Las Vegas 51s @ Fresno Grizzlies
April 15, 2016
Andrew Barbosa @ Brad Peacock
Teams
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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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Las
Vegas
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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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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3
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0
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Fresno
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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1
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X
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2
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10
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2
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W: Chapman (1-0,
2.70 ERA); L: Alvarez (0-1, 13.50 ERA); S: Hoyt (2)
MiLB.com Boxscore
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| Nice seeing Gavin with the alien on his helmet, but a Mets logo will be nicer! |
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| Josh Smoker is letting his beard grow out |
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Andrew Barbosa
(1.80 ERA) – 5 IP, 7 H, R, 6 K, HR, 84 Pitches (54 Strikes), 2 GO: 2 FO
Josh Smoker (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 1 GO: 1 FO, 1 IR – 0 S
Erik Goeddel (3.86 ERA) – 1.1 IP, H, 2 K, 1 FO
Dario Alvarez (L, 1-0, 13.50 ERA) – 0.2 IP, H, R, 2 K, HR
Batters
LF – Roger Bernadina – 2-3, BB, SO, CS
SS – Gavin Cecchini – 1-3, R, BB
Recapish
The
Las Vegas 51s first road trip of 2016 got off to a slow Friday night in Fresno,
as the offense could only muster up 3 hits and they took a 2-1 loss to the
Grizzlies. Spot starter Andrew Barbosa did a great job in his AAA debut, with a
solo blast from Danny Worth the only real blemish on his final line. Worth’s
blast would give the Grizzlies a 1-0 lead in the 6th, but Las Vegas
got that run right back in the 7th. The tie wouldn’t last long
though, as A.J. Reed launched a solo homerun of his own that put Fresno back on
top. Fresno closer James Hoyt came on for the 9th and was throwing
an 89 MPH slider while retiring the 51s in order.
The
51s never got anything going Friday night, and barely even made hard contact.
Long-time announcer Russ Langer said it was the weakest offensive performance
he could remember from any 51s team, and that’s not hard to believe
considering. Aside from the two bombs, the Grizzlies didn’t fare much better
Friday night, so maybe it was something in the air. A.J. Reed was credited with
a double in the 6th, but given he hit the ball approximately a mile
in the air, it was probably the luckiest double of his life – it fell in right
in front of Travis Taijeron. Dario Alvarez’s struggles against Fresno continued
when he allowed Reed to go deep in the 8th. Wally Backman had made
the switch to Alvarez specifically for the lefty matchups that were coming, but
that wasn’t even the most frustrating part of that result for Wally. After the
game, he said of Alvarez in that spot, “The slider’s his out pitch, and he
threw a first-pitch fastball to a fastball hitter. It was left to a guy that
swings almost 50% of the time at the first pitch, so it was just a bad pitch
thrown, and that’s what beat us.” (Hat tip to Betsy Helfand of the Las
Vegas Review Journal for the quote, she’s a great follow on twitter for 51s
information - @betsyhelfand).
I
break this game down a little more below, so enjoy! This series continues
Saturday night at 10:05 PM, with Gabriel Ynoa scheduled to take the hill in
Fresno for the 51s.
Scoring Highlights
Roger
Bernadina singled to lead off the 7th, but he’d be thrown out trying
to steal 2B. Gavin Cecchini followed with a single of his own and eventually
came around to score. Rene Rivera reached on a fielding error when Matt Duffy
dropped the ball in LF, which allowed Cecchini to move to 3B. T.J. Rivera
followed with a fly ball near the LF line that would bring home Cecchini for a
sac fly.
Defensive Highlights
The
Gavin Cecchini watch continues! He handled a grounder cleanly in the 2nd
and a couple of pop ups.
Pitcher Coverage
Andrew Barbosa
Table 1 – Barbosa 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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16
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14
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15
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12
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17
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10
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84
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Strikes
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9
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9
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10
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8
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14
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4
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54
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Swinging*
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1
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3
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0
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4
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2
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1
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11
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*13.1% Swinging strike rate
First pitch strike to 15/21 batters faced (71%)
Barbosa’s
first AAA strikeout came to finish a clean 2nd inning, when he got
Jon Kemmer swinging.
Nolan
Fontana went down looking for the second out of the 3rd inning,
which also capped a great run by Barbosa: popout, popout, groundout to
shortstop, strikeout, popout, strikeout.
Barbosa
would strike out A.J. Reed and Matt Duffy back-to-back to start a clean 5th
inning.
Erik Goeddel
Erik
Goeddel struck out two of the five batters he faced during his outing: Fontana
swinging and Danny Worth swinging.
Josh Smoker
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