B-Mets Drop Opener In Richmond

Binghamton Mets @ Richmond Flying Squirrels

June 14, 2016

Mickey Jannis @ Dan Slania

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

W: Slania (5-4, 3.46 ERA); L: Jannis (1-6, 5.57 ERA)

Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Mickey Jannis (L, 1-6, 5.57 ERA) – 5 IP, 7 H, 6 R (6 ER), 7 TB, 6 BB, 4 K (3 K/Sw), 1 GIDP, 9 GB: 5 FB: 3 LD, 101 Pitches (58 Strikes), 8 Swinging, 14 Called, 7.9% SwStr, 18.2% Whiff/Swing, 20.2 Pitches/IP, 28 BF

Kevin McGowan (1.80 ERA) – 2 IP, 1 BB, 5 K (4 K/Sw), 1 GB, 34 Pitches (19 Strikes), 9 Swinging, 6 Called, 26.5% SwStr, 69.2% Whiff/Swing, 17 Pitches/IP, 7 BF

Logan Taylor (3.29 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 2B, 4 TB, 1 BB, 3 K (3 K/Sw), 2 LD, 31 Pitches (20 Strikes), 5 Swinging, 5 Called, 16.1% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 31 Pitches/IP, 6 BF

Batters

3B - Derrik Gibson - 1-5, 5% SwStr, 12.5% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA

SS - Phillip Evans - 3-5, 1 RBI, 4.3% SwStr, 11.1% Whiff/Swing, 4.6 Pitches/PA

LF - Jayce Boyd - 1-4, 1 BB, 1 GIDP, 4.8 Pitches/PA

C - Colton Plaia - 1-3, 1 BB, 5.3% SwStr, 11.1% Whiff/Swing, 4.75 Pitches/PA

SP – Mickey Jannis - 1-2, 14.3% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 3.5 Pitches/PA

Recapish

            The Binghamton Mets continued their struggles against the EL’s worst team Tuesday night, as they took an 8-1 loss to open a 3-game set in Richmond. The B-Mets have now lost 4 straight to the Flying Squirrels, a team that is already 17 games under .500 against the rest of the league.

            It was a familiar story for Binghamton starter Mickey Jannis in this one, as he fell behind early after struggling with control out of the gate. He actually got to two outs quickly in the 1^st, but the next 5 reached, which was capped by an Ali Castillo two run single. The frame was a disaster for Jannis, as he allowed the Flying Squirrels to score 4 runs on just 2 hits when there were no errors in the frame. There was a passed ball, but more importantly, Jannis issued 3 walks (all 3 came around to score) and hit a batter his first time through the order. He mostly settled down after that until running into two out trouble in the 5^th.

            On the other side of the ball, Dan Slania was making quick work of the B-Mets. Binghamton finally put together a threat when the first two reached in the 6^th, but Slania made quick work of the next two batters before Jake Smith was called on to finish the frame. Binghamton finally did break through in the 7^th, but they only managed one run after loading the bases with nobody out.

            The B-Mets relief put together a ridiculous stretch after taking over in the 6^th. Kevin McGowan was the first out of the pen, and he would strikeout the final 5 Squirrels to face him. Logan Taylor was next up and he started his outing with a pair of K’s to make it 7 straight.

            I break down the scoring and reliever strikeouts with highlights below, so enjoy! This series continues Wednesday night at 6:35 PM, with Tyler Pill (3-6, 4.22 ERA) scheduled to pitch for Binghamton.

MiLB.tv Scoring Highlights

            Phillip Evans and Jayce Boyd started the 6^th inning with singles, but the B-Mets stranded both in scoring position during the frame. Evans finished with 3 hits (2 shown here, 1 below) and Colton Plaia added a single too.

Phillip Evans

Evans

Jayce Boyd

Colton Plaia

            The first 3 B-Mets of the 7^th reached via the walk to give Binghamton a golden opportunity to come back in this game. Unfortunately Richmond was quick to make a pitching change, and then Binghamton only scratched out one run against Preston Claiborne.

Phillip Evans

MiLB.tv Defensive Highlights

            Dominic Smith started an inning ending double play in the 4^th.

Pitcher Coverage

Mickey Jannis

Table 1 – Jannis pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Total
Total	35	16	10	10	30	101
Strikes	16	9	8	5	20	58
Swinging*	1	2	2	0	3	8

*7.9% Swinging strike rate; 18.2% Whiff/Swing

            The CF camera appears to have a low frame rate or something, and the stream was jumping at times when they used that angle – you’ll see what I mean in the GIF’s below. Because of this, the Jannis K’s weren’t worth sharing, and most of the ones below are still not as smooth as I’d like.

Kevin McGowan

            McGowan got a groundout from the first batter he faced out of the pen, walked the next one, and then K’d the next 5.

Logan Taylor

            Taylor struck out the first two of the 8^th inning, but then a walk opened the door for two more Richmond runs thanks to back-to-back doubles from Ryder Jones and Ricky Oropesa.

  

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