51s Overcome Early Deficit in Gabriel Ynoa’s Debut

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Sacramento RiverCats @ Las Vegas 51s

April 11, 2016

Ricky Romero @ Gabriel Ynoa

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Batters

Recap

Pitcher Coverage

1^st inning

2^nd inning

3^rd inning

4^th inning

5^th inning

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sacramento	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
Las Vegas	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	X	5	10	0

W: Bradford (2-0, 0.00 ERA); L: Suarez (0-1, 9.00 ERA); Save: Sewald (1, 0.00 ERA)

It was a nice night for baseball in Las Vegas Monday

Gabriel Ynoa (3.60 ERA) – 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 K, 85 Pitches (50 Strikes), 8 GO

Chasen Bradford – 1 IP, H, K, 1 GO

Zach Thornton (H, 1, 18.00 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 2 K, 3 GO

Josh Smoker (H, 1, 0.00 ERA) – 0.1 IP, GO

Paul Sewald – 1 IP, K, 1 GO: 1 FO

LF – Ty Kelly – 2-4, 2 2B (2), 3 RBI (3), SO

SS – Gavin Cecchini – 1-4, SB (1), GIDP

3B – Matt Reynolds – 1-4, SO

RF – Travis Taijeron – 1-3, R, BB

C – Rene Rivera – 1-3, 2 R, HBP

1B – Marc Krauss – 1-3, R, RBI (3), BB, SO

CF – Brandon Nimmo – 3-4, R, 2B (1), RBI (1)

Gabriel Ynoa made a successful PCL debut against the RiverCats Monday night, and the Las Vegas 51s were able to battle back from a 1^st inning deficit for a 5-2 win. Ynoa faced trouble throughout the night, but he managed to limit the damage outside of the 1^st inning. Sacramento starter Ricky Romero limited Las Vegas to just 1 hit over the first 4 innings, but his early season pitch count limited him to just those 4 innings. The 51s would then jump on the Cats bullpen, scoring 3 runs off of Albert Suarez over the next 2 frames to pull ahead for good. Meanwhile, the 51s pen was nearly perfect, allowing just a single over 4 innings of relief.

Ynoa definitely had the first start adrenaline flowing early, as he hit 95 MPH often in the 1^st inning, and was throwing almost entirely heat – per table 2, 16 of 20 1^st inning pitches were fastballs, and he averaged 94.1 MPH on his fastball in the 1^st. He began mixing in the slider more starting in the 2^nd inning, and then whipped out a few curveballs at the end of his start – he also mixed in some changeups against lefties. He induced a lot of groundballs in this start, but when Sacramento got the ball in the air, they did a lot of damage against him. He allowed two triples, and Brandon Nimmo had to flag down two fly balls near the warning track in deep CF (it’s 433 to CF at Cashman Field). This start could’ve ended a lot worse for Ynoa, but he worked around trouble in the 2^nd through 4^th innings, which allowed Las Vegas to battle back. He stranded runners on 2B and 3B in the 2^nd, runners at 1B and 2B in the 3^rd, and a runner at 3B in the 4^th. He finally worked a clean inning in the 5^th, but then reached his pitch limit.

The offense responded to Ynoa’s first 1-2-3 inning by immediately putting together their best threat of the game. Marc Krauss led off with a walk and went to 3B on Nimmo’s first double of the year. Unfortunately, the 51s would have to settle for one run on a sac fly, but it cut the lead in half. In the 6^th, Matt Reynolds led things off with a single, but T.J. Rivera followed with a double play groundout. Fortunately, Travis Taijeron, Rene Rivera, Krauss, and Nimmo followed with consecutive singles for two runs. Dilson Herrera – sitting because of his sore shoulder and no DH – would get a chance to pinch hit, and put a good drive into the ball, but flew out to LF. After flying out to the wall earlier in the game, Ty Kelly doubled to the RF wall in the 7^th, and then hit a two run double to LF in the 8^th. Nimmo had picked up his third single of the game in the 8^th after Rene Rivera reached on a HBP, and Danny Muno followed them with a PH walk.

While the 51s surged ahead, the pen took control. Chase Bradford worked around a two out single in the 6^th. Zach Thornton retired all 5 batters he faced on 2 strikeouts and 3 groundouts. Josh Smoker came in to retire the lefty for the last out of the 8^th. Then closer Paul Sewald came in, much to the delight of the crowd, and retired all 3 batters he faced, including retiring the final batter, Hak-Ju Lee, down on 3 straight strikes.

Also of note from this game was Marc Krauss' glove work at 1B. Gavin Cecchini spiked three throws to 1B, and Krauss dug all 3 out of the dirt with no problems. Looking to add an insurance run late in the game, Wally asked Cecchini to bunt, which he failed to do. This series continues Tuesday night at 10:05 PM ET, with Sean Gilmartin currently scheduled to pitch for Las Vegas.

