51s Swallow Wrong Pill On The Way To Reno

Las Vegas 51s @ Reno Aces

July 24, 2015

Tyler Pill @ Aaron Blair

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Las Vegas	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		2	9	0
Reno	7	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	X		12	14	0

W: Blair (3-1, 4.55 ERA); L: Pill (2-6, 7.60 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Tyler Pill – 0.2 IP, 5 H, 7 R, 3 BB, 39 Pitches (21 Strikes), 1 GO: 1 FO

Cody Satterwhite (4.73 ERA) – 2.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, BB, 5 SO, HR, 48 Pitches (30 Strikes), 2 GO, 1 IR – 0 S

John Church (4.74 ERA) – 1 IP, H, SO, 2 GO

Chase Bradford (3.83 ERA) – 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 SO, HBP, 4 GO

Vic Black (9.95 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 H, 2 GO: 1 FO

Nelfi Zapata (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 GO: 1 FO

Batters

T.J. Rivera – 1-5, 2B (16), 2 RBI (20), GIDP

Brandon Allen – 2-3, 2B (20), BB

Travis Taijeron –1-3, HBP, SO

Cory Vaughn – 1-4, SO

Wilfredo Tovar – 2-4, R

Jayce Boyd – 1-1

Nelfi Zapata – 1-1

Recap

            The 51s apparently scratched Logan Verrett shortly before their game Friday night, likely so he can head to the Mets while Jon Niese is on paternity leave, and replacement starter Tyler Pill struggled mightily in his absence. Pill couldn’t get out of the 1^st inning, allowing 7 runs on 3 walks, a single, and 4 doubles before Cody Satterwhite came in to finish the frame. Satterwhite struck out the first 4 batters that he’d face, so Wally let him bat for himself (he’d strike out in his first pro AB) and come out for the 3^rd, which did not go well for Cody. The 51s offense got off to a slow start, managing only a double from Brandon Allen over the first 4 innings before finally breaking through for two runs in the 5^th (see below for highlights and details). Unfortunately, this game was well out of reach by then, and Las Vegas had no other rallies left in them. Because it was such a blowout, Wally used catcher Nelfi Zapata to pitch the 8^th for Las Vegas, and Zapata throw a 1-2-3 inning before picking up a single int he 9^th – oddly, both Mets minors’ games on MiLB.tv Friday night featured a position player pitching.

            This series continues in Reno Saturday night at 10:05 PM, with Luis Cessa (0-2, 9.45 ERA) scheduled to pitch for Las Vegas.

Scoring Highlights

            The 51s scored both of their runs in the 5^th inning when T.J. Rivera doubled home Wilfredo Tovar (single) and Dilson Herrera (walk). Jayce Boyd had singled in the inning, but he was thrown out trying to extend his hit into a double.

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