Fulmer Done in by Rough Fourth in his AA Debut, BMets Bats Go Silent

Binghamton Mets @ Erie Sea Wolves

August 19, 2014

Michael Fulmer @ Wilsen Palacios

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Binghamton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Erie	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	X	7	11	3

Win: Palacios (8-4, 4.16 ERA); Loss: Fulmer (0-1, 16.20 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Michael Fulmer – 3.1 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 3 BB, SO, HR, 84 Pitches (50 Strikes), 4 GO: 2 FO

Hansel Robles – 3 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 SO, 2 GO: 3 FO

Batters

Brandon Nimmo – 1-5, 2B (9), SO

Dilson Herrera – 2-4, 2B (15), SO

Brian Burgamy – 1-4, SO

Darrell Ceciliani – 1-4

Travis Taijeron – 1-3, 2 SO, CS

Juan Centeno – 1-4

Wilfredo Tovar – 2-4, 2 SO

Recap:

I was very excited when I heard of Michael Fulmer’s promotion to Binghamton and impending start on MiLB.tv, because this is my first chance to watch Michael Fulmer start in 2014, and I was very excited. The results may not have been ideal for his AA debut, as he couldn’t finish the 4^th inning, but I think there were some positives for Fulmer to build over the final few weeks. As far as the game was concerned, the Mets offense could not come up with key hits all night, taking the goose egg in the middle game of this series in Erie. It’s not easy to have seven different players with a hit, nine hits overall, and not score, but it’s even harder to believe they didn’t score when you consider the THREE Erie errors – talk about frustrating on both sides of the ball. The one time the Mets did get a key hit – a two-out single from Brian Burgamy with Brandon Nimmo on 2B in the 3^rd – Nimmo was thrown out trying to score.

Dilson Herrera picked up his first hit of the night in the 1^st, but would advance no further than 2B.

His name is Dilson, and he came to hit pitches

Fulmer stared his B-Mets career by allowing a hard hit double into the LF corner to Jamie Johnson. After retiring the next two batters, including his only strikeout of the night, Erie picked up two two-out hits to take a 1-0 lead after one. Fulmer would retired the next five Erie hitters before issuing a one-out walk to Jason Krizan in the 3^rd. He’d finish the 3^rd with no problems though, and it seemed like he was really settling in. Then the 4^th came, and Steven Moya gave Fulmer his next AA first, hitting an effortless opposite field blast for his 32^nd homerun of the season. Corey Jones followed with a weak dribbler towards 1B, but Burgamy couldn’t handle it cleanly and then threw behind Fulmer as he reached the bag – it was ruled a hit, which is huge for Fulmer’s AA ERA. Aaron Westlake followed by finding a hole on the right side of the infield for a single. Fulmer would throw three nice sliders to the next batter Drew Longley, getting a lazy fly out to CF on the 3^rd. His fastball command would fail him over the next two batters, his final two of the night, who both reached via the walk – Jones would score on a bases loaded walk. I'm not sure if it was a slow scoreboard or something we should be concerned about, but the announcers said Fulmer was sitting upper 80's with his fastball all game. From listening to St. Lucie's games and reading about Michael online, I was expecting low 90's and a ceiling of 95 MPH. Hopefully the schedule will work out for another Fulmer start on MiLB.tv before the season ends!

Adam Kolarek came in to bail Fulmer out, but had trouble getting the third out of the inning, issuing a two-out walk before allowing back-to-back RBI singles. Kolarek looked much sharper in the 5^th, striking out two as part of a scoreless inning. Hansel Robles came in for the final three innings of work and was very sharp.

Nimmo hit this double in the 3^rd inning – it was considered a ground-rule double due to fan interference. Unfortunately, this is when Burgamy picked up the hit and Nimmo was thrown out at home.

Yey, maybe they can score!

Burgamy with the big two-out hit!

Hey, not fair! I didn't know they were allowed to use cannons out there!

Dilson Herrera led off the 8^th inning with his 15^th double since joining Binghamton, but he’d be left stranded on 3B.

