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51s Shutout In New Orleans

Las Vegas 51s @ New Orleans Zephyrs


August 24, 2015



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
Las Vegas
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
4
0
New Orleans
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
X

5
8
0
W: Pineyro (1-2, 3.16 ERA); L: Bowman (7-15, 5.40 ERA)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Matthew Bowman (L, 7-15, 5.40 ERA) – 4.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 3 SO, 81 Pitches (48 Strikes), 8 GO: 3 FO
Chase Huchingson (1.93 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 2 H, R, 2 BB, SO, HR, 2 GO,1 IR – 1 S
Alex Torres (1.80 ERA) – 1 IP, BB, 2 SO, 1 FO
Dario Alvarez (0.96 ERA) – 1 IP, H, BB, 2 SO, HBP, 31 Pitches (15 Strikes), 1 FO

Ivan Pineyro – 8 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 5 SO, 105 Pitches (65 Strikes), 6 GO: 10 FO
Greg Nappo (2.77 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 2 GO: 1 FO

Batters

Matt Reynolds – 2-4
Kirk Nieuwenhuis – 2-4, 2B (6)

Donovan Solano – 1-5, R, 2 SO
Reid Brignac – 2-3, 2 R, 2B (18), BB, HBP, SO
Tomas Tellis – 1-4, RBI (27), BB
Juan Diaz – 2-3, 2 RBI (34), BB, SO
Zack Cox – 1-4, R, HR (1), RBI (2)
Austin Nola – 1-3, 2B (8), BB

Recap


            While the Mets a level above them and the B-Mets a level below them both reached double-digits in runs Monday night, the Las Vegas 51s were shutout in New Orleans, which represents a role reversal in offensive output for those 3 Mets affiliates. The 51s have been one of the best offenses in the PCL this year (and last year…), and they’ve been especially hot with a host of recent major league regulars filling their lineup, but they could manage only a pair of hits from Matt Reynolds and Kirk Nieuwenhuis against the Zephyrs. Those two did manage to both pick up a hit in the 4th, but then Kirk was doubled off of 1B on a fly out to RF from Kevin Plawecki. 51s starter Matt Bowman looked good working a 1-2-3 frame in the 1st, and took care of the bottom of New Orleans order with no problems in the 4th, but the Zephyrs would touch him up in the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th innings. He should’ve been out of the 3rd inning when he picked up a strikeout with two outs, but the wild pitch got away from Plawecki, which allowed the inning to continue long enough for a second New Orleans run. Three lefties would relieve Bowman out of the 51s pen, and all three struggled with control, although only Chase Huchingson would allow any more runs to score.
            This series continues Tuesday night at 7:00 PM, with Dillon Gee (6-3, 5.53 ERA) scheduled to pitch for Las Vegas.


Scoring Highlights


            The first two Zephyrs batters would reach on a walk and single in the 2nd, and then Isaac Galloway got them on the board with a sac fly to RF.

            Reid Brignac and Tomas Tellis connected for a pair of two out singles in the 3rd, but then Matthew Bowman induced a swinging strike 3 from Vinny Rottino that should have been out 3. Unfortunately, the wild pitch got far enough away from Kevin Plawecki to allow Rottino to reach 1B, and then Bowman walked Juan Diaz to force in a run.

            Donovan Solano led off the 5th with a single for New Orleans, and then Brignac doubled him to 3B to give the Zephyrs a great scoring opportunity. Bowman would retire the next two batters on groundouts, but Solano came home on the first one. Wally then made a double-switch, bringing Chase Huchingson in to pitch and Eric Young in for Brandon Nimmo (seriously?), but that back fired, as Huchingson would allow an RBI single to Diaz, and EY was playing over Nimmo for some reason.

            Las Vegas got a pair of hits from Matt Reynolds and Kirk Nieuwenhuis.







Defensive Highlights


            Matt Reynolds making a play during the 5th inning, and Kevin Plawecki taking a foul ball to the cup region, so I hope he was wearing one.




Pitcher Coverage


Table 1 – Pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Total
Total
9
18
24
15
15
81
Strikes
7
9
16
8
8
48
Swinging*
1
0
2
0
1
4
*4.9% Swinging strike rate

First strikeout came on a 1-2 breaking ball (swinging).
Second strikeout came on a 1-2 breaking ball in the dirt (swinging), but the runner would reach 1B.
Third strikeout came on a 3-2 pitch (looking).


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