Matz is Like… Half Man, Half Amazing

Sacramento River Cats @ Las Vegas 51s

May 15, 2015

Robert Coello @ Steven Matz

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

W: Coello (5-1, 3.47 ERA); L: Matz (4-2, 1.80 ERA); S: Broadway (4, 1.53 ERA)

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Steven Matz – 7.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 9 SO, HR, 100 Pitches (69 Strikes), 8 GO: 3 FO

John Church (3.38 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 H, BB, 1 GO, 2 IR – 0 S

Scott Rice (0.84 ERA) – 0.1 IP, 1 GO, 1 IR – 0 S

Batters

Danny Muno – 1-5

Darrell Ceciliani – 2-4, RBI (17), 2 SB (6), SO

Matt Reynolds – 1-3, BB, HBP

Brandon Allen – 1-4, 2B (7), 2 SO

Steven Matz – 1-2, SAC

Recap

The 51s wasted a gem from Steven Matz for the second straight time Friday night, as the offense was shut down by Robert Coello and Sacramento River Cats bullpen. Matz was ridiculous, keeping hitters off balance throughout the night, and working a 1-2-3 inning in the 1^st, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, and 7^th – see full pitch-by-pitch details below. The only marks against Matz through the 7^th were a bomb he allowed in the 2^nd, and a walk allowed in the 3^rd. After his streak of 15-straight retired was broken on a weird bunt play with two outs in the 8^th, the River Cats were able to scratch together another run. This would prove huge when the 51s finally broke through for a run in the 9^th, but couldn’t scratch out another.

Las Vegas travels to Tacoma to start a 4-game series Saturday night, with Tyler Pill scheduled to make the 8:05 PM start.

Matz Coverage

Pitch identification per the Las Vegas scoreboard and Russ Langer, comments in quotes are from Langer

1^st inning

1) Brett Jackson lined out to Ceciliani (8/L)

i. Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. Fastball – ball 2-0

iii. Fastball – foul 2-1

iv. Fastball – ball 3-1

v. Fastball

2) Ehire Adrianza hit a groundout to Castellanos (53/G)

i. Fastball

3) Juan Perez struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. Fastball – ball 1-1

iii. Changeup – foul 1-2

iv. Fastball – ball 2-2

v. Fastball – foul 2-2

vi. 78 MPH Curveball – called strike 3

2^nd inning

1) Adam Duval struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 94 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 0-2

iii. 94 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3

2) Trevor Brown hit a bomb out to left-center (HR/L)

i. Fastball – ball 1-0, high

ii. 93 MPH Fastball

3) John Bowker struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. Fastball – swinging strike 0-2

iii. 78 MPH Curveball – swinging strike 3

4) Ronny Cedeno flied out to Vaughn (7/F)

i. Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. Changeup

3^rd inning

1) Darren Ford hit a groundout to Muno (43/G)

i. Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 95 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1, inside

iii. Changeup – foul 1-2

iv. 77 MPH Curveball – ball 2-2, high

v. Fastball

2) Robert Coello struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Fastball – ball 1-0, low

ii. Fastball – swinging strike 1-1

iii. Fastball – called strike 1-2

iv. Fastball – swinging strike 3

3) Jackson walked (BB)

i. Fastball – ball 1-0, low

ii. Fastball – ball 2-0, outside

iii. Fastball – ball 3-0

iv. Fastball – called strike 3-1

v. Fastball – called strike 3-2

vi. Fastball – ball 4, outside

4) Adrianza struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Fastball – called strike 0-1
*Jackson steals 2B

ii. 78 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-2

iii. 77 MPH Curveball – swinging strike 3

4^th inning

1) Perez hit a groundout to Muno (43/G)

i. Fastball – swinging strike 0-1

ii. Fastball – called strike 0-2

iii. Fastball

2) Duvall struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 78 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-1

ii. Fastball – swinging strike 0-2

iii. 77 MPH Curveball – swinging strike 3 (Bounced, 2-3 putout)

3) Brown hit a groundout to Muno (43/G)

i. Fastball – ball 1-0, high

ii. Changeup – called strike 1-1

iii. Changeup – foul 1-2

iv. 77 MPH Curveball

5^th inning

*Wilfredo Tovar subbed in at 2B, Daniel Muno to 3B

1) Bowker with a bunt groundout back to the mound (13/G)

i. Fastball

2) Cedeno flied out to Taijeron (9/F)

i. Fastball – ball 1-0, low

ii. Fastball

3) Ford lined out to Ceciliani (8/L)

i. Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. Fastball

6^th inning

1) Coello struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Fastball – ball 1-0, high and inside

ii. Fastball – ball 2-0, inside

iii. Fastball – called strike 2-1

iv. Fastball – swinging strike 2-2

v. Fastball – foul 2-2

vi. Fastball – ball 3-2, high

vii. Fastball – swinging strike 3

2) Jackson lined out to Taijeron (9/L)

i. 78 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-1

ii. Fastball – swinging strike 0-2

iii. 77 MPH Curveball

3) Adrianza struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Fastball – swinging strike 0-1

ii. Changeup – swinging strike 0-2

iii. 77 MPH Curveball – foul 0-2

iv. 94 MPH Fastball – ball 1-2 (“I guess it’s ball 1, great pitch”)

v. 78 MPH Curveball – swinging strike 3

7^th inning

1) Perez struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Changeup – ball 1-0 (“close pitch”)

ii. Fastball – foul 1-1

iii. 94 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 1-2, elevated

iv. 77 MPH Curveball – ball 2-2, just low

v. 78 MPH Curveball – swinging strike 3

2) Duvall hit a groundout to Tovar (43/G)

i. Changeup – ball 1-0

ii. Changeup – swinging strike 1-1

iii. 94 MPH Fastball

3) Brown flied out to Taijeron (9/F)

i. 78 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-1

ii. Fastball

8^th inning

1) Bowker hit a groundout to Tovar (43/G)

i. 78 MPH Curveball

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

i. Fastball – ball 1-0, high

ii. Changeup – foul 1-1

iii. Fastball – foul 1-2

iv. 78 MPH Curveball – ball 2-2, low

v. 78 MPH Curveball – ball 3-2, high

vi. Fastball

3) Ford reached on a bunt single – Ford awarded 2B on a weird play (S1/G) - E3

i. Fastball

4) PH Carlos Triunfel walked (BB)

i. 78 MPH Curveball – ball 1-0, maybe high

ii. Fastball – foul 1-1

iii. 77 MPH Curveball – ball 2-1, inside

iv. Fastball – ball 3-1, high

v. Fastball – foul 3-2

vi. Changeup – foul 3-2

vii. 94 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

viii. Fastball – ball 4, inside (“Whoa was that close”)

5) Jackson reached on an infield single for an RBI (S6/G)

i. 78 MPH Curveball – ball 1-0
*Ford steals 3B uncontested

ii. Fastball – ball 2-0, high

iii. 92 MPH Fastball – called strike 2-1

iv. Fastball

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