Binghamton Mets @ Portland Sea Dogs
July 23, 2014
Steven Matz @ Mike Augliera
Teams
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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R
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H
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E
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Binghamton
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0
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0
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1
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1
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2
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0
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0
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0
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0
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4
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11
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0
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Portland
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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2
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8
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1
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W: Matz (4-1, 2.75
ERA); L: Augliera (4-9, 5.38 ERA); Save: Satterwhite (9, 1.42 ERA)
MiLB.com Boxscore
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Steven Matz – 7 IP,
7 H, 2 R, BB, 4 SO, HR, 96 Pitches (67 Strikes), 8 GO: 4 FO
Randy Fontanez (H,
5, 3.78 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 2 SO
Cody Satterwhite – 1
IP, 2 SO, GO
Batters
Dilson Herrera – 2-5, R, SB (6), 2 SO
Brian Burgamy – 4-5, R, 2 2B (21)
Travis Taijeron – 1-3, 2B (25), RBI (48), BB, 2 SO
T.J. Rivera – 1-3, R, 2B (4), RBI (8), SF
Rylan Sandoval – 1-4, R, HR (1), RBI (11), SO
Recap:
Steven
Matz was very sharp Wednesday night, helping the BMets to salvage a game
against the only team with a better record in the Eastern Division of the
Eastern League. Facing the toughest lineup in the EL, Matz looked in control
throughout the start, requiring 15 or fewer pitches in every inning except the
4th, when he got out of a 2-outs, bases loaded jam to hold onto a
tight 2-1 lead. The Mets would connect on three straight hits in the 5th,
giving Matz and the Mets bullpen all the extra support they would need. Randy
Fontanez and Cody Satterwhite were very sharp over the last two innings,
allowing only one Portland baserunner. Offensively, Dilson and Burgamy
continued their red-hot hitting, while Taijeron and Rivera continued their
merely hot hitting. Rylan Sandoval would hit his first homerun of the year, as
he got a rare start at 3B.
Matz
Count
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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5th
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6th
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7th
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Total
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Total (Strikes)
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7 (6)
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13 (10)
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9 (6)
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27 (16)
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12 (8)
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13 (11)
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15 (10)
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96 (67)
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| The one time they zoomed in on his windup |
1st inning (Gameday count is off)
It
was one pitch, one out for Matz in the first, as he got leadoff hitter Derrik
Gibson to pop out to RF on a fastball. Started Blake Swihart off with a couple
of fastballs – Swihart took the first pitch and then fouled off a 95 MPH
Fastball up (per the announcer). After missing to make it 1-2, he came back
with a 94 MPH Fastball that was fouled back. Swihart made solid contact on his
fly out, but Ceciliani was waiting on it to come down. Ryan Lavarnway then hit
a weak groundout to Dilson on the first pitch of his at bat.
2nd inning
After
taking the first pitch for a strike, Sean Coyle crushed the next pitch beyond
the scoreboard in CF – he left it middle-middle. Michael Almanzar made solid
contact on his fly out to CF too, sending Ceciliani about 10 feet from the
warning track – he was leaving his stuff up to this point. After BMets catcher Kai
Gronauer came out for a visit, Matz started David Chester off with a couple of
change-ups before painting the outside corner at 95 MPH to get ahead 1-2. Matz
then jammed Chester inside, causing him to pop out to Boyd at the edge of the
grass. He got Jon Roof to hit a weak groundout to Rivera for the third out of
the inning.
3rd inning
Matz
got Shannon Wilkerson to pop out to first on a 1-1 splitter for the first out.
Ryan Dent smacked the first pitch he saw, a 92 MPH Fastball up, to RF for an
out. He got ahead of Gibson 0-2 before throwing a few waste pitches, including
his first curveball, which was high and made it 2-2. He threw a straight change
on 2-2 that fooled Gibson, as he swung too early, giving Matz his first strikeout
of the night to end the inning.
4th inning
Matz
had thrown a first-pitch strike to 8/10 batters coming into the 4th,
but threw a first-pitch ball to the first three batters of the 4th.
