Columbia Fireflies @ Rome Braves
April 12, 2016
Game Two
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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R
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H
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E
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Columbia
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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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3
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3
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3
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0
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Rome
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1
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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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2
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5
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1
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W: Shaw (1-0, 3.00
ERA); L: Lewis (0-1, 2.70 ERA); Save: Bashlor (1, 0.00 ERA)
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The Highlights:
Pitchers
Joe Shaw (W, 1-0, 3.00 ERA) – 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 8 K, HR, 69
Pitches (48 Strikes), 6 GO: 3 FO
Tyler Bashlor (S, 1, 0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 GO: 1 FO
Mike Soroka (0.90 ERA) – 6 IP, H, BB, 5 K, 67 Pitches (43
Strikes), 11 GO: 1 FO
Batters
3B – David Thompson – 1-3, R, SO
LF – Joe Tuschak – 1-3, RBI (2)
C – Jose Garcia – 1-3, 2 SO
Recapish
Joe
Shaw started his SAL debut in impressive fashion, cruising against a highly
touted Rome Braves team en route to 8 strikeouts through 6 innings – a pro
career high. Despite the great effort, Shaw found himself trailing 2-0 as he
left the mound in the 6th inning, but the Fireflies were about to
put a 3 spot on the board to help him earn the win. Braves starter Mike Soroka
had overmatched Columbia over the first 6 innings, limiting the Fireflies to
just one single and a walk before he exited. Rome reliever Matthew Custred was
the first out of the bullpen, and he’d allow both batters he faced to reach
before being replaced by Taylor Lewis. Lewis would K two batters and induced groundouts
from 3 others, but David Thompson and Joe Tuschak added RBI singles, and the Jeffrey
Diehl groundout brought home a run too. Tyler Bashlor came in for the 7th
and worked a perfect frame, just like Johnny Magliozzi had done in game
one.
I
take a closer look at this game in the various highlights sections below. This series
wraps up Wednesday morning in Rome due to kids day, with Chase Ingram scheduled
to start for Columbia at 10:30 AM.
Scoring Highlights
Jose
Garcia picked up the Fireflies first hit of the game with a one out single into
LF in the 3rd inning.
The
Fireflies wouldn’t get another baserunner until Kevin Kaczmarski and Vinny
Siena drew back-to-back walks leading off the 7th. David Thompson
would come through with a run scoring single two batters later, and then
advanced to 2B on a fielding error. Rome decided to intentionally walk Jean
Rodriguez to put a force out at each base. Braves pitcher Taylor Lewis then got
the groundball he needed from Jeff Diehl, but the only play was at 1B, allowing
Vinny Siena to score the tying run. Joe Tuschak then came through with an RBI
single that gave Columbia their first lead of the game.
Defensive Highlights
Vinny
Siena made a great play on a grounder up the middle in the 6th that helped
limit the Braves to 1 run in the frame.
David
Thompson made a great diving stop at 3B in the 7th, but the camera
couldn’t keep up with the play too well.
Pitcher Coverage
Joe Shaw
Table 1 – Shaw 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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13
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10
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10
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17
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6
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13
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69
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Strikes
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10
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7
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7
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11
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4
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9
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48
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Swinging*
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3
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2
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0
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4
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1
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2
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12
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*17.4% Swinging strike rate
First pitch strike to 14/23 batters faced (61%)
Shaw
would strikeout 3 Rome batters in the 1st – Ronald Acuna, Jonathan
Morales, and Wigberto Nevarez – but Austin Riley launched a solo blast to LF
during the frame.
He
would strikeout the final two batters of the 2nd inning: Lucas
Herbert and Bradley Keller.
The
Braves went down in order in the 3rd, on two groundouts and a line
out to RF.
Shaw
would add two more strikeouts in the 4th inning while working around
a pair of singles lined into RF. Shaw had his revenge against Riley by getting
him to whiff at strike 3, and set Herbert down on strike again, this time
swinging.
He
barely had to work in the 5th, needing only 6 pitches while inducing
3 groundouts.
The
first two Braves batters of the 6th reached on singles grounded
through the right side, but Shaw recovered to retired the next 3 Rome batters
in a row: Riley on a force out, Wigberto Nevares swinging, and Justin Ellison
on a can of corn to Ivan Wilson.
Bonus
Tyler Bashlor
After
Columbia jumped ahead in the top of the 7th, Tyler Bashlor worked a
perfect bottom half for the save – just like Johnny Magliozzi in game one.
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Mike Soroka
Table 2 – Soroka 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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17
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7
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7
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10
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14
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67
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Strikes
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7
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10
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6
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5
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7
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8
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43
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Swinging*
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0
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1
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1
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0
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2
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3
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7
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*10.4 % Swinging strike rate
First pitch strike to 13/19 batters faced (68%)
BA
ranks Soroka #9 in the Braves system as a teenager making his full season
debut, so he’s a name to keep an eye. He was an 18-year old groundball machine
who picked up 5 strikeouts along the way to a 6-inning one-hitter on 67 pitches
– it’ll be hard to follow this start up. He would walk Kacz in the 1st,
but then punched out Vinny Siena for his first SAL strikeout. Starting with
Vinny Siena, 16 of the final 17 batters he faced either hit a groundout or
struck out – that’s ridonkulous.
Soroka
struck out Diehl to end the 2nd inning.
He
struck out David Thompson and Jeffrey Diehl in the 5th inning.
Jose
Garcia was his final victim, going down swinging in the 6th.
LIGHT: Beyond the Bulb #POTD Cosmic Microwave Background 13.7 billion light years #IYL2015 https://t.co/BXDFuj1vi3 pic.twitter.com/CcJnbZHbm3— Chandra Observatory (@chandraxray) April 12, 2016
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