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Seth Lugo and the B-Mets Shutout the Sea Dogs in Portland



Binghamton Mets @ Portland Sea Dogs


July 12, 2015



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
Binghamton
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0

3
10
0
Portland
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
5
1
W: Lugo (4-4, 3.63 ERA); L: Diaz (1-8, 5.99 ERA); Save: Velasquez (11, 2.55 ERA)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Seth Lugo – 5 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 6 SO, HBP, 94 Pitches (57 Strikes), 3 GO: 4 FO
Beck Wheeler (H, 3, 4.33 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 2 SO, 1 GO
Dario Alvarez (H, 7, 3.41 ERA) – 1 IP, BB, 2 FO
Akeel Morris (H, 2, 8.53 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 1 FO
Jon Velasquez (S, 11, 2.55 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 GO: 2 FO

Batters

L.J. Mazzilli – 2-4, R, BB
Josh Rodriguez – 3-5, 2B (17), RBI (55)
Brock Peterson – 1-4, BB
Joe Benson – 1-4, SO
Aderlin Rodriguez – 2-4, R, HR (10), RBI (33), SO
Gilbert Gomez – 1-4, 2 SO

Recap


            The Binghamton Mets continued their dominance in Portland Sunday afternoon, shutting out the Sea Dogs for their 9th straight win at Hadlock Field. Seth Lugo started for the B-Mets, and while he lost the plate with his fastball at times, he kept the Portland batters off balance with a nice mix of his full repertoire. Aderlin Rodriguez provided Binghamton with all of the offense they would need on the first pitch of the 2nd inning, launching a blast that would nearly hit his face on the video board in CF. The B-Mets pen continued their recent dominance in relief of Lugo, with 4 pitchers working a scoreless inning each, including what might’ve been the best AA performance from Akeel Morris to date.
            Seth Lugo came started strong, retiring the first 4 batters in quick order before a funny hop led to a double, and a very long 2nd inning. Oscar Tejeda hit a low grounder to Gavin Cecchini’s right that Cecchini appeared to have lined up, but then the ball took a wicked hop, coming up on Cecchini and deflecting off of his chest and towards the LF line. Both walks from Lugo would come after the double, which loaded the bases for Portland with two outs. But Lugo would get ahead of Cole Sturgeon 1-2, and then he dropped in a bugs bunny curve that buckled Sturgeon’s knees. The Sea Dogs would lead off the 3rd inning with a double on a hit that was blooped over Cecchini’s head, and then rolled to the wall. With two on in the frame, Lugo escaped the jam with another strikeout, finishing off Oscar Tejeda with a 76 MPH curveball.
            This series wraps up Monday afternoon at noon, with Gabriel Ynoa scheduled to pitch for Binghamton in their last start before the All-Star break.


Scoring Highlights


            Aderlin Rodriguez put the B-Mets on the board in the 2nd with a leadoff homerun to CF.


            After Gavin Cecchini and L.J. Mazzilli led off the 3rd inning with walks, Josh Rodriguez singled Cecchini home, and a wild pitch brought Mazzilli home.


            L.J. Mazzilli added a pair of singles in this game: leading off the 5th inning, and then with one out in the 7th inning.





Bonus Defense


            Gavin Cecchini didn’t get many chances, but he made all of them with no problems, including this one in the 3rd inning.


            L.J. Mazzilli took command during this foul pop out down the 1B line.



Pitcher Coverage


Table 1 – Pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Total
Total
13
28
19
18
16
94
Strikes
8
15
11
12
11
57
Swinging*
1
2
4
2
3
12
*12.8% Swinging strike rate

First strikeout came on a 3-2 breaking ball in the dirt (swinging).
Second strikeout came on a 3-2 fastball, up and in at 89 MPH (swinging).
Third strikeout came on a 1-2 bugs bunny curveball (looking).
Fourth strikeout came on a 2-2 curveball at 76 MPH (swinging).
Fifth strikeout came on a low 3-2 fastball (swinging).
Sixth strikeout came on a high 0-2 fastball (swinging).




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