Ynoa Goes 8 And Taijeron Great At The Plate

El Paso Chihuahuas @ Las Vegas 51s

May 12, 2016

Daniel McCutchen @ Gabriel Ynoa

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
EL Paso	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11	2
Las Vegas	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	X	7	12	0

W: Ynoa (4-0, 1.77 ERA); L: McCutchen (4-2, 9.50 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The 51s kept the good feels rolling with a win Thursday night

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Gabriel Ynoa (W, 4-0, 1.77 ERA) – 8 IP, 9 H, 1 R (1 ER), 9 TB, 2 BB, 3 K (3 K/Sw), 1 GIDP, 17 GB: 6 FB: 4 LD: 2 PU, 93 Pitches (63 Strikes), 5 Swinging, 15 Called, 5.4% SwStr, 10.4% Whiff/Swing, 11.6 Pitches/IP, 33 BF

Dario Alvarez (7.30 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 2B, 3 TB, 4 GB: 1 LD, 17 Pitches (12 Strikes), 1 Swinging, 2 Called, 5.9% SwStr, 10% Whiff/Swing, 17 Pitches/IP, 5 BF

Batters

LF - Ty Kelly - 1-5, 1 2B, 2 K, 1 GIDP, 14.3% SwStr, 30% Whiff/Swing, 4.2 Pitches/PA

1B - Marc Krauss - 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 SB, 6.2% SwStr, 14.3% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA

RF - Travis Taijeron - 2-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 23.5% SwStr, 57.1% Whiff/Swing, 4.25 Pitches/PA

CF - Roger Bernadina - 3-4, 3 R, 1 RBI, 2.25 Pitches/PA

SS - Matt Reynolds - 1-3, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 11.8% SwStr, 28.6% Whiff/Swing, 4.25 Pitches/PA

C - Nevin Ashley - 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 10.5% SwStr, 28.6% Whiff/Swing, 4.75 Pitches/PA

SP – Gabriel Ynoa - 1-3, 12.5% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 2.67 Pitches/PA

PH – Daniel Muno - 1-1, 1 RBI, 5 Pitches/PA

Recapish

Gabriel Ynoa was effective and efficient for the Las Vegas 51s Thursday night, holding the El Paso Chihuahuas to just one run over 8 innings for the teams 6^th win in 7 games. The top 4 batters in the 51s lineup couldn’t get anything going against El Paso starter Daniel McCutchen, but the bottom half had his number, which led to an easy 7-2 win in the desert.

Ynoa lowered his ERA to 1.77, which is second best in the PCL, still behind Julio Urias at 1.50. It was another sinker heavy effort for Ynoa, but he also threw more sliders than normal. He’s mostly been upper 80’s with the sinker over his past few starts, but he was still able to dial his fastball up to 93 MPH in the 8^th, although I’m guessing that was a four seamer.

El Paso did manage 11 baserunners against Ynoa, but 4 of them reached in the 1^st, when the Chihuahuas jumped out to a 1-0 lead. They might’ve scored more in the 1^st, but Ty Kelly made a great throw to nail James Loney at home, which ended the inning. Great defense became a theme behind Ynoa in this start – he’s been the team ace and he keeps his fielders involved, so it’s nice to see the team step up behind him. T.J. Rivera and Marc Krauss made some nice plays at the corners, with Rivera starting an inning ending double play in the 3^rd.

Nevin Ashley tied this game up with a solo blast leading off the 3^rd inning. Big Marc Krauss used his surprisingly not terrible speed to pick up a hustle double and steal 3B in the 4^th inning, which sparked a two run rally for Las Vegas. Matt Reynolds picked up an RBI double off the LF wall, which is great to see with Wilmer Flores moving to the DL for the Mets – they might want a backup SS option soon, and the alternative (T.J. Rivera) is more of an emergency SS.

Travis Taijeron’s 10^th double of the year sparked another two run rally for Las Vegas in the 6^th. He added a solo blast in the 8^th, which was his 5^th homerun of the year. At his current pace, if he finished 2016 with the same number of PA as in 2015 (478), he’d see an increase of 14 XBH from last year’s total of 50 (22 2B, 3 3B, 25 HR). This game was a perfect example of his game, as he took huge cuts and whiffed through more than half of his swings, but two of the swings he did connect on caused serious damage.

This series continues Friday night at 10:05 PM, with Stolmy Pimentel (0-2, 8.20 ERA) scheduled to make the start for Las Vegas.

