Gsellman and Conforto Lead the B-Mets Over New Britain

New Britain Rock Cats @ Binghamton Mets

June 13, 2015

Bryan Evans @ Robert Gsellman

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
New Britain	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	8	0
Binghamton	1	1	0	0	0	0	X		2	2	0

W: Gsellman (1-2, 5.06 ERA); L: Evans (3-2, 3.10 ERA); S: Sewald (10, 1.59 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Robert Gsellman – 6 IP, 6 H, R, BB, 4 SO, 82 Pitches (54 Strikes), 8 GO: 3 FO

Paul Sewald – 1 IP, 2 H, SO, 2 GO

Batters

Michael Conforto – 1-3, R, HR (2), RBI (10)

Aderlin Rodriguez – 1-3, R, 2B (9), 2 SO

Recap

            Binghamton ended up on the right side of a tight pitcher’s duel in the nightcap against New Britain Saturday. After completing Friday’s rain-suspended affair (a 7-2 win for Binghamton), the B-Mets sent Robert Gsellman to the mound for a 7-inning affair, and he provided them with his best AA effort to date. The G-Man wasn’t without his flaws, allowing base runners in 4 of 6 frames, and having to work out of a one-out, bases loaded situation in the 2^nd – he’d strike out the first batter before a soft lineout to Mazzilli ended the threat. Michael Conforto provided the B-Mets with their first run when he launched a two-out blast to right-center field in the 1^st inning (see below), then Aderlin Rodriguez would double and score on a bases loaded walk in the 2^nd, and that was the sum of the Binghamton offense. The Cats finally broke through for a run off of Gsellman with two outs in the 6^th when Juan Ciriaco lined a single into CF. The base runner had advanced to 2B only a few pitches earlier on a pitch in the dirt. With the game close heading to the final inning, Pedro Lopez opted to bring in his closer Paul Sewald for the save, and Sewald would rebound from consecutive singles to start the frame by retiring the next three in a row.

            This series wraps up Sunday afternoon at 1 PM, with Seth Lugo looking to lead the B-Mets to a sweep over first place New Britain – they could move to within 3 games of first place, although both Trenton and Reading stand between Binghamton and New Britain.

Scoring Highlights

            Michael Conforto hit this solo blast with two outs in the 1^st inning.

            Aderlin Rodriguez led off the 2^nd with a double to RF, and then scored on a bases loaded walk to Robert Gsellman.

Bonus

Pitcher Coverage

Robert Gsellman

Pitch Count	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
Total	14	20	16	10	9	13	82
Strikes	8	14	8	5	9	10	54
Swinging	1	3	1	1	0	1	7

*I’m pretty sure gameday missed a few pitches, but this is their data

First strikeout came on a 79 MPH Curveball with a 1-2 count.

Second strikeout came on an offspeed pitch with a 2-2 count.

Third strikeout came on pitch in the dirt with a 1-2 count.
Fourth strikeout came on a high fastball with a 1-2 count.

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