51s Overcome Blown Save By the Pen In Game One Of Double-Header

Salt Lake Bees @ Las Vegas 51s

July 9, 2015

Game One

Jo-Jo Reyes @ Luis Cessa

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

W: Bradford (4-2, 3.72 ERA); L: Bedrosian (1-1, 4.13 ERA); Save: Huchingson (1, 0.00 ERA)

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Luis Cessa (6.10 ERA) – 5.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R (0 ER), 6 SO, 93 Pitches (63 Strikes), 8 GO: 3 FO

Chase Bradford (BS, 4) – 0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), BB, 1 GO, 2 IR – 2 S

Chase Huchingson (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 GO: 2 IR – 1 S

Batters

Daniel Muno – 1-4, R, HR (2), RBI (16)

Alex Castellanos – 3-3, 2 R, 2 2B (31)

Travis Taijeron – 1-1, R, RBI (44), 2 BB

Cory Vaughn – 1-2, 2B (6), 3 RBI (15), BB

Wilfredo Tovar – 1-3, SO

Recap

Luis Cessa bounced back from a rough start in his PCL debut to overwhelm the Bee’s in the first game of their double-header Thursday night. Cessa just got better as the game wore on, mixing in his breaking ball and changeup more after establishing the fastball early (check out the pitch log below for more details). Las Vegas gave him an early lead, and he protected it well into the 6^th, but some shoddy defense behind him opened the door for a big inning after Chase Bradford took over. The 51s would bounce back to take the lead in the bottom of the 6^th, and then Chase Huchingson would come out of the pen to bail out Bradford in the 7^th, which earned him his first PCL save.

Cessa was given a 1-0 lead in the 1^st when Daniel Muno hit a blast into the LF corner that both just stayed fair, and just got over the tall wall at Cashman. He’d step up big to protect that lead in the 2^nd, escaping a jam that had runners on 2B and 3B with just one out. He responded with a strikeout of Gary Brown before inducing a weak comebacker from Kaleb Cowart (Cowart had a great AB though), which was huge for the momentum of this game. After the double that put Cessa in that tough situation, he would retire 13 of the next 16 batters, with one of those runners reaching on an E6.

When he left, the game was still scoreless, but two errors in the 6^th meant Chase Bradford was coming into a situation with runners on 2B and 3B and two outs. Bradford would allow both runs to score on a wild pitch and double allowed, and then the Bees took the lead on an RBI single before Bradford could finish the frame. The 51s would load the bases for Cory Vaughn in the bottom half of the 6^th, and he came through with a bases clearing double to put Las Vegas back on top.

These two teams would play another game Thursday night, with Logan Verrett making the start for Las Vegas in the nightcap.

Cessa Coverage

Table 1 – Pitch stats by inning

	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	6^th	Total
Total	11	24	11	13	14	20	93
Strikes	9	16	8	7	10	13	63
Swinging*	1	3	0	2	2	2	10

*10.8% Swinging strike rate

Velocities shown are from the Cashman Field scoreboard

1^st inning

1) Grant Green flied out to Cory Vaughn (8/F)

i. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 93 MPH Fastball – foul 1-1

iii. 94 MPH Fastball

2) Ryan Jackson singled into CF (S8/G)

i. 95 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1, inside corner

ii. 94 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

iii. 94 MPH Fastball – ball 1-2

iv. 96 MPH Fastball

3) Kyle Kubitza popped out to Muno in foul territory (5/P)

i. 95 MPH Fastball

4) Alfredo Marte struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 94 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1, inside corner

ii. 96 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-2, outside corner and knee-high

iii. 84 MPH Breaking ball – swinging strike 3

2^nd inning

1) Roger Kieschnick struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 93 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1, outside corner

ii. 93 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-2, outside corner

iii. 93 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3

2) Josh Rutledge singled into LF (S7/G)

i. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 94 MPH Fastball – foul 1-1

iii. 95 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1, low and outside

iv. 95 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

v. 94 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

vi. 87 MPH Changeup

3) Jeff Bandy doubled just fair down the LF line (D7/G)

