Las Vegas 51s Series in Review: @Salt Lake

Highlights from Thursday's game at the bottom

Dates: July 17-20, 2014

Results: Split 4

L 7-6, W 7-6, W 6-2, L 3-0

Current Record: 58-44, 1^st place, 9 game lead

Recaps:

Thursday – LVRJ, Salt Lake

Friday – LVRJ

Saturday – LVSun, Salt Lake

Sunday – LVRJ, Salt Lake

MV51: Josh Satin had a great series, providing a lot of the offense against Salt Lake.

LV51: He may have great stuff, but Thor was the least effective 51s player during the series, allowing all seven runs in the first game, which was one run too many for the offense to overcome.

Statistics:

51s Player	Performance
Matt ∂en Dekker	3-15, 3 R, 3B (6), RBI (38), 3 BB, HBP, SB (6), 3 SO
Matt Reynolds	4-13, R, 2 RBI (12), BB, 3 SO, CS
Wilmer Flores	5-17, 3 R, 3B (2), RBI (54), 2 BB, 5 SO, GIDP
Andrew Brown	3-16, 3 R, 2B (19), HR (16), 4 RBI (49), BB, 3 SO, GIDP
Josh Satin	7-14, 2 R, 2B (17), HR (4), 3 RBI (28), 3 BB, SF, 2 SO, CS
Kevin Plawecki	2-5, R, RBI (11), 2 SO
Brandon Allen	2-12, 2 R, 2 RBI (40), SB (1), 4 SO
Cory Vaughn	0-6, 2 BB, 2 SO
Cesar Puello	1-7, RBI (23), 3 SO
Allan Dykstra	1-6, BB, 3 SO
Anthony Seratelli	1-7, 2 R, HR (3), 3 RBI (18), BB, 2 SO
Juan Centeno	3-10, R, BB, 2 SO
Daniel Muno	1-8, R, HR (10), RBI (41), BB, 5 SO, GIDP
Noah Syndergaard (l, 7-5, 5.74 ERA)	5 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 3 BB, 5 SO, HR, 90 Pitches (53 Strikes), 1 GO: 3 FO
Cory Mazzoni (W, 1-0, 4.76 ERA)	5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 3 SO, HR, 78 Pitches (52 Strikes), 5 GO: 4 FO
Logan Verrett (W, 8-2, 4.58 ERA)	7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, BB, SO, HR, 72 Pitches (51 Strikes), 9 GO: 7 FO
Rafael Montero (L, 4-3, 3.64 ERA)	4 IP, 5 H, R, 3 BB, 3 SO, 78 Pitches (50 Strikes), 3 GO: 3 FO
Erik Goeddel (5.55 ERA)	3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, BB, 4 SO, 2 GO: 2 FO
Miguel Socolovich (3.12 ERA)	2 IP, BB, 3 SO, FO
Zack Thornton (H, 8, 3.43 ERA)	2 IP, BB, SO, 4 GO: 1 FO
Gonzalez Germen (H, 1, 0.00 ERA)	1.1 IP, 2 H, SO, 1 GO: 2 FO
Chase Bradford (H, 4, 3.71 ERA)	2.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R (2 ER), 2 SO, HR, 5 GO: 1 FO
Ryan Reid (S, 3, 3.48 ERA)	0.1 IP
John Church (3.67 ERA)	1 IP, H, 2 GO

Bullpen:

The bullpen was not really the problem for the 51s this past series, as they managed a 2.92 ERA and more than 3 IP/game. There are some nice young right-handed relief pitchers for the Mets to call on from the 51s pen.

12.1 IP, 11 H, 5 R (4 ER), 3 BB, 11 SO, HR, 14 GO: 7 FO

Looking Ahead:

Monday at 10:05 PM ET: Darin Gorski (2-3, 5.10 ERA) @ James Gillheeney (3-7, 5.66 ERA)

Tuesday at 9:05 PM ET: Game 1 – Noah Syndergaard (7-5, 5.74 ERA) @ James Paxton (0-0, 6.00 ERA)

Game 2 – TBD @ Andrew Carraway (4-5, 5.76 ERA)

Wednesday at 10:05 PM ET: Cory Mazzoni (1-0, 4.76 ERA) @ Erasmo Ramirez (2-4, 4.12 ERA)

Thursday at 10:05 PM ET: Logan Verrett (8-2, 4.58 ERA) @ Taijuan Walker (4-1, 3.76 ERA)

Some Highlights from Thursday’s Game

I might go back for more highlights, and if I go back to cover Mazzoni’s start it will go at the bottom, but I’ll have a lot of fresher MiLB.tv coverage this week to keep me busy.

Flores led off the 4^th inning of Thursday’s game with this triple, which was uploaded to MiLB.tv. So instead of a gif, enjoy the full video of the Flores triple.

M∂D got things started in the 5-run 8^th on Thursday with this triple.

Matt Reynolds would pick up this RBI single in the top of the 8^th Thursday to make it a 7-2 game.

Kevin Plawecki came through with this bases loaded RBI single later in the inning, making it a 7-6 game at the time.

