Thor KO's the Aces on Fight Night in Las Vegas

Reno Aces @ Las Vegas 51s

May 2, 2015

Justin Marks @ Noah Syndergaard

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

W: Syndergaard (2-0, 1.66 ERA); L: Marks (2-3, 7.52 ERA); Save: Rice (1, 1.17 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Noah Syndergaard – 7 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 10 SO, 100 Pitches (65 Strikes), 8 GO: 1 FO

John Church (H, 2, 4.85 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 2 H, SO, 1 GO: 2 FO

Scott Rice – 0.2 IP, SO, 1 GO

Batters

Daniel Muno – 1-4, SO

Matt Reynolds – 1-2, R, 2 BB, SB (6)

Travis Taijeron – 1-4, RBI (14), 2 SO

Cory Vaughn – 2-2, R, HR (2), 2 RBI (6), 2 BB

Recap

While most of the country was focused on Las Vegas Saturday night for the jerks punching each other in the face, I was more interested in the stud starting across town. Can’t speak for the rest of the country, but I was not disappointed watching Thor pitch as well as he has in AAA for a second straight game. After his first pitch was lined into the RF corner for a double, Thor bounced back to retire the next batter with a strikeout, and then never looked back. The 51s would score two runs in the bottom of the 1^st, thanks to a two-out rally started by Matt Reynolds, but then went as cold as the Reno batters against Thor. Cory Vaughn added a no-doubter in the 6^th for an insurance run, continuing his white-hot series against Reno - he is 7-8 with 2 walks drawn. John Church and Scott Rice combined to pitch two scoreless innings over the final two frames, and both have looked very good lately.

Thor focused on his great fastball/curveball combo tonight, and was dominating like he always should be. From Table 1, it might not seem like he threw as many curveballs early, but compared to 2014 Thor, 9 curves over the first 3 innings is a lot. Not only did he throw more curves early, he also threw back-to-back curves on multiple occasions, and went almost exclusively to the curve in the final AB of the 6^th and 7^th inning. There were a few long streaks of only fastballs from Thor tonight, but hitters couldn’t just wait on it as comfortably as in 2014, because he had already established that he’d go to his curve in any count. If he keeps this pace up, not sure the Mets will be able to ignore him for very long.

The series concludes Sunday at 3:05 PM, with Darin Gorski scheduled to pitch for Las Vegas.

Thor Coverage

Table 1 – Breaking down pitch count by type and inning

Count (Strikes)	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	6^th	7^th	Total
Fastball	7 (5)	13 (9)	11 (8)	12 (8)	11 (6)	3 (2)	12 (7)	69 (46)
Change-up	0	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	1 (0)	2 (0)
Curveball	3 (3)	2 (1)	4 (2)	8 (5)	0	5 (4)	7 (4)	29 (19)
Total	10 (8)	15 (10)	15 (10)	20 (13)	12 (7)	8 (6)	20 (11)	100 (65)

Table 2 – Breaking down pitch results by type

Strike %
Total	Call	Sw	Foul

BIP%
LD	GB	FB	PU

Results
AB	BABIP	ISO	K

Fastball

66.7

11.6

5.8

31.9

.333

.267

Change-up

0.0

Breaking Ball

65.5

34.5

13.8

6.9

100

.000

1^st inning

1) Garrett Weber lined a double into the RF corner (D/L9)

i. Fastball

2) Danny Worth struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. 98 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 96 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

iii. 97 MPH Fastball – foul 2-1

iv. 97 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

v. 80 MPH Curveball – called strike 3

3) Peter O’Brien flies out to RF – Weber to 3B (9/F)

i. 97 MPH Fastball

4) Nick Evans hits a groundout to Muno (53/G)

i. 82 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-1

ii. 98 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

iii. 82 MPH Curveball

2^nd inning

1) Jamie Romak struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 79 MPH Curveball – ball 1-1

iii. 96 MPH Fastball – foul 1-2

iv. 96 MPH Fastball – foul 1-2

v. 78 MPH Curveball – called strike 3

2) Cody Ransom hit a groundout to Reynolds (63/G)

i. Fastball

3) Blake Lalli walked (BB)

i. 97 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 97 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

