Verrett Great but Loses Late (Pitch Coverage)

Las Vegas 51s @ Omaha Storm Chasers

August 16, 2014

Logan Verrett @ Buddy Baumann

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

Win: Dwyer (4-3, 4.85 ERA); Lose: Verrett (10-5, 4.35 ERA)

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Logan Verrett – 8 IP, 4 H, 3 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 7 SO, HR, 90 Pitches (64 Strikes), 5 GO: 6 FO

Batters

Andrew Brown – 2-4, R, SO

Brown picks up his second hit of the night

Taylor Teagarden – 1-4, R, HR (12), 2 RBI (12), SO

Teagarden launched this one to RF

Kevin Plawecki – 1-4, 2B (6), SO

Plaw hit this double a long way but it was nearly caught

Cory Vaughn – 1-3, 2B (8), BB, 2 SO

Vaughn is having a good week, pulls this double over the 3B bag

Recap:

Logan Verrett was as sharp as he’s been all season, needing only 90 pitches to complete 8 innings. Unfortunately, he couldn’t protect a late 2-0 lead provided by a Taylor Teagarden homerun, and ended up the hard luck loser in the tightly contested opener of a four-game series in Omaha. The Storm Chasers starter Buddy Baumann was matching Verrett zero-for-zero over the first five innings, picking up a season best nine strikeouts along the way. The Omaha bullpen was very sharp too, and righty Blake Wood was throwing 96-97 MPH heaters and 89-90 MPH sliders over his 1.2 IP. Teagarden, playing 1B for only the 2^nd time as a pro, connected with one of those fastballs in the 7^th to give the 51s a short-lived 2-0 lead. Unfortunately for the 1B-neophyte, he dropped a shallow popup hit back to the mound in the bottom of the 7^th, which allowed an unearned run to score in the inning. Stolen bases were another big factor in the inning, and both plays had 51s asterisks to be added to them. On the first stolen base, Plaw lost control of the ball on the transfer, so no throw was made. On the double steal attempt later in the inning, Plaw made a throw to 3B but Muno was nowhere near the bag. The Storm Chasers would pull ahead for good in the bottom of the 8^th, when Brian Bocock launched a two-run homerun to left field. The 51s tried to put some two-out magic together in the 9^th, as Plaw doubled and Vaughn drew a walk, but Danny Muno chased a curveball to end the game swinging.

Verrett 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	7^th	8^th	Total
Fastball	8 (5)	4 (4)	6 (3)	3 (3)	5 (4)	6 (5)	5 (0)	10 (7)	47 (31)
Change-up	1 (1)	1 (1)	1 (1)	1 (1)	3 (2)	1 (1)	4 (3)	2 (1)	14 (11)
Breaking Ball	1 (1)	3 (2)	2 (2)	5 (3)	5 (5)	4 (3)	6 (6)	3 (0)	29 (22)
Total	10 (7)	8 (7)	9 (6)	9 (7)	13 (11)	11 (9)	15 (9)	15 (8)	90 (64)

Table 2 – Breaking down pitch results by type

Strike %
Total	Call	Sw	Foul

BIP%
LD	GB	FB	PU

Results
AB	BABIP	ISO	K

Fastball

66.0

12.8

6.4

25.5

.222

.272

Change-up

78.6

21.4

42.9

7.1

100

.000

Breaking Ball

75.9

24.1

20.7

.222

.077

1^st inning

1) Whit Merrifield hit a weak groundout back to Verrett (13/G)

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

b. 88 MPH Fastball, thigh high and outside corner – strike 1-1

c. Fastball, knee high and inside corner

2) Johnny Giavotella popped out to Teagarden near the dugout (3/P)

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

b. Fastball, knee high and outside – swinging strike 0-1

c. Fastball, above the belt and outside – ball 1-2

d. Slider, thigh high and outside corner

3) Paulo Orlando flied out to Vaughn (8/F)

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

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

c. Fastball, belt high over the middle

2^nd inning

1) Carlos Paguero singled to RF (S9/F)

