B-Mets Let The Door Hit Them On The Way Out Of Akron

Binghamton Mets @ Akron Rubber Ducks

May 22, 2016

Casey Delgado @ Michael Peoples

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Binghamton	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Akron	1	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	X	7	8	0

W: Peoples (4-1, 3.40 ERA); L: Delgado (1-2, 5.52 ERA)

Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Casey Delgado (L, 1-2, 5.52 ERA) – 4.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R (4 ER), 2 2B, 6 TB, 4 BB, 7 K (7 K/Sw), 3 GB: 1 FB: 5 LD: 2 PU, 95 Pitches (56 Strikes), 13 Swinging, 10 Called, 13.7% SwStr, 28.3% Whiff/Swing, 20.4 Pitches/IP, 23 BF

Kelly Secrest (5.51 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 H, 1 TB, 2 K (1 K/Sw), 1 GB: 1 LD, 20 Pitches (11 Strikes), 3 Swinging, 5 Called, 15% SwStr, 50% Whiff/Swing, 20 Pitches/IP, 4 BF

Mike Hepple (6.30 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 2B, 1 HR, 6 TB, 1 BB, 1 GB: 2 FB: 1 LD: 1 PU, 22 Pitches (14 Strikes), 1 Swinging, 4 Called, 4.5% SwStr, 10% Whiff/Swing, 16.5 Pitches/IP, 6 BF

Akeel Morris (3.93 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 H, 1 2B, 2 TB, 2 K (2 K/Sw), 1 GB: 1 LD, 16 Pitches (12 Strikes), 4 Swinging, 3 Called, 25% SwStr, 44.4% Whiff/Swing, 16 Pitches/IP, 4 BF

Batters

3B - Matt Oberste - 1-4, 1 K, 5.6% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 4.5 Pitches/PA

DH - Maikis De La Cruz - 1-4, 1 R, 1 K, 13.3% SwStr, 28.6% Whiff/Swing, 3.75 Pitches/PA

LF - Victor Cruzado - 1-4, 2 K, 7.7% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 3.25 Pitches/PA

C - Xorge Carrillo - 1-3, 3.67 Pitches/PA

2B - L.J. Mazzilli - 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1.67 Pitches/PA

Recapish

The Binghamton Mets struggles at the plate continued Sunday afternoon against Akron, and they took a 7-1 whooping on their way out of town. Casey Delgado finished with more strikeouts than he had in his first two Double-A starts combined (5), but he was knocked out with his team trailing 4-1 in the 5^th inning.

The first two Akron batters would reach against Delgado in the 1^st, but then he struck out 5 of the next 6. He was a little wild in the 3^rd inning, and it opened the door for 3 more runs for the Rubber Ducks. There was a HBP, a walk, and a passed ball, and then Eric Haase hit a two run double to give Akron a commanding lead.

The 4-0 lead was commanding because the B-Mets bats have been icy cold again as of late, and they had been held in check through the first 3 innings. They would ‘rally’ for a run in the 4^th, but then finished the game 0-15 from the 5^th inning on.

I break down the few scoring highlights below, and have included a full iscore log at the bottom, so enjoy! The B-Mets left for home Sunday night to start an 8-game home stand. They’ll host the 12-30 Richmond Flying Squirrels first, which offers them a chance to a big step back towards .500. Mickey Jannis is scheduled to make the 6:35 PM start Monday night, hoping to give the B-Mets some length after failing to finish 5 innings last week against Altoona.

MiLB.tv Scoring Highlights

Matt Oberste picked up his hit in the 1^st inning.

Victor Cruzado reached on a bunt single in the 2^nd inning.

The B-Mets scored their only run on 3 singles in the 4^th inning. Maikis De La Cruz reached on a one out single to RF, went to 3B on Xorge Carrillo’s hit, and then scored on L.J. Mazzilli’s. Mazzilli was the B-Mets last baserunner of the game.

MiLB.tv Defensive Highlights

Matt Oberste to 3B appears to have started out of necessity, but he’s been fine at the hot corner over the past week.

Pitcher Coverage

Table 1 – Delgado pitch stats by inning

	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	Total
Total	21	14	29	20	11	95
Strikes	13	9	16	12	6	56
Swinging*	3	3	4	3	0	13

*13.7% Swinging strike rate; 28.3% Whiff/Swing

Pitch types and velocities courtesy of iscorecast

1^st inning

1) Todd Hankins lined a double into LF (D7/L)

i. 87 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 88 MPH Fastball – in play

2) Clint Frazier walked (BB)

i. 88 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

iii. 89 MPH Fastball – called strike 2-1
*Hankins stole 3B

iv. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 3-1

v. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 4

3) Bradley Zimmer struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 80 MPH Slider – foul 0-2

iii. 88 MPH Fastball – ball 1-2

iv. 79 MPH Slider – foul 1-2

v. 81 MPH Changeup – ball 2-2

vi. 80 MPH Slider – swinging strike 3

4) Nellie Rodriguez hit a groundout to Oberste (53/G)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 88 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1

iii. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1

iv. 80 MPH Changeup – called strike 2-2

v. 80 MPH Slider – in play

5) Eric Haase struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 80 MPH Slider – swinging strike 0-2

iii. 80 MPH Slider – swinging strike 3

2^nd inning

1) Jordan Smith struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 86 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 87 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1

iii. 79 MPH Changeup – ball 2-1

iv. 86 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

v. 89 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3

2) Taylor Murphy struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 87 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 87 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

