Dunedin Blue Jays @ St. Lucie Mets
April 13, 2016
Teams
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R
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Dunedin
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0
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1
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0
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1
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0
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0
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2
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7
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St.
Lucie
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W: Prevost (1-0,
3.00 ERA); L: Robson (0-1, 21.60 ERA); Save: Griset (1, 0.00 ERA)
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| Image from MLB.com |
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Josh Prevost – 5.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 5 K, 83 Pitches (53
Strikes), 4 GO: 6 FO
Josh Edgin (6.75 ERA) – 0.2 IP, H, 5 Pitches (4 Strikes), 1
GO, 2 IR – 1 S
Ben Griset – 3 IP, K, 5 GO: 2 FO
Batters
2B – Luis Guillorme – 1-3, 2 RBI (4), BB, SAC
SS – Amed Rosario – 1-4, SO
1B – Michael Katz – 2-4, R, RBI (4)
DH – Phillip Evans – 1-4, R
C – Lednier Ricardo – 1-3, R, BB, GIDP
Recap
It
was only 5 pitches, but Josh Edgin took another step back towards the majors
with a second successful rehab appearance in St. Lucie Wednesday night. Edgin
made his first appearance starting
Sunday’s game, when he threw 27 pitches but couldn’t get out of the 1st
inning. This time he needed just 5 pitches to work through 3 batters, and he
helped St. Lucie get through the 6th – although he did allow an
inherited runner to score. The game had been a laugher since the 1st
inning, when St. Lucie sent 12 batters to the plate, and only 2 of the 9
players failed to reach at least once. The Dunedin bullpen did a great job
picking up starter Tom Robson, who only last 0.2 IP, but their offense never
got anything going against Josh Prevost, and then Ben Griset was perfect over
the final 3 innings for a long save.
Radio announcer Adam Mac described
Edgin as, “throwing with a lot of effort,” and added that he was sitting
mid-80’s during the end of his last outing, when the stadium gun came back on.
Brooks Baseball has him throwing a changeup and cutter around the 86-87 MPH he
was throwing last time, so maybe that’s what he was throwing, but that’s not
what Adam Mac seemed to be implying. His rehab assignment only last until very
early in May, so it’ll be interesting to see if/when the Mets move him up the
ladder.
This game was decided in bottom of
the 1st inning. Champ Stuart walked twice in the frame, driving in a
run with the second walk drawn. Luis Guillorme laid down a nice sac bunt and
drove in two runs with a single to LF in the frame – check out some post-game
reaction from Luis below. Amed Rosario went 1-2 in the frame, scoring a run and
striking out to end the run. Michael Katz picked up the first RBI with a single
to LF, and was 2-2 by the 2nd inning. There were 5 walks in the
frame, with John Mora, Lednier Ricardo and Patrick Biondi drawing the three I
hadn’t mentioned. Finally, the big play in the frame came with 2 outs and only
3 runs in before the E7. Jhoan Urena hit a line drive at the Dunedin left fielder
with the bases loaded, but the ball bounced out of David Harris’ glove,
allowing two runs to come home, and the inning to extend for two more.
Prevost sat down for a long time
during the bottom of the 1st inning, so he might’ve been cold when
Ryan McBroom greeted him with a double leading off the 2nd. He’d
bounce back to induce a comebacker and strikeout D.J. Davis, but Danny Jansen
picked up a two out RBI single to get Dunedin back one run. Prevost then worked
a clean 3rd, and around a single in each of the 4th and 5th
innings. He’d near his pitch limit as Dunedin managed two baserunners in the 6th,
so Luis Rojas took him out, but it didn’t sound like he gave up hard contact in
that final frame. Ben Griset has now worked 5.1 hitless innings for St. Lucie
in 2 appearances this year, with only a walk ruining his perfect record.
St. Lucie continues their series
with Dunedin Thursday night at 6:30 PM, with Chris Flexen scheduled to make his
second FSL start. Check out the broadcasted post-game interview with Luis
Guillorme below, and the few Josh Edgin pitch details given at the bottom. Any
future post-game interview’s I catch from the St. Lucie broadcast will likely
be included in the daily post, unless I’m doing a full recap that day.
EB: “What was your approach on that two-strike count when
you got the two run single in the 1st inning?”
LG: “All I was trying to do was get that ball in play and
hopefully find a hole. He gave me that pitch and I just slapped it the other
way and it dropped, which helped us out.”
EB: “You guys scored 7 runs in that inning, how big of a
deal is that for the club in the 1st inning?”
LG: “It makes you play more relaxed. It’s not just the
position players, it’s mostly the pitchers. When you go out their with a big 1st
inning lead, it’s going to make it easy for you throughout the game.”
EB: “You guys are off to a 5-2 start, 2nd place
right now behind the Cardinals. What is the key to the good start?”
LG: “Everybody is doing what they’re supposed to do. Our
starting pitchers have gone out and been starting the games well. Defense has
done its thing, and our bullpen has picked up our starters. Even us, when we
start behind in the game, we somehow find a way to get those runs back.”
Pitcher Coverage
Josh Prevost
Table 1 – Prevost 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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14
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23
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11
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15
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10
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9
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83
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Strikes
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10
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14
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7
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9
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6
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6
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53
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Swinging*
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0
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2
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2
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1
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1
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1
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7
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*8.4% Swinging strike rate
First pitch strike to 12/22 batters faced (55%)
Josh Edgin
Any pitch info per St.
Lucie announcers
6th inning
Josh Edgin entered
with runners on 1B and 2B and one out
1)
David Harris grounded an RBI single back up the
middle to score Richard Urena from 2B (S8/G)
i.
2)
D.J. Davis popped out to shortstop Amed Rosario
on the infield fly (6/P)
i.
3)
Danny Jansen grounds out to Jhoan Urena (53/G)
i.
87 MPH – ball 1-0
ii.
Changeup – called strike 1-1
iii.
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