Lugo's Longest Outing Of 2016 Leads Las Vegas In Opener

El Paso Chihuahuas @ Las Vegas 51s

May 10, 2016

Carlos Pimentel @ Seth Lugo

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

W: Lugo (3-2, 7.20 ERA); L: Pimentel (2-2, 6.19 ERA); Save: Sewald (4, 2.08 ERA)

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Seth Lugo – 7 IP, 8 H, 4 R (2 ER), 2 2B, 10 TB, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 2 GIDP, 13 GB: 6 FB: 5 LD: 1 PU, 89 Pitches (61 Strikes), 5 Swinging, 14 Called, 5.6% SwStr, 10.6% Whiff/Swing, 12.7 Pitches/IP, 28 BF

Zach Thornton (H, 4, 5.93 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 H, 1 TB, 1 K, 1 FB: 1 LD, 9 Pitches (6 Strikes), 3 Called, 9 Pitches/IP, 3 BF

Paul Sewald – 1 IP, 1 GB: 2 FB, 8 Pitches (6 Strikes), 1 Called, 8 Pitches/IP, 3 BF

Batters

2B - Dilson Herrera - 1-4, 3.25 Pitches/PA

CF - Brandon Nimmo - 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 5.6% SwStr, 12.5% Whiff/Swing, 4.5 Pitches/PA

3B - T.J. Rivera - 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K, 20% SwStr, 42.9% Whiff/Swing, 3.75 Pitches/PA

C - Johnny Monell - 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 7.7% SwStr, 14.3% Whiff/Swing, 3.25 Pitches/PA

RF - Travis Taijeron - 1-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 7.7% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 3.25 Pitches/PA

LF - Roger Bernadina - 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 7.1% SwStr, 12.5% Whiff/Swing, 3.5 Pitches/PA

Recapish

The 51s started their homestand with a win over El Paso Tuesday night behind a strong start from Seth Lugo and a big 3^rd inning. Brandon Nimmo and T.J. Rivera continued their hot streaks with two hits apiece, but the big hits came from the 4-5-6 batters Johnny Monell (HR), Travis Taijeron (wall triple), and Roger Bernadina (wall double).

Lugo was hit hard and knocked out before the 5^th in two of his first three starts this year, but he’s been much more reliable since skipping a start near the end of April. He had three clean innings and was only forced to labor in the 3^rd inning, when he threw 21 pitches. It seemed like he was focusing more on using his slider in this start, but he brought his curve out over the final few innings, and it led to some nice sequences. Facing Hunter Renfroe with a runner on 3B in the 6^th, Lugo went 84 MPH Slider-92 MPH Fastball (4Seam likely)-77 MPH Curveball-87 MPH Fastball (2Seam likely), which led to a pop out to 2B.

El Paso wasted little time jumping ahead against Lugo in the 1^st, but Lugo did a good job to get out of the inning with only one run allowed. Manuel Margot led off with a single and then Carlos Asuaje doubled him to 3B before Lugo retired 3 in a row.

The 51s threatened to tie it up in the 1^st, but red-hot Brandon Nimmo was thrown out at the plate – including last night, Nimmo is slashing .360/.407/.520 over his last 54 PA. He hit a one out double in his first trip to the plate, but was thrown out trying to score on a T.J. Rivera single.

Dilson Herrera’s first error opened the door for a pair of El Paso runs in the 3^rd. He dropped a throw from Reynolds at 2B that would’ve at least been a force out. The Chihuahuas later traded a run for a double play, which would’ve been an inning ending double play if not for the error. They added another run on a Renfroe double, but he was thrown out by Taijeron/Dilson at 3B to end the inning – turnaround is fair play after he nailed Taijeron trying to extend a double into a triple last week in El Paso.

Las Vegas then exploded in the bottom of the frame. Nimmo and Rivera picked up back-to-back RBI singles with one out, and then Taijeron and Bernadina went off the wall for 3 more runs.

Lugo, Zach Thornton, and Paul Sewald then went to work protecting that lead, allowing just 4 singles over the final 6 innings. Check out some Lugo pitch log details below courtesy of iscorecast. This series continues Wednesday night at 10:05 PM, with Duane Below (1-2, 6.04 ERA) scheduled to pitch opposite Jeremy Guthrie (0-5, 8.40 ERA).

