Big Third Against Gorski Prove too Much for Las Vegas to Overcome

Las Vegas 51s @ Tacoma Rainiers

May 18, 2015

Darin Gorski @ Sam Gaviglio

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

W: Gaviglio (3-3, 5.23 ERA); L: Gorski (3-3, 6.08 ERA); S: Guaipe (3, 2.25 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Darin Gorski – 5 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 4 SO, 2 HR, 90 Pitches (60 Strikes), 2 GO: 3 FO

John Church (3.09 ERA) – 2 IP, 2 SO, 2 GO

Zack Thornton (4.34 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 2 GO

Batters

Darrell Ceciliani (.336) – 1-4, R, 3B (3), 2 SO

T.J. Rivera – 1-4, RBI (1), SO

Brooks Conrad – 1-3, R, BB, 2 SO

Brandon Allen – 1-4, R, 2B (8)

Travis Taijeron – 1-4, R, 2B (3), RBI (19)

Dan Rohlfing – 1-3, RBI (9), SO

Recap

            The Las Vegas 51s couldn’t overcome a five-spot that the Rainiers put up against Darin Gorski in the 3^rd, as their offense failed to show up again in Tacoma. Gorski and the 51s pitching was great outside of that 3^rd inning, combining to allow only a double and a walk during the other 7 frames that Tacoma came to the plate. Las Vegas would immediately start chipping away at the lead, cutting the lead to 5-4 by the middle of the 5^th, but could only muster two more base runners over the final four frames.

            Gorski’s results continue to be alternate between the extremes – he’s either been shutdown good (2 ER or less in 5 starts), or blown out bad (20 ER in his other 3 starts, spanning 10.1 IP). He had been cruising early, retiring 8 of the first 9 when all of the trouble started with two outs in the 3^rd, as the next four Tacoma batters would reach and score: Austin Jackson walked, Ketel Marte hit a three-run homerun (a line drive blast that just got over the wall), Stefen Romero singled, and then Jesus Montero hit his 5^th bomb of the year (no doubter to left-center field). Gorski would work around a leadoff double allowed in the 4^th, and a leadoff walk allowed in the 5^th, before yielding to the pen in the 6^th.

            Check out the highlights from the offense below. This series wraps up Tuesday at 2:35 PM, with Duane Below scheduled to pitch for Las Vegas, and the 51s needing a win for the split.

Scoring Highlights

            After the 51s were set down in order in each of the first 3 innings, Darrell Ceciliani led off the 3^rd with his third triple of the year. T.J. Rivera would follow with an RBI single, but the 51s couldn’t get a rally going.

            The first three Las Vegas batters in the 5^th would reach on a walk (Brooks Conrad), and then back-to-back doubles (Brandon Allen, and then Travis Taijeron). Dan Rohlfing would make it a 5-4 game with an RBI single to bring home Taijeron, but they never threatened to score again.

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