Amed Rosario Pinch-Hit Double In The 9th Came Too Late For B-Mets

Altoona Curve @ Binghamton Mets

June 23, 2016

Cody Dickson @ Josh Zeid

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Altoona	0	0	1	3	1	1	2	1	0		9	12	1
Binghamton	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2		6	10	2

W: Dickson (6-3, 3.68 ERA); L: Zeid (1-2, 4.67 ERA)

Boxscore

Amed Rosario (1) and L.J. Mazzilli (7) in the 5th inning

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Josh Zeid (L, 1-2, 4.67 ERA) – 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R (4 ER), 3 2B, 9 TB, 4 BB, 3 K (3 K/Sw), 5 GB: 7 FB: 4 LD: 2 PU, 107 Pitches (62 Strikes), 4 Swinging, 15 Called, 3.7% SwStr, 8.5% Whiff/Swing, 21.4 Pitches/IP, 26 BF

Logan Taylor (3.25 ERA) – 2 IP, 4 H, 3 R (2 ER), 4 TB, 2 BB, 2 K (2 K/Sw), 5 GB: 2 FB: 1 LD, 51 Pitches (27 Strikes), 4 Swinging, 7 Called, 7.8% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 25.5 Pitches/IP, 12 BF

Luis Mateo (2.67 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 TB, 1 K (0 K/Sw), 1 GB: 2 LD, 20 Pitches (12 Strikes), 1 Swinging, 4 Called, 5% SwStr, 12.5% Whiff/Swing, 20 Pitches/IP, 4 BF

David Roseboom (2.45 ERA) – 1 IP, 3 FB, 6 Pitches (4 Strikes), 1 Called, 6 Pitches/IP, 3 BF

Batters

3B - Derrik Gibson - 4-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K, 4.8% SwStr, 11.1% Whiff/Swing, 4.2 Pitches/PA

2B - L.J. Mazzilli - 1-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 5.9% SwStr, 10% Whiff/Swing, 3.4 Pitches/PA

SS - Phillip Evans - 1-4, 1 K, 23.1% SwStr, 50% Whiff/Swing, 3.25 Pitches/PA

LF - Jayce Boyd - 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K, 7.7% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 3.25 Pitches/PA

C - Colton Plaia - 1-2, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 BB, 6.7% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 3.75 Pitches/PA

PH – Matt Oberste - 1-1, 1 R, 2 Pitches/PA

PH – Amed Rosario - 1-1, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 Pitches/PA

Recapish

            The Binghamton Mets slide continued Thursday night as they fell to 14-games under .500. Although they took a sweep at the hands of Altoona, the B-Mets did have one glimmer of hope yesterday. Top Mets prospect Amed Rosario was promoted earlier in the day, and he’d make his season debut with Binghamton in the 9^th as a pinch hitter.

            Of course, on the one night this week that the B-Mets bats start clicking, the pitching comes up short. After Binghamton jumped ahead 1-0 in the 1^st, Altoona tied it at 1 in the 3^rd and scored a run in each of the next 5 frames. The B-Mets rallied to make it a 5-4 game after 5, but the Curve kept adding on until it was 9-4 after their final run scored in the 8^th.

Binghamton starter Josh Zeid struggled with command throughout the night, though 3 of his 4 walks didn’t even come back to burn him. He could be interesting again out of the bullpen, but his stuff hasn’t been holding up later in his starts.

Logan Taylor was asked to work two innings and it was a battle for him. A two-base throwing error in the 6^th inning set up an unearned run for the Curve, and they rallied for another pair of runs off him in the 7^th.

It wasn’t until David Roseboom came on for the 9^th that the Curve’s scoring streak was snapped. The BOOM retired all 3 Altoona batters in the 9^th, but the lead was too far-gone at that point.

However, any B-Mets fans who stuck around until the end got treated with the highlight of the night. First, Colton Plaia doubled and came around to score on the second out of the frame. Then Amed Rosario was sent up to pinch-hit, which is what everyone in Binghamton has been waiting for since opening day. Rosario did not disappoint, lining a 2-0 pitch into the LF corner for a double, and then coming around to score on Derrik Gibson’s fourth hit of the game. He should be starting tomorrow.

With this series in the books, Binghamton will turn their attention to the Richmond Flying Squirrels. At 27-45, Richmond is the only team with a worse record than Binghamton in the Eastern League, and they’ve had the B-Mets number so far this season. The B-Mets will look to Amed Rosario to be the spark they need to end two losing streaks: expected starter Mickey Jannis’ 7-game losing streak – he’s 1-7 with a 5.53 ERA this season – and the B-Mets 6-game skid.

MiLB.tv Scoring Highlights

            Derrik Gibson led off the bottom of the 1^st with a single lined into center field and came around to score on L.J. Mazzilli’s 8^th double of the season.

L.J. Mazzilli

            The B-Mets took advantage of a pair of walks in the 5^th inning. Matt Oberste and Derrik Gibson picked up back-to-back RBI singles in the frame, and a third run came home on a RBI groundout. Phillip Evans added his hit in the inning.

Matt Oberste

Phillip Evans

            Jayce Boyd started the 6^th with a double but would be stranded at 3B.

            Colton Plaia got things started in the 9^th with a double. He’d come around to score on a groundout two batters later, but the B-Mets weren’t done for the night. Amed Rosario was sent up to pinch-hit and hit a 2-0 pitch into the LF corner for his first Double-A double of the season. Gibson’s fourth hit of the night then brought him home to make it a 9-6 game.

Amed Rosario

Pitcher Coverage

Josh Zeid

Table 1 – Zeid pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Total
Total	14	16	19	20	38	107
Strikes	10	8	11	10	23	62
Swinging*	3	1	0	0	0	4

*3.7% Swinging strike rate; 8.5% Whiff/Swing

  

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