Pitcher Coverage

Seth Lugo

Table 1 – Lugo pitch stats by inning

	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	6^th	7^th	Total
Total	14	8	21	10	12	11	13	89
Strikes	10	4	13	8	8	10	8	61
Swinging*	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	5

*5.6% Swinging strike rate; 10.6% Whiff/Swing

Pitch types and velocities courtesy of iscorecast

1^st inning

1) Manuel Margot singled through the left side of the infield (S7/G)

i. 88 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1

iii. 88 MPH Fastball – in play

2) Carlos Asuaje doubled to LF (D7/L)

i. 87 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 87 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1

iii. 89 MPH Fastball – in play

3) Diego Goris hit an RBI groundout to Reynolds (63/G)

i. 85 MPH Slider – called strike 0-1

ii. 90 MPH Fastball – in play

4) Hunter Renfroe flied out to Nimmo (8/F)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 86 MPH Slider – in play

5) Ryan Schimpf flied out to Bernadina (7/F)

i. 88 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

iii. 81 MPH Changeup – swinging strike 2-1

iv. 81 MPH Changeup – in play

2^nd inning

1) Yeison Asencio lined out to Nimmo (8/L)

i. 83 MPH Slider – in play

2) Josh Satin was hit by a pitch (HBP)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1

iii. 90 MPH Fastball - HBP

3) Rocky Gale hit a double play grounder to Rivera (543/G)

i. 88 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 88 MPH Fastball – foul 1-1

iii. 81 MPH Changeup – ball 2-1

iv. 88 MPH Fastball – in play

3^rd inning

1) Carlos Pimentel hit a single through the middle (S8/G)

i. 85 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 88 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1

iii. 88 MPH Fastball – in play

2) Margot reached on a missed catch error by Dilson (E4/G)

i. 83 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

iii. 85 MPH Slider – in play

3) Asuaje singled through the right side to load the bases (S9/G)

i. 88 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

iii. 92 MPH Fastball – ball 1-2

iv. 81 MPH Changeup – foul 1-2

v. 88 MPH Fastball – foul 1-2

vi. 94 MPH Fastball – ball 2-2

vii. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 3-2

viii. 83 MPH Changeup – in play

4) Goris hit a double play grounder to Reynolds – Pimentel scored (643/G)

i. 85 MPH Slider – swinging strike 0-1

ii. 86 MPH Slider – ball 1-1

iii. 92 MPH Fastball – in play

5) Renfroe hit an RBI double to RF but was thrown out trying to stretch it to a triple

i. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 86 MPH Slider – foul 1-1

iii. 87 MPH Slider – foul 1-2

iv. 93 MPH Fastball – in play

4^th inning

1) Schimpf hit a groundout to Dilson (43/G)

i. 87 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 87 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-2

iii. 75 MPH Curveball – in play

2) Asencio flied out to Taijeron (9/F)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 85 MPH Slider – in play

3) Satin lined out to Nimmo (8/L)

i. 88 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 84 MPH Slider – called strike 1-1

iii. 83 MPH Slider – ball 2-1

iv. 82 MPH Changeup – swinging strike 2-2

v. 91 MPH Fastball – in play

5^th inning

1) Gale flied out to Taijeron (9/F)

i. 81 MPH Changeup – called strike 0-1

ii. 91 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

iii. 74 MPH Curveball – in play

2) Pimentel hit a groundout to Reynolds (63/G)

i. 88 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 83 MPH Slider – ball 1-1

iii. 84 MPH Slider – in play

3) Margot struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 71 MPH Curveball – ball 1-0

ii. 88 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1

iii. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1

iv. 89 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

v. 75 MPH Curveball – ball 3-2

vi. 81 MPH Changeup – swinging strike 3

6^th inning

1) Asuaje reached on a bunt single and then went to 2B on Dilson’s second error of the game (S4/G) -> E4

i. 85 MPH Slider – in play

2) Goris advanced Asuaje to 3B with a sac bunt (13/G)

i. 82 MPH Slider– in play

3) Renfroe popped out to Dilson (4/P)

i. 84 MPH Slider – foul 0-1

ii. 92 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-2

iii. 77 MPH Curveball – foul 0-2

iv. 87 MPH Fastball – in play

4) Schimpf lined an RBI single into LF (S7/L)

i. 74 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-1

ii. 85 MPH Slider – ball 1-1

iii. 83 MPH Changeup – foul 1-2

iv. 77 MPH Curveball – in play

5) Asencio lined out at Rivera (5/L)

i. 88 MPH Fastball – in play

7^th inning

1) Satin singled through the left side (S7/G)

i. 88 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 88 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 0-2

iii. 75 MPH Curveball – ball 1-2

iv. 92 MPH Fastball – ball 2-2

v. 83 MPH Slider – ball 3-2

vi. 88 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

vii. 81 MPH Changeup – in play

2) Gale advanced Satin with a sac bunt (14/G)

i. 88 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – in play

3) PH James Loney flied out to Nimmo in deep CF (8/F)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 90 MPH Fastball – in play

4) Margot hit a groundout to Reynolds (63/G)

i. 76 MPH Curveball – ball 1-0

ii. 81 MPH Changeup – in play

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