Brooklyn Cyclones @ Staten Island Yankees
July 15, 2015
Teams
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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R
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H
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E
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Brooklyn
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2
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4
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1
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Staten
Island
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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1
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3
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10
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2
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W: Schaub (1-0, 0.00
ERA); L: Valdez (1-1, 0.84 ERA)
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Andrew Church (0.00
ERA) – 5 IP, 4 H, R (0 ER), BB, 2 SO, 63 Pitches (41 Strikes), 5 GO: 6 FO
Blake Taylor (1.29
ERA) – 4 IP, 4 H, R, BB, 2 SO, 54 Pitches (36 Strikes), 7 GO: 1 FO
Carlos Valdez – 0.2
IP, 2 H, R, 2 GO
Batters
Tucker Tharp – 1-5, 2B
David Thompson – 1-4, R, 2B (2)
Jeff Diehl – 1-3, BB, SO
Alfredo Reyes – 1-3, BB, SO
Recap
Things
got a little balky when the Brooklyn Cyclones and Staten Island Yankees
continued their heated rivalry Wednesday night, as Brooklyn pitchers were
charged with two balks, and that’s how the game ended. The Cyclones got two
great pitching performances from a pair of 2013 second round picks, but could
only muster 4 hits on their end, wasting several big opportunities in a game
that would come down to the wire. Both Blake Taylor and Andrew Church were on
an ~60 pitch count limit, which took care of the regularly scheduled 9 innings,
and Carlos Valdez took over for them in the 10th. The usually
reliable Valdez allowed a pair of singles in the frame to put runners on the
corners with two outs, and was then charged with a balk for not coming to a
complete set position. The balk brought home the winning run for Staten Island,
giving the Cyclones a perfectly Metsian loss.
The
series continues Thursday night at MCU Park in Brooklyn, with Matt Blackham
scheduled to pitch for the Cyclones in a game that should be available on SNY.
Jeff
Diehl picked up the Cyclones first hit of the game leading off the 4th,
but he’d be picked off in the frame.
After
Brandon Brosher reached on a HBP with one out in the 6th, David
Thompson doubled him to 3B (the wind was apparently pretty wild at times in the
game). Jeff Diehl followed with a walk, and then 2 runs came home on a
fielder’s choice/E6.
Tucker
Tharp hit a one out ground-rule double off the top of the wall in the 7th
that the announcers thought was a homerun.
Alfredo
Reyes hit a one out single in the 9th, but the inning ended when
Tharp lined into a double play.
The
Cyclones were robbed of a pair of hits from Yankees center fielder Jeff Hendrix.
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| David Thompson gave this one a nice ride to right center field |
Bonus Defense
Here’s
an example of Vinny Siena in the field during the 1st inning.
Brandon
Brosher appeared to have thrown the runner out at 2B in the 1st, but
the pitch was actually ball 4.
David Thompson made an error in the
game, but also had a few good plays.
Alfredo
Reyes looked very good at SS, making several nice plays, and nearly making an
amazing play.
Pitcher Coverage
Table 1 – Church pitch stats by inning
1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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5th
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Total
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Total
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17
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11
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16
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8
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11
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63
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Strikes
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11
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8
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10
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5
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7
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41
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Swinging*
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1
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0
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0
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1
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1
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3
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*4.8% Swinging strike rate
Table 1 – Taylor pitch stats by inning
6th
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7th
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8th
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9th
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Total
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Total
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19
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12
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16
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7
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54
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Strikes
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12
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7
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11
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6
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36
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Swinging*
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2
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1
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1
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1
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5
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*9.3% Swinging strike rate
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