Harrisburg Senators @ Binghamton Mets
June 24, 2015
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R
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Harrisburg
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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3
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1
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4
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7
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Binghamton
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7
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W: Bleier (5-2, 3.13
ERA); L: Koch (4-3, 3.28 ERA); Save: Runion (S, 4, 2.51 ERA)
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Michael Fulmer (2.70
ERA) – 7 IP, 3 H, BB, 6 SO, 87 Pitches (56 Strikes), 8 GO: 2 FO
Matt Koch (BS, 3) –
2 IP, 4 H, 4 R (3 ER), BB, 3 GO: 2 FO
Batters
Gavin Cecchini – 3-4, R, HR (5), RBI (26)
L.J. Mazzilli – 1-4, SO
Brandon Nimmo – 1-4, 2 SO
Xorge Carrillo – 1-3, BB
Jared King – 1-4, 3B (1), SO
Recap
Michael
Fulmer had a dominant fastball/slider combination working for him over 7
scoreless innings against the Senators Wednesday night, but Harrisburg starter
Richard Bleier nearly matched him over his 7 innings, and then the Senators bats
broke through against reliever Matt Koch to come back for a win. For Fulmer, it
was the third straight start where his stuff really stood out, as he now has 17
K over 17.1 IP during his last 3 starts, thanks to a sparkling 14.2% swinging
strike rate (includes rain-shortened, 4 IP affair on 6/12). The B-Mets offense
got a breakout performance from Gavin Cecchini, who’s been hitting into some
poor BABIP fortune lately (.182 BABIP, 11.8 K%: 7.4 BB% in his last 68 PA), and
the first extra base hit from Jared King in over a month, but they got little
else, wasting their best chance in the 1st inning. For Koch, it was
the first time as a reliever that he’s allowed more than 1 R, and he’s only
done that twice in 16 previous appearances spanning 26.1 IP since May 2nd
– he had a 17 K: 1 BB ratio, with a .498 OPS allowed during that span.
Fulmer
had his mid-90’s heat and plus slider working all night, rarely needing to
deviate from that 1-2 punch. He said earlier in the season that he’s trying to
throw the curveball less to reduce elbow strain, and that’s probably OK when
those two pitches are working like they were tonight. He did mix in the change
sometimes, but it didn’t sound like he threw too many – as you can see below,
it’d be impossible to differentiate between fastball and changeup from the
camera angle the B-Mets have used most often this season, so I rely on the
announcers, or a camera panning to RF and showing the scoreboard. The most
trouble he ran into came during the 7th, when he issued his first
walk of the night with two outs – it came on 4 pitches to Matt Skole – allowing
two runners on base in an inning for the first time all game. He’d escape that
threat with his sixth strikeout of the game.
This
series continues Thursday night at 6:35 PM, with Robert Gsellman scheduled to
pitch for the B-Mets.
Scoring Highlights
The
B-Mets got the first two batters on base in the 1st inning (Gavin
Cecchini and L.J. Mazzilli singled), with 3 of the top hitters in the EL due up,
but Michael Conforto and Josh Rodriguez flied out, and then Brandon Nimmo hit a
groundout to 1B to end the threat.
Cecchini
provided nearly half of the B-Mets hits Wednesday night, and their only run
with this bomb in the 3rd. He also added a single in the 5th.
Jared
King broke a streak of 36 games and 146 PA without an extra base hit when he
tripled in the 8th.
Brandon
Nimmo smoked a single in the 9th to keep his hit streak alive, he
now has a hit in all 6 games since coming back to Binghamton, and 13 straight
games in AA overall (alternatively, he has a hit in each of his last 8 games
played between St. Lucie and Binghamton).
Bonus
Aderlin
Rodriguez made a nice play up the 1B line in the 1st, possibly
saving a run since the runner from 1B was going.
While
he wasn’t charged with an error on the play, Gavin Cecchini made another bad
throw to 1B to allow Trea Turner to reach on a single in the 7th.
The
next batter, Brian Goodwin, would hit this grounder to L.J. Mazzilli, and Mazz
did a good job to get the double play turned against a speedy runner.
Pitcher Coverage
Michael Fulmer
Table 1 – Pitch stats for Fulmer by inning
1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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5th
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6th
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7th
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Total
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Total
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17
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10
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12
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11
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12
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11
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14
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87
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Strikes
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10
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8
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9
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7
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8
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7
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7
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56
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Swinging*
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0
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5
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1
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1
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0
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1
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3
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11
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*12.6% Swinging strike rate
First strikeout came on a 0-2 slider (swinging).
Second strikeout came on a 2-2 slider (swinging).
Third strikeout came on a 0-2 slider (looking).
Fourth strikeout came on a 1-2 backdoor slider (looking).
Fifth strikeout came on a 2-2 Fastball at 96 MPH (swinging).
Sixth strikeout came on a 1-2 slider (swinging, in the
dirt).
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— NASA (@NASA) June 24, 2015
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