Nido And Garcia Blast Sand Gnats To Victory In Game One

Savannah Sand Gants @ Lexington Legends

July 9, 2015

Game One

Scarlyn Reyes @ Foster Griffin

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Savannah	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	7	4	1
Lexington	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	10	0

W: Reyes (9-4, 3.16 ERA); L: Griffin (0-3, 6.46 ERA); Save: Griffin (2, 3.21 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Scarlyn Reyes – 6.2 IP, 10 H, 4 R (2 ER), BB, 4 SO, HR, 97 Pitches (68 Strikes), 8 GO: 5 FO

Cameron Griffin – 0.1 IP, 1 GO, 2 IR – 0 S

Batters

Luis Guillorme – 1-3, R, SO

Eudor Garcia – 2-2, 2 R, HR (7), 3 RBI (32), BB

Tomas Nido – 1-3, R, HR (5), 3 RBI (27), SO

Recap

The Sand Gnats won game one of their double-header in Lexington Thursday evening behind a great start from Scarlyn Reyes, and a multi-run blast from both Tomas Nido and Eudor Garcia. Reyes was control throughout the first 6 innings, allowing only a run after a misread double in the 2^nd inning, and a leadoff blast in the 6^th. Savannah would jump ahead with a big 4^th inning, and then they added some important insurance runs over the next two frames. Reyes would have to leave with two outs and two runs already in during the 7^th inning, but he hadn’t been hit hard in the inning, and would’ve finished the frame (and consequently the game) if not for an E3 with two outs. Cameron Griffin came in for Reyes and quickly got the final out on a groundout.

Reyes was sharp in this start, sitting in the low 90’s with his fastball, and mixing in his secondary pitches throughout the start. He allowed a pair of loud outs – a double to the RF wall in the 2^nd, and the homerun in the 6^th – but also several singles that were grounded through the infield. He struck out the first two batters of the game, so it looked like this might be one of those nights for him, but then he’d add only two more strikeouts throughout the start. Check out his pitch log from this game below, with several GIFs added, including a few defensive plays.

These two teams would play another game after this Thursday night, with Micheal Gibbons starting for Savannah in the nightcap.

Scoring Highlights

The Sand Gnats took advantage of this game in the 4^th, and Jonathan Johnson got things started in the frame with a leadoff walk. Luis Guillorme followed with a perfectly placed bunt hit, which advanced Johnson to 3B (he stole 2B). Eudor Garcia knocked home Johnson with a single two batters later, and then Tomas Nido hit an absolute bomb to RF.

They scored a run in the 5^th without picking up a hit: Patrick Biondi drew a one out walk, advanced to 2B on a wild pitch, stole 3B, and then scored on an RBI groundout from Johnson.

Eudor Garcia provided some insurance with a two run blast to RF in the 6^th, knocking home Michael Katz, who had led off the inning with a walk

Reyes Coverage

Table 1 – Pitch stats by inning

	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	6^th	7^th	Total
Total	13	9	16	16	16	14	13	97
Strikes	8	5	12	11	12	10	10	68
Swinging*	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	8

*8.2% Swinging strike rate

1^st inning

1) Corey Toups struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Called strike 0-1

ii. 90 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-2

iii. Foul 0-2

iv. 92 MPH Fastball – ball 1-2, low

v. Ball 2-2, low

vi. Swinging strike 3

2) Chad Johnson struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Called strike 0-1, outside corner

ii. Swinging strike 0-2

iii. Swinging strike 3

3) Ryan O’Hearn hit a groundout to Leroux (3u/G)

i. Ball 1-0, low

ii. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0, high and outside

iii. Ball 3-0, outside

iv. In play

2^nd inning

1) Wander Franco doubled over Mora’s head – he might’ve lost the ball in the sun (D9/L)

i. Called strike 0-1, outside corner

ii. Ball 1-1, outside

iii. Ball 2-1, inside

iv. In play

2) Alexis Rivera flied out to Biondi (8/F)