Thor Pitch Coverage

Table 1 – Breaking down Thor’s pitch count by inning and type

Count (Strikes)	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	Total
Fastball	16 (10)	14 (6)	4 (3)	5 (5)	14 (7)	53 (31)
Change-up	2 (2)	5 (5)	3 (3)	1 (1)	3 (1)	14 (12)
Breaking Ball	6 (1)	3 (2)	7 (3)	3 (2)	5 (2)	24 (10)
Total	24 (13)	22 (13)	14 (9)	9 (8)	22 (10)	91 (53)

Table 2 – Breaking down Thor’s pitch results by type

Strike %
Tot	Call	Sw	Foul

BIP%
LD	GB	FB	PU

Results
AB	BABIP	ISO	K

Fastball

.600

.214

Change-up

.167

.000

Breaking Ball

100

1.00

.000

1^st inning

1) Tony Campana lined a single into CF (S8/L)

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

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

c. Fastball, knee high and outside – ball 1-2

d. Fastball, belt high and inside – ball 2-2

e. Fastball, knee high over the middle

2) J.B. Shuck singled to RF, allowing Campana to go to 3B. (S9/G)

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

b. Slider, shin high and outside corner – ball 1-1

c. Curveball, knee high over the middle

3) Luis Jimenez lined an RBI single to LF (S7/L)

a. Fastball, low – ball 1-0 (no picture)

b. Fastball, knee high over the middle

4) Brennan Boesch grounded out to 1B (3u/G)

a. Curveball, in the dirt – ball 1-0

b. Curveball, in the dirt – ball 2-0

c. Fastball, knee high and inside corner– swinging strike 2-1

d. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner

5) Shawn O’Malley lined out to 1B (3/L)

a. Curveball, in the dirt – ball 1-0

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

c. 98 MPH Fastball knee high and inside – swinging strike 2-1

d. Change-up, thigh high and inside corner

6) Tommy Field hit a two-run single up the middle (S8/G)

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

b. Fastball, knee high and inside – ball 1-1

c. Slider, shin high and outside – ball 2-1

d. Fastball, knee high over the middle

Just out of the reach of an outstretched Reynolds

7) Ian Stewart popped out to Satin in foul territory (5F/P)

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

b. Change-up, thigh high over the middle

2^nd inning

1) John Hester struck out looking (K/Lo)

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

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

c. Breaking ball, outside – ball 2-1 (no picture)

d. Fastball, thigh high and outside – swinging strike 2-2

e. Curveball, knee high and outside corner – called strike 3

2) Taylor Lindsey reached on an infield single – Reynolds couldn’t make the bare-hand pickup on the soft grounder (S6/G)

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

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

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

d. Change-up, knee high and inside corner – swinging strike 2-2

e. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner

3) Campana walked (BB)

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

b. Fastball, letter high and outside – ball 2-0 *Runner stole 2B

c. Fastball, belt high and outside – ball 3-0

d. Fastball, letter high and outside corner – ball 4
Rare to see Thor miss by so much on four straight pitches, might’ve been walked around Campana some

4) Shuck hit a two-run single back up the middle (S8/G)

a. Fastball, knee high and outside – ball 1-0 *Both runners steal

b. Change-up, thigh high over the middle – foul 1-1

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

d. Curveball, belt high and outside corner – foul 1-2

e. Change-up, knee high and outside corner

5) Jimenez flied out to RF (9/F)

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

b. Fastball, knee high over the middle

6) Boesch lined out to Reynolds (6/L)

a. Change-up, knee high and outside corner

3^rd inning

1) O’Malley flied out to RF (9/F)

a. Change-up, knee high and inside corner

2) Field struck out swinging (K/Sw)

a. Curveball, belt high and outside corner – ball 1-0

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

c. Curveball, knee high and outside corner – strike 1-2

d. Fastball, high – ball 2-2

e. Curveball, shin high and outside – ball 3-2

f. 100 MPH Fastball, belt high over the middle – foul tip strike 3

3) Stewart lined a single into RF (S9/L)

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

b. Fastball, knee high and inside corner

4) Hester popped out to 2B (4/P)

a. Curveball, ankle high over the middle – ball 1-0

b. Curveball, knee high over the middle – swinging strike 1-1

c. Curveball, knee high over the middle – strike 1-2

d. Curveball, in the dirt – ball 2-2

e. Change-up, knee high and outside corner

4^th inning

1) Lindsey struck out looking (K/Lo)

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

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

c. Curveball, belt high over the middle – called strike 3

2) Campana lined a single to CF (S8/L)

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

b. Fastball, belt high and outside corner

3) Shuck lined out to Reynolds (6/L)
*Campana got picked off

a. Change-up – swinging strike 0-1 (no picture)

b. Curveball, knee high over the middle – swinging strike 0-2

c. Curveball, low and outside – ball 1-2

d. Fastball, belt high and inside corner

5^th inning

1) Jimenez flied out to RF (9/F)

a. Curveball, belt high and inside – ball 1-0

b. Curveball, knee high and outside – ball 2-0

c. Fastball, letter high and inside corner – ball 3-0

d. Fastball, belt high and outside corner

2) Boesch struck out swinging (K/Sw)

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

b. 100 MPH Fastball, belt high over the middle – foul 0-1

c. Fastball, above the belt and inside – swinging strike 3

3) O’Malley walked (BB)

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

b. Change-up, knee high and inside corner – foul 1-1

c. Fastball, belt high over the middle – foul 1-2

d. Fastball, letter high and inside – ball 2-2

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

f. Fastball, head high over the middle – ball 4
*Fastball just started sailing on him

4) Field hit a homerun to RF (HR/F9D)

a. Fastball, belt high over the middle

5) Stewart walked (BB)

a. Curveball, in the dirt – ball 1-0

b. Change-up, belt high and outside – ball 2-0

c. Fastball, shin high and inside – ball 3-0

d. Fastball, letter high and inside corner – ball 4

6) Hester struck out swinging (K/Sw)

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

b. Curveball, thigh high over the middle – foul 0-2

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

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