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Allen and Boyd Provide Double Trouble in the 6th for Las Vegas

Salt Lake Bees @ Las Vegas 51s


June 15, 2015



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
Salt Lake
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
1

4
8
1
Las Vegas
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
1
X

6
13
1
W: Gorski (4-5, 5.20 ERA); L: Ibarra (2-2, 3.45 ERA); Save: Velasquez (4, 5.40 ERA)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Darin Gorski – 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 6 SO, HR, 98 Pitches (66 Strikes), 6 GO: 6 FO
Chase Huchingson (H, 1, 0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 1 GO
Zack Thornton (H, 5, 4.75 ERA) – 1 IP, BB, SO, 2 GO
Scott Rice (H, 3, 3.12 ERA) – 0.2 IP, R, BB, SO, 1 GO
Jon Velasquez – 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 GO, 1 IR – 1 S

Batters

Daniel Muno – 1-3
Johnny Monell – 1-4, 2B (8), 2 SO
Alex Castellanos – 2-4, 2 R, 2B (20), SO
Brooks Conrad – 2-4, 2 R, SO
Brandon Allen – 3-4, R, 2 2B (13), 3 RBI (32)
Travis Taijeron – 1-2, R, RBI (32), BB
Jayce Boyd – 1-4, 2B (3), 2 RBI (3)
Wilfredo Tovar – 2-4, SO

Recap


            The 51s and Bees exchanged leads twice in the 6th inning, with Las Vegas coming out on top, and with just enough of a lead to hold on in the opener of this 3-game series. Darin Gorski came out very strong for Las Vegas, retiring the first 8 and 15 of the first 17, but ran into trouble in that exciting 6th inning. Meanwhile, the 51s had built up a 2-run lead, and weren’t about to let Salt Lake stay ahead for very long after they finally got to Gorski. Scott Rice ran into trouble in the 9th, and then Jon Velasquez couldn’t get the final strike against two straight batters, but he’d induce a groundout to 1B from Alex Yarbrough to end the game.
            Alex Castellanos became the first base runner of the game for either side when he led off the bottom of the 2nd with a single – he’d advanced to 2B on an E6 throwing error. The next three 51s batters would groundout, but that was good enough to get Castellanos home for the games first run. In the 4th, Conrad kept the inning going with a two out single, and then came around to score on an RBI double from Brandon Allen.
            The Bees Kaleb Cowart led off the 6th with a long blast to right center off of Gorski, ending the shutout on the fifth pitch of the inning. Gary Brown followed with a single, and he’d score on the first of consecutive doubles. Overally, Gorski was very solid as a starter, but his mistakes were mostly punished for extra bases.
            Castellanos sparked the 51s counter-rally in the bottom of the 6th with a one out double to LF. He’d score two batters later when Allen hit his second double of the game (400+ feet to dead center). After Taijeron walked on 5 pitches, the Bees pitching coach came out for a visit, and Edgar Ibarra predictably started the next AB with a fastball. The pitch was pretty much right down the middle, and Boyd clobbered it for a 2R double to CF.
            Chase Huchingson was the first out of the pen for Las Vegas, and he was great, working a quick 1-2-3 inning that ended with a strikeout. Zack Thornton took over for the 8th, and he had to work around a fielding error by T.J. Rivera (who entered for Muno in the 7th), but kept Salt Lake off the scoreboard.
            The 51s added an insurance run in the bottom of the 8th thanks to three straight singles from Conrad, Allen, and Taijeron.
            Scott Rice took over in the 9th and allowed a one out walk, but was removed with two outs and a switch-hitter coming up. Velasquez got ahead 1-2 on Cowart, but Kaleb would eventually hit a 3-2 single into RF for an RBI. He’d get ahead of Gary Brown 1-2 as well, but Brown kept the inning alive with a single into LF. But the game would finally end when the next batter hit a groundout to Conrad.
            The series continues Tuesday night at 10:05 PM, with Rainy Lara scheduled to make the start according to the Las Vegas game notes.





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