Hump-day Domination From Jordan Humphreys Leads To A Fireflies Win In Game One | Astromets Mind

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Hump-day Domination From Jordan Humphreys Leads To A Fireflies Win In Game One

Charleston River Dogs @ Columbia Fireflies


May 24, 2017



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

R
H
E
Charleston
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
4
1
Columbia
0
0
0
2
1
0
X

3
7
0
W: Humphreys (7-1, 1.57 ERA); L: Keller (3-4, 4.53 ERA)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Jordan Humphreys  (W, 7-1, 1.57 ERA) – 7 IP, 4 H, 1 2B, 5 TB, 1 BB, 10 K (8 K/Sw), 1 GIDP, 5 GB: 3 FB: 2 LD: 3 PU, 99 Pitches (68 Strikes), 17 Swinging, 15 Called, 17.2% SwStr, 32.1% Whiff/Swing, 14.1 Pitches/IP, 25 BF

Batters

RF - Gene Cone - 1-3, 1 RBI, 3.33 Pitches/PA
SS - Andres Gimenez - 2-3, 1 R, 1 CS, 3.67 Pitches/PA
3B - Michael Paez - 2-2, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 6.2% SwStr, 12.5% Whiff/Swing, 5.33 Pitches/PA
1B - Dash Winningham - 1-3, 3.67 Pitches/PA
2B - Luis Carpio - 0-2, 1 SF, 1 RBI, 1 GIDP, 14.3% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 2.33 Pitches/PA
DH - Tim Tebow - 0-3, 1 K, 9.1% SwStr, 14.3% Whiff/Swing, 3.67 Pitches/PA
LF - Jay Jabs - 1-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 22.2% SwStr, 40% Whiff/Swing, 4.5 Pitches/PA
C - Ali Sanchez - 0-2, 1 K, 16.7% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 3 Pitches/PA
CF - Desmond Lindsay - 0-2, 2.5 Pitches/PA


Recapish


            After two straight rainouts, the Columbia Fireflies and Charleston River Dogs moved their Wednesday morning game up an hour and played two. Jordan Humphreys was on the mound for Columbia in game one and he dominated, again. He picked up his seventh win in eight starts, finished with a double-digit strikeout total for the second time this season, and needed less than 100 pitches for his second 7-inning complete game of May. Michael Paez had another big day at the plate, and he was the driving force for the two Cola runs scored in the 4th.
            Jordan Humphreys throws an 89-92 MPH fastball, a curveball that gets whiffs at a good rate, and an improving changeup, and he had all three pitches working for him in this start. He started the game with back-to-back strikeouts, setting down Estevan Florial and Angel Aguilar swinging before Hoy Jun Park popped out to end the 1st.






            Andres Gimenez wasted little time extending his on base streak to all 17 games played in this year, singling to left in his first AB.


            Blake Rutherford led off the Charleston 2nd with a single, but he was erased from the bases when Brandon Wagner grounded into an inning ending double play. Humphreys added a strikeout of Isiah Gilliam in the frame.




            Diego Castillo led off the Charleston 3rd with a single, and this time the River Dogs base runner was erased thanks to Ali Sanchez’s arm. Castillo took off on a two-strike pitch with Ben Ruta at the plate and was thrown out at second base after Ruta swung through strike three.


            Humphreys handled a grounder and struckout Aguilar again to start the 4th, but lost Park to a walk after getting ahead 0-2. Humphreys bounced back with a strikeout of Rutherford, which put his total at six.





            Gimenez made it 2-2 when he led off the 4th with a single – he’d advance to second base on a throwing error from Park. Paez followed with the big hit of the game, launching an RBI triple to dead CF. Paez came home two batters later on a Luis Carpio sac fly, giving Humphreys a 2-0 lead to work with.



            Humphreys finished with a strikeout of Wagner while working around a two out single in the 5th.



            Jay Jabs launched a double off the wall to start the 5th and came home three batters later when Gene Cone singled through the right side. Paez and Dash Winningham singled for Columbia in the 6th, but it led to nothing.




            Charleston went down in order for just the second time in the 6th inning, and Humphreys added another strikeout of Florial to his total.


He got to two strikes against Park leading off the 7th, but then lost him when on a HBP. Rutherford followed with a double into the LF corner, and suddenly Humphreys was facing a tough situation in a tight 3-0 game. Fortunately, Humphreys buckled down and came up with huge back-to-back strikeouts before a foul pop out ended the game. His victims in the 7th were Gilliam and Wagner, both of whom finished with two strikeouts in game one.



With this game in the books, the two teams had a 30-minute “lunch break” before game two started. Gabriel Llanes took the hill for Columbia in game two opposite Jio Orozco.



Pitcher Coverage


Table 1 – Humphreys pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
Total
Total
14
8
15
19
12
9
22
99
Strikes
9
6
12
13
9
7
12
68
Swinging*
4
1
3
4
1
0
4
17
*17.2% Swinging strike rate; 32.1% Whiff/Swing rate




  

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