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Friday, April 29, 2016

Smith’s Bomb Is More Than Enough For Lara


Binghamton Mets @ New Hampshire Fisher Cats


April 29, 2016



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
Binghamton
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0

4
9
0
New Hampshire
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0

1
2
0
W: Lara (2-2, 3.47 ERA); L: Berken (0-4, 5.32 ERA); S: Wheeler (2, 2.45 ERA)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Rainy Lara – 7 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 HR, 4 TB, 2 BB, 3 K (2 K/Sw), 1 GIDP, 5 GB: 7 FB: 1 LD: 4 PU, 79 Pitches (50 Strikes), 4 Swinging, 15 Called, 5.1% SwStr, 11.4% Whiff/Swing, 11.3 Pitches/IP, 22 BF
Beck Wheeler – 2 IP, 1 H, 1 TB, 1 BB, 3 K (3 K/Sw), 2 GB: 1 FB: 1 LD, 34 Pitches (19 Strikes), 7 Swinging, 8 Called, 20.6% SwStr, 63.6% Whiff/Swing, 17 Pitches/IP, 8 BF

Batters

CF - Maikis De La Cruz - 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1.8 Pitches/PA
SS - Niuman Romero - 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 4.8 Pitches/PA
DH - Dominic Smith - 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 6.7% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 3.75 Pitches/PA
1B - Matt Oberste - 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K, 5.6% SwStr, 14.3% Whiff/Swing, 4.5 Pitches/PA
C - Colton Plaia - 1-4, 16.7% SwStr, 28.6% Whiff/Swing, 3 Pitches/PA
RF - Jared King - 1-4, 1 R, 1 K, 13.3% SwStr, 22.2% Whiff/Swing, 3.75 Pitches/PA


Recapish


            The Binghamton Mets rode one of Rainy Lara best starts as a pro to their fifth straight win Friday night, taking the opener in New Hampshire 4-1. Lara didn’t have his swing-and-miss stuff working, but he kept the Fisher Cats off the base paths, although the only hit he did allow left the park.
            Dominic Smith put the B-Mets up early with his second bomb of the year in the 1st inning. It came of an 86 MPH fastball and just cleared the LF fence. Niuman Romero had a big night for Binghamton again, singling to keep the 1st inning alive, and then driving home a run in the 3rd. The B-Mets added another run in the 5th and were up 4-0 before the Cats had a hit.
Lara walked two batters in this game, but both were erased on double plays, so he ended up facing just one over the minimum. Victor Cruzado helped him out with an outfield assist for the double play in the 5th inning, doubling Roemon Fields off at 2B to end the frame – Romero gets an assist on the play for getting the tag down just in time. Beck Wheeler came on for the final two innings despite Lara’s low pitch count. Wheeler would allow a pair of baserunner’s, but he struck out 3 Cats over his 2 innings of work, including Dwight Smith Jr. to finish the game.
I look at the details from this game with highlights below, so enjoy! This series continues Saturday evening at 5:35 PM, with Mickey Jannis (1-1, 4.70 ERA) scheduled to start for the B-Mets after gutting out 4 innings with no control in his last start to help the B-Mets start their winning streak.


Scoring Highlights


            Niuman Romero had another big night at the plate, and got his night started with a two out single in the 1st inning. Dominic Smith then came through with the biggest hit of the game, launching a two run bomb that just cleared the wall in LF.

Dominic Smith homerun

            Jared King led off the 3rd inning with a single, stole 2B, and then scored on Romero’s second hit of the game.

            Matt Oberste picked up his first hit of the night leading off the 4th inning, but he’d be stranded at 3B.

            Maikis De La Cruz pulled a one out double into the LF corner with one out in the 5th inning, and Oberste’s second hit of the game would bring him home three batters later.

Maikis De La Cruz

Matt Oberste

            De La Cruz and Colton Plaia added singles later in the game, but the B-Mets would get nothing out of them.

Maikis De La Cruz

Colton Plaia



Defensive Highlights

            Maikis De La Cruz ran a long way to catch this fly out right in front of the wall in the 3rd inning.



Pitcher Coverage


Rainy Lara

Table 1 – Lara pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
Total
Total
10
14
11
11
15
11
7
79
Strikes
7
10
6
5
10
6
6
50
Swinging*
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
4
*5.1% Swinging strike rate



Beck Wheeler’s strikeouts


K1



K2


K3



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