Wild Knuckleballs and No Offense Leads to B-Mets Loss In Akron | Astromets Mind

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Wild Knuckleballs and No Offense Leads to B-Mets Loss In Akron


Binghamton Mets @ Akron Rubber Ducks


April 19, 2016



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

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

2
2
0
Akron
2
0
1
1
0
3
0
0
X

7
10
2
W: Morimando (3-0, 2.08 ERA); L: Jannis (1-1, 4.91 ERA)

Dominic Smith at the plate

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Mickey Jannis – 4 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 BB, K, HR, 85 Pitches (49 Strikes), 6 GO: 3 FO, 7 G: 5 FB: 4 LD, 4 Swinging strikes, 14 Called Strikes, 4.7 SwStr%, 11.4% Whiff/Swing, 2B, 3B, HR, 11 TB
Kelly Secrest (5.40 ERA) – 2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, BB, 2 K, HR, 2 FO
David Roseboom (3.38 ERA) – 2 IP, H, K, 4 GO, 28 Pitches (23 Strikes), 3 Swinging strikes, 8 Called Strikes, 10.7 SwStr%, 20% Whiff/Swing

Shawn Morimando – 5.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 K, 88 Pitches (52 Strikes), 2 GO: 7 FO

Batters

2B – L.J. Mazzilli – 1-4, R, 3B (2), RBI (3)
3B – Derrik Gibson – 1-4, RBI (2)


Recapish


            The B-Mets offense couldn’t figure out lefty Shawn Morimando Tuesday night in Akron, which was problematic since starter Mickey Jannis was wild and dug them a big hole early. Jannis left trailing 4-0, and with the B-Mets hitless against Morimando through 4. The Indian’s #17-prospect took the no-hitter bid into the 6th inning, but Binghamton would finally get to him for a pair of runs after he issued a one out walk in the frame. Akron would get those runs right back and then some in the bottom half of the 6th, getting to reliever Kelly Secrest for 3 runs, which put this game out of reach for Binghamton.
            Mickey Jannis was missing up in this start, and when knuckleballer’s are wild up in the zone, the other team tends to tee off. It looked like he might bounce back to give the team some depth after a quick 2nd inning, but he just didn’t have the command he needs. The thing to watch with Jannis is how often he can bring the command like last week when he flirted with a no-hitter, as opposed to the wild stinker he put up Tuesday night.
            Morimando was excellent for Akron until seemingly hitting a wall in the 6th. He also lost command for a couple of batters in the 3rd, but was otherwise perfect. His changeup was excellent as advertised, and he threw a few nice sliders too. Eric Stamets and Todd Hankins went deep for Akron, and half of the teams 10 hits went for extra bases (2 2B, 3B, 2 HR).
            I look at the few B-Mets highlights and a couple of Akron highlights below, so enjoy. This series wraps up in Akron Wednesday night at 6:35 PM, with Robert Gsellman scheduled to start for Binghamton.


Scoring Highlights


            Both Binghamton hits came in the 6th inning. After Maikis De La Cruz drew a one out walk, L.J. Mazzili tripled him home. Derrik Gibson followed with an RBI single to RF that made it a 4-2 game.



            Clint Frazier added a double for the second straight day against B-Mets pitching.

Side-view of a foul ball from the pitch before the double

Clint Frazier


Defensive Highlights


            Bradley Zimmer made a great slidingish catch to rob L.J. Mazzilli of a single leading off the game.


            Not the most challenging play to field at 1B, but an example of Dominic Smith in the field nonetheless.



Pitcher Coverage

Table 1 – Jannis pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Total
Total
31
12
23
19
85
Strikes
17
7
15
10
49
Swinging*
1
0
1
2
4
*4.7% Swinging strike rate

First pitch strike to 10/20 batters faced (50%)

            He’d strike out Lonnie Chisenhall to end his night in the 4th inning.



David Roseboom’s strikeout of Todd Hankins:


           

Shawn Morimando

            Morimando retired the first 7 B-Mets batters before issuing a leadoff walk to Stefan Sabol in the 3rd inning. He struck out Dominic Smith and Maikis De La Cruz over the first 3 innings.





            After the walk, he retired 10 straight before issuing a second walk, this one to Maikis De La Cruz in the 6th inning. Along the way he added another strikeout of Smith in the 4th, and then finished the 5th with a strikeout of Sabol. Mazzilli and Gibson followed the Maikis walk with the only B-Mets hits of the game, which knocked Morimando out of the game.







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