Cessa Great but B-Mets Swept by Thunder

Trenton Thunder @ Binghamton Mets

June 4, 2015

Caleb Smith @ Luis Cessa

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Trenton	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	6	1
Binghamton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	1

W: Smith (3-3, 4.20 ERA); L: Cessa (4-4, 2.81 ERA); Save: Pazos (1, 2.45 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Luis Cessa – 7.2 IP, 4 H, R, BB, 8 SO, HR, 97 Pitches (65 Strikes), 8 GO: 5 FO

Adam Kolarek (6.26 ERA) – 0.2 IP, H, R (0 ER), SO, 2 GO, 1 IR – 0 S

Paul Sewald (1.42 ERA) – 0.2 IP, H, SO, 1 GO, 2 IR – 1 S

Batters

Michael Conforto – 2-4, 2B (2)

Recap

            The B-Mets wasted a brilliant start from Luis Cessa Thursday night as the Thunder completed the 3-game sweep behind an even better performance from Trenton starter Caleb Smith. Cessa would allow a leadoff homerun to catcher Gary Sanchez in the 2^nd, and that was all of the scoring in this game until the top of the 9^th. Michael Conforto kept on chugging in AA, but nobody else in the lineup contributed a hit, with two other base runners coming via the walk and one reaching on an error.

            Cessa was exceptional, sitting the mid-90’s (93-96) with his fastball, and mixing in a nice mid-80’s slider and low-80’s change for 8 strikeouts and 11 swinging strikes. He retired 15 in a row until allowing a walk with two outs in the 7^th – the runner would be erased on a caught stealing anyway. He has now allowed just 1 run over his last two starts, with 13 K: 1 BB and 7 hits allowed across 13.1 IP. This is a great sign, as his K-rate had been slipping since 8 in his first start of the year, but otherwise he’s been very strong for Binghamton.

            The B-Mets welcome Reading into town Friday night, and will be looking to get back to .500 starting at 6:35 PM.

Scoring Highlights

            Scoring? What Scoring? Michael Conforto did pick up two hits though. With two outs in the 1^st, Conforto doubled into left center field. With two outs in the 9^th, Conforto line a single into LF. Brutal

Bonus

Error #12 for Cecchini

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