Leading off the inning was Swihart, who fouled off a 1-0 fastball before taking
a curveball low to get in the hitter’s count of 2-1. Matz fooled him by coming
back with a high curveball that Swihart couldn’t hold up on. Unfortunately for
Matz, he made contact and lined the ball into the RF corner for a double. He
missed with a 94 MPH Fastball in to Lavarnway, but evened the count with a
change-up on the outside corner at the knees. Matz broke a curve into the zone
to get ahead 1-2, but missed in with the 93 MPH heat, brushing Lavarway back a
little. The at-bat ended with an inside fastball at 94 MPH that Lavarnway
chopped to 3B – Matz was quick to run and cover 3B. Matz fell behind 3-0 to
Coyle, missing with two curveballs and a change-up. He challenged Coyle with a
3-0 fastball that was fouled off, but then bounced a change-up to walk him.
Almanzar would foul the first pitch fastball back and off of Gronauer, who
would need a minute to recover but stayed in the game. Matz came back with a
high 92 MPH Fastball that was fouled off. Almanzar barely stayed alive on an
0-2 curveball, getting just enough contact to foul it off his feet. After
missing with a high fastball, Matz had Almanzar out in front on a curveball,
but Almanzar was able to chop it towards the SS hole for an infield single –
Sandoval cut the ball off but his throw was a step too late. After Chester
fouled the first pitch back (another one that hit Gronauer), Matz painted the
corner with a fastball and then got Chester to swing through a curveball. Matz
fell behind Roof 1-0 (curveball missed low) and 2-1 (change-up missed outside),
but evened the count with a fastball both times. He put an end to his longest
inning of the night by getting Roof to swing through a curveball for his third
strikeout of the night.
5th inning
Matz
fell behind Wilkerson 3-0 before allowing a sharply hit single to RF on a 3-1
fastball. Dent hit a hard bunt up the 1B line that was fielded by Boyd, who
applied to tag to record the out. Matz dropped a couple of curveballs in on Gibson,
getting him to pop out to RF on the second. After missing with a first-pitch
curveball to Swihart, Matz threw two straight fastballs to get ahead 1-2.
Swihart then popped the 1-2 splitter to Dilson at the edge of the outfield
grass to end the inning.
6th inning
Matz
threw two fastballs to Lavarnway leading off the inning, and Lavarnway lined
the second one (at 93 MPH) over Dilson’s head for a single. He started Coyle
off with a change-up that he flailed at, before getting him to groundout weakly
to 3B. Almanzar looped a 1-0 curveball at 83 MPH into LF – Matz appeared
annoyed that Nimmo didn’t make much of an attempt at the fly ball. Chester hit
a first-pitch change-up that Matz left up into CF for an RBI single, making it
a 4-2 game. He missed with a first-pitch fastball at 93 MPH to Roof, but threw
three straight strikes to set him down swinging – 94 MPH Fastball fouled back,
and then swinging strikes and back-to-back change-ups. Matz got Wilkerson to
pop out to end the inning – started him off with a change-up on the outside
corner before coming back with a 93 MPH Fastball on the inside corner.
7th inning
Matz
got all three batters in the 7th to hit grounders to Rivera,
finishing his night on a high note. His fastball was still sitting at 94 MPH
throughout the inning.
Dilson Herrera
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| Herrera got a rally started with this single |
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| He was safe stealing 2B, but needed a few minutes to recover after that collision |
Brian Burgamy
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| Burgamy one-hopped the wall for this double |
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| Burgamy nearly went yard but settled for a single |
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| He'd rip this single into RF |
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| Burgamy sent this double into the gap |
Travis Taijeron
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| Taijeron picks up the RBI double |
T.J. Rivera
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| T.J. one-hopped the wall for this double |
Jayce Boyd
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| Boyd gave the Mets a lead with a single passed the drawn in infield |
Rylan Sandoval
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| Sandoval answered a HR with a HR to tie the game |
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