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Fantastic Fulmer Leads To B-Mets Tenth Shutout

New Britain Rock Cats @ Binghamton Mets


July 28, 2015



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
New Britain
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
5
2
Binghamton
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
X

3
8
0
W: Fulmer (6-2, 1.88 ERA); L:  Schlosser (7-4, 4.82 ERA); Save: Sewald (16, 1.51 ERA)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Michael Fulmer – 6 IP, 3 H, 9 SO, 85 Pitches (60 Strikes), 6 GO: 1 FO
Jeff Walters (H, 1, 0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 SO, 1 GO
Jon Velasquez (H, 1, 1.99 ERA) – 1 IP, H, SO, 1 GO: 1 FO
Paul Sewald – 1 IP, H, 2 SO, 1 FO

Batters

Gavin Cecchini – 1-3, BB
Travis d’Arnaud – 1-4, R
Josh Rodriguez – 1-4, SO
Joe Benson – 2-4, R, 2B (3), RBI (10), SO
Jonathan Galvez – 3-3, 2B (1), 2 RBI (2), BB, SB (1)

Recap


            Michael Fulmer’s emergence as the Mets next top-pitching prospect continued Tuesday night against the Rock Cats, a team he has thoroughly owned this season. For the B-Mets, it was their 10th shutout of the season, and it extends the ridiculous stretch of pitching from the Binghamton staff that started June 11th. New Britain starter Ryan Arrowood matched zeros with Fulmer over the first 5 innings, shutting the B-Mets down after they missed a golden opportunity to break this game open in the 1st inning (see below for full scoring details and GIF highlights). Arrowood would yield to Gus Schlosser in the 6th, and Binghamton would immediately jump ahead on a Joe Benson RBI double in the inning. The Mets would add another pair of runs in the 8th, not that the B-Mets pen needed the insurance runs, as they’ve been just as good (if not better) than the Binghamton starters since June 11th. Jeff Walters, who has the B-Mets record of 38 saves in a season, continued his rehab from TJS with a perfect 7th, and then the pair of B-Mets closers each worked around a hit over the final two frames.
            Fulmer has been absolutely dominant over his past 9 starts, allowing just 4 ER (9 R total) over 53.1 IP for a 0.68 ERA, with only 39 hits allowed during that span, and a 61 K: 9 BB ratio (29.8 K%: 4.4 BB%). He faced just two over the minimum in this start, but was held under 90 pitches for the seventh time in his last ten starts. Despite the low pitch total, he’s thrown into the 6th in 7 of those starts, and had one of those starts cut short at 46 pitches through 4 shutout innings, so he’s still giving the B-Mets solid length most starts. He allowed a pair of singles to the 8 and 9 hitters the first time through the order, but then went off for 7 K’s the second time through.
             Check out the scoring highlights and more from this start on Fulmer below. This series continues Wednesday night at 6:35 PM, with Robert Gsellman (4-5, 3.47 ERA) scheduled to pitch for the B-Mets


Scoring Highlights


            Gavin Cecchini picked up a single for the B-Mets in the 1st inning, but they’d fail to score in the frame despite loading the bases with one out.


            Travis d’Arnaud led off the 6th with a single into CF, and then came around to score on a two out double from Joe Benson.



            Benson sparked the 8th inning rally with a one out single. After L.J. Mazzilli walked, Jonathan Galvez doubled over the centerfielders head to knock both runners in.




Pitcher Coverage


Table 1 – Pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Total
Total
13
16
18
16
14
8
85
Strikes
8
12
15
9
11
5
60
Swinging*
1
2
1
5
5
1
15
*17.6% Swinging strike rate

First strikeout came on a 3-2 96 MPH fastball at the letters (swinging).
Second strikeout came on a 0-2 fastball on the outside corner (looking).
Third strikeout came on a 1-2 fastball at the letters (swinging).
Fourth strikeout came on a 1-2 slider (swinging).
Fifth strikeout came on a 3-2 pitch (looking).
Sixth strikeout came on a 3-2 slider (swinging).
Seventh strikeout came on a 1-2 89 MPH slider, down and in to the lefty (swinging).
Eighth strikeout came on a 0-2 slider (swinging).
Ninth strikeout came on a 2-2 (swinging).




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