Bowman Bounces Back From Long First, But 51s Bats Quiet In Game One Of Double-Header | Astromets Mind

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Bowman Bounces Back From Long First, But 51s Bats Quiet In Game One Of Double-Header


Albuquerque Isotopes @ Las Vegas 51s


July 7, 2015

Game One



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

R
H
E
Albuquerque
2
0
0
1
0
0
0

3
7
0
Las Vegas
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
3
3
W: Gray (4-5, 4.58 ERA); L: Bowman (5-10, 5.46 ERA); Save: Brothers (2, 4.82 ERA)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Matt Bowman – 7 IP, 7 H, 3 R (2 ER), BB, 5 SO, 106 Pitches (70 Strikes), 12 GO: 1 FO

Batters

Darrell Ceciliani – 0-1, 2 BB, SB (7), SO, PO
Brandon Allen – 1-3, SB (3)
Wilfredo Tovar – 1-2, SO

Recap


            After Monday's game was a rained out home game for just the ninth time in the 51s 33-year history, they'd play two Tuesday. The 51s lost the opening game of their double-header Tuesday night despite one of Matt Bowman’s top performances of the season. Bowman had the unfortunate luck of matching up with the Isotopes ace Jon Gray, who was nearly unhittable Tuesday. Gray would limit the 51s to 3 singles, and picked off the only Las Vegas base runner to reach 2B.
            Bowman had a very long 1st inning, as he struggled to get the third out, allowing both runs on 3 hits, and then battling Roger Bernadina for 10 pitches before finally striking him out to end the frame. Christhian Adames started the two out rally with a single to RF, and then Kyle Parker (double) and Dustin Garneau (single) followed with RBI hits. Bowman would bounce back to strike out two during a dominant 2nd inning, and worked around a double from Trevor Story in the 3rd. He’d need only 8 pitches to work through the 4th, but 2 errors behind him allowed Garneau to come around and score after his leadoff infield single. Story would connect for another double after an E3 behind Bowman in the 5th, so Wally Backman had Bowman intentionally walk Adames to load the bases and put a force at every base. The strategy worked out, as Bowman would induce an inning ending 4-6-3 double play from Parker.
            The closest Las Vegas came to scoring a run came in the 4th, when Darrell Ceciliani led off with a walk, and then stole 2B. Red-hot Alex Castellanos would strike out swinging, and then Ceciliani was picked off with Anthony Recker at the plate. Because the baseball gods are spiteful, Recker would end up singling in his PA, but that one potential run wouldn’t have slowed down Jon Gray.
            The 51s continued their double-header with Darin Gorski pitching in the night-cap.


Pitcher Coverage


Table 1 – Bowman pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
Total
Total
26
12
16
8
18
13
13
106
Strikes
18
9
10
6
10
8
9
70
Swinging*
1
2
1
0
2
1
0
7
*6.6% Swinging strike rate



  • 0Blogger Comment
  • Facebook Comment
  • Disqus Comment

Leave your comment

Post a Comment

comments powered by Disqus
submit to reddit