Portland Sea Dogs @ Binghamton Mets
April 25, 2016
Teams
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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R
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H
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E
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Portland
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0
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0
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0
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0
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3
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0
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0
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0
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1
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4
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6
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2
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Binghamton
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0
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1
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0
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0
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1
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1
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2
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1
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X
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6
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10
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1
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W: Taylor (2-0, 2.70
ERA); L: Shepherd (1-1, 2.45 ERA); Save: Wheeler (1, 3.00 ERA)
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Robert Gsellman
(2.19 ERA) – 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 4 K, HBP, 92 Pitches (53 Strikes), 10 GO: 3
FO
Logan Taylor – 2 IP, H, 3 K, 2 GO: 1 FO
Beck Wheeler – 1 IP, H, R, K, HR, 2 GO
Batters
CF – Kyle Johnson – 2-3, 2 R, RBI (4), 2 BB
SS – Niuman Romero – 2-4, BB
1B – Dominic Smith – 2-4, 2B (5), 2 RBI (6), BB, K
DH – Matt Oberste – 2-5, R
LF – Victor Cruzado – 1-3, R, HR (2), 2 RBI (6), BB, 2 K, PO
RF – Jared King – 1-4, R, 2B (1), 2 K
Recapish
The
Binghamton Mets pulled off their second straight victory Monday night against
Portland, winning a back-and-forth affair after a solid start from Robert
Gsellman. Gsellman struggled with command in the 5th, and Portland
got to him for 3 runs in the frame, but he was otherwise fantastic, allowing
just a single across the other 5 frames. Dominic Smith had a pair of hits –
including a double – and a pair of RBI’s, but it was the big two-run homerun
from Victor Cruzado that put Binghamton ahead for good in this game. Logan Taylor
came in throwing bullets for the 7th and 8th innings, and
Beck Wheeler was given the save opportunity with Akeel Morris having worked
Sunday.
Gsellman’s
been very effective in 2016, but he found himself behind too often Monday
night. He threw a first pitch strike to just 10 of 25 batters faced, and that
came back to burn him when he issued two walks as part of Portland’s big 5th
inning. Broadcasters were calling him low-90’s throughout the start, and said
he had topped out at 94. Logan Taylor was throwing 93-96 MPH out of the pen
behind him, which is a great development – it looked like he was throwing hard
on the road, but stadium guns were down. Beck Wheeler allowed a two out homerun
in the 9th, but then bounced back to strikeout the final batter of
the game.
I
look at the scoring details with highlights below, so enjoy! This series
continues Tuesday evening at 6:35 PM, with Andrew Barbosa (0-0, 5.40 ERA)
scheduled to pitch for the B-Mets.
Scoring Highlights
The
Binghamton Mets took 6 walks and a HBP over the first 2 runs, but managed only
one run because they failed to get a hit. Kevin McAvoy threw only 23 of 53
pitches for strikes and walked in the only run.
Dominic
Smith led off the 3rd with a double hit just fair down the LF line.
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| The swing slowed down to 50% |
After
the B-Mets fell behind 3-1 in the top of the 5th, Kyle Johnson
singled to start the bottom half and would eventually come around to score.
Manager Pedro Lopez put the hit-and-run on with Niuman Romero at the plate,
which helped Johnson go to 3B on Romero’s single. Dominic Smith followed with
an RBI fielder’s choice to make it a 3-2 game. Matt Oberste added a single in
the frame, but Oberste and Smith would be stranded at 2B and 3B.
Jared
King hit a one out double in the 6th inning, and then came around to
score on an RBI single off the bat of Romero.
Oberste
led off the 7th with the hit and then Victor Cruzado provided the
biggest hit of the night, launching one off the billboard beyond the RF wall.
Johnson
picked up a one out single in the 8th, and then Pedro Lopez called
for another hit-and-run. Romero didn’t pick up a hit this time, but he hit a
grounder that might’ve otherwise been an inning ending double play. Given
further life in the frame, Binghamton added an insurance run when Smith picked
up his second hit and second RBI of the game by yanking a single into RF.
Defensive Highlights
Robert
Gsellman did a nice job fielding his position on this play in the 1st
inning – as a bonus, check out a side view of his mechanics.
Dominic
Smith dropped down to a knee to be sure about fielding this grounder in the 2nd
inning.
Gsellman
has been a very good fielding pitcher in his time with the B-Mets, and here he
starts a 1-6-3 double play after leaping for a comebacker.
One
thing I’ve noticed about Smith’s game is that he tends to give his pitchers
easy-to-catch tosses when they’re on the run to 1B.
Pitcher Coverage
Robert Gsellman
Table 1 – 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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12
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8
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22
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10
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31
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9
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92
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Strikes
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6
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5
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12
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7
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17
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6
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53
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Swinging*
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1
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0
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2
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1
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5
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1
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10
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*10.7% Swinging strike rate
First pitch strike to 10/25 batters faced (40%)
First strikeout came on a 1-2 fastball (swinging)
Second strikeout came on a 2-2 fastball (looking)
Third strikeout came on a 2-2 slider (swinging)
Fourth strikeout came on a 0-2 curveball (swinging)
Logan Taylor went 94 then 96 on consecutive fastballs for
his first strikeout in the 7th inning
The 'great comet' of 1873 as seen in Paris, March 19; in 'Les comètes', Amédée Guillemin (Paris, 1875) @GallicaBnF. pic.twitter.com/I4Pwvtvgct— History of Astronomy (@HistAstro) April 25, 2016
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