iii. 97 MPH Fastball – foul 2-1

iv. 97 MPH Fastball – ball 3-1

v. 98 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

vi. 97 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

vii. 96 MPH Fastball – ball 4

4) Trayvon Robinson grounded into a force out (64/G)

i. 97 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 96 MPH Fastball

3^rd inning

1) Justin Marks struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 96 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, outside

ii. 97 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0, low

iii. 96 MPH Fastball – called strike 2-1

iv. 96 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

v. 97 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3

2) Weber hit a chopper to Reynolds (63/G)

i. 78 MPH Curveball – ball 1-0, inside

ii. 96 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1

iii. 97 MPH Fastball – foul 1-2

iv. 80 MPH Curveball – ball 2-2, low

v. 78 MPH Curveball – foul 2-2

vi. 97 MPH Fastball

3) Worth struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. 98 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 98 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

iii. 98 MPH Fastball – ball 1-2, outside

iv. 79 MPH Curveball – called strike 3

4^th inning

1) O’Brien pulls a double down the LF line (D/G7)

i. 80 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-1

ii. 97 MPH Fastball

2) Evans struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 96 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, low

ii. 80 MPH Curveball – ball 2-0, low

iii. 97 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 2-1

iv. 97 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

v. 80 MPH Curveball – swinging strike 3

3) Romak struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 81 MPH Curveball – ball 1-0, outside and low

ii. 96 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0, high

iii. 97 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 2-1

iv. 97 MPH Fastball – ball 3-1, inside

v. 97 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

vi. 82 MPH Curveball – swinging strike 3

4) Ransom struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 98 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, low

ii. 98 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1

iii. 82 MPH Curveball – swinging strike 1-2

iv. 82 MPH Curveball – ball 2-2, bounced outside

v. 98 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

vi. 99 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

vii. 81 MPH Curveball – swinging strike 3

5^th inning

1) Lalli lined out to Vaughn (7/L)

i. 96 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, low

ii. 97 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1

iii. 86 MPH Changeup – ball 2-1, bounced

iv. 96 MPH Fastball

2) Robinson shattered his bat on a weak groundout to Muno (53/G)

i. 97 MPH Fastball

3) Marks struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. Fastball – swinging strike 0-1

ii. 97 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1, low

iii. Fastball – ball 2-1

iv. Fastball – called strike 2-2

v. 96 MPH Fastball – foul

vi. 98 MPH Fastball – ball 3-2

vii. 97 MPH Fastball – called strike 3

6^th inning

1) Weber lined out to Vaughn in left center (7/L)

i. 96 MPH Fastball

2) Worth hit a triple over the head of Kyle Johnson in CF (T/L8)

i. 96 MPH Fastball

3) O’Brien hit a sharp grounder to Muno (53/G)

i. 81 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-1, knee high inside corner

ii. 80 MPH Curveball – ball 1-1, bounced outside

iii. 96 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1, inside

iv. 79 MPH Curveball – called strike 2-2

v. 80 MPH Curveball

4) Evans hit a groundout to Muno (53/G)

i. 81 MPH Curveball

7^th inning

1) Romak walked (BB)

i. 86 MPH Changeup – ball 1-0, low

ii. 96 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0, low

iii. 96 MPH Fastball – foul 2-1

iv. 80 MPH Curveball – called strike 2-2

v. 80 MPH Curveball – ball 3-2, low

vi. 97 MPH Fastball – ball 4, low

2) Ransom struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. 96 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 96 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

iii. 97 MPH Fastball – called strike 3

3) Lalli lined a single into RF (S/L9)

i. 97 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, low

ii. 97 MPH Fastball

4) Robinson hits a groundout to Tovar (43/G)

i. 97 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, low and away

ii. 97 MPH Fastball

5) PH Kevin Frandsen struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. 81 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-1

ii. 82 MPH Curveball – ball 1-1, bounced outside

iii. 81 MPH Curveball – foul 1-2

iv. 97 MPH Fastball – foul 1-2

v. 80 MPH Curveball – ball 2-2, bounced

vi. 96 MPH Fastball – ball 3-2, chin music

vii. 79 MPH Curveball – called strike 3

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