51s Walk Off With A Win In The 9th After A Strong Start From Lugo

Iowa Cubs @ Las Vegas 51s

August 18, 2015

Eric Jokisch @ Seth Lugo

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Iowa	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	5	11	2
Las Vegas	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	6	14	1

W: Church (6-2, 4.33 ERA); L: Cooper (6-4, 3.00 ERA)

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Seth Lugo (4.09 ERA) – 6 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 4 SO, 77 Pitches (56 Strikes), 8 GO: 3 FO

Cody Satterwhite (BS, 1, 4.74 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, BB, 32 Pitches (18 Strikes), 2 GO: 1 FO

Alex Torres (3.00 ERA) – 0.2 IP, SO, 1 GO, 1 IR – 0 S

John Church (W, 6-2, 4.33 ERA) – 1 IP, BB, 2 GO

Erik Jokisch (4.76 ERA) – 4 IP, 7 H, 4 R (2 ER), 2 BB, SO, 63 Pitches (37 Strikes), 8 GO: 2 FO

Yoervis Medina (5.81 ERA) – 2 IP, 3 H, R, SO, HBP, 26 Pitches (14 Strikes), 3 GO

Zac Rosscup (8.53 ERA) – 1 IP, H, SO, 1 FO

Blake Cooper – 1.1 IP, 3 H, R, BB, SO, HBP, 25 Pitches (14 Strikes), 2 GO

Batters

Dilson Herrera – 3-4, 2 R, 2B (23), RBI (38), BB, SO

Matt Reynolds – 2-5, R, RBI (58)

Eric Campbell – 1-5, R, RBI (15), GIDP

Kirk Nieuwenhuis – 2-4, BB, SO, GIDP

Jayce Boyd – 2-4

Travis Taijeron – 1-3, 2B (20), HBP, GIDP

Dan Rohlfing – RBI (21), HBP

Kevin Plawecki – 1-4, 2B (3)

Daniel Muno – 2-4, R, SO, GIDP

Javier Baez – 2-5, R, CS

Mike Olt – 1-4, 2B (12), 2 RBI (20)

Arismendy Alcantara – 3-4, R, SO

Mike Baxter – 1-4, R, 2B (8)

Adron Chambers – 1-1, 2 RBI (27)

Recap

Seth Lugo’s second start with Las Vegas ended the same with his first one did, with a victory for the 51s. Lugo was very efficient early, limited the damage during a long 5^th inning, and then was relieved with a 5-3 lead after 6 strong innings. Cody Satterwhite held onto the lead with a scoreless 7^th inning, but then allowed 3 of 4 Cubs batters to reach for 2 runs in the 8^th inning before Alex Torres came in to bail him out. John Church held the tie in the top of the 9^th inning, and then the 51s would walk off on a bases loaded HBP to Dan Rohlfing for the win.

Lugo did a very nice job of spotting his fastball to both sides throughout the start, and he mixed in his slider, changeup and curveball more as the start went on. His biggest promblem was Arismendy Alcantara, who went 3-3 against Lugo. Alcantara’s one out single in the 5^th would spark an Iowa rally against Lugo. Baxter followed with a double to RF that advanced Arismendy to 3B, and then pinch-hitter Adron Chambers singled them both home. Lugo would work around a missed catch error by Dilson Herrera to finish the frame with a 4-3 lead.

Las Vegas struck first for 2 runs in the 3^rd inning, scoring both runs on a play that featured an Iowa error – Baez made a throwing error that would allow Dilson to score, and Jokish made a throwing error that would allow Reynolds to score. Kevin Plawecki put a surge into a double leading off the 4^th, but he’d be thrown out at home two batters later. Dilson followed with an RBI single to give Las Vegas a 3-1 lead, and an RBI fielder’s choice from Eric Campbell would make it 4-1. After Iowa pulled to 4-3 in the 5^th, Las Vegas extended their lead again in the 6^th. Dilson hit a one out double to CF, and then scored on an RBI single from Reynolds.

In the 8^th, Satterwhite allowed a leadoff single to Javier Baez, and then Mike Olt would double Baez and Taylor Teagarden home 3 batters later.

With one out in the bottom of the 9^th, Eric Campbell reached on an infield single to spark the game-winning rally. Kirk followed with a single lined into CF, which advanced Soup to 3B. After Kirk took 2B on defensive indifference, the Cubs intentionally walked Ceciliani to load the bases. Iowa reliever Blake Cooper would then hit Dan Rohlfing with a pitch to bring home the winning run – it feels good to be on the winning end of that type of play!