Pitcher Coverage

Gabriel Ynoa

Table 1 – Ynoa pitch stats by inning

	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	6^th	7^th	8^th	Total
Total	14	9	13	16	8	11	14	8	93
Strikes	9	5	8	10	6	8	10	7	63
Swinging*	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5

*5.4% Swinging strike rate; 10.4% Whiff/Swing

Pitch types and velocity courtesy of iscorecast

1^st inning

1) Manuel Margot hit a single through the middle (S8/G)

i. 86 MPH Fastball – in play

2) Diego Goris hit a groundout to Reynolds (63/G)

i. 87 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0
*Gabriel Ynoa called for a balk

ii. 81 MPH Changeup – in play

3) James Loney walked (BB)

i. 81 MPH Changeup – ball 1-0

ii. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0
*Margot stole 3B

iii. 81 MPH Changeup – ball 3-0

iv. 88 MPH Fastball – ball 4

4) Hunter Renfroe hit an RBI single through the right side of the infield (S9/G)

i. 84 MPH Slider – called strike 0-1

ii. 83 MPH Slider – in play

5) Casey McElroy struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 89 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

iii. 82 MPH Changeup – swinging strike 3

6) Yeison Asencio singled into LF and James Loney was thrown out trying to score (S7/L) -> 72

i. 84 MPH Slider – foul 0-1

ii. 87 MPH Fastball – in play

2^nd inning

1) Rocky Gale flied out to Kelly (7/F)

i. 86 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 81 MPH Changeup – ball 2-0

iii. 88 MPH Fastball – called strike 2-1

iv. 89 MPH Fastball – in play

2) Nick Noonan hit a groundout to Krauss – diving stop (31/G)

i. 89 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 82 MPH Slider – ball 1-1

iii. 82 MPH Slider – in play

3) Daniel McCutchen hit a groundout to Rivera (53/G)

i. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – in play

3^rd inning

1) Margot flied out to CF (8/F)

i. 86 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 82 MPH Slider – in play

2) Goris walked (BB)

i. 82 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

ii. 83 MPH Slider – ball 2-0

iii. 91 MPH Fastball – called strike 2-1

iv. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 3-1

v. 90 MPH Fastball – called strike 3-2

vi. 91 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

vii. 92 MPH Fastball – ball 4

3) Loney reached on an E6 – Goris to 3B (E6/G)

i. 88 MPH Fastball – in play

4) Renfroe hit a double play grounder to Rivera (543/G)

i. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 84 MPH Changeup – foul 1-1

iii. 84 MPH Slider – in play

4^th inning

1) McElroy singled sharply through the right side (S9/G)

i. 82 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – foul 1-1

iii. 82 MPH Changeup – ball 2-1

iv. 82 MPH Changeup – ball 3-1

v. 90 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2

vi. 91 MPH Fastball – in play

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

i. 90 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 84 MPH Changeup – in play

3) Gale flied out to CF (8/F)

i. 83 MPH Slider – ball 1-0

ii. 90 MPH Fastball – foul 1-1

iii. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1

iv. Automatic ball 3-1

v. 91 MPH Fastball – in play

4) Noonan popped out to Rivera for a infield fly rule (IFF/P)

i. 83 MPH Changeup – in play

5) McCutchen hit a groundout to Rivera (53/G)

i. 85 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 85 MPH Fastball – in play

5^th inning

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

i. 77 MPH Curveball – ball 1-0

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – called strike 1-1

iii. 84 MPH Slider – foul 1-2

iv. 84 MPH Slider – in play

2) Goris hit a groundout to Rivera (53/G)

i. 91 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 92 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1

iii. 84 MPH Slider – in play

3) Loney flied out to CF (8/F)

i. 83 MPH Changeup – in play

6^th inning

1) Renfroe struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 89 MPH Fastball – foul 0-1

ii. 90 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

iii. 84 MPH Slider – swinging strike 3

2) McElroy lined a single into CF (S8/L)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – in play

3) Asencio flied out to RF (9/F)

i. 85 MPH Changeup – in play

4) Gale singled through the right side of the infield (S9/G)

i. 92 MPH Fastball – in play

5) Noonan hit a groundout to Krauss (31/G)

i. 81 MPH Changeup – ball 1-0

ii. 81 MPH Changeup – called strike 1-1

iii. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 2-1

iv. 92 MPH Fastball – in play

7^th inning

1) PH Josh Satin popped out to Dilson (4/P)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – in play

2) Margot struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 91 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 83 MPH Changeup – ball 1-1

iii. 85 MPH Slider – foul 1-2

iv. 84 MPH Slider – ball 2-2

v. 92 MPH Fastball – foul 2-2

vi. 84 MPH Slider – swinging strike 3

3) Goris reached on an infield single to Rivera (S5/G)

i. 85 MPH Slider – foul 0-1

ii. 84 MPH Slider – called strike 0-2

iii. 93 MPH Fastball – in play

4) Loney hit a weak comebacker (13/G)

i. 81 MPH Changeup – called strike 0-1

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1

iii. 83 MPH Changeup – ball 2-1

iv. 90 MPH Fastball – in play

8^th inning

1) Renfroe lined out to Kelly (7/L)

i. – swinging strike 0-1

ii. – in play

2) McElroy hit a groundout to Dilson (43/G)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 83 MPH Changeup – foul 0-2

iii. 84 MPH Slider – ball 1-2

iv. 85 MPH Slider – in play

3) Asencio hit a groundout to Ynoa (13/G)

i. 93 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 91 MPH Fastball – in play

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