iii. 87 MPH Fastball – foul 2-1

iv. 88 MPH Fastball – called strike 2-2

v. 81 MPH Slider – swinging strike 3

3) Ivan Castillo struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 87 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 88 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1

iii. 88 MPH Fastball – foul 1-2

iv. 80 MPH Slider – swinging strike 3

3^rd inning

1) Ordomar Valdez lined a single into CF (S8/L)

i. 86 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 86 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1

iii. 79 MPH Slider – ball 2-1

iv. 87 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

v. 79 MPH Slider – ball 3-2

vi. 87 MPH Fastball – in play

2) Hankins hit a fielder’s choice grounder to Oberste (54/G)

i. 87 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 79 MPH Slider – foul 0-2

iii. 79 MPH Slider – in play

3) Frazier was hit by a pitch (HBP)

i. 87 MPH Fastball – hit by pitch

4) Zimmer walked to load the bases (BB)

i. 80 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

ii. 88 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

iii. 88 MPH Fastball – ball 3-0

iv. 88 MPH Fastball – ball 4

5) Rodriguez struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 89 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 0-1

ii. 81 MPH Slider – swinging strike 0-2

iii. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 1-2

iv. 80 MPH Slider – ball 2-2

v. 90 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

vi. 80 MPH Slider – foul 2-2

vii. 80 MPH Slider – ball 3-2

viii. 88 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3

6) Haase doubled home two runs (D9/L)

i. 88 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 0-1
*Everyone moves up on a wild pitch, Hankins scored

ii. 88 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1

iii. 88 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-2

iv. 88 MPH Fastball – in play

7) Smith popped out to Mazzilli (4/P)

i. 88 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 88 MPH Fastball – foul 1-1

iii. 88 MPH Fastball – in play

4^th inning

1) Murphy hit a groundout to Smith (31/G)

i. 86 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 79 MPH Slider – in play

2) Castillo lined a single into RF (S9/L)

i. 85 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 77 MPH Slider – in play

3) Valdez struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 85 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 85 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 1-1

iii. 85 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 1-2

iv. 87 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3

4) Hankins walked (BB)

i. 87 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 87 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1

iii. 79 MPH Slider – ball 2-1

iv. 87 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

v. 78 MPH Slider – ball 3-2
*Castillo stole 2B

vi. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 4

5) Frazier popped out to Mazzilli (4/P)

i. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 80 MPH Slider – ball 2-0

iii. 89 MPH Fastball – called strike 2-1

iv. 87 MPH Fastball – ball 3-1

v. 87 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

vi. 89 MPH Fastball – in play

5^th inning

1) Zimmer flied out to Cruzado (7/F)

i. 85 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 84 MPH Fastball – in play

2) Rodriguez walked (BB)

i. 86 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 86 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

iii. 87 MPH Fastball – foul 2-1

iv. 87 MPH Fastball – ball 3-1

v. 87 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

vi. 87 MPH Fastball – ball 4

3) Haase lined out to Cruzado (7/L)

i. 86 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 86 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1

iii. 86 MPH Fastball – in play

Kelly Secrest

4) Smith struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. 78 MPH Slider – called strike 0-1

ii. 78 MPH Slider – called strike 0-2

iii. 80 MPH Slider – foul 0-2

iv. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 1-2

v. 76 MPH Slider – ball 2-2

vi. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 3-2

vii. 91 MPH Fastball – called strike 3

6^th inning

1) Murphy struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 78 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

ii. 78 MPH Slider – ball 2-0

iii. 88 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 2-1

iv. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 3-1

v. 89 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3-2

vi. 89 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3

2) Castillo hit a groundout to Oberste (53/G)

i. 89 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 80 MPH Changeup – ball 1-1

iii. 90 MPH Fastball – in play

3) Valdez lined a single into LF (S7/L)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 80 MPH Changeup – ball 1-1

iii. 78 MPH Slider – ball 2-1

iv. 89 MPH Fastball – in play

Mike Hepple

4) With Hankins batting, Valdez was caught stealing (CS)

i. 87 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 87 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1

7^th inning

1) Hankins popped out to Gibson (6/P)

i. 89 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 76 MPH Curveball – in play

2) Frazier flied out to King (9/F)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – in play

3) Zimmer walked (BB)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

iii. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 3-0

iv. 87 MPH Fastball – called strike 3-1

v. 87 MPH Fastball – ball 4

4) Rodriguez lined an RBI double to CF (D8/L)

i. 87 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – in play

5) Haase launched a two run homerun to right center field (HR/9)

i. 91 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 0-1

ii. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1

iii. 78 MPH Curveball – ball 2-1

iv. 89 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 2-2

v. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 3-2

vi. 90 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

vii. 89 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

viii. 89 MPH Fastball – in play

6) Smith hit a groundout to Hepple (13/G)

i. 89 MPH Fastball – in play

Akeel Morris

8^th inning

1) Murphy doubled into RF (D9/G)

i. 93 MPH Fastball – in play

2) Castillo struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 93 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1

iii. 75 MPH Curveball – swinging strike 1-2

iv. 77 MPH Curveball – swinging strike 3

3) Valdez lined out to King (9/L)

i. 92 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 92 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 1-1

iii. 93 MPH Fastball – foul 1-2

iv. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 2-2

v. 75 MPH Curveball – foul 2-2

vi. 82 MPH Changeup – ball 3-2

vii. 93 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

viii. 92 MPH Fastball – in play

4) Hankins struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 75 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-1

ii. 84 MPH Changeup – called strike 0-2

iii. 94 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3

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