Binghamton Mets @ New Britain Rock Cats
August 15, 2015
Matthew Koch @ Chad Bettis
Teams
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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R
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H
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E
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Binghamton
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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1
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5
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1
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New
Britain
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1
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0
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0
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2
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0
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0
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0
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0
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X
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3
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8
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2
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W: Arrowood (1-2,
3.80 ERA); L: Koch (4-7, 3.55 ERA); Save: Estevez (8)
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Matt Koch – 5.2 IP,
7 H, 3 R (2 ER), 2 BB, SO, 89 Pitches (50 Strikes), 6 GO: 5 FO
Josh Smoker (1.15 ERA)
– 1.1 IP, H, 2 SO, 1 GO, 1 IR – 0 S
Jon Velasquez (1.69
ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 1 GO: 1 FO
Chad Bettis (0.00 ERA) – 3.1 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 4
SO, 61 Pitches (39 Strikes), 5 GO: 1 FO
Ryan Arrowood – 2.2 IP, H, R, 2 BB, 2 SO, 54
Pitches (29 Strikes), 4 GO: 3 FO
Tyler Ybarra (H, 2, 4.41 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 2 SO
Sam Moll (H, 2, 0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 3 SO
Carlos Estevez (4.71 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 2 GO
Batters
Gavin Cecchini – 2-5, 2B (25), 2 SO
T.J. Rivera – 1-4, SO
Vince Belnome – 2-4, RBI (8), SO
David Dahl – 1-4, RBI
(24), SO
Mike Tauchman – 1-4
Ryan Casteel – 3-4, 2B
(1), SO
Jordan Patterson –
1-4, RBI (19)
Joey Wong – 1-4, R,
RBI (4), SO
Recap
The
Binghamton Mets offense continued to sputter in New Britain Saturday night, and
they fell 3-1 to the Rock Cats for a second straight loss. B-Mets starter Matt
Koch provided a strong performance over his 5.2 IP, but only a scoreless effort
would’ve netted him the win on this night, as the offense managed just a run on
5 hits. Gavin Cecchini started the game with a double for Binghamton, but the
Mets couldn’t even get him to 3B, and they’d only get a runner that far in the
6th inning. New Britain would take advantage of an error from L.J.
Mazzilli (his 10th) in the bottom of the 1st inning,
scoring on a grounder that took an advantageous deflection off of Koch. The
Cats would scratch out a pair of runs against Koch in the 4th, and
then their pitching did the rest of the heavy lifting.
Check
out the GIF highlights below. This series wraps up Sunday afternoon at 1 PM,
with Tyler Pill scheduled to pitch for Binghamton.
Gavin
Cecchini led off the game with his 25th double of the year, but the
B-Mets couldn’t even advance him past 2B.
The
Rock Cats took advantage of an L.J. Mazzilli fielding error for the first run
of the game in the bottom of the 1st inning. With two outs and Pat
Valaika on 1B from the error, Ryan Casteel started his big night with a single
to RF, which advanced Valaika to 3B. Jordan Patterson would follow with an RBI
single into RF on a grounder that deflected off of Matthew Koch.
Gavin
Cecchini picked up his second hit of the game with one out in the 3rd
inning, but again he’d advance no further than 2B.
Koch
allowed a leadoff walk to Jan Vazquez in the 4th inning, and then
uncorked a wild pitch that would allow him to advance to 2B with nobody out.
Joey Wong followed with an RBI single on a groundball into RF, and then Wong
came around to score on an RBI single from David Dahl, which was also on a
groundball into RF.
The
B-Mets finally got on the scoreboard in the 6th inning, when Vince
Belnome singled home Joe Benson after Benson and Brock Peterson had been issued
walks. Binghamton would load the bases with one out in the frame, and L.J.
Mazzilli even got a second chance after a dropped foul pop error by the New
Britain catcher, but he eventually flied out to RF, and then Albert Cordero hit
an inning ending groundout back to the pitcher.
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| T.J. Rivera's hit |
Defense Highlights
Gavin
Cecchini does a nice job on this grounder to his left.
Pitcher Coverage
Matthew Koch
Table 1 – Koch pitch stats by inning
1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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5th
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6th
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Total
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Total
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17
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14
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10
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17
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15
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16
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89
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Strikes
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12
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6
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5
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8
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9
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10
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50
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Swinging*
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0
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0
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1
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0
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3
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0
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4
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*4.5% Swinging strike rate
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| K1 |
Josh Smoker
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| K1 |
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| K2 |
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