Mazzoni Reaches Double Digits in Strikeouts but Bullpen Blows Lead Late

Las Vegas 51s @ Albuquerque Isotopes

August 29, 2014

Cory Mazzoni @ Chris Reed

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Las Vegas	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	6	11	2
Albuquerque	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	X	9	10	1

Win: Martinez (1-0, 1.93 ERA); Loss: Germen (3-1, 2.53 ERA); Save: Garcia (5)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Cory Mazzoni (4.67 ERA) – 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 10 SO, HR, 79 Pitches (57 Strikes), 3 GO: 3 FO, (1-3, R, 2B (1))

Batters

Matt Reynolds – 2-5, RBI (39), SB (14)

Andrew Brown – 2-4, 2 R, 2 HR (21), 3 RBI (66), BB, SO

Taylor Teagarden – 2-4, 2B (7), BB, SO, GIDP

Cory Vaughn – 1-4, R, SB (7), SO

Cesar Puello – 2-3, R, HR (6), 2 RBI (35), BB

Recap:

Cory Mazzoni was great over 6 very efficient innings Friday night, but the Albuquerque Isotopes came back against the 51s bullpen late to win 9-6. Mazzoni was fun to watch, as he worked ahead in the count and mixed up his pitches very effectively throughout the start. Both of his secondary offerings were very effective against Albuquerque, and he ended up with ten strikeouts on the night. Mazzoni didn’t really make a mistake until the 6^th inning, when a first-pitch fastball was deposited over the fences in RF with two outs. He was close to getting out of his most stressful inning of the night, but instead gave back two of the three runs the 51s had tacked on in the top of the frame. Still, Las Vegas got one run right back and held a 6-3 lead heading to the bottom of the 7^th. The Isotopes would scratch together a run off of Lannan in the 7^th and then five off of Gonzalez Germen in the 8^th, on two homeruns.

51s Offense (gifs)

Matt Reynolds led off the game with a single, but the 51s were unable to score a run in the 1^st.

Mazzoni got the 3^rd inning started with a double to RF.

Andrew Brown would bring him home three batters later with his first homerun of the night.

Cesar Puello picked up his first hit of the night in the 4^th, but he’d be stranded at 1B.

Cory Vaughn hit a one out single to LF in the 6^th.

Puello followed with his 6^th homerun of the season.

Anthony Seratelli kept the offense rolling with this triple to right-center field.

Reynolds brought Seratelli home with this RBI single – he would steal 2B but get no further.

Brown led off the 7^th with his second homerun of the night, and 21^st of the year with Las Vegas.

Mazzoni Pitch Coverage

Table 1 – Breaking down pitch count by type and inning

Count (Strikes)	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	6^th	Total
Fastball	7 (4)	5 (3)	9 (8)	5 (4)	5 (5)	11 (7)	42 (31)
Splitter	0	5 (4)	2 (1)	3 (1)	6 (3)	1 (1)	17 (10)
Breaking Ball	2 (2)	4 (3)	3 (2)	1 (1)	4 (3)	6 (5)	20 (16)
Total	9 (6)	14 (10)	14 (11)	9 (6)	15 (11)	18 (13)	79 (57)

Table 2 – Breaking down pitch results by type

Strike %
Total	Call	Swi	Foul

BIP%
LD	GB	FB	PU

Results
AB	BABIP	ISO	K

Fastball

73.8

19.0

11.9

21.4

.444

.300

Splitter

58.8

17.6

23.5

11.8

100

1.00

.200

Breaking Ball

80.0

25.0

15.0

.000

1^st inning

1) Walter Ibarra hit a groundout to Satin (53/G)

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

ii. Fastball, belt high and outer half

2) Joc Pederson struck out looking (K/Lo)

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

ii. Fastball, letter high and outside corner – ball 2-0

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

iv. Fastball, thigh high over the middle – foul 2-2

v. Breaking ball, knee high and outside corner – called strike 3

3) Tim Federowicz popped out to Seratelli (4/P)

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

ii. Breaking ball, thigh high and inside corner

2^nd inning

1) Clint Robinson struck out swinging (K/Sw)

