Doctor Cessa Administer's a Groundball Treatment in Akron

Binghamton Mets @ Akron Rubber Ducks

May 8, 2015

Luis Cessa @ Mike Clevinger

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Binghamton	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	8	1
Akron	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	9	1

W: Cessa (3-1, 2.67 ERA); L: Clevinger (1-2, 2.67 ERA); S: Velasquez (6, 3.24 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Luis Cessa – 6 IP, 8 H, 3 R, BB, 3 SO, 89 Pitches (60 Strikes), 8 GO: 3 FO

Matt Koch (H, 2, 4.39 ERA) – 1.2 IP, H, SO, 1 GO: 3 FO

Dario Alvarez (H, 5, 3.48 ERA) – 0.1 IP, BB

Jon Velasquez – 1 IP, 2 SO, 1 FO, 1 IR – 0 S

Batters

Jared King – 3-5, R, RBI (17), SB (2)

Jayce Boyd – 1-3, R, 2B (8), BB, SB (1)

Xorge Carrillo – 1-3, 2 RBI (7), BB

Aderlin Rodriguez – 1-4, RBI (11), SO

Gavin Cecchini – 2-3, R, 2B (6), BB

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Recap

            After building up a 3-0 lead over the first two innings Friday night, Luis Cessa gave back all three runs in the bottom of the 2^nd, as he was BABIP’d for several hits early. But the B-Mets jumped back to a 4-3 lead in the top of the 3^rd, and groundballs finding infielders gloves for outs behind Cessa, who would only allow three baserunners over his final four innings. Jared King had another big day at the plate for Binghamton, playing a key role in two of B-Mets rallies. Matt Koch has done great since being moved to the pen, as he’s up to 5 K: 0 BB, with 3 hits allowed in 5.2 scoreless innings pitched. Jon Velasquez did a great job in his return to B-Mets closer role, and his return will only strengthen a group that is currently rolling.

            Cessa continues to build up his prospect resume for Binghamton, working quickly and showing some nice heat. He was also dropping in some nice curves throughout the start Friday, but the umpire was pretty inconsistent with his call on the pitch. The first five hits Cessa allowed were singles grounded through the infield, so he wasn’t exactly giving up loud contact early. The two doubles hit off him were hit loud, but neither led to any additional damage against Cessa. I don’t get to watch any FSL games on MiLB.tv, but I listen to a lot of radio coverage, and Cessa was reportedly hitting 96 MPH often early in his starts with St. Lucie last year, but would generally lose velocity throughout the start. This year he’s been sitting more low-90’s with his heat throughout the start (per what the announcers report), but has the mid-90’s heat when he needs it.  He was pounding the bottom of the zone with that heat in this start, which helped generate so many groundballs.

            This series continues Saturday night, with Michael Fulmer scheduled to make the 6:35 PM start for Binghamton.

Scoring Highlights

            Jared King picked up a hit in each of his first 3 AB’s Friday, including this single to leadoff the game. King would steal 2B, and then come around to score on Xorge Carrillo’s two-run single.

            Gavin Cecchini hit a one-out double in the 2^nd, and then Jared King brought him home with a single back up the middle.

            Jayce Boyd lined a one-out double in the 3^rd, his 8^th of the year. Aderlin Rodriguez would drive him home with a single into CF, but Carrillo was thrown out trying to go to 3B on the play.

            King picked up his 3^rd hit with two outs in the 4^th.

            Cecchini lined a one-out single into CF in the 6^th.

           

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