Oberste’s Big Game Not Enough For B-Mets

Binghamton Mets @ Portland Sea Dogs

May 12, 2016

Robert Gsellman @ Keith Couth

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Binghamton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	0
Portland	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	X	6	13	0

W: Couch (1-0, 0.75 ERA); L: Gsellman (1-2, 2.21 ERA)

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Robert Gsellman (L, 1-2, 2.21 ERA) – 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R (3 ER), 2 2B, 8 TB, 5 K (3 K/Sw), 9 GB: 1 FB: 5 LD, 83 Pitches (52 Strikes), 7 Swinging, 13 Called, 8.4% SwStr, 17.9% Whiff/Swing, 16.6 Pitches/IP, 20 BF

Logan Taylor (2.75 ERA) – 2 IP, 5 H, 3 R (3 ER), 2 2B, 7 TB, 1 BB, 3 K (3 K/Sw), 5 GB: 2 FB: 1 LD, 35 Pitches (22 Strikes), 4 Swinging, 4 Called, 11.4% SwStr, 22.2% Whiff/Swing, 17.5 Pitches/IP, 12 BF

Mike Hepple (2.03 ERA) – 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 TB, 1 BB, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 2 GB: 1 FB: 1 PU, 16 Pitches (9 Strikes), 1 Swinging, 2 Called, 6.2% SwStr, 14.3% Whiff/Swing, 24 Pitches/IP, 5 BF

David Roseboom (3.18 ERA) – 0.1 IP, 1 FB, 2 Pitches (2 Strikes), 1 Called, 6 Pitches/IP, 1 BF

Batters

3B - Derrik Gibson - 1-2, 1 2B, 2 BB, 5% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 5 Pitches/PA

1B - Dominic Smith - 1-4, 7.7% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 3.25 Pitches/PA

DH - Matt Oberste - 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, 12.5% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA

LF - Victor Cruzado - 1-4, 1 K, 12.5% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA

C - Colton Plaia - 1-4, 12.5% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA

2B - L.J. Mazzilli - 1-3, 1 BB, 1 GIDP, 3.5 Pitches/PA

Recapish

Matt Oberste continued his tear at the plate with his best night of the year, but the rest of the B-Mets lineup stayed quiet for most of Thursday night Porltand. The B-Mets fell behind early after another rough 1^st inning from Robert Gsellman, and Portland was able to double their lead with Logan Taylor on the mound for the 6^th and 7^th innings.

Gsellman has had a few rough 1^st innings so far this year, but he’s generally figured things out by the 2^nd or 3^rd innings of his start, which is a good sign that he can adjust based on what he’s got that day. Nate Freiman connected for a two run double against him in the 1^st inning, but Gsellman really settled in after that. He’d retire 10 of the next 11 Portland batters, with all 5 of his K’s during that stretch. He left trailing 2-0 after 5, which was enough for the L in this game.

I break down the offensive details with highlights below, so enjoy! This series continues Friday evening with a pair of games scheduled between these two teams. Rainy Lara and Andrew Barbosa are the expected starters for Binghamton.

Scoring Highlights

L.J. Mazzilli hit a one out single in the 3^rd inning but never budged.

The B-Mets tried to put together a two out rally in the 4^th inning, but came up one hit short. Dominic Smith hit a dribbler up the middle for a single, and then Matt Oberste doubled him to 3B.

Oberste and Victor Cruzado hit back-to-back singles in the 7^th inning, but the B-Mets stranded runners at the corners in the inning.

Oberste hit a two run homerun in the 9^th inning to help the B-Mets avoid a sweep. Colton Plaia added a single in the inning.

Pitcher Coverage

Robert Gsellman

Table 1 – Gsellman pitch stats by inning

	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	Total
Total	21	8	15	19	20	83
Strikes	12	5	11	14	10	52
Swinging*	0	0	2	5	0	7

*8.4% Swinging strike rate; 17.9% Whiff/Swing

Logan Taylor

Pitch types and velocities courtesy of iscorecast

1^st inning

1) Henry Ramos singled through the middle (S8/G)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 92 MPH Fastball – in play

2) Cole Sturgeon lined a single into CF (S8/L)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 90 MPH Fastball – in play

3) Ryan Court hit a force out to Romero (64/G)

i. 83 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

ii. 90 MPH Fastball – foul 1-1

iii. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1

iv. 92 MPH Fastball – in play

4) Nate Freiman hit an RBI double to CF (D8/L)

i. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 92 MPH Fastball – foul 1-1

iii. 92 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1

iv. 92 MPH Fastball – called strike 2-2

v. 79 MPH Curveball – ball 3-2

vi. 94 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

vii. 94 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

viii. 93 MPH Fastball – in play

5) Jake Romanski hit a groundout to Romero (63/G)

i. 86 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

ii. 90 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1

iii. 83 MPH Slider – foul 1-2

iv. 78 MPH Curveball – ball 2-2

v. 79 MPH Curveball – in play

2^nd inning

1) Aneury Tavarez hit a groundout to Romero (63/G)

i. 91 MPH Fastball – in play

2) Wendell Rijo struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. 84 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

ii. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

iii. 91 MPH Fastball – foul 2-1

iv. 82 MPH Slider – foul 2-2

v. 75 MPH Slider – called strike 3

3) Rainel Rosario hit a groundout to Gibson (53/G)

