Corey Oswalt On Top Of His Game In Portland

Binghamton Rumble Ponies @ Portland Sea Dogs

May 8, 2017

Corey Oswalt @ Kevin McAvoy

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

W: Regnault (1-0, 1.86 ERA); L: Maddox (0-1, 1.64 ERA); Save: Baldonado (5)

Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Corey Oswalt (2.04 ERA) – 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 2B, 5 TB, 3 BB, 4 K (2 K/Sw), 10 GB: 4 FB: 3 LD: 3 PU, 96 Pitches (58 Strikes), 8 Swinging, 18 Called, 8.3% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 13.7 Pitches/IP, 27 BF

Kyle Regnault (W, 1-0, 1.86 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 2 GB, 6 Pitches (5 Strikes), 1 Swinging, 1 Called, 16.7% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 6 Pitches/IP, 3 BF

Alberto Baldonado (S, 5, 0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 BB, 2 K (2 K/Sw), 1 GB, 19 Pitches (11 Strikes), 3 Swinging, 4 Called, 15.8% SwStr, 42.9% Whiff/Swing, 19 Pitches/IP, 4 BF

Batters

CF - Champ Stuart - 0-3, 1 SAC, 1 K, 13.3% SwStr, 22.2% Whiff/Swing, 3.75 Pitches/PA

SS - Luis Guillorme - 1-4, 1 R, 2.5 Pitches/PA

C - Tomas Nido - 2-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K, 25% SwStr, 37.5% Whiff/Swing, 3 Pitches/PA

1B - Matt Oberste - 0-2, 2 BB, 5.6% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 4.5 Pitches/PA

LF - Kevin Taylor - 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 SF, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 26.7% SwStr, 57.1% Whiff/Swing, 3.75 Pitches/PA

DH - Cody Decker - 0-4, 2 K, 25% SwStr, 50% Whiff/Swing, 3 Pitches/PA

3B - David Thompson - 1-3, 1 2B, 1 K, 3 Pitches/PA

RF - Patrick Biondi - 1-3, 3.33 Pitches/PA

2B - Dale Burdick - 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 7.1% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 4.67 Pitches/PA

Recapish

            The Binghamton Rumble Ponies pushed their record to 7 games over .500 and moved into a tie for 1^st in their division behind a great start from Corey Oswalt Monday in Portland. Oswalt and Sea Dogs starter Kevin McAvoy battled for 7 innings, with neither budging an inch, so the game came down to a battle of bullpens. The Binghamton bullpen has been a huge strong point lately, and they shined over two scoreless innings in this one, allowing the Rumble Ponies to jump ahead 2-0 in the 9^th, and take the opener of this series.

            Thanks to a pair of bad 1^st innings, Oswalt allowed 8 runs over his first 5 innings this year, but has allowed just 3 runs over his last 30.1 IP. The 23-year old, 6’5 righty did walk a season high 3 batters in this start, but was otherwise very good. He was facing a very tough Portland lineup, which featured some guys he pitched against while in the SAL two years ago, but the Sea Dogs managed only a few scoring chances in this one.

            Oswalt finished the 2^nd with his first two strikeouts, Nick Longhi and Jordan Procyshen were the victims.

            Patrick Biondi had the games first hit when he singled in the 3^rd.

            Portland loaded the bases with two outs in the 3^rd inning, but then Oswalt stepped it up and struck out Mike Olt to end the frame.

            Rafael Devers took a leadoff walk in the 4^th, but was thrown out trying to steal 2B by Tomas Nido – footage got weird on the camera switch, so I can’t show the whole play.

            Deiner Lopez was Oswalt’s final strikeout victim, going down looking for the second out of the 5^th. Oswalt then worked around a single in each of his final two innings before handing the ball off to the bullpen for the 8^th.

            The Rumble Ponies offense was quiet all night, but Tomas Nido and David Thompson tried to create some two out magic with doubles in the 7^th and 8^th innings, respectively.

            Kyle Regnault was the first out of Bingo’s pen and he worked a perfect 8^th, striking out Josh Tobias along the way.

            The Rumble Ponies then had the games only rally, which was sparked by Sunday’s hero Dale Burdick. Burdick walked, went to 2B on a sac bunt, to 3B on a Luis Guillorme single, and then scored on a Tomas Nido single. Guillorme also came around to score an insurance run on a Kevin Taylor sac fly.

            With the first lead of the game, closer Alberto Baldonado came out for the 9^th and bookended the inning with strikeouts for his 5^th save of the year.

            After taking the opener, Binghamton turns to Casey Delgado (1-4, 8.03 ERA) to make it 3 straight wins on Tuesday night, first pitch is scheduled for 6:00 PM.

Defensive Highlights

           Some defensive highlights of top Mets prospects Luis Guillorme and Tomas Nido.

Pitcher Coverage

Table 1 – Oswalt pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	Total
Total	14	15	24	10	11	11	11	96
Strikes	7	10	14	5	8	7	7	58
Swinging*	0	2	1	3	1	0	1	8

*8.3% Swinging strike rate; 20% Whiff/Swing rate

  

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