Header assist on the double from the SS - and for that, we thank you Mr. SS

Fulmer Pitch Coverage

Table 1 – Breaking down pitch count by type and inning

Count (Strikes)	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	Total
Fastball	15 (7)	8 (7)	12 (8)	13 (5)	48 (27)
Change-up	2 (2)	1 (1)	2 (1)	5 (4)	10 (8)
Breaking Ball	4 (3)	6 (4)	5 (2)	9 (5)	24 (14)
Unknown	0	1 (1)	0	1 (0)	2 (1)
Total	21 (12)	16 (13)	19 (11)	28 (14)	84 (50)

Table 2 – Breaking down pitch results by type

Strike %
Total	Call	Sw	Foul

BIP%
LD	GB	FB	PU

Results
AB	BABIP	ISO	K

Fastball

56.3

22.9

18.8

.571

.714

Change-up

80.0

0.00

0.0

50.0

.667

.000

Breaking Ball

58.3

4.2

20.8

16.7

.000

*One groundout came on a pitch with no view

1^st inning

1) Jamie Johnson doubled into the LF corner (D7/L)

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

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

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

d. Fastball, belt high and outside corner – strike 3-1

e. Fastball, knee high and outside corner

2) Jason Krizan reached 2B on a fielders choice (FC3565/G)

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

b. Curveball, shin high and inside corner – ball 1-1

c. Fastball, belt high and inside corner

3) Devon Travis struck out looking (K/Lo)

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

b. Fastball, belt high and inside – ball 2-0

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

d. Fastball, belt high and inside corner – strike 3-1

e. Fastball, knee high and outside corner – strike 3-2

f. Slider, knee high and outside corner – strike 3 looking

4) Dean Green hit an RBI double into the RF corner (D9/L)

a. Fastball, belt high and inside corner

5) Steven Moya lined a single to RF (S9/L)

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

b. Change-up, knee high and outside corner

6) Corey Jones hit a groundout to Dilson (43/G)

a. Fastball, shin high over the middle – ball 1-0

b. Slider, shin high and inside – swinging strike 1-1

c. Slider, knee high and inside corner – foul 1-2

d. Change-up, knee high and outside corner

2^nd inning

1) Aaron Westlake hit a groundout to Dilson (43/G)

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

b. Slider, knee high and inside corner – foul 0-2

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

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

e. Change-up, thigh high and outside corner – foul 1-2

f. Curveball, thigh high and outside corner – foul 1-2

g. Fastball, thigh high and outside corner – foul 1-2

h. Slider, bounced inside – ball 2-2

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

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

k. No view

2) Drew Longley popped out to Burgamy (3/P)

a. Fastball, thigh high over the middle

3) Marcus Lemon lined out to Nimmo (8/L)

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

b. Fastball, shin high and outside – ball 1-1

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

d. Slider, shin high and inside corner

3^rd inning

1) Johnson hit a groundout to Tovar (63/G)

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

b. Change-up, knee high and outside – ball 1-1

c. Fastball, shin high over the middle – ball 2-1

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

e. Slider, belt high and outside – ball 3-2

f. Fastball, belt high and outside corner – foul 3-2

g. Fastball, thigh high and outside corner

Always been a plus glove at SS

2) Krizan walked (BB)

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

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

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

d. Fastball, belt high and outside – ball 3-1

e. 87 MPH Fastball, knee high and outside corner – strike 3-2

f. Fastball, knee high and outside corner – foul 3-2

g. Fastball, belt high and outside – ball 4

3) Travis popped out to Dilson (4/P)

a. Slider, belt high over the middle

4) Green flied out to Taijeron (9/F)

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

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

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

d. Slider, thigh high and inside corner

4^th inning

1) Moya homered to LF (HR/F)

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

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

c. Slider, knee high and inside – ball 2-1

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

e. Fastball, knee high over the middle

2) Jones reached on an infield single hit to Burgamy (S3/G) – weak chopper deflected under his glove and then Burgamy threw it behind Fulmer

a. No view, low and inside – ball 1-0

b. Change-up, knee high and inside – ball 2-0

c. Fastball, belt high and inside corner

3) Westlake singled to RF (S9/G)

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

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

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

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

e. Slider, knee high and inside corner – foul 2-2

f. Change-up, shin high and inside corner

4) Longley flied out to Nimmo (8/F)

a. Slider, shin high and outside – swinging strike 0-1

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

c. Slider, thigh high and outside

5) Lemon walked to load the bases (BB)

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

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

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

d. Slider, shin high and inside – swinging strike 2-2

e. Slider, bounced, and inside – ball 3-2

f. Fastball, letter high and outside corner – ball 4

6) Johnson walked in a run (BB)

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

b. Fastball, letter high over the middle – ball 2-0

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

d. Fastball, letter high and outside corner – ball 3-1

e. Fastball, letter high over the middle – ball 4

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