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Pill Goes 7 Scoreless To Get 51s Back To .500

Albuquerque Isotopes @ Las Vegas 51s


April 30, 2017



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
Albuquerque
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1

1
4
1
Las Vegas
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
X

2
6
1
W: Pill (1-0, 0.00 ERA); L: Jemiola (2-2, 6.08 ERA); Save: Bradford (5)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Tyler Pill (W, 1-0, 0.00 ERA) – 7 IP, 2 H, 1 2B, 3 TB, 2 BB, 3 K (3 K/Sw), 1 GIDP, 4 GB: 5 FB: 5 LD: 6 PU, 93 Pitches (64 Strikes), 10 Swinging, 12 Called, 10.8% SwStr, 19.2% Whiff/Swing, 13.3 Pitches/IP, 25 BF
Kevin McGowan (H, 2, 2.57 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 H, 1 TB, 1 GB: 2 FB: 1 LD, 18 Pitches (11 Strikes), 1 Called, 18 Pitches/IP, 4 BF
Chase Bradford (S, 5, 4.35 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 1 TB, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 2 GB: 1 LD, 16 Pitches (13 Strikes), 3 Swinging, 3 Called, 18.8% SwStr, 30% Whiff/Swing, 16 Pitches/IP, 5 BF

Batters

CF - Arnaldo Berrios - 1-3, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 K, 22.7% SwStr, 50% Whiff/Swing, 5.5 Pitches/PA
3B - Phillip Evans - 1-4, 1 GIDP, 11.1% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 2.25 Pitches/PA
SS - Amed Rosario - 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SF, 1 K, 7.7% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 3.25 Pitches/PA
1B - Dominic Smith - 0-4, 1 K, 12% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 6.25 Pitches/PA
RF - Travis Taijeron - 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 5.6% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 4.5 Pitches/PA
LF - Josh Rodriguez - 0-3, 1 HBP, 18.8% SwStr, 42.9% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA
2B - L.J. Mazzilli - 0-3, 1 K, 2 Pitches/PA
C - Jeff Glenn - 1-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 9.1% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 3.67 Pitches/PA
P - Tyler Pill - 1-2, 1 SAC, 2.33 Pitches/PA


Recapish


            The Las Vegas 51s scraped out a 2-1 win behind Tyler Pill’s fifth straight start without allowing an earned run to start the 2017 season. Top Mets prospect Amed Rosario played a key role in the 51s offense, using his speed to get on base and score the 51s first run, and bringing home the second run with a sac fly an inning later.
            Tyler Pill’s fastball is down a few ticks from when he first came to the 51s two seasons ago, but with reduced speed has come improved command and results. He issued two walks today, but Pill has walked just 4 of 114 batters faced combined between Double-A and Triple-A in 2017. He has merely 11 K over his first 29.1 IP of 2017, but he’s induced 15 pop ups already, which suggests he’s been tough to square up. Unfortunately, he’s missing bats at a low rate, which suggests Pill will be walking a fine line if he makes the jump to the majors soon.
            As for this game, Pill was in control the entire time he was on the mound. Raimel Tapia finished 2-3 with a double off of Pill, but the rest of the Isotopes lineup finished 0-20 with 2 walks against him. There were some nice plays turned behind him, none nicer than the head-first dive for a catch from center fielder – and emergency bench addition – Arnaldo Berrios, but the only runner to reach 2B was Tapia after his double. Missing bats or not, Pill appears to have found a way to make it work in the PCL, which is notoriously tough on pitcher’s.
            With Pill dealing on the mound, the 51s just needed someone to step up and provided a little punch for the offense, and red-hot Amed Rosario came through again. He beat out a two-hopper hit to third baseman Derrik Gibson because Gibson thought he had time to tap his glove before his throw – fool. Rosario then advanced to 2B on a wild pitch, to 3B on a groundout, and scored on Travis Taijeron’s 8th double of the season.
            As a quick aside, if the Mets or some other major league team doesn’t want to give Travis Taