Gee Struggles For 51s in Tacoma

Las Vegas 51s @ Tacoma Rainiers

June 30, 2015

Dillon Gee @ Hisashi Iwakuma

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Las Vegas	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		4	9	1
Tacoma	2	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	X		8	15	1

W: Iwakuma (1-0, 0.93 ERA); L: Gee (1-1, 13.50 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Dillon Gee – 4.1 IP, 13 H, 8 R, 2 BB, 2 SO, 103 Pitches (67 Strikes), 5 GO: 3 FO

John Church (3.73 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 3 H, SO, 1 GO, 1 IR – 0 S

Scott Rice (2.86 ERA) – 2 IP, 2 BB, SO, 3 GO: 2 FO

Batters

Daniel Muno – 1-5, R, 2B (9), SO

Matt Reynolds – 1-4, R, 2B (22), BB, SO

Brooks Conrad – 2-5, R, RBI (35), 2 SO

Alex Castellanos – 2-5, 2B (26), 2 RBI (46), 2 SO

T.J. Rivera – 1-4, 2B (12)

Dan Rohlfing – 2-4, R, 2B (5)

Recap

            Dillon Gee had another ugly performance in the PCL, leaving the 51s in a hole too big to hit their way out of as they lost the opener in Tacoma. We all know Gee is a capable major league pitcher, but even though the competition is weaker, the PCL is a very different environment to pitch in than Citi Field. That’s not to excuse Gee for this outing, because he did not pitch well and was smacked around the park for 12 singles and a double, but to point out that some struggles were expected. After allowing 3 straight singles to start the 1^st, Gee induced 3 straight groundballs to his infielders, but they’d only record two outs, pushing Gee’s pitch count up early. After a clean 2^nd inning, the first 3 Rainiers batters would again reach in the 3^rd, on a double and two singles. Gee limited the damage to 1 run in the 3^rd, but then allowed multiple runs in both the 4^th and 5^th innings. On offense, the 51s would waste a double in the 1^st, 2^nd, and 5^th innings, stranding the runner at 2B each time. John Church finished off the 5^th for Gee by inducing a double play grounder to Tovar, and then combined with Scott Rice to hold Tacoma scoreless over the final 3.2 IP. Las Vegas would cut the deficit to 4 in the 7^th, but then only muster a single over the final 2 innings.

            Check out details and highlights of the offense below. This series continues Wednesday night at 10:05 PM, with Matthew Bowman scheduled to pitch for Las Vegas.

Scoring Highlights

            Matt Reynolds hit a one out double in the 1^st.

            T.J. Rivera hit a two out double in the 2^nd.

            Alex Castellanos doubled Brooks Conrad home in the 4^th.

            Daniel Muno hit a two out double in the 5^th.

            Dan Rohlfing hit a one out double in the 7^th and then scored on an E4. After Reynolds followed with a walk, Conrad and Castellanos picked up RBI singles.

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