51s Take A Wild Walkoff Loss In El Paso (Lugo Pitch Log)

Las Vegas 51s @ El Paso Chihuahuas

May 5, 2016

Seth Lugo @ Carlos Pimentel

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		R	H	E
Las Vegas	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0		6	8	1
El Paso	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1		7	11	0

W: Eitel (2-0, 2.03 ERA); L: Bradford (2-1, 1.93 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Seth Lugo (8.61 ERA) – 5.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R (3 ER), 1 2B, 1 HR, 9 TB, 3 K (1 K/Sw), 10 GB: 4 FB: 2 LD: 2 PU, 86 Pitches (56 Strikes), 4 Swinging, 15 Called, 4.7% SwStr, 9.8% Whiff/Swing, 16.1 Pitches/IP, 22 BF

Zach Thornton (H, 3, 6.39 ERA) – 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 TB, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 2 GB, 16 Pitches (15 Strikes), 2 Swinging, 2 Called, 12.5% SwStr, 15.4% Whiff/Swing, 24 Pitches/IP, 3 BF

Jeff Walters (BS, 2, 5.68 ERA) – 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 2B, 4 TB, 1 GB: 4 FB: 1 LD, 16 Pitches (10 Strikes), 0 Swinging, 2 Called, 16 Pitches/IP, 6 BF

Paul Sewald (2.35 ERA) – 2 IP, 2 K (1 K/Sw), 2 GB: 1 FB: 1 PU, 19 Pitches (15 Strikes), 2 Swinging, 5 Called, 10.5% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 9.5 Pitches/IP, 6 BF

Chase Bradford (L, 2-1, 1.93 ERA) – 0 IP, 2 H, 1 2B, 3 TB, 1 GB: 1 LD, 4 Pitches (4 Strikes), 2 Swinging, 50% SwStr, 50% Whiff/Swing, 2 BF

Batters

2B - Danny Muno - 1-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 1 K, 1 CS, 3.8% SwStr, 11.1% Whiff/Swing, 5.2 Pitches/PA

CF - Brandon Nimmo - 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 11.1% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 5.4 Pitches/PA

C - Johnny Monell - 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 6.2% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 3.2 Pitches/PA

RF - Travis Taijeron - 1-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 14.3% SwStr, 40% Whiff/Swing, 3.5 Pitches/PA

LF - Roger Bernadina - 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB, 9.5% SwStr, 14.3% Whiff/Swing, 4.2 Pitches/PA

SS - Matt Reynolds - 2-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 23.8% SwStr, 55.6% Whiff/Swing, 5.25 Pitches/PA

3B – T.J. Rivera - 1-1, 1 Pitches/PA

Recapish

            After jumping out to a big 6-0 lead after their half of the 6^th, the Las Vegas 51s were sitting pretty, but El Paso would score the next 7 runs unanswered, and won on a walkoff wild pitch in the 10^th. Seth Lugo was having his best start of 2016 until running into trouble during the 6^th inning, and the 51s pen struggled against El Paso for a second straight night.

             Lugo showed his best stuff all year, establishing the fastball early, and then mixing in his whole repertoire extremely towards the later innings. He worked around a pair of singles early and then retired 10 straight heading into the 6^th inning. Las Vegas would open up a 6-0 lead in the top half of the inning, and with only 68 pitches to that point, it looked like Lugo would have an easy win.

Unfortunately an E6 behind him allowed the first runner of the 6^th to reach, and things spiraled after that. The next two batters came through with RBI hits for El Paso, and suddenly it was a 6-2 game. Lugo would strike out Jose Pirela for the first out of the inning, but then big Hunter Renfroe knocked him out of the game by knocking one out of the park.

El Paso tied it up against Jeff Walters in the 7^th thanks to RBI singles from Manuel Margot and Pirela. Carlos Asuaje doubled with one out in the frame to start the rally.

After their big 6^th inning, the 51s bats went ice cold, collecting just two singles over the final 4 frames. Las Vegas sent Chase Bradford out to pitch the 10^th inning and the first two El Paso batters would reach against him. Casey McElroy doubled and Pirela singled him to 3B. That gave Renfroe a chance to be the hero, although Bradford wouldn’t. Bradford unleashed a wild pitch that allowed McElroy to zoom down the line for the games winning run.

After the game Las Vegas travelled to Sacramento to begin a 4-game series with the River Cats. Duane Below is scheduled to pitch for Las Vegas at 10:05 PM.

Scoring Highlights

            Brandon Nimmo hit his first homerun of the year in the 4^th inning.

Lands about where the guy in the red shirt is moving away from

            Daniel Muno sparked the big 6^th inning rally with a one out triple. He came home on a wild pitch with Nimmo at the plate, which gave Las Vegas a 2-0 lead. The 51s would add 4 more runs in the frame thanks to RBI doubles off the bats of Johnny Monell, Roger Bernadina, and Matt Reynolds.