i. 85 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

ii. 92 MPH Fastball – in play

3^rd inning

1) Tzu-Wei Lin hit a groundout to Smith (31/G)

i. 89 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1

iii. 82 MPH Changeup – in play

2) Ramos lined out to Maikis (9/L)

i. 76 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-1

ii. 77 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-2

iii. 91 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

iv. 83 MPH Slider – in play

3) Sturgeon struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 83 MPH Changeup – foul 0-1

ii. 83 MPH Changeup – ball 1-1

iii. 92 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 1-2

iv. 79 MPH Curveball – ball 2-2

v. 78 MPH Curveball – foul 2-2

vi. 92 MPH Fastball – ball 3-2

vii. 91 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

viii. 83 MPH Slider – swinging strike 3

4^th inning

1) Court lined a double into CF (D8/L)

i. 82 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

ii. 90 MPH Fastball – foul 1-1

iii. 82 MPH Slider – in play

2) Freiman struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 81 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

ii. 76 MPH Curveball – called strike 1-1

iii. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1

iv. 75 MPH Curveball – called strike 2-2

v. 79 MPH Curveball – foul 2-2

vi. 83 MPH Changeup – foul 2-2

vii. 92 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

viii. 78 MPH Curveball – swinging strike 3

3) Romanski struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 92 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1

iii. 93 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 1-2

iv. 92 MPH Fastball – called strike 3

4) Tavarez struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 82 MPH Changeup – swinging strike 0-1

ii. 83 MPH Changeup – swinging strike 0-2

iii. 78 MPH Curveball – ball 1-2

iv. 83 MPH Changeup – swinging strike 3

5^th inning

1) Rijo hit a groundout to Mazzillie (43/G)

i. 83 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

ii. 88 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1

iii. 81 MPH Slider – ball 2-1

iv. 75 MPH Curveball – ball 3-1

v. 91 MPH Fastball – called strike 3-2

vi. 92 MPH Fastball – in play

2) Rosario lined a single into LF (S7/L)

i. 82 MPH Changeup – ball 1-0

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

iii. 90 MPH Fastball – in play

3) Lin hit a groundout to Gibson (53/G)

i. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 88 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

iii. 90 MPH Fastball – foul 2-1

iv. 90 MPH Fastball – in play

4) Ramos singled through the right side (S9/G)

i. 80 MPH Changeup – called strike 0-1

ii. 81 MPH Changeup – ball 1-1

iii. 88 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1

iv. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 3-1

v. 90 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

vi. 83 MPH Changeup – in play

5) Sturgeon flied out to CF (8/F)

i. 89 MPH Fastball – in play

Logan Taylor

6^th inning

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

i. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 91 MPH Fastball – in play

2) Freiman struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 92 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 81 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-2

iii. 84 MPH Curveball – swinging strike 3

3) Romanski singled through the left side (S7/G)

i. 88 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

ii. 94 MPH Fastball – foul 1-1

iii. 94 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1

iv. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 3-1

v. 92 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

vi. 87 MPH Slider – in play

4) Tavarez struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 81 MPH Curveball – swinging strike 0-1

ii. 83 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-2

iii. 82 MPH Curveball – foul 0-2

iv. 85 MPH Curveball – swinging strike 3

5) Rijo lined an RBI single into LF (S7/L)

i. 94 MPH Fastball – in play

6) Rosario struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 84 MPH Curveball – called strike 0-1

ii. 83 MPH Curveball – ball 1-1

iii. 94 MPH Fastball – foul 1-2

iv. 83 MPH Curveball – foul 1-2

v. 83 MPH Curveball – ball 2-2

vi. 95 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3

7^th inning

1) Lin hit a groundout to Mazzilli (43/G)

i. 91 MPH Fastball – in play

2) Ramos hit a groundout to Mazzilli (43/G)

i. 92 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 82 MPH Curveball – in play

3) Sturgeon doubled to CF (D8/F)

i. 93 MPH Fastball – in play

4) Court walked (BB)

i. 82 MPH Curveball – ball 1-0

ii. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

iii. 93 MPH Fastball – called strike 2-1

iv. 81 MPH Curveball – ball 3-1

v. 82 MPH Curveball – ball 4

5) Freiman hit a two run double to RF (D9/F)

i. 94 MPH Fastball – in play

6) Romanski hit a groundout back to Taylor (13/G)

i. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 88 MPH Slider – ball 2-1

iii. 92 MPH Fastball – in play

Mike Hepple

8^th inning

1) Tavarez hit a single back up the middle (S8/G)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – in play

2) Rijo singled through the left side (S7/G)

i. 81 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

ii. 77 MPH Slider – foul 1-1

iii. 81 MPH Slider – ball 2-1

iv. 88 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

v. 81 MPH Slider – in play

3) Rosario walked to load the bases (BB)

i. 87 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0

iii. 87 MPH Fastball – ball 3-0

iv. 87 MPH Fastball – called strike 3-1

v. 87 MPH Fastball – ball 4

4) Lin popped out to Romero (IFF/P)

i. 86 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 88 MPH Fastball – in play

5) Ramos struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 92 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 91 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

iii. 81 MPH Slider – swinging strike 3

David Roseboom

6) Sturgeon flied out to RF (9/F)

i. 79 MPH Slider – called strike 0-1

ii. 88 MPH Fastball – in play

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