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

b. Slider, shin high and inside – ball 1-1

c. Change-up, knee high over the middle – swinging strike 1-2

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

e. Slider, thigh high and inside corner

2) Francisco Pena flied out to Puello on the warning track (7/F)

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

b. Fastball, belt high over the middle

3) Cheslor Cuthbert hit a liner at Reynolds to start a double play (63/L)

a. Fastball, belt high and outside corner

3^rd inning

1) Matt Fields struck out swinging (K/Sw)

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

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

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

d. Slider, knee high and outside – swinging strike 3

2) Pedro Ciriaco hit a groundout to Reynolds (63/G)

a. 89 MPH Fastball, knee high and outside – ball 1-0

b. Fastball, belt high over the middle

3) Brian Bocock hit a groundout to Muno (53/G)

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

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

c. Fastball, thigh high and outside corner

4^th inning

1) Merrifield struck out swinging (K/Sw)

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

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

c. Breaking ball, knee high over the middle – swinging strike 3

2) Giavotella flied out to Puello in left-center field, just shy of the track (7/F)

a. Fastball, thigh high and outside corner

3) Orlando struck out looking (K/Lo)

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

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

c. Slider, bounced and outside – ball 1-2

d. Slider, shin high and outside – ball 2-2

e. Slider, bounced and outside – strike 3 looking

5^th inning

1) Peguero struck out swinging (K/Sw)

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

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

c. Change-up, shin high over the middle – swinging strike 3

2) Pena flied out to Puello just in front of the wall (7/F)

a. Breaking ball, thigh high and outside corner

3) Cuthbert doubled to the left-center field warning track, one-hopping the wall (D8/F)

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

b. Breaking ball, knee high and outside corner – strike 1-1

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

d. Change-up, belt high over the middle – foul 2-2

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

f. Slider, belt high over the middle

4) Matt Fields struck out swinging (K/Sw)

a. Slider, shin high over the middle – swinging strike 0-1

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

c. Breaking ball, thigh high over the middle – swinging strike 3

6^th inning

1) Ciriaco flared out to Seratelli (4/P)

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

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

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

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

e. Breaking ball, shin high over the middle

2) Bocock hit a groundout to Reynolds (63/G)

a. Breaking ball, bounced and outside – ball 1-0

b. Slider, thigh high over the middle

3) Merrifield popped out to Seratelli (4/P)

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

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

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

d. Breaking ball, belt high and inside corner

7^th inning

1) Giavotella reached on a dropped popup by Teagarden near the mound (E3/P)

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

b. Fastball, just below the knees over the middle – ball 1-1

c. Slider, belt high and inside corner

(Substitution: Terrance Gore pinch-running for Omaha)

2) Orlando walked (BB)

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

*Stolen base – Plawecki couldn’t make the transfer

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

c. Change-up, bounced and outside – ball 3-0

d. Fastball, belt high and outside – ball 4

3) Pegeuro struck out swinging (K/Sw)

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

b. Change-up, outside corner – strike 0-2

c. Breaking ball, bounced and inside – swinging strike 3

4) Pena flew out to Puello near the LF line to drive in Gore from 3B (SF7/F)

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

b. Change-up, belt high and outside – swinging strike 1-1

*Double steal – throw went to 3B but Muno wasn’t covering

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

d. 77 MPH breaking ball, pitch was blocked by the runner at 2B

Puello shows off his arm in LF but had no chance at the speedy runner

5) Cuthbert flied out to Vaughn as he reached the warning track (8/F)

a. Change-up, knee high and outside corner

8^th inning

1) Fields walked (BB)

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

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

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

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

e. Slider, bounced over the middle – ball 3-2

f. Slider, shin high and outside – ball 4

(Substitution: Paul Janish pinch-running for Omaha)

2) Ciriaco struck out swinging (K/Sw)

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

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

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

d. Fastball, shin high over the middle – swinging strike 3

3) Bocock launched a homerun to LF (HR/7D)

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

b. Fastball, thigh high over the middle

4) Merrifield hit a groundout to Reynolds (63/G)

a. Fastball, belt high and outside corner

5) Gore singled to LF (S7/F)

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

b. Fastball, thigh high and outside corner

*Gore picked off

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