Pitcher Coverage

Seth Lugo

Table 1 – Lugo pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
Total	19	14	9	12	14	18	86
Strikes	13	9	7	7	8	12	56
Swinging*	0	1	0	1	0	2	4

*4.7% Swinging strike rate; 9.8% Whiff/Swing

1^st inning

1)   Manuel Margot hit a groundout to Muno (43/G)

                                  i.         89 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

                                ii.         89 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

                               iii.         92 MPH Fastball – ball 1-2, outside

                               iv.         88 MPH Fastball – foul 1-2

                                v.         92 MPH Fastball – foul 1-2

                               vi.         92 MPH Fastball – foul 1-2

                             vii.         92 MPH Fastball – ball 2-2

                            viii.         86 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

                               ix.         90 MPH Fastball – in play

2)   Casey McElroy hit a comebacker fielded by Lugo (13/G)

                                  i.         89 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

                                ii.         89 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

                               iii.         89 MPH Fastball – in play

3)   Jose Pirela blooped a single into CF (S8/F)

                                  i.         91 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

                                ii.         90 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1

                               iii.         91 MPH Fastball – foul 1-2

                               iv.         91 MPH Fastball – foul 1-2

                                v.         88 MPH Fastball – ball 2-2

                               vi.         75 MPH Curveball – in play

4)   Hunter Renfroe popped out to Krauss (3/P)

                                  i.         84 MPH Slider – in play

2^nd inning

1)   James Loney popped out on the infield (1/P)

                                  i.         89 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

                                ii.         89 MPH Fastball – foul 1-1

                               iii.         91 MPH Fastball – in play

2)   Diego Goris struck out swinging (K/Sw)

                                  i.         86 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

                                ii.         91 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1

                               iii.         90 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-2

                               iv.         94 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3

3)   Rocky Gale singled through the right side to keep the inning alive (S9/G)

                                  i.         91 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

                                ii.         91 MPH Fastball – in play

4)   Nick Noonan flied out to CF (8/F)

                                  i.         90 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

                                ii.         83 MPH Changeup – foul 0-2

                               iii.         95 MPH Fastball – ball 1-2

                               iv.         77 MPH Curveball – ball 2-2

                                v.         82 MPH Changeup – in play

3^rd inning

1)   Carlos Pimentel struck out looking (K/Lo)

                                  i.         87 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

                                ii.         87 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-2

                               iii.         90 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

                               iv.         84 MPH Slider – foul 0-2

                                v.         90 MPH Fastball – called strike 3

2)   Margot lined out to Nimmo (8/L)

                                  i.         89 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

                                ii.         84 MPH Slider – in play

3)   McElroy hit a groundout to Muno (43/G)

                                  i.         74 MPH Curveball – ball 1-0

                                ii.         90 MPH Fastball – in play

4^th inning

1)   Pirela hit a groundout to Reynolds (63/G)

                                  i.         89 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

                                ii.         75 MPH Curveball– in play

2)   Renfroe flied out to Nimmo (8/F)

                                  i.         90 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

                                ii.         89 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1

                               iii.         91 MPH Fastball – foul 1-2

                               iv.         76 MPH Curveball – ball 2-2

                                v.         76 MPH Curveball – in play

3)   Loney hit a groundout to Krauss (3u/G)

                                  i.         90 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

                                ii.         91 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

                               iii.         83 MPH Changeup – swinging strike 2-1

                               iv.         91 MPH Fastball – ball 3-1

                                v.         91 MPH Fastball – in play

5^th inning

1)   Goris hit a groundout in front of the mound (23/G)

                                  i.         85 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

                                ii.         90 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

                               iii.         88 MPH Fastball – ball 3-0

                               iv.         88 MPH Fastball – called strike 3-1

                                v.         89 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

                               vi.         85 MPH Slider – in play

2)   Gale hit a groundout to 3B (53/G)

                                  i.         74 MPH Curveball – ball 1-0

                                ii.         82 MPH Changeup – ball 2-0

                               iii.         91 MPH Fastball – foul 2-1

                               iv.         85 MPH Slider – foul 2-2

                                v.         92 MPH Fastball – ball 3-2

                               vi.         90 MPH Fastball – in play

3)   Noonan hit a comebacker fielded by Lugo (13/G)

                                  i.         76 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-1

                                ii.         77 MPH Curveball – in play

25-minute top of the 6^th

6^th inning

1)   Asuaje reached on a throwing error from Reynolds – he just airmailed the throw into the dugout (E6/G)

                                  i.         87 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

                                ii.         88 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

                               iii.         93 MPH Fastball – ball 1-2

                               iv.         76 MPH Curveball – ball 2-2

                                v.         89 MPH Fastball – in play

2)   Margot hit a RBI single back up the middle (S8/G)

                                  i.         85 MPH Slider – foul 0-1

                                ii.         89 MPH Fastball – in play

3)   McElroy doubled home Margot (D8/L)

                                  i.         75 MPH Curveball – ball 1-0

                                ii.         81 MPH Changeup – swinging strike 1-1

                               iii.         81 MPH Changeup – ball 2-1, bounced

                               iv.         90 MPH Fastball – in play

4)   Pirela struck out looking (K/Lo)

                                  i.         85 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

                                ii.         89 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1

                               iii.         84 MPH – swinging strike 1-2

                               iv.         92 MPH Fastball – called strike 3

5)   Renfroe launched a two run homerun to LF (HR/F)

                                  i.         85 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

                                ii.         85 MPH Slider – foul 1-1

                               iii.         74 MPH Curveball – in play

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