Lexington Legends @ Columbia Fireflies
April 20, 2017
Andre Davis @ Gabriel Llanes
Teams
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R
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H
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E
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Lexington
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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1
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2
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5
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0
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Columbia
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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3
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1
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W: Davis (2-0, 1.89
ERA); L: Llanes (0-2, 4.86 ERA); Save: Sheller (2)
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Gabriel Llanes - 7
IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 2B, 4 TB, 3 K (2 K/Sw), 1 GIDP, 16 GB: 3 LD: 1 PU, 85
Pitches (57 Strikes), 10 Swinging, 15 Called, 11.8% SwStr, 23.8% Whiff/Swing,
12.1 Pitches/IP, 25 BF
Joel Huertas - 2 IP,
2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 2B, 3 TB, 1 BB, 1 K (0 K/Sw), 2 GB: 2 LD: 1 PU, 30 Pitches
(16 Strikes), 1 Swinging, 5 Called, 3.3% SwStr, 9.1% Whiff/Swing, 15
Pitches/IP, 8 BF
Batters
LF - Gene Cone - 1-4, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 23.5% SwStr, 44.4%
Whiff/Swing, 4.25 Pitches/PA
SS - Luis Carpio - 0-4, 2 K, 6.2% SwStr, 14.3% Whiff/Swing,
4 Pitches/PA
2B - Michael Paez - 0-3, 1 K, 8.3% SwStr, 14.3% Whiff/Swing,
4 Pitches/PA
1B - Dash Winningham - 0-3, 2 K, 27.3% SwStr, 75%
Whiff/Swing, 3.67 Pitches/PA
RF - Jose Miguel Medina - 1-3, 1 K, 33.3% SwStr, 50%
Whiff/Swing, 2 Pitches/PA
CF - Desmond Lindsay - 0-3, 1 K, 25% SwStr, 50% Whiff/Swing,
4 Pitches/PA
DH - Reed Gamache - 0-3, 2 K, 5.33 Pitches/PA
3B - Milton Ramos - 1-3, 1 K, 9.1% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing,
3.67 Pitches/PA
C - Ali Sanchez - 0-3, 5.67 Pitches/PA; Had two well-struck fly outs and threw out 2 of 3 would-be base
stealers.
Recapish
Apparently
the Columbia Fireflies forgot to pack their offense with them when they came
home to face the Lexington Legends Thursday night, as they were shutout on just
three singles in the series opener. For the Legends, it was a 4th
straight series opener win, but just their 4th win overall this
season. Cola starter Gabriel Llanes breezed through most of his start, but the
Legends got to him for a run in the 7th, and that was the game.
Llanes
was a groundball machine Thursday night, inducing a groundball on 80% of balls
in play (16/20), which kept the left side of the Cola infield very busy. Milton
Ramos and Luis Carpio were more than up for the task though, turning several
sparkling plays throughout the night that you can check out below.
Unfortunately
for Columbia, Legends starter Andre Davis was matching Llanes zero-for-zero.
The lefty-throwing Davis finished with 8 strikeouts and very little hard
contact allowed, continuing his very strong start to 2017: 21 K: 3 BB over 19
IP with just 13 H allowed.
The
Legends would score both of their runs in identical fashion: Chris DeVito
doubled and Emmanuel Rivera singled him home. The first run came against
Llanes, and the second came against Joel Huertas, who was making his SAL debut.
After
watching his batters question the home plate umpire’s calls all night, Manager
Jose Leger decided he was going to give blue a piece of his mind before the
game ended. With two outs in the 9th, Luis Carpio took exception to
a close pitch called a strike and that was enough for Leger. He was quickly
tossed for arguing balls-and-strikes, which opened the door for him to go to
home plate and vent his players’ frustrations to blue’s face. (See below for
visuals).
Looking
ahead, the Fireflies will look to Merandy Gonzalez (2-0, 0.00 ERA) to even this
series up Friday night at 7:05 PM.
MiLB.tv Scoring Highlights
Jose
Medina hit a one out single in the 2nd inning, but was stranded at
2B.
Milton
Ramos led off the 3rd inning with a single but was erased on a GIDP
two batters later.
The
Fireflies last base runner of the night came when Gene Cone singled with two
outs in the 6th.
MiLB.tv Defensive Highlights
Milton
Ramos had a very busy day over at 3B, which included a pair of dazzling plays.
Luis
Carpio was similarly busy at shortstop Thursday night, and he showed off his
range in either direction.
Ali
Sanchez threw out both runners trying to steal 2B in the 8th inning.
Pitcher Coverage
Gabriel Llanes
Table 1 – Pitch stats by inning
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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Total
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Total
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12
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9
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7
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10
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20
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14
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13
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85
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Strikes
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6
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8
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6
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7
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12
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8
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10
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57
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Swinging*
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0
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1
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3
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1
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10
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*11.8% Swinging strike rate; 23.8% Whiff/Swing
Although
he only finished with three strikeouts, Llanes was inducing whiffs at a strong
rate. After hitting the first batter of the game, Llanes retired 10 straight
before a second HBP broke the streak. He finished the 1st inning by
striking out Kort Peterson on 5 pitches (4 shown).
Emmanuel Rivera went down looking against Llanes in the 2nd
inning.
After the Legends picked up their first hit in the 5th,
Llanes bounced back by striking out Angelo Castellano.
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| The bonus pitch |
Joel Huertas
I would also like to say, I’m
really glad Jose Leger is in the Mets system: the players love him, the fans
love him, the bloggers and tweeter’s love him, and he’s a great baseball mind.
And now, this.
BONUS GIFs
Not recapping the 51s loss from last night but I have a few GIF's to share from that game!
Amed Rosario had a nice night, picking up his first two extra base hits (both doubles) and teaming with Dom Smith on this nice play.
Jayce Boyd and Travis Taijeron went deep in this game too.
See that dot between #Saturn's rings? That's us. All of us, in Cassini's last view of Earth, a billion miles away. https://t.co/boo1hiejhI pic.twitter.com/KBy2KZ57vG— CassiniSaturn (@CassiniSaturn) April 20, 2017
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