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Below Par 5th Proves Too Much For 51s To Overcome

Las Vegas 51s @ Sacramento River Cats


May 6, 2016



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
Las Vegas
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2

3
6
2
Sacramento
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
X

5
10
1
W: Stratton (4-2, 6.55 ERA); L: Below (1-2, 6.04 ERA); Save: McCormick (2)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Duane Below (L, 1-2, 6.04 ERA) – 5 IP, 9 H, 5 R (5 ER), 2 3B, 1 HR, 16 TB, 1 BB, 7 K (5 K/Sw), 5 GB: 5 FB: 3 LD: 3 PU, 98 Pitches (68 Strikes), 11 Swinging, 17 Called, 11.2% SwStr, 21.6% Whiff/Swing, 19.6 Pitches/IP, 24 BF
Dario Alvarez (7.15 ERA) – 2 IP, 1 BB, 4 K (4 K/Sw), 2 GB, 26 Pitches (19 Strikes), 4 Swinging, 10 Called, 15.4% SwStr, 44.4% Whiff/Swing, 13 Pitches/IP, 8 BF
Stolmy Pimentel (8.20 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 H, 1 TB, 3 GB: 1 FB, 18 Pitches (15 Strikes), 1 Swinging, 1 Called, 5.6% SwStr, 7.1% Whiff/Swing, 18 Pitches/IP, 5 BF

Batters

2B - Dilson Herrera - 1-4, 1 K, 11.1% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 2.25 Pitches/PA
3B - T.J. Rivera - 1-3, 1 BB, 2.5 Pitches/PA
C - Johnny Monell - 1-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 6.2% SwStr, 14.3% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA
LF - Roger Bernadina - 1-4, 2 K, 6.7% SwStr, 10% Whiff/Swing, 3.75 Pitches/PA
SS - Gavin Cecchini - 1-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K, 16.7% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 4.5 Pitches/PA
1B - Marc Krauss - 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K, 7.7% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 3.25 Pitches/PA


Recapish


            The Las Vegas 51s slipped back under .500 with a loss in their opener with Sacramento Friday night. Duane Below kept the River Cats off the board over the first 4 innings, but Sacramento then put up a 5-spot in the 5th  – done entirely with two outs – thanks mostly to a two run triple and two run homerun.
            Below faced trouble in every inning, but he picked up a lot of K’s and pop outs to keep Sacramento off the board over the first 4 innings. Meanwhile, the 51s were barely able to make contact against Chris Stratton over their first 5 trips to the plate. T.J. Rivera’s 4th inning single was the only hit Las Vegas had when the River Cats broke this game open. Dario Alvarez was great over the next two frames, but the 51s bats woke up too late for a comeback in this game.
             I break down the 51s scoring with the few highlights below, so enjoy! This series continues Saturday night at 10:05 PM, with Gabriel Ynoa (2-0, 2.05 ERA) scheduled to pitch for Las Vegas.


Scoring Highlights


            Marc Krauss led off the 6th with a solo blast to RF, his 4th homerun of the year.

            The first two Las Vegas batters of the 9th inning would reach safely: Johnny Monell singled and Travis Taijeron followed with a walk. Gavin Cecchini brought them both home with an RBI double to keep his hitting streak alive.


            Dilson Herrera added a single in the game.



Defensive Highlights


Gavin Cecchini made two fielding errors in this game, but his fielding at SS has not been the problem, it’s his throwing that’s given scouts concerns. The first error was on a grounder that most players will field 999 times out of 1,000, but it just popped out of Cecchini’s glove this time.  He showed off a good arm in the 7th, although he did do his hop step thing again.



Pitcher Coverage


Table 1 – Below pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Total
Total
23
12
25
11
27
98
Strikes
14
9
16
9
20
68
Swinging*
3
1
1
3
3
11
*11.2% Swinging strike rate; 21.6% Whiff/Swing


Dario Alvarez strikeouts









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