i. 95 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, low

ii. 94 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0, inside

iii. 94 MPH Fastball

4) Gary Brown struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 84 MPH Breaking ball – swinging strike 0-1

ii. 84 MPH Breaking ball – foul 0-2

iii. 96 MPH Fastball – ball 1-2, high

iv. 96 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3, up and in

5) Kaleb Cowart hit a groundout to Allen (31/G)

i. 95 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, low

ii. 86 MPH Changeup – foul 1-1

iii. 94 MPH Fastball – foul 1-2

iv. 96 MPH Fastball – foul 1-2

v. 84 MPH Breaking ball – foul 1-2

vi. 85 MPH Changeup – ball 2-2, bounced

vii. 94 MPH Fastball – ball 3-2, high

viii. 83 MPH Breaking ball

3^rd inning

1) Green flied out to Vaughn (8/F)

i. 94 MPH Fastball

2) Jackson hit a groundout to Muno (53/G)

i. 94 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 81 MPH Breaking ball – ball 1-1, outside

iii. 82 MPH Breaking ball – ball 2-1, low

iv. 94 MPH Fastball – ball 3-1, high

v. 93 MPH Fastball – called strike 3-2, knee high

vi. 94 MPH Fastball

3) Kubitza doubled to RF (D9/L)

i. 94 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 94 MPH Fastball

4) Marte hit a groundout to Tovar (63/G)

i. 84 MPH Breaking ball – called strike 0-1

ii. 95 MPH Fastball

4^th inning

1) Kieschnick flied out to Taijeron (9/F)

i. 87 MPH Changeup – ball 1-0

ii. 88 MPH Changeup – swinging strike 1-1

iii. 94 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1, high

iv. 94 MPH Fastball

2) Rutledge hit a groundout to Tovar (63/G)

i. 94 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, inside

ii. 93 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1, inside corner

iii. 94 MPH Fastball

3) Bandy struck out swinging

i. Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 94 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1, inside

iii. 95 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1, high and outside

iv. 86 MPH Changeup – ball 3-1, low and outside

v. 94 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

vi. 84 MPH Breaking ball – swinging strike 3

5^th inning

1) Brown struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. Ball 1-0, inside

ii. 94 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 1-1

iii. 94 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 1-2

iv. 95 MPH Fastball – called strike 3

2) Coward hit a groundout to Dilson (43/G)

i. 94 MPH Fastball

3) Green grounded a double just fair inside the 1B bag (D9/G)

i. 95 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, outside

ii. 84 MPH Breaking ball – called strike 1-1

iii. 84 MPH Breaking ball – foul 1-2

iv. 94 MPH Fastball

4) Jackson hit a groundout to Dilson (43/G)

i. 94 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1, outside corner

ii. 94 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

iii. 83 MPH Breaking ball – ball 1-2

iv. 96 MPH Fastball – ball 2-2

v. 95 MPH Fastball

6^th inning

1) Kubitza hit a groundout to Dilson (43/G)

i. 94 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, high and outside

ii. 83 MPH Breaking ball – swinging strike 1-1

iii. 83 MPH Breaking ball – ball 2-1, bounced inside

iv. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 3-1, outside

v. 93 MPH Fastball – called strike 3-2, inside corner

vi. 93 MPH Fastball

2) PH Alex Yarbrough reached on a throwing error from Tovar – Allen couldn’t pick the low throw (E6/G)

i. 94 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1
*Alfredo Marte started the AB but took a foul ball to the face on a bunt attempt

ii. 96 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-2

iii. 96 MPH Fastball – ball 1-2

iv. 94 MPH Fastball

3) Kieschnick struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 94 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 84 MPH Breaking ball – foul 0-2

iii. 96 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3

4) Rutledge lined a single into LF and took 2B on a throwing error from Castellanos (S7/L) -> E7

i. 83 MPH Breaking ball – called strike 0-1

ii. 95 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

iii. 92 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

iv. 84 MPH Breaking ball – ball 1-2

v. 83 MPH Breaking ball – ball 2-2

vi. 96 MPH Fastball – ball 3-2, low

vii. 84 MPH Breaking ball

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