Gnats Offense Missing in Rain-Shortened Loss to Rome

Savannah Sand Gnats @ Rome Braves

April 14, 2015

Scarlyn Reyes @ Max Povse (0-1, 1.80 ERA)

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Savannah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X		0	4	1
Rome	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X		2	6	1

W: Povse (1-1, 0.90 ERA); L: Reyes (0-1, 4.50 ERA); S: Quintana (1)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Scarlyn Reyes – 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R, BB, 2 SO, 69 Pitches (42 Strikes), 6 GO: 2 FO

Alberto Baldonado (0.00 ERA) – 2.1 IP, H, 3 BB, 4 SO, 1 GO: 2 FO

Shane Bay (0.00 ERA) – 0.2 IP, 1 FO, 2 IR – 0 S

Batters

Patrick Biondi – 1-4, 2B

Jon Leroux – 1-2, BB, SO

Jean Rodriguez – 1-3

Vicente Lupo – 1-2, BB

Recap:

            Scarlyn Reyes was one pitch away from getting out of big jam in the 1^st inning Tuesday night, but Codey McElroy came through for Rome with a big two-run double that turned out to be the only runs of a second straight rain-shortened game. Reyes really settled down after that, only allowing a single and a walk over his next three innings of work. Lefty Alberto Baldonado took over for Reyes in the 5^th and was wildly effective over his 2.1 IP for Savannah, but had to be bailed out by Shane Bay when he got into trouble in the 7^th. As good as the Gnats pitching was after the 1^st, the Rome pitching was even better from the start, as their starter Max Povse only allowed a couple of singles over his 5 innings of work. They had managed two base runners off reliever Zach Quintana in the 8^th (with a double play grounder in between them), but the rain was falling too hard for them to finish the inning, so the game ended with Patrick Biondi on 2B after his double. The Sand Gnats rotation turns back to opening day starter Corey Oswalt for the rubber match Wednesday afternoon at 1 PM, and then the Gnats finally return home for their home opener.

Pitching Coverage

Scarlyn Reyes

            Reyes needed 27 pitches to get through the 1^st, but appeared to settle in after that. Despite the wild 1^st, he nearly got through the inning unscathed, but he couldn’t get a 1-0 pitch in enough and McElroy made him pay. Check out his two strikeouts below, he recorded both in the 4^th inning.

Alberto Baldonado

            Baldonado ran into trouble in the 5^th and 7^th innings, but he looked very sharp in the 6^th, when he recorded two of his four strikeouts in the game. It’s not clear if his role is full-time reliever or if he’s more of a piggyback starter at this point. He’s been a piggyback starter in the past, and he stayed in for 46 pitches after Reyes last only 69 pitches Tuesday night. Check out his four strikeouts below.

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