Gee And Mejia Lead 51s In Quiet Win Over Isotopes

Albuquerque Isotopes @ Las Vegas 51s

July 5, 2015

Aaron Laffey @ Dillon Gee

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

W: Gee (2-1, 8.82 ERA); L: Laffey (2-3, 4.91 ERA); Save: Mejia (1, 2.25 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Dillon Gee – 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, BB, 4 SO, 90 Pitches (62 Strikes), 6 GO: 7 FO

Chase Huchingson (H, 3, 0.00 ERA) – 0.2 IP, H, 1 GO: 1 FO

Zack Thornton (H, 6, 4.14 ERA) – 0.1 IP, 1 IR – 0 S

Jenrry Mejia – 1 IP, H, 2 GO

Batters

Dilson Herrera – 3-4, R, HR (2), RBI (15)

Wilfredo Tovar – 1-3, SAC, SB (21), SO

Travis Taijeron – 1-3, R, HR (14), RBI (42), BB

Brandon Allen – 1-3, R, 2B (17), BB

Recap

            It has been a wild season to date for the Mets, Dillon Gee, and Jenrry Mejia, but things went well for all 3 Sunday – Steven Matz led the Mets, Gee turned in his best AAA outing, and Mejia picked up the save. Before the season started, if someone told Mets brass that Gee would allow only 2 runs over 7 innings on July 5^th, and then Mejia would come in and pick up the save, I’m sure they would’ve been happy to mark down one win on their calendar. Of course, they would’ve been marking down the wrong calendar, because that just happened for their AAA affiliate Las Vegas 51s.

            Gee was very sharp early, retiring the first 8 batters before Isotopes starter Aaron Laffey reached on a single into LF. Travis Taijeron gave Gee a lead to work with when he led off the 2^nd with his 14^th bomb of the year, and it was a no-doubter of a moon shot to left center field. Brandon allen led off the 4^th with a double, and then came around to score on a sac fly from Dan Rohlfing. Dilson Herrera finished the 51s scoring when he led off the 5^th with a solo blast to left center field. Gee would allow a single and double to the first two Isotopes batters in the 6^th, putting runners on 2B and 3B with 0 outs. Chrithian Adamez singled home both runs to end the shutout bid, and then Albuquerque pulled to within a run on a sac fly. The 51s bullpen would take over for Gee in the 8^th and hold onto the one run lead, with Chase Huchingson and Zack Thornton combining for a scoreless inning ahead of Mejia.

            This series continues Monday night at 10:05 PM, with Matthew Bowman scheduled to pitch for Las Vegas.

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