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

ii. Splitter, shin high over the middle – foul 0-2

iii. Splitter, shin high inside corner – foul 0-2

iv. Breaking ball, bounced inside – ball 1-2

v. Breaking ball, knee high and inside corner – foul 1-2

vi. Fastball, knee high and inside corner – swinging strike 3

2) Jamie Romak flied out to Vaughn right in front of the warning track in left-center field (8/F)

i. Breaking ball, thigh high and inside corner – called strike 0-1

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

iii. 84 MPH Breaking ball, knee high over the middle

3) Mike Baxter struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Splitter, shin high and outside corner – ball 1-0

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

iii. Splitter, knee high and outside corner – called strike 1-2

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

v. Splitter, knee high and inside corner – swinging strike 3

3^rd inning

1) Roger Bernadina struck out swinging (K/Sw)

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

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

iii. Breaking ball, knee high and inside corner – swinging strike 3

2) Carlos Triunfel lined a single into RF (S9/L)

i. Fastball, belt high over the middle

3) Chris Reed sac bunted Triunfel to 2B (24/G)

i. Fastball, belt high and inside corner

4) Ibarra grounded an RBI single back up the middle (S8/G)

i. Splitter, bounced inside – ball 1-0

ii. Fastball, knee high and outside corner – called strike 1-1

iii. Fastball, letter high and inside – ball 2-1

iv. Fastball, belt high and outside corner – swinging strike 2-2

v. Fastball, knee high and outside corner

5) Pederson struck out swinging (K/Sw)

*Pickoff attempt went into the crowd, allowing Ibarra to go to 2B

i. Breaking ball, belt high and outside corner – ball 1-0

ii. Splitter, knee high over the middle – called strike 1-1

iii. Fastball, belt high and inside corner – swinging strike 1-2

iv. Breaking ball, bounced inside – swinging strike 3

4^th inning

1) Federowicz popped out to Teagarden in foul territory (3/P)

i. Fastball, belt high over the middle

2) Robinson struck out looking (K/Lo)

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

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

iii. Splitter, bounced inside – ball 1-2

iv. Splitter, bounced inside – ball 2-2

v. Splitter, knee high and outside corner – called strike 3

3) Romak flied out to Vaughn (8/F)

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

ii. Fastball, knee high and outside – ball 1-1

iii. Breaking ball, knee high over the middle

5^th inning

1) Baxter struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Fastball, knee high and inside corner – foul 0-1

ii. Breaking ball, knee high over the middle – foul 0-2

iii. Splitter, shin high and inside corner – swinging strike 3

2) Bernadina hit a groundout to Seratelli (43/G)

i. Splitter, bounced over the middle – ball 1-0

ii. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner

3) Triunfel doubled to CF (D8/F)

i. Breaking ball, thigh high over the middle – called strike 0-1

ii. Breaking ball, thigh high and outside – swinging strike 0-2

iii. Fastball, thigh high over the middle – foul 0-2

iv. Splitter, bounced outside – ball 1-2

v. Splitter, thigh high and inside – ball 2-2

vi. Splitter, thigh high and inside corner

4) Reed struck out swinging (K/Sw)

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

ii. Breaking ball, shin high over the middle – ball 1-1

iii. Fastball, belt high and inside corner – foul 1-2

iv. Splitter, shin high and inside – swinging strike 3

6^th inning

1) Ibarra flied out to Puello (7/F)

i. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner – called strike 0-1

ii. Splitter, shin high and inside – swinging strike 0-2

iii. Fastball, letter high and inside – ball 1-2

iv. Fastball, belt high and inside corner

2) Pederson pulled a single into RF (S9/G)

i. Breaking ball, thigh high and inside corner – called strike 0-1

ii. Fastball, thigh high and inside – ball 1-1

iii. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner

3) Federowicz struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Fastball, belt high and inside corner – ball 1-0

ii. Fastball, letter high and inside – ball 2-0

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

iv. Fastball, belt high and inside corner – swinging strike 2-2

v. Breaking ball, thigh high and inside corner – foul 2-2

vi. Breaking ball, belt high and outside corner – swinging strike 3

4) Robinson launched a homerun to RF (HR/F)

i. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner

5) Romak struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Breaking ball, knee high and inside corner – called strike 0-1

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

iii. Breaking ball, shin high and outside – ball 1-2

iv. Breaking ball, bounced outside – swinging strike 3

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