A 3-Run First Is More Than Enough For Pill And Sewald

Binghamton Mets @ New Hampshire Fisher Cats

August 22, 2015

Game One

Tyler Pill @ Austin Bibens-Dirkx

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Binghamton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	4	0
New Hampshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	1

W: Pill (4-0, 1.19 ERA); L: Bibens-Dirkx (5-7, 4.37 ERA); Save: Sewald (22, 1.62 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Tyler Pill – 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 BB, 4 SO, 76 Pitches (48 Strikes), 9 GO: 1 FO

Paul Sewald – 1.1 IP, 3 SO, 1 GO: 3 IR – 0 S

Austin Bibens-Dirkx – 6 IP, 3 H, 3 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 5 SO, 97 Pitches (61 Strikes), 9 GO: 2 FO

Chad Girodo (0.69 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 1 GO: 1 FO

Batters

LF – Joe Benson – 1-3, R, 2B (7), SO

3B – Jonathan Galvez – 1-3, 2 RBI (14), SO

C – Xorge Carrillo – 1-3

CF – Gilbert Gomez – 1-3, CS

Dwight Smith Jr. – 2-3

Melky Mesa – 1-3, 2 SO

Sean Ochinko – 1-3

Recap

            The B-Mets started their Saturday night double-header with a win in quick fashion, needing just 1 hour and 57 minutes to complete a 3-0 shutout of the Fisher Cats. Tyler Pill was making his fourth start for the B-Mets since his demotion, and he’s now 4-0, with just 3 R allowed over 22.2 IP (16 H, 13 K: 9 BB). The B-Mets would score all 3 of their runs in the 1^st inning, and their rally was sparked by a two out double to the left center field wall hit by Joe Benson. It was the third time that the B-Mets have faced Bibens-Dirkx this year, and they’re now 2-1 in games he’s pitched against them. The B-Mets played sharp defense behind Pill, but he was just cruising until the 6^th inning. with two outs in the 6^th, he allowed a single and then issued two walks to load the bases. Manager Pedro Lopez went to his trusted closer Paul Sewald in the tight situation, and he would induce a groundout to end the frame. Sewald stayed on for the 7^th inning, and he struck out the side to finish game one.

            These two teams played a nightcap shortly after this game ended, with Mickey Jannis making his AA debut for Binghamton.

Scoring Highlights

            Joe Benson hit a two out double in the 1^st inning to spark the B-Mets only rally. After Brock Peterson and Vince Belnome were walked to load the bases, Jonathan Galvez singled home two runs, and an E6 led to a third run.

Pitcher Coverage

Tyler Pill

Table 1 – Pill pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
Total	10	18	14	6	8	20	76
Strikes	8	10	10	4	6	10	48
Swinging*	3	2	3	0	0	0	8

*10.5% Swinging strike rate

The spray chart against Pill and Sewald

K1

K2

K3

K4

Paul Sewald

Sewald struck out the side in the 7^th:

First strikeout came on a 3-2 pitch (swinging).

Second strikeout came on a 1-2 fastball on the outside corner (looking).

Third strikeout came on a 2-2 breaking ball on the outside corner (looking).

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