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Cola Falls Behind Big Early And Can’t Come Back

Hagerstown Suns @ Columbia Fireflies


June 2, 2016



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
Hagerstown
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
1
0

6
10
2
Columbia
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0

3
7
0
W: VanVossen (1-1, 2.81 ERA); L: Shaw (3-3, 3.76 ERA); Save: Borne (1)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Joe Shaw (L, 3-3, 3.76 ERA) – 5 IP, 7 H, 5 R (5 ER), 2 2B, 9 TB, 2 BB, 4 K (3 K/Sw), 8 GB: 2 FB: 6 LD: 1 PU, 81 Pitches (49 Strikes), 11 Swinging, 8 Called, 13.6% SwStr, 26.8% Whiff/Swing, 16.2 Pitches/IP, 24 BF
Witt Haggard (11.57 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 BB, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 1 PU, 18 Pitches (9 Strikes), 2 Swinging, 2 Called, 11.1% SwStr, 28.6% Whiff/Swing, 18 Pitches/IP, 3 BF
Johnny Magliozzi (5.48 ERA) – 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R (0 ER), 2 2B, 5 TB, 2 BB, 3 K (3 K/Sw), 1 GIDP, 4 GB: 3 LD, 46 Pitches (30 Strikes), 5 Swinging, 6 Called, 10.9% SwStr, 20.8% Whiff/Swing, 15.3 Pitches/IP, 12 BF

Batters

3B - David Thompson - 2-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 16.7% SwStr, 28.6% Whiff/Swing, 3 Pitches/PA
1B - Dash Winningham - 1-4, 1 2B, 4.25 Pitches/PA
SS - Milton Ramos - 1-4, 1 R, 2 K, 12% SwStr, 23.1% Whiff/Swing, 6.25 Pitches/PA
RF - Jeffrey Diehl - 1-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 K, 11.8% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 4.25 Pitches/PA
CF - Ivan Wilson - 2-3, 1 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 11.1% SwStr, 22.2% Whiff/Swing, 4.5 Pitches/PA


Recapish


            The Columbia Fireflies fell behind big early Thursday night in their opener with Hagerstown, and the Suns pitching staff was able to hold onto that lead until they won. David Thompson and Ivan Wilson each had a pair of hits and combined for 3 doubles, but the Fireflies offense didn’t have enough comeback magic in them this time.
            The Suns were hitting Joe Shaw hard early, picking up two doubles while jumping out to a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning. Shaw would limit the damage in the 1st but a bout of wildness opened the door for a big Hagerstown 2nd inning. Shaw walked a pair in the inning, and in two of the worst situations for a pitcher to walk a batter: he walked Matthew Page to start the frame, and he walked Ian Sagdal with the bases loaded. But it was a wild pitch that really hurt the situation, as it put an extra runner on and extended the inning. You can’t be sure how the inning would’ve turned out, but at least extra two runs came home because they didn’t complete the strikeout of Cody Dent.
            After that long inning, Shaw hit the first batter of the 3rd and then retired 8 of the final 9 batters to face him, erasing the one baserunner with a pickoff along the way. Witt Haggard and Johnny Magliozzi would limit the damage to just an unearned run over the final 4 innings, but Columbia’s comeback efforts came up short. It was the first appearance for Haggard since 4/10, and his first scoreless appearance in 3 outings this year.
            I break down the scoring, defense, and pitching highlights below, so enjoy! This series continues in Columbia Friday night at 7:05 PM, with Chase Ingram (3-4, 4.40 ERA) scheduled to start for the Fireflies.


MiLB.tv Scoring Highlights


            Dash Winningham doubled for the 14th time with one out in the 2nd inning.


            Not wanting to be caught, David Thompson doubled for the 15th time with one out in the 4th inning - it went to LF but the cameras didn't track it well.



            Jeff Diehl sparked the 5th inning rally with a leadoff triple. Ivan Wilson doubled him home two batters later to get Cola on the board - talk about a gift double! Thompson added an RBI single with the bases loaded later in the frame.

Off the top of the wall in the corner



            Milton Ramos led off the 6th inning with a single through the left side and then came home on Wilson’s second RBI double of the night.





MiLB.tv Defensive Highlights


            Milton Ramos made another fine play in the 9th inning, this time to start an inning ending double play.



Pitcher Coverage


Joe Shaw


Table 1 – Shaw pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Total
Total
15
31
12
11
12
81
Strikes
11
16
8
7
7
49
Swinging*
4
4
1
1
1
11
*13.6% Swinging strike rate; 26.8% Whiff/Swing




K1


K2

K3

K4



Witt Haggard





Johnny Magliozzi





  
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