Binghamton Mets @ Altoona Curve
May 30, 2015
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W: Creasy (6-0, 2.68
ERA); L: Gsellman (0-1, 13.50 ERA)
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Robert Gsellman – 4
IP, 8 H, 6 R, 2 BB, 6 SO, HR, 103 Pitches (59 Strikes), 2 GO: 2 FO
Matt Koch (3.32 ERA)
– 1 IP, H, 1 GO: 2 FO, 2 IR – 1 S
Dario Alvarez (6.19
ERA) – 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 SO, 1 FO
Bobby Parnell (16.20
ERA) – 0.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 29 Pitches (16 Strikes), 1 GO
Julian Hilario (9.53
ERA) – 1.2 IP, 2 BB, 2 SO, 1 GO: 1 FO, 3 IR – 1 S
Batters
Eudy Pina – 1-5, R, 3B (5), RBI (7), SO
Gavin Cecchini -3-4, 2 RBI (22), BB
Michael Conforto – 0-2, 3 BB, SO
Aderlin Rodriguez – 1-4, R, 2B (8), SO
Robert Gsellman – 2-2
Recap
The
B-Mets pitching put them in a hole that even the 51s offense would struggle to
overcome on their best night, as the B-Mets lost their second straight against
the Curve. Robert Gsellman’s AA debut did not go well Saturday night in
Altoona, as he allowed as many runs as he had in his first 6 starts with St.
Lucie thanks to poor control of his fastball. Michael Conforto also made his AA
debut, walking in his first 3 plate appearances before finishing 0-2 in the
last two innings of the game. Of most immediate importance to Mets fans was the
relief appearance of Bobby Parnell, who was pitching on consecutive nights for
the first time this year, and who was abused for 5 runs in just one third of an
inning. The B-Mets offense was led by the trio of Gavin Cecchini, Eudy Pina,
and Aderlin Rodriguez, who have been the hottest three hitters in the lineup
lately (only three some games). Also from the bullpen, Dario Alvarez has really
struggled at times this year, and is looking like a candidate for removal from
the Mets 40-man, if needed. Matt Koch has been excellent since he was moved to
the pen, and this scoreless appearance lowered his ERA to 0.53 in 17 IP over 10
appearances since that move. Julian Hilario allowed two walks, but was overall
much better than he has been so far with AA, so hopefully he can build on this.
This
series wraps up Sunday evening at 6 PM, with Seth Lugo looking to salvage one
win for the B-Mets from this trip.
Gavin
Cecchini started his big night with a single in the 1st, one of
three in the game.
Aderlin
Rodriguez led off the 4th with a double, and then he’d come home on
a groundout for the B-Mets first run.
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| Aderlin has been driving the ball more lately |
After
Yeixon Ruiz reached on a fielding error in his first AA AB, Eudy Pina tripled
him home. Cecchini brought Pina home with his second hit of the night. Conforto
would follow with his only fair contact of the night, grounding out weakly
behind the mound.
Gilbert
Gomez led off the 9th with a walk, went to 2B on a groundout, and
then scored on Cecchini’s third single of the game. The game ended with
Conforto taking a called strike 3.
Bonus
Pitcher Coverage
Robert Gsellman
Gsellman
flashed some nice stuff, but was done in by spotty fastball control throughout.
He started the game with a strikeout, but things went mostly downhill after
that. The next two batters would pick up singles off of him – flare single over
Cecchini’s head (“floating single”) and then Josh Bell hit a soft liner into CF
with the runner going – but Gsellman got out of the inning thanks to a double
play groundball. He found himself in the same position during the 2nd
inning, but he grooved a fastball to Eric Wood, who hit a no-doubter into the
LF bleachers. Gsellman would recover to strike out the next two batters, so it
looked like the HR was a blip. The Curve used 3 singles and some heads up base
running during the 3rd to add another pair of runs. Josh Bell picked
up a one out single on a nice pitch on the outside corner from Gsellman, so you
tip your cap to Bell on that. He’d pick up the second out of the frame with a
strikeout of Willy Garcia, but then allowed back-to-back singles. Bell had
advanced to 2B during Garica’s AB when a ball in the dirt bounced a few feet
away from Carrillo – he did not hesitate on a ball most guys stay put on. After
the pair of singles, Gsellman found himself in another runners on the corners
situation, and the Curve would take advantage of another ball in the dirt –
Allie broke from 1B, Carrillo chose to throw through, so Osuna broke home and
scored. Gsellman bounced back with his best inning in the 4th,
striking out two along the way. That inning likely earned him a shot at the 5th
even though he was at 91 pitches. He’d allow a walk and a third single from
Josh Bell, none of which were hit very hard. Of the 21 batters Gsellman faced,
he went to at least 3 balls against 8 of them, which is not like him at all, as
he’s generally shown very good control.
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Bobby Parnell
Parnell
came in for the 7th and retired the first batter on a groundout, but
the next 7 would reach on 4 singles, a double, and two walks. The singles up
the middle weren’t hit very hard, but they were hit where the defense wasn’t.
He had 3 swinging strikes in the appearance, which is less than a full-strength
Parnell is capable of against this AA lineup. B-Mets announcer Tim Heiman was
suggesting that the Altoona scoreboard gun is slow a few MPH, but he reported
him at 91 MPH early, and 93 MPH with consistency later.
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