Mazzilli’s Pinch-Hit Double Drives An 8th Inning Comeback For The B-Mets | Astromets Mind

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Mazzilli’s Pinch-Hit Double Drives An 8th Inning Comeback For The B-Mets

Altoona Curve @ Binghamton Mets


September 5, 2015



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
Altoona
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0

2
5
0
Binghamton
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
X

3
8
0
W: Lara (9-5, 3.44 ERA); L: Kucno (3-6, 3.51 ERA); Save: Sewald (24, 1.79 ERA)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Rainy Lara – 8 IP, 5 H, 2 R, BB, 7 SO, 97 Pitches (71 Strikes), 6 GO: 7 FO
Paul Sewald – 1 IP, SO, 2 GO

Zack Dodson (3.67 ERA) – 7 IP, 4 H, 7 SO, 86 Pitches (55 Strikes), 9 GO: 1 FO
John Kuchno (BS, 7) – 0.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 GO
Tom Harlan (3.72 ERA) – 0.1 IP, H, BB, 1 IR – 1 S
Montana DuRapau (0.00 ERA) – 0.1 IP, SO, 2 IR – 0 S

Batters

Jeff McNeil – 1-4, CS
Lucas Duda – 2-3, SO
Vince Belnome – 1-1, 2B (6), RBI (18)
Jonathan Galvez – 1-3, 2 SO
Xorge Carrillo – 1-3, SO, GIDP
Jared King – 1-3, R
L.J. Mazzilli – 1-1, R, 2B (19), 2 RBI (23)

Adam Frazier – 1-4, 2B (20)
Max Moroff – 1-4, R, 2B (27), SO
Jose Osuna – 1-4, 2B (20), RBI (52)
Austin Meadows – 1-4, R, 3B (2)
Barrett Barnes – 1-4, 2B (5)

Recap


            The Binghamton Mets couldn’t get anything going at the plate against Curve starter Zack Dodson Saturday night, but they woke up against Altoona’s bullpen, scoring all three of their runs in the 8th inning for a comeback victory. B-Mets starter Rainy Lara was very sharp in this game, retiring the first 12 Curve batters before he ran into some trouble in the 5th and 6th innings. Austin Meadows and Barrett Barnes hit back-to-back extra base hits against Lara in the 5th (see below for those 2 hits + all of the Binghamton offense), and the Max Moroff and Jose Osuna did the same in the 6th inning. Rehabbing Lucas Duda picked up a single one-hopped into CF in each of his first two at bats, but then struck out in his 3rd AB. Duda would leave after 7 innings as planned, and is expected to play about 7 innings Sunday night before a full game on Monday. Xorge Carrillo sparked the B-Mets 8th inning rally, while L.J. Mazzilli and Vince Belnome provided the RBI doubles in the frame. Paul Sewald would take over for Lara in the 9th inning and work a perfect frame, striking out Barnes along the way.
            Check out the full scoring details and highlights below. This series continues Sunday night at 6:35 PM, with Gabriel Ynoa (9-8, 3.94 ERA) scheduled to pitch opposite Jason Creasy (11-8, 4.53 ERA).


Scoring Highlights


            Lucas Duda started the game 2-2, and had half of the B-Mets hits when he left after 7 innings.



            Austin Meadows tripled and Barrett Barnes doubled him home in the 5th to give Altoona a 1-0 lead.



            Max Moroff and Jose Osuna hit back-to-back doubles for the Curve in the 6th, which doubled their lead to 2-0.

            Jeff McNeil picked up his first AA hit in the bottom of the 6th, but he’d be thrown out at 2B as part of a strike ‘em out, throw ‘em out doule play.

He lined out in the first


            Xorge Carrillo sparked the B-Mets comeback rally with a leadoff single to RF in the 8th inning. Victor Cruzado would replace him on the base paths after he beat out a potential double play grounder. Jared King would advance Cruzado to 2B on a single to RF, and then L.J. Mazzilli doubled them both home to tie the game at 2. Vince Belnome would complete the comeback with an RBI double to LF to bring home Mazzilli.






Defensive Highlights


            Lucas Duda handled this grounder cleanly in the 3rd inning.



Pitcher Coverage


Table 1 – Lara pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Total
Total
8
6
16
10
15
16
6
20
97
Strikes
7
5
13
8
10
10
6
12
71
Swinging*
1
0
2
0
0
3
2
2
10
*10.3% Swinging strike rate



  • 0Blogger Comment
  • Facebook Comment
  • Disqus Comment

Leave your comment

Post a Comment

comments powered by Disqus
submit to reddit