: Brian Cavazos-Galvez playing LF and batting 2^nd, Paco Rodriguez pitching for Albuquerque)

1) ∂en Dekker struck out looking – did not like the call. K/Lo

2) Muno walked on a full count. BB

3) Flores crushed a 2R-HR to LF. HR/7D

4) Vaughn struck out swinging. K/Sw

5) Satin struck out swinging.

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

Bottom (Substitution: Ryan Reid pitching for Las Vegas and batting 3^rd, Muno to 3B, Anthony Seratelli playing 2B and batting 9^th)

1) PH Geoff Erickson grounded out to Q. 63/G6

2) Robinson hit a weak groundout to SS.

3) Cavazos-Galvez singled up the middle – just out of the reach of Seratelli. S8/G4M

4) Romak struck out looking. K/Lo

Totals: H, SO, LOBster

9^th inning

Top (Substitution: Brock Peterson pitching for Albuquerque, Erickson playing 1B)

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

2) Quintanilla hit a groundout to the1B. 3u/G3

3) Puello crushed a breaking ball to LF for a solo blast. HR/7D

4) 2B Anthony Seratelli skied out to left-center field. 7/F78

Totals: R, HR

Bottom

1) Federowicz struck out swinging at an outside corner fastball. K/Sw

2) Peterson hit a weak groundout to 2B. 43/G4

3) Baxter struck out looking. K/Lo

Totals: 2 SO

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