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Brock and Aderlin Bail Out Cessa

Harrisburg Senators @ Binghamton Mets


June 23, 2015



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
Harrisburg
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0

5
12
0
Binghamton
2
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
X

6
11
0
W: Wheeler (4-1, 5.16 ERA); L: Solis (0-3, 7.94 ERA); Saves: Sewald (13)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Luis Cessa (2.82 ERA) – 5 IP, 11 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 6 SO, 102 Pitches (68 Strikes – 10 swinging), 5 GO: 2 FO
Beck Wheeler – 1 IP, 2 SO, 1 FO
Akeel Morris (H, 1, 0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, BB, SO, 28 Pitches (18 Strikes – 4 swinging), 2 GO
Adam Kolarek (H, 4, 6.11 ERA) – 1 IP, BB, SO, 2 GO
Paul Sewald – 1 IP, H, 2 GO

Batters

Gavin Cecchini – 1-2, R, RBI (25), BB, SF
L.J. Mazzilli – 2-4, R
Brock Peterson – 2-4, R, HR (3), 3 RBI (22), SO, GIDP
Brandon Nimmo – 2-4
Josh Rodriguez – 1-4, 2B (10)
Eudy Pina – 1-4, R
Luis Cessa – 1-2, R
Aderlin Rodriguez – 1-1, R, 2B (12), RBI (29)

Recap


            B-Mets starter Luis Cessa struggled with control early against a Harrisburg team stacked with 5 solid lefties (4 pure lefties, 1 switch-hitter), but the B-Mets bats were able to bail him out thanks to some key hits from Brock Peterson and the pinch-hitting Aderlin Rodriguez. The B-Mets bullpen came into the series on fire lately, and continued their dominance with 4 shutout innings Tuesday night, holding on after the Mets got their one run lead back.
            Cessa has shown great control throughout all of his starts this season, throwing strikes 68% of the time coming into this start, so throwing only 14 of 26 pitches for strikes in the 1st (54%) was well below his norm. He wasn’t getting the calls on some close pitches, but he also left some pitches up that were hit hard for singles. In total, the Senators picked up 5 of their hits off Cessa in the 1st, all singles. The first two reached, and then 3 straight two out singles led to the 3 runs. He’d work himself into and out of trouble over the next 3 frames, but couldn’t maneuver safely through the 5th. Again the trouble came with two outs, as he allowed an RBI triple, followed by an RBI single before his night came to an end. It sounded like his fastball was sitting 93-96 MPH throughout the start, and that he was working in his changeup more than usual with all of the lefties in the game.
            Check out the scoring highlights and details from the game below. This series continues Wednesday night at 6:35 PM, with Michael Fulmer scheduled to pitch for Binghamton.


Scoring Highlights


            L.J. Mazzilli smacked a one out single back up the middle in the 1st, and then Brock Peterson put the B-Mets on the board with his third homerun since joining the team.


            Cessa sparked the 2nd inning rally to take the lead with a one out infield single – he’d collide with the first baseman, but both would be OK. Cecchini and Mazzilli followed with singles to load the bases for Michael Conforto. He couldn’t come through with a hit, but he’d beat out his slow groundout to 2B for an RBI force out. Brock followed with his second RBI hit in as many innings to put the B-Mets ahead 4-3.









            With Eudy Pina on 1B in the 6th, Aderlin Rodriguez hit a pinch-hit RBI double to tie the game. He’d advance to 3B on the throw home, and then score on a sac fly from Cecchini to give the B-Mets a lead.





            Brandon Nimmo added a pair of singles: after the Peterson HR in the 1st, and with one out in the 5th.





Bonus


Use your glove Akeel! #CRIPES


Pitcher Coverage


Luis Cessa



1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Total
Total
26
16
29
12
19
102
Strikes
14
15
16
9
14
68
Swinging*
1
2
3
2
2
10
9.8% swinging strike rate





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