Table 1 – Ynoa pitch stats by inning

	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	Total
Total	20	18	24	15	8	85
Strikes	12	10	13	9	6	50
Swinging*	2	2	3	2	1	10

*11.8% Swinging strike rate

First pitch strikes to 12/22 batters faced (55%)

Table 2 – Breaking down pitch count by type and inning

Table 3 – Breaking down pitch results by type

Strike %
Total	Call	Sw	Foul

BIP%
LD	GB	FB	PU

Results
AB	BABIP	ISO	K

Fastball

63.0

23.9

10.9

8.7

.444

.333

Changeup

71.4

28.6

100

1.00

.000

Slider

48.3

17.2

10.3

6.9

.000

Curveball

66.7

.333

100

.000

Note: Velocities come from the Las Vegas scoreboard.

1) Gorkys Hernandez walked (BB)

i. 95 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, outside

ii. 94 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0, low

iii. 94 MPH Fastball – ball 3-0, high

iv. 95 MPH Fastball – called strike 3-1

v. 94 MPH Fastball – called strike 3-2, outside corner

vi. 95 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

vii. 95 MPH Fastball – ball 4, outside

2) Ryan Lollis tripled on a fly ball to the right center field gap (T8/F)

i. 93 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 84 MPH Changeup – foul 0-2

iii. 94 MPH Fastball

3) Mac Williamson hit an RBI groundout to Rivera that was fielded behind the bag (43/G)

i. 95 MPH Fastball

4) Andrew Susac hit a weak comebacker to Ynoa (13/G)

i. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, outside

ii. 94 MPH Fastball

5) Jarrett Parker struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 85 MPH Slider – called strike 0-1

ii. 85 MPH Changeup – ball 1-1, down and in

iii. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1, outside

iv. 94 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 2-2

v. 85 MPH Changeup – foul 2-2

vi. 94 MPH Fastball – ball 3-2, inside

vii. 94 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3

1) Grant Green lined a single into LF (S7/L)

i. 93 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1, inside corner

ii. 85 MPH Slider – ball 1-1, bounced outside

iii. 83 MPH Slider – ball 2-1, inside

iv. 93 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

v. Changeup

2) Conor Gillaspie hit a grounder to Rivera for a force out at 2B (46/G)

i. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, high

ii. 84 MPH Changeup – ball 2-0, outside

iii. Fastball

3) Hak-Ju Lee singled on a groundball to RF (S9/G)

i. 93 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 0-1

ii. 93 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-2

iii. Fastball – ball 1-2

iv. 83 MPH Slider – ball 2-2, bounced inside

v. Fastball

4) Ricky Romero laid down a sac bunt to advance the runners (14/SAC)

i. 93 MPH Fastball

5) Hernandez lined out to Nimmo in deep CF (8/L)

i. 85 MPH Slider – ball 1-0, outside

ii. 85 MPH Slider – swinging strike 1-1

iii. 83 MPH Slider – ball 2-1, low

iv. 85 MPH Slider (hanger)

1) Lollis singled through the left side (S7/G)

i. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. Fastball – foul 1-1

iii. 93 MPH Fastball, outer half

2) Williamson hit a groundout to Reynolds (53/G)

i. Slider – called strike 0-1

ii. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1, outside

iii. 93 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-2, outside corner

iv. Slider – ball 2-2, bounced outside

v. 85 MPH Slider – ball 3-2, low

vi. 83 MPH Slider

3) Susac walked (BB)

i. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, high

ii. Slider – called strike 1-1

iii. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1, outside

iv. 83 MPH Slider – ball 3-1, bounced outside (checked swing)

v. 95 MPH Fastball – ball 4, just outside or low

4) Parker struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 85 MPH Changeup – swinging strike 0-1

ii. 85 MPH Slider – ball 1-1, low

iii. 82 MPH Slider – called strike 1-2

iv. 93 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3 (with a lot of arm side run)

5) Grant Green struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 85 MPH Slider – ball 1-0, low and outside

ii. 94 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1

iii. 94 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-2, inside corner at the knees

iv. 85 MPH Slider – ball 2-2, low and outside

v. Slider – foul 2-2

vi. 85 MPH Slider – swinging strike 3

1) Gillaspie lined out to Cheech (6/L)

i. Slider – ball 1-0

ii. 91 MPH Fastball – foul 1-1

iii. Fastball

2) Lee tripled on a fly ball off the wall in the LF corner (T7/F)

i. 78 MPH Curveball – ball 1-0

ii. Changeup – swinging strike 1-1

iii. Slider – ball 2-1, bounced inside

iv. 93 MPH Fastball

3) Romero struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Slider – foul 0-1

ii. Slider – ball 1-1, bounced outside

iii. 94 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1, high

iv. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 3-1, high

v. 93 MPH Fastball – called strike 3-2, outer half

vi. 93 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3

4) Hernandez hit a grounder up the middle that deflected off of Ynoa, but was handled successfully by Rivera (143/G) “T.J. Rivera was Johnny-on-the-Spot” ~Russ Langer

i. Slider – called strike 0-1, inner half

ii. Slider, outer half

1) Lollis hit a groundout to Rivera (43/G)

i. 77 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-1

ii. 78 MPH Curveball

2) Williamson lined out to Nimmo in deep CF (8/L)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, low

ii. Slider – ball 2-0, high

iii. Slider – swinging strike 2-1

iv. 92 MPH Fastball – called strike 2-2, outer half

v. Slider

3) Susac hit a groundout to Cheech (63/G)

i. 93 MPH Fastball

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