The 51s welcome the Omaha Stormchasers into town Wednesday night at 10:05 PM, with Matthew Bowman (7-13, 5.19 ERA) scheduled to pitch for Las Vegas.

Pitcher Coverage

Table 1 – Pitch stats by inning

	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	6^th	Total
Total	7	6	19	9	25	11	77
Strikes	6	6	14	7	16	7	56
Swinging*	0	0	2	2	2	0	6

*7.8% Swinging strike rate

1^st inning

1) LF Jon Andreoli lined out to Muno (5/L)

i. 87 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – in play

2) CF Matt Szczur popped out to Reynolds (6/P)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 93 MPH Fastball – in play

3) SS Javier Baez

i. 91 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. Slider – ball 1-1

iii. 82 MPH Changeup – in play

2^nd inning

*Scoreboard wasn’t reporting velocities during this frame

1) 3B Christian Villanueva flied out to Kirk (8/F)

i. In play

2) C Taylor Teagarden (K/Lo)

i. Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. Foul 0-2

iii. Curveball – called strike 3

3) 1B Mike Olt hit a groundout back to the mound

i. Called strike (“Cutter” called, possibly a slider)

ii. In play

3^rd inning

1) 2B Arismendy Alcantara lined a single into CF (S8/L)

i. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, low

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – foul 1-1

iii. 92 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1, low

iv. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 3-1, low

v. 89 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3-2

vi. 90 MPH Fastball – in play

2) RF Mike Baxter hit a groundout to Campbell (3u/G)

i. 88 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 90 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-2

iii. 93 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

iv. 76 MPH Curveball – ball 1-2, high

v. 76 MPH Curveball – foul 1-2

vi. In play

3) SP Erik Jokisch struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. 89 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 91 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 0-2

iii. 90 MPH Fastball – called strike 3

4) Andreoli struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. 83 MPH Slider – called strike 0-1, inside corner

ii. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1, low

iii. Cutter/Slider – called strike 1-2

iv. 94 MPH Fastball – called strike 3

4^th inning

1) Szczur lined a single into CF (S8/L)

i. Slider – foul 0-1

ii. 84 MPH – in play

2) Baez lined a single into RF – Szczur to 3B (S9/L)

i. 83 MPH – in play

3) Villanueva hit a soft RBI groundout to Reynolds (63/G)

i. 76 MPH Curveball – in play

4) Teagarden struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 93 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1
*Baez caught trying to steal 3B

ii. 76 MPH Curveball – ball 1-1, outside

iii. 94 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1, outside

iv. 83 MPH Changeup – swinging strike 2-2

v. 77 MPH Curveball – swinging strike 3

5^th inning

1) Olt hit a groundout to Muno’s left – he made a nice spin play (53/G)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, outside

ii. 93 MPH Fastball – in play

2) Alcantara singled into CF (S8/G)

i. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, inside

ii. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0, down and in

iii. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 3-0, inside

iv. 88 MPH Fastball – called strike 3-1, inside corner

v. 90 MPH Fastball – in play

3) Baxter lined a double into RF (D9/L)

i. 87 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 91 MPH Fastball – in play

4) PH Adron Chambers hit a two run single into LF on a chopper over Muno’s head (S7/G)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, low

ii. 81 MPH Changeup – ball 2-0, high

iii. 89 MPH Fastball – foul 2-1

iv. 88 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

v. 88 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

vi. 90 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

vii. 93 MPH Fastball – in play

5) Andreoli reached on a force attempt/missed catch error by Dilson (E4/G)

i. 88 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 0-1

ii. 76 MPH Curveball – ball 1-1, outside

iii. 81 MPH Changeup – in play

6) Szczur hit a groundout to Reynolds (64/G)

i. 76 MPH Curveball – ball 1-0, outside

ii. 88 MPH Fastball – foul 1-1

iii. 81 MPH Changeup – swinging strike 1-2

iv. 90 MPH Fastball – in play

7) Baez hit a groundout to Reynolds (64/G)

i. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, bounced outside

ii. 81 MPH Changeup – in play

6^th inning

1) Villanueva hit a groundout to Reynolds (63/G)

i. 76 MPH Curveball – ball 1-0, low

ii. 80 MPH Changeup – ball 2-0, outside

iii. 91 MPH Fastball – in play

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

i. 90 MPH Fastball – in play

3) Olt flied out to CF (8/F)

i. 82 MPH Changeup – ball 1-0, high

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – in play

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

i. 92 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 93 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

iii. 76 MPH Curveball – ball 1-2, high

iv. 76 MPH Curveball – in play

5) Baxter flied out to CF (8/F)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – in play

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