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Binghamton Can’t Come Up With Big Hit To Overcome Lara’s Struggles


Erie Sea Wolves @ Binghamton Mets


April 23, 2016



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
Erie
0
1
0
2
1
2
1
0
0

7
10
0
Binghamton
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0

2
10
2
W: Riordan (2-1, 3.86 ERA); L: Lara (1-2, 4.41 ERA)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Rainy Lara (L, 1-2, 4.96 ERA) – 5 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 2 BB, K, HR, 96 Pitches (58 Strikes), 4 GO: 6 FO
Luis Mateo (2.79 ERA) – 2 IP, 3 H, R (0 ER), 6 GO, 1 IR – 0 S
Kelly Secrest (4.70 ERA) – 1 IP, K, 1 GO: 1 FO
Beck Wheeler (2.25 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 GO: 1 FO

Batters

3B – Derrik Gibson – 2-4
LF – Maikis De La Cruz – 1-4, R, 2B (4), RBI (6), K
SS – Niuman Romero – 1-3, BB
1B – Dominic Smith – 1-4, RBI (9), K, GIDP
DH – Matt Oberste – 1-4, K, GIDP
C – Colton Plaia – 1-4, 2 K
RF – Stefan Sabol – 1-2, R, K
CF – Kyle Johnson – 2-3, K


Recapish


            The Binghamton Mets managed to scrape together 10 hits Saturday afternoon, but 9 of them were singles, and only one of them came with a runner in scoring position (and it didn’t even drive in a run!). Meanwhile, Erie also finished with 10 hits, but 7 of them went for extra bases, and the Sea Wolves pulled away from the 4th through the 7th and finished with a 7-2 win. Manager Pedro Lopez was ejected in the 6th, but it did nothing to spark a fire in the B-Mets bats.
B-Mets starter Rainy Lara was smacked around by Erie, allowing 6 runs on 7 hits, 6 of which went for extra bases: 4 doubles, a triple, and a controversial homerun. Jason Krizan led off the 6th with a ball smoked off the foul pole down the RF line, though it was originally ruled to have bounced off the wall by the ump closest to the play. The MiLB.tv feed didn’t pan to the foul pole in time, but the announcer’s had originally thought it was a homerun off the pole.
Only one B-Mets starter didn’t finish with a hit Saturday – Phillip Evans, who went 0-3 with 3 K’s and a pop out in his Double-A debut – but it didn’t matter, because the hits were not strung together or well-struck. Evans is taking the roster spot of Jeff McNeil, who is out with a sore hip.
I recap some of the highlights from this game below, so enjoy! The B-Mets will look to Mickey Jannis to stop the bleeding as the series wraps up Sunday afternoon at 1:05 PM.


Scoring Highlights


            Dominic Smith picked up his single in his first AB of the game leading off the 2nd inning.


            Stefan Sabol sparked the B-Mets first run with a leadoff single in the 3rd inning. Kyle Johnson and Derrik Gibson added one out singles to load the bases, and then Sabol came home on a fielder’s choice groundout. The inning ended in an unfortunate manner: with Maikis De La Cruz running, Niuman Romero hit a sharp liner ticketed for the outfield, but instead it found Maikis – he didn’t really have much of a chance to react to it.




            Matt Oberste and Colton Plaia picked up consecutive one out singles in the 4th inning, but the other 3 B-Mets batters to bat in the frame struck out.



            Kyle Johnson and Derrik Gibson started the 5th inning with singles, but Smith would ground into a double play with the bases loaded to end any scoring threat.

            Maikis De La Cruz led off the 8th with a double and then came around to score on a pair of groundouts.



Defensive Highlights


            The B-Mets turned double plays in both the 6th and 7th innings, and then Phil Evans finished the 7th with a nice play ranging to his left.





Pitcher Coverage


Table 1 – Rainy Lara pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Total
Total
13
17
14
22
16
14
96
Strikes
11
10
8
13
9
7
58
Swinging*
1
0
2
2
0
0
5
*5.2% Swinging strike rate

First pitch strike to 12/24 batters faced (50%)






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