B-Mets Bounce Back From Error Filled First

Bowie Baysox @ Binghamton Mets

August 5, 2015

Ariel Miranda @ Robert Gsellman

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Bowie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	1
Binghamton	0	2	1	0	1	0	5	0	X		9	11	3

W: Gsellman (6-5, 2.99 ERA); L: Miranda (1-1, 1.72 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Robert Gsellman – 5 IP, 2 H, 2 R (0 ER), 3 SO, 67 Pitches (44 Strikes), 7 GO: 3 FO

Akeel Morris (H, 4, 3.78 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 2 BB, 2 SO, 2 GO

Josh Smoker (H, 3, 1.50 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 1 GO: 1 FO, 2 IR – 0 S

Jon Velasquez (1.73 ERA) – 0.2 IP, H, SO

Paul Sewald (1.43 ERA) – 1 IP, H, SO, 2 GO

Batters

2B – L.J. Mazzilli – 1-3, 3 R, 2 BB, SB (3)

LF – Josh Rodriguez – 2-4, R, 2 2B (22), RBI (67), SB (11)

3B – T.J. Rivera – 1-3, 2 R, RBI (10), 2 BB, SB (1), SO

1B – Vince Belnome – 2-4, R, SB (1)

CF/LF – Joe Benson – 1-2, R, RBI (12), BB, SB (3), SF

C – Xorge Carrillo – 3-4, R, 2B (13), 3 RBI (32)

RF – Jared King – 1-3, 2 RBI (40), BB, CS

Recap

            After a couple of 1^st inning errors gave Bowie a 2-0 lead Wednesday night, the B-Mets pitching went into shutdown mode, allowing just 5 Bowie base runners over the final 8 frames. Binghamton made the most of their chances on offense in this game, making the Baysox pay for issuing a walk with the bases empty in 3 separate innings. After allowing the pair of runs in the 1^st inning, Robert Gsellman was very sharp, retiring 12 straight before Drew Dosch reached on a two out single in the 5^th inning. The Mets are being very careful with Gsellman’s innings count down the stretch to make sure he is ready for the AA postseason, so he’s thrown just 5 IP in each of his last 2 starts, needing less than 70 pitches in both outings. He’s already surpassed his innings total from 2014, so there’s still a chance he gets skipped for a start to keep him fresh for September.

            This series wraps up Thursday night at 6:35 PM, with Rainy Lara (5-3, 3.58 ERA) looking to lead the B-Mets to the best record in the EL.

Scoring Highlights

            After T.J. Rivera reached on a one out walk in the 2^nd inning, Vince Belnome singled him to 3B, and Joe Benson brought him home with a sac fly. Xorge Carrillo would follow with an RBI single to tie the game at 2.

            Similarly, in the 3^rd inning, L.J. Mazzilli reached on a one out walk, went to 3B on a double from Josh Rodriguez, and then scored on a sac fly from Brock Peterson.

            Mazzilli would again reach on a walk and score in the 5^th inning, this time coming around on an RBI single from Rivera after L.J. stole 2B.

            L.J. sparked the big 7^th inning rally with a leadoff single to LF, and he’d come around to score on J Rod’s second double of the game. After a pair of walks loaded the bases with two outs for Carrillo, he knocked a ground-rule double into the RF corner, which made it a 7-2 game. Jared King capped the scoring with a two run single to LF.

Bonus Defense

            There were several grounders hit to Gavin Cecchini, but few really tested him, and he made good throws on all of them – this play is from the 3^rd inning.

Pitcher Coverage

Table 1 – Gsellman pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Total
Total	19	6	14	10	18	67
Strikes	14	6	7	6	11	44
Swinging*	3	0	1	0	2	6

*9.0% Swinging strike rate

First strikeout came on a 1-2 fastball at the letters (swinging).

Second strikeout came on a 1-2 curveball on the outside corner at the knees (looking).

Third strikeout came on a 1-2 fastball at 93 MPH on the black (swinging).

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