Matz On the Short End of a 1-0 Loss, Again

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Matz On the Short End of a 1-0 Loss, Again

Las Vegas 51s @ Memphis Redbirds

June 5, 2015

Steven Matz @ John Gast

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Las Vegas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	4	0
Memphis	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1	8	1

W: Gast (2-3, 4.56 ERA); L: Matz (6-4, 1.94 ERA)

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Steven Matz – 6 IP, 7 H, R, 4 BB, 5 SO, HR, 97 Pitches (63 Strikes), 6 GO: 3 FO

Batters

Matt Reynolds – 1-3, SO

Alex Castellanos – 1-2, SO

Travis Taijeron – 2-2

Recap

For the second straight start during this road trip, the Mets top prospect left in the minors took a tough 1-0 loss for Las Vegas. Matz was not at his sharpest Friday night, but he was also not getting help from the home plate ump, who had a tight and inconsistent strike zone throughout. Per the stadium gun, this was the fastest I’ve seen him, as the announcers were calling 96 MPH fastballs at times throughout the start, and he even hit 97 – I’m guessing the gun was hot, but maybe he just had a little extra adrenaline with the scent of majors in the air around him. Unfortunately for Matz, the 51s offense has been terrible during the road trip, scoring half of their runs during Thursday night’s loss, and taking their third shutout in a week (two during Matz starts). They had one real chance, picking up two hits with one out in the 2^nd, but Matz (who was batting 8^th) would end any threat with a GIDP. The game was called in the bottom of the 7^th due to rain, and they didn’t wait long to make this one official – the weather map did not look too serious, so I’m wondering if the 51s (aka Wally) just wanted out of there.

The 51s head home Saturday to start a home stand against El Paso. They turn to Tyler Pill to stop the losing streak at 10 games, but Pill has struggled at Cashman Field this year.

Scoring Highlights

This section of the 51s recaps has been left nearly empty during the entire road trip. Matt Reynolds did have a single, extending his hit streak to 5 games.