Dale Burdick Homer’s Twice In A Fifth Inning Explosion From The Rumble Ponies Offense | Astromets Mind

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Dale Burdick Homer’s Twice In A Fifth Inning Explosion From The Rumble Ponies Offense

Binghamton Rumbles Ponies @ New Hampshire Fisher Cats


May 7, 2017



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
Binghamton
0
0
0
1
10
0
1
0
0

12
15
1
Fisher Cats
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0

4
7
0
W: Hand (1-0, 4.74 ERA); L: Rios (3-3, 3.86 ERA)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Donovan Hand (W, 1-0, 4.74 ERA) – 7 IP, 4 H, 4 R (3 ER), 1 2B, 5 TB, 1 BB, 2 K (2 K/Sw), 14 GB: 6 FB: 2 LD: 1 PU, 93 Pitches (58 Strikes), 9 Swinging, 19 Called, 9.7% SwStr, 23.1% Whiff/Swing, 13.3 Pitches/IP, 27 BF
Scarlyn Reyes (1.04 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 H, 2 TB, 3 FB: 2 LD, 16 Pitches (13 Strikes), 1 Swinging, 2 Called, 6.2% SwStr, 9.1% Whiff/Swing, 16 Pitches/IP, 5 BF
Corey Taylor (3.97 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 H, 1 TB, 1 GIDP, 1 GB: 2 FB, 10 Pitches (5 Strikes), 1 Called, 10 Pitches/IP, 3 BF

Batters

CF - Patrick Biondi - 3-6, 2 R, 2 SB, 1 CS, 8.3% SwStr, 14.3% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA
SS - Luis Guillorme - 2-6, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 SB, 7.7% SwStr, 15.4% Whiff/Swing, 4.33 Pitches/PA
DH - Tomas Nido - 1-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 6.7% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 3 Pitches/PA
LF - Kevin Taylor - 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SF, 1 GIDP, 4.4 Pitches/PA
1B - Cody Decker - 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 26.3% SwStr, 50% Whiff/Swing, 3.8 Pitches/PA
RF - Kevin Kaczmarski - 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 7.7% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 2.6 Pitches/PA
3B - Jio Mier - 1-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 K, 8% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 5 Pitches/PA
C - Colton Plaia - 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 GIDP, 19% SwStr, 40% Whiff/Swing, 4.2 Pitches/PA
2B - Dale Burdick - 3-5, 3 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 8.3% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 2.4 Pitches/PA


Recapish


            The Binghamton Rumble Ponies made it two straight wins in New Hampshire Sunday afternoon thanks to an explosive 10-run 5th inning. Dale Burdick started the inning with his first ever Double-A hit, launching a homer to LF that left the Fisher Cats announcer’s impressed: surrounded by a few seconds of silence, the announcer could only get out a “Wow,” before finally adding, “that’s easily the longest homerun we’ve seen here this year.” Jiovanni Mier later hit a grand slam in the 5th, and then Burdick went deep again before it was over. The offensive explosion was more than enough for Donovan Hand, who cruised through this start outside of a long 2nd inning.
            The Fisher Cats would strike first in this one, and appeared to be taking control before the 5th inning happened. They put together a 2nd inning rally after loading the bases with nobody out. Taking his first AB since joining the Cats, Patrick Cantwell provided the big hit in the frame, doubling home a pair of runs. On dry grass, the hit is just a single and Patrick Biondi may have a chance to throw out a runner at home, but Biondi slipped on the wet grass after fielding the ball, allowing everyone to move up a base. A Derrick Loveless sac fly followed that mess to make it 3-0.
            New Hampshire made it 4-0 by taking advantage of a Patrick Biondi fielding error in the 3rd inning – Harold Ramirez singled home Ryan McBroom in the frame.
            Kevin Taylor put the Rumble Ponies on the board in the 4th, launching his first Double-A homer to LF to make it 4-1. Cody Decker walked and Kevin Kaczmarski added a single in the frame, but Decker would be stranded at third base.



            Binghamton sent 14 men to the plate in the 5th and 10 came around to score. As mentioned, Dale Burdick went deep twice and Mier hit a grand slam. Additionally, Biondi picked up his second and third hits of the game, Decker doubled home a run, Luis Guillorme picked up an RBI single, and Tomas Nido went 1-1 with a walk. The only Ponies batter to go hitless on Sunday was Colton Plaia, but even he reached on a walk in the frame. The only Ponies batter to make an out in the frame was Kevin Taylor, who was responsible for all 3 thanks to a sac fly and a GIDP.

Burdick

Biondi

Decker

Mier

Burdick

Biondi

Guillorme

Nido

            After getting the intentional walk during the 5th (right before Mier’s grand slam) Kaczmarski added a double in the 6th.


            Despite the big lead, Burdick’s big day wasn’t over and neither was the Rumble Ponies. Burdick led off the 7th with a single, and then came around to score two batters later on Guillorme’s second RBI hit of the game. Taylor added a double in the frame, but he and Guillorme were stranded in scoring position.




            Hand surpassed 90 pitches during the 7th, so Manager Luis Rojas chose to bring in a fresh arm to start the 8th instead of pushing for one more out of Hand. Scarlyn Reyes worked around a pair of two out hits to keep New Hampshire off the board in the 8th, and then Corey Taylor got a little help from his defense while facing the minimum in the 9th.


            With another series win in the books, the Rumble Ponies were off to Portland, Maine Sunday night, where they open a series with the Sea Dogs. Corey Oswalt (3-2, 2.54 ERA) gets the start for Binghamton in the opener, which has a 6:00 PM scheduled start time.

Bonus Guillorme coverage from the first inning

Pitcher Coverage


Table 1 – Hand pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
Total
Total
13
26
11
13
11
9
10
93
Strikes
9
11
9
8
8
7
6
58
Swinging*
1
2
1
2
3
0
0
9
*9.7% Swinging strike rate; 23.1% Whiff/Swing rate




  

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