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Fulmer Fantastic While Conforto and Nimmo Lead Offense

Binghamton Mets @ Portland Sea Dogs


June 18, 2015



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
Binghamton
0
0
0
3
4
0
0
0
0

7
12
1
Portland
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0

1
8
2
W: Fulmer (2-0, 3.14 ERA); L: Cuevas (6-4, 3.61 ERA)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Michael Fulmer – 6.1 IP, 7 H, R, 3 BB, 6 SO, HR, 102 Pitches (66 Strikes), 8 GO: 1 FO
Matt Koch (2.85 ERA) – 1.2 IP, H, 3 SO, 1 GO: 1 FO, 1 IR – 0 S
Adam Kolarek (6.58 ERA) – 1 IP, BB, SO, 2 GO

Batters

Michael Conforto – 3-5, R, 2B (7)
Brandon Nimmo – 2-5, 2 R, 2 2B (9), RBI (10)
Josh Rodriguez – 3-4, 2 R, 2B (9), HR (12), 3 RBI (46), BB, SO
Jared King – 1-5, 2 SO
Dustin Lawley – 1-4, 2 R, RBI (17), SB (7), SO
Albert Cordero – 2-4, RBI (4), SO

Recap


            Michael Fulmer gave the B-Mets a great start over 6.1 IP, and top prospects Michael Conforto and Brandon Nimmo drove the offense with big nights at the plate, helping the B-Mets finish a sweep of Portland for their 7th straight win. It was the first game with 3 Mets first-round picks (Cecchini, Conforto, Nimmo) in the same lineup, which is pretty awesome, especially since all 3 have had great years at the plate. After cruising through the first 6 innings, Fulmer ran into a little trouble as he reached his pitch limit during the 7th, but would be bailed out by Matt Koch. The B-Mets lineup was quiet the first time through, but then exploded for all 7 runs over their next two trips through the order (see below for details), providing more than enough punch behind Fulmer & co.
            Fulmer was coming off of his best start with Binghamton in his last outing, as he had induced 10 swinging strikes on 46 pitches over 4 scoreless innings before rain cut things short. He looked dominant working a 1-2-3 1st inning, but ran into a little trouble in the 2nd. The leadoff batter flared a single into LF that Conforto probably should’ve caught, but he got a bad read off the bat and broke the wrong direction. The next single was flied into right center and stayed up long enough that I was surprised when Nimmo didn’t make the catch – the announcers noted that Nimmo didn’t show much hustle going after the ball, so I think he’s probably still holding back a little. Fulmer would also allow two straight hits leading off the 4th, but he struck out the final two batters of the frame to put an end to any threat. He’d allow a leadoff homerun in the 7th, and then a double two batters later as he crossed 100 pitches, so manager Pedro Lopez appropriately removed him at that point.
            The B-Mets travel to New Hampshire for a 4-game weekend wraparound set, with Robert Gsellman scheduled to start Friday night at 7:05 PM.


Scoring Highlights



            Brandon Nimmo got the B-Mets first rally started with a double leading off the 4th. Josh Rodriguez followed with his league leading 12th homerun of the season to make it a 2-0 game. After Dustin Lawley reached on an error, he stole 2B and scored on a single from Albert Cordero.


            In the 5th, it was a Michael Conforto double that sparked the rally. He’d score two batters later on a ground-rule double from Nimmo, and then J Rod doubled Nimmo home. With two outs, Lawley singled J Rod home, went to 3B on a single from Cordero, and then scored on an E6.


            Conforto would add a pair of singles in the game, leading off the 6th with one grounded into LF, and the 9th with one grounded into CF.


Bonus


Brandon Nimmo running home-to-1B, and then later a long distance to make a nice catch.

Jared King made this diving catch in RF early in the game.


Pitcher Coverage


Michael Fulmer



1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
Total
Total
11
12
20
15
22
10
12
102
Strikes
8
10
11
12
12
6
7
66
Swinging
2
2
3
3
2
0
0
12

Strikeout #1 came on an 87 MPH Slider
Strikeout #2 came on a 96 MPH Fastball
Strikeout #3 came on an 87 MPH Slider
Strikeout #4 came on an 81 MPH Changeup
Strikeout #5 came on an 0-2 slider at 86 MPH
Strikeout #6 came on an 0-2 slider




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