Erie Sea Wolves @ Binghamton Mets
August 26, 2015
Josh Turley @ Steven Matz
Teams
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R
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H
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E
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Erie
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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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0
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0
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0
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1
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1
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5
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1
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Binghamton
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0
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X
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3
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7
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0
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W: Matz (1-0, 0.00
ERA); L: Turley (11-8, 3.50 ERA); Save: Velasquez (17, 1.82 ERA)
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Steven Matz
(W, 1-0, 0.00 ERA) – 6 IP, H, 6 SO, 56 Pitches (41 Strikes), 5 GO: 6 FO
Gabriel Ynoa (H, 1, 3.83 ERA) – 2 IP, 2 H, 25 Pitches (18
Strikes), 4 GO: 2 FO
Jon Velasquez (1.82 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 H, R, SO, HR
Josh Turley – 7 IP, 7
H, 3 R, BB, 5 SO, HR, 84 Pitches (54 Strikes), 6 GO: 5 FO
Gabe Hemmer (0.00 ERA)
– 1 IP, SO, 1 GO: 1 FO
Batters
L.J. Mazzilli – 1-4, SO
T.J. Rivera – 1-4, R, SO
Josh Rodriguez – 1-4, R, HR (19), 2 RBI (71), SO
Joe Benson – 1-3, R, 2B (9)
Jonathan Galvez – 1-2, RBI (16)
Xorge Carrillo – 1-3
Jared King – 1-3
Wynton Bernard – 1-4,
R, HR (4), RBI (35), SO
Jeff McVaney – 2-4, 2
SO
Recap
Coming
into the night, Mets players had not been having much success during their
rehab stints this year, especially the pitchers, who have blown at least 10
games, mostly for St. Lucie (and mostly due to Bobby Parnell and Vic Black).
But after two so-so starts with St. Lucie over the past two weeks (details from
8/15
and 8/20),
Steven Matz bucked that trend Wednesday night against Erie. The B-Mets would
take a 1-0 lead in the 2nd inning, and you could just tell that that
would have been enough for Matz on this night, if he had no pitch limit. Josh
Rodriguez would reach a personal milestone as he gave the B-Mets two key
insurance runs in the 3rd, launching his 100th homerun in
the minors to give Binghamton a 3-0 lead. Gabriel Ynoa made a rare relief
appearance after Matz, and he’d throw two scoreless innings before Jon
Velasquez took over in the 9th. Ynoa hadn’t made a relief appearance
since 2011 in rookie ball, but as I mentioned in my review of the Mets internal
bullpen options, it would make sense for the Mets to transition him to that
role for September. Velasquez would allow a leadoff homerun in the 9th,
but then got back to work as if nothing had happened and held onto the lead.
Matz was as good as he gets,
allowing just a two out single in the 1st inning over 6 scoreless
frames. He sat 94 MPH with his fastball for most of the night, although it was
called from 92-95 MPH, and he mixed in his curve and changeup as the start went
along. But it was his fastball command that helped him last 6 innings on a
60-pitch count limit, as he just kept inducing weak contact from the Erie
batters. The innings and AB’s were going so quickly for Matz that he barely had
a chance to mix in more. Matz worked so quickly that he was out of the game in
just over an hour despite lasting 6 innings. He might’ve broken the modern day
record for quickest game ever if he had no pitch count and kept up his pace.
Looking ahead, the B-Mets stay home
and welcome the Fisher Cats into town for a weekend series. Tyler Pill (4-0,
1.19 ERA) is scheduled to pitch for the B-Mets opposite Austin Bibens-Dirkx
(5-7, 4.37 ERA), who is no stranger to this Binghamton roster.
Joe
Benson lined a one out double into the left center field gap in the 2nd
inning, and ended up at 3B when Wynton Bernard misplayed the ball – Bernard
benefitted with a little league homerun on a similar play Tuesday night. Benson
would then score the games first run on a sac fly from Galvez.
L.J.
Mazzilli led off the 3rd inning with a single lined into LF, but was
then replaced on the base paths when T.J. Rivera grounded into a force out. It
was fortunate that Rivera avoided the double play, because Josh Rodriguez
followed with a long homerun to RF for some key insurance runs.
Bernard
would make up for his earlier gaffe with a legit homerun hit on a line out to
LF leading off the 9th.
Rivera and Xorge Carrillo added hits of their own in this game.
Defensive Highlights
Steven
Matz showed off his good fielding instincts for the final out of the 1st
inning.
T.J.
Rivera and L.J. Mazzilli made a couple of nice plays behind Gabriel Ynoa in the
8th inning.
Xorge
Carrillo pounces to get this ball in fair territory, and then lobs an accurate
throw to 1B like it’s nothing.
Pitcher Coverage
Steven Matz
Table 1 – Matz 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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9
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8
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16
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8
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5
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10
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56
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Strikes
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6
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6
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9
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7
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5
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8
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41
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Swinging*
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0
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0
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5
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2
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0
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1
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8
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*14.3% Swinging strike rate
First strikeout came on a 2-2 fastball at 94 MPH (swinging)
– he had blown 95 MPH heat by the batter one pitch earlier.
Second strikeout came on a 3-2 fastball on the outer half (swinging).
Third strikeout came on a 2-2 fastball that was letter high (swinging).
Fourth strikeout came on a 0-2 fastball at 94 MPH (swinging).
Fifth strikeout came on a 0-2 changeup that was outside (swinging).
Sixth strikeout came on a 1-2 curveball on the inside corner
(looking).
Gabriel Ynoa
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