i. Ball 1-0

ii. Ball 2-0, outside

iii. In play

3) Brandon Downes hit a groundout to Guillorme (63/G)

i. In play

4) Samir Duenez hit a single into LF – Franco scored on the play, but Duenez was thrown out trying to go to 2B (S7/G) -> (734)

i. In play

3^rd inning

1) DonAndre Clark attempted to reach on a drag bunt – the ball bounced out of Reyes’ glove, but rolled right to Katz at 1B (13/G)

i. Ball 1-0

ii. Ball 2-0, low

iii. Called strike 2-1, outside corner

iv. In play

2) Luis Valenzuela hit a double just fair inside the 1B bag (D9/G)

i. Foul 0-1

ii. In play

3) Toups hit a groundout to Johnson (43/G)

i. Called strike 0-1, inside corner

ii. Ball 1-1, bounced outside
Pickoff attempt

iii. Breaking ball – swinging strike 1-2

iv. Ball 2-2, just outside and thigh high

v. Foul 2-2
Pickoff attempt

vi. Foul 2-2

vii. In play

4) Johnson hit a groundout to Leroux (3u/G)

i. Foul 0-1

ii. In play

4^th inning

1) O’Hearn walked (BB)

i. Called strike 0-1, inside corner

ii. Ball 1-1, low and inside

iii. Ball 2-1, way outside

iv. Foul 2-2

v. Ball 3-2, bounced

vi. 92 MPH Fastball Foul 3-2

vii. Ball 4, high and tight

2) Franco flied out to Mora (9/F)

i. In play

3) Rivera popped out to Garcia in foul territory (5/P)

i. In play

4) Downes flied out to Lupo (7/F)

i. Called strike 0-1

ii. Ball 1-1, up and in

iii. Ball 2-1, bounced outside

iv. Foul 2-2

v. Foul 2-2

vi. Foul 2-2

vii. In play

5^th inning

1) Duenez hit a groundout to Johnson (43/G)

i. Called strike 0-1, knee high and outside corner

ii. Foul 0-2

iii. Ball 1-2, bounced outside corner

iv. In play

2) Clark lined a single into CF (S8/L)

i. Ball 1-0, outside

ii. Swinging strike 1-1

iii. In play

3) Valanzuel hit a single into CF – Clark out trying to advance to 3B (S8/G) -> (85)

i. Ball 1-0, just low and outside corner

Pickoff attempt

ii. In play

4) Toups lined a single into RF (S9/L)

i. Ball 1-0, knee high and inside

ii. Breaking ball – called strike 1-1, knee high down the middle

iii. Breaking ball – ball 2-1, low and inside

iv. In play

5) Johnson struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. Foul 0-1

ii. Swinging strike 0-2, bounced inside

iii. Called strike 3

6^th inning

1) O’Hearn homered to RF (HR/F)

i. Ball 1-0

ii. Called strike 1-1, outside corner

iii. In play

2) Franco popped out to Guillorme (6/P)

i. In play

3) Rivera hit a groundout to Leroux (31/G)

i. Called strike 0-1

ii. Ball 1-1, low and outside

iii. Ball 2-1, just outside and belt high

iv. Ball 3-1, bounced down the middle

v. In play

4) Downs struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Swinging strike 0-1

ii. Foul bunt 0-2

iii. Foul 0-2

iv. Foul 0-2

v. Swinging strike 3

7^th inning

1) Duenez flied out to Lupo (7/F)

i. In play

2) Clark hit a single back up the middle (S8/G)

i. Ball 1-0, outside

ii. Ball 2-0, low and outside

iii. Called strike 2-1, knee high and inside corner

iv. In play

3) Valenzuela hit a single into CF (S8/G)

i. Foul 0-1

ii. In play

4) Toups flied out to Lupo (7/F)

i. Ball 1-0

ii. Foul 1-1

iii. In play

5) Johnson reached on a fielding error by Leroux – Clark scored (E3/G)

i. In play

6) O’Hearn hit an RBI single to RF (S9/G)

i. Called strike 0-1, inside corner

ii. In play

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