Gsellman Good but Bats Quiet as Binghamton Gets Shutout

Reading Fighting Phils @ Binghamton Mets

June 6, 2015

Reinier Roibal @ Robert Gsellman

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

W: Roibal (3-1, 1.20 ERA); L: Gsellman (0-2, 7.20 ERA); Save: Shackleford (12, 3.48 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Robert Gsellman – 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 SO, 103 Pitches (62 Strikes), 7 GO: 4 FO

Dario Alvarez (5.21 ERA) – 2 IP, 2 SO, 2 GO: 1 FO

Bobby Parnell (14.21 ERA) – 1 IP, H, R, SO, HR, 13 Pitches (8 Strikes), 2 FO

Batters

Michael Conforto – 1-3, BB, SO

Dustin Lawley – 1-4, 3 SO

Xorge Carrillo – 1-4, SO

Gilbert Gomez – 1-3

Recap

            Robert Gsellman’s second AA start went much better than his first, but the Binghamton bats did nothing behind him, taking a shutout to even the series. Gsellman fell behind in the 1^st after the first two Reading batters reached on singles that could’ve been outs, and a groundout put the Fightins ahead 1-0. The first single was lined just out of the reach of 3B Dustin Lawley, who was playing in on the grass to protect against the bunt. After a long AB, J.P. Crawford would reach on an infield single that deflected off the glove of a diving Brock Peterson. He’d only allow the one run in the 1^st, but Gsellman needed 28 pitches to do it, as he couldn’t get his fastball over for a strike. Reading added a run in the 3^rd on a pair of two out hits, but then Gsellman faced one over the minimum during his last 3 innings. Bobby Parnell worked the 9^th, throwing mostly fastballs in the low-90’s, and allowing a leadoff blast to Cam Perkins, who drove in all three runs in the game.

            The series wraps up Sunday in Binghamton, with Seth Lugo looking to win the rubber match at 1.

Scoring Highlights

            The B-Mets were shutout, but Michael Conforto picked up a single in the 9^th to extend his AA hit streak to 6 games.

Bonus

Cecchini gets his counterpart, the speedy J.P. Crawford

Pitcher Coverage

Bobby Parnell

9^th inning

1)   Cam Perkins launched a HR to LF (HR/F)

                                  i.         Fastball – foul 0-1

                                ii.         Breaking Ball

2)   Brodie Green flied out to CF (8/F)

                                  i.         Fastball – ball 1-0, outside

                                ii.         Fastball

3)   Logan Moore flied out to CF (8/F)

                                  i.         Fastball – ball 1-0, low

                                ii.         91 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1, outside corner

                               iii.         Fastball – ball 2-1, inside

                               iv.         91 MPH Fastball – ball 3-1, just outside

                                v.         Fastball

4)   Gustavoa Pierre struck out swinging (K/Sw)

                                  i.         92 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1, outside corner

                                ii.         Breaking ball – ball 1-1, low

                               iii.         Fastball – foul 1-2

                               iv.         Breaking ball – swinging strike 3

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