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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Hits Aplenty, But B-Mets Lose 5-4 Behind Gsellman

Portland Sea Dogs @ Binghamton Mets


July 6, 2015



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
Portland
1
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
0

5
10
1
Binghamton
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0

4
11
0
W: Diaz (1-7, 6.10 ERA); L: Gsellman (2-5, 4.83 ERA); Save: Corenly (1, 4.05 ERA)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Robert Gsellman – 6 IP, 9 H, 5 R, BB, 2 SO, HR, 93 Pitches (60 Strikes), 9 GO: 6 FO
Beck Wheeler (4.59 ERA) – 2 IP, BB, SO, 3 GO: 1 FO
Adam Kolarek (5.27 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 3 GO

Batters

L.J. Mazzilli – 1-4, BB, SO
Brandon Nimmo – 1-4, 2B (11), 2 SO
Josh Rodriguez – 3-4, R, 2B (12), RBI (51), SB (7)
Dustin Lawley – 2-4, R, 2B (17), HR (5), 3 RBI (23), SO
Jared King – 1-4

Recap


            Robert Gsellman’s struggle to adjust to AA pitching continued Monday night, and he put the B-Mets too far behind for a comeback. Binghamton would get plenty of hits in this one, but only went 2-9 with runners in scoring position, failing to capitalize on some chances to break away early. Gavin Cecchini and L.J. Mazzilli extended their hitting streaks to 7 games, but it was a rare quiet night from Michael Conforto behind them, as he’d strikeout twice. Beck Wheeler and Adam Kolarek combined for 3 scoreless innings out of the pen, but Conforto couldn’t come through with Mazzilli on1B and two outs in the 9th inning.
            The Sea Dogs jumped on Gsellman for a run in the 1st inning after Marco Hernandez hit a leadoff triple on a fly ball that Brandon Nimmo probably should’ve caught – he had to run back a long way, but he misjudged the ball and ended up too far to the right and reaching across his body – and then scored on a groundout. After the leadoff triple, Gsellman would retire the next 8 in a row. He’d allow 4 well-struck singles in the 4th inning for 3 more Portland runs, as the Sea Dogs executed two well-timed sacrifices in the inning. While I don’t agree with having Carlos Asuaje sac bunt with two on and 0 outs in the 4th inning of a AA game, he dropped down a nice one to advance runners to 2B and 3B, and it’s still a better outcome than not advancing the runners. With one out and the bases loaded, Cole Sturgeon brought home the third run of the inning with a sac fly to CF. Gsellman would finally pick up his first strikeout to start the 5th, adding one more in the 6th. With two outs in the 6th, he’d allow a solo blast to Jake Romanski, and then a triple to Sturgeon, before getting a fly out to end his frame. He was sitting low-90’s, but they don’t use the CF camera’s enough in Binghamton to get a good idea of how many curveballs/changeups he threw. He’s been hit hard so far with Binghamton, so let’s see what adjustments he can make.
            The B-Mets welcome New Britain into town for a series that begins Tuesday at 6:35, with Seth Lugo scheduled to pitch for Binghamton.


Scoring Highlights


            Gavin Cecchini had a pair of hits, increasing his hitting streak to 7 straight games in the process. He led off both the 1st and 3rd inning with a single.








            Brock Peterson reached on an E5 to start the 2nd inning, and then moved over to 3B on a double from Brandon Nimmo, before scoring on an RBI single to LF from Josh Rodriguez.







            Dustin Lawley made it a one-run game when he went deep for his fifth bomb of the year in the 4th inning, bringing home J Rod, who had reached on a double.








            Lawley would double home Brock (walk) in the 8th, which once again made it a one-run game.




Bonus Defense


            Gavin Cecchini handled this roller just fine.





Pitcher Coverage


Table 1 – Gsellman pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Total
Total
11
14
19
23
13
13
93
Strikes
9
8
14
13
7
9
60
Swinging*
0
1
0
3
1
1
6
*6.5% Swinging strike rate











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