Hagerstown Suns @ Columbia Fireflies
June 4, 2016
Teams
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R
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Hagerstown
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Columbia
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W: Pantoja (7-0,
2.73 ERA); L: Palsha (2-2, 3.12 ERA)
The Highlights:
Pitchers
P.J. Conlon
(1.21 ERA) – 10 IP, 4 H, 1 R (0 ER), 1 2B, 4 TB, 1 BB, 5 K (5 K/Sw), 3 GIDP, 15
GB: 6 FB: 2 LD: 2 PU
Alex Palsha (L, 2-2, 3.12 ERA) – 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1
2B, 2 TB, 2 BB, 3 K (2 K/Sw), 2 GB: 1 FB
Batters
3B - David Thompson - 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI,
1B - Luis Ortega - 2-5, 1 K
Recapish
The
Columbia Fireflies blew an unbelievable start from P.J. Conlon Saturday night,
falling 2-1 to the Hagerstown Suns in 12 innings. Conlon allowed just an
unearned run over 10 of those innings, and he took a no-hitter into the 7th
inning. Hagerstown moved to 36-19 as they finished off the sweep of the
Fireflies, who drop to 28-28.
Conlon
has been pitching at a level way too advanced for the SAL this entire season,
but this was something else. The one mistake he made ended up costing him, but
it wasn’t even a bad pitch. Conlon made a bad throw to 1B in the 5th
inning, and his error opened the door for a Hagerstown run without the need for
a hit. Rhett Wiseman would go to 2B on the throwing error and eventually come
home on a sac fly from Austin Davidson.
In
total, Conlon faced just 3 batters over the minimum over his 10 innings, and
averaged less than 10 pitches/inning, which is just silly. He would have to
deal with a baserunner in each of his last 4 frames, but the Fireflies turned a
pair of double plays behind him to help keep that pitch count down. The MiLB
gameday data didn’t upload correctly, but you can check out the consistent
efficiency in Table 1 below.
As
good as Conlon was, Hagerstown starter Jefry Rodriguez was matching him 0 for
0. David Thompson doubled off him in the 1st inning, and Luis Ortega
reached on an infield single in the 2nd, but then he held the
Fireflies hitless until the 7th. Thompson broke that streak and the
shutout bid when he pulled Columbia even with a solo blast in the 7th.
Thompson nearly ended this game in the 9th, but the ball was pulled
just a little to the left of the foul poll.
Alex
Palsha took over for Conlon in the 11th and made quick work of the
Suns in the frame, but couldn’t work around a bad call from the ump in the 12th.
Victor Robles, the top prospect on the Suns, led off the inning by hitting a
sinking liner into CF that deflected off the palm of a diving Ivan Wilson’s
glove for a double. Wilson got glove on it, but he was diving forward and it
would’ve been another Juan Lagares-level catch. Robles never slowed down on the
play, but the Fireflies actually recovered the ball and got it in to Palsha at
2B ahead of him. Unfortunately Palsha didn’t catch the ball originally, but
Robles overslid the bag, and Palsha was able to recover and tag him out. Well,
that’s what the replay shows, as you can see below, but that’s not what the ump
saw, as he called Robles safe at 2B.
Before
Palsha took the mound in the 12th there was a catcher change. Jose
Garcia had to leave mid-AB in the 11th, and Luis Ortega was moved
behind the plate for his first official pro action as a catcher since 2014 with
Kingsport. Patrick Mazeika was the DH for the game, and I guess Manager Jose
Leger didn’t want to forfeit the role by switching him in.
The
Fireflies get a much-needed day off Sunday as they head to Augusta to open a
series with the Green Jackets. Andrew Church (2-0, 0.71 ERA) is scheduled to
start in the opener in Augusta on Monday, and the game starts on 7:05 PM, although
it won’t be on MiLB.tv. I hope to visit the Fireflies when they travel to
Augusta sometime in the future, but it’s a long enough drive that I wouldn’t
want to do so without a hotel stay, so maybe next year.
MiLB.tv Scoring Highlights
David
Thompson picked up his 17th double of the year with two outs in the
1st inning. He would lead off the bottom of the 7th with a solo blast to LF and then nearly
went deep in the 9th inning, yanking it just a few feet foul.
Luis
Ortega hit a one out single into CF in the 10th.
MiLB.tv Defensive Highlights
Kevin
Kaczmarski made a nice sliding catch for the first out of the game.
P.J.
Conlon made a pair of nice plays in this game – he had a Bartolo Colon-like
casualness about him in the way he flipped the ball to himself after fielding the one hopper in the 2nd
inning.
David
Thompson started a 5-4-3 double play to end the 3rd inning. It was
the first of four double plays turned, the most unconventional of which came in
the 12th, with Dash Winningham making the turn.
Vinny
Siena ranged to his right to field this grounder up the middle in the 4th.
Alex
Palsha made sure Robles couldn’t get back to second base in the 12th,
but the ump still called him safe.
Suns
left fielder Telmitto Agustin minded the rails in foul territory down the LF
line to make a nice play in the 8th.
Pitcher Coverage
P.J. Conlon
Table 1 – Conlon pitch stats by inning, per iscorelog
1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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5th
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6th
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7th
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8th
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9th
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10th
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Total
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Total
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5
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8
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12
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12
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9
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7
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7
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13
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16
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9
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98
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Strikes
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4
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6
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5
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7
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7
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6
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4
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9
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10
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6
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64
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Swinging*
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0
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0
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2
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1
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1
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1
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0
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1
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4
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0
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10
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*10.2% Swinging strike rate
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| K1 |
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| K2 |
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| K3 |
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| K4 |
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| K5 |
Bonus
Alex Palsha
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| K1 |
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| K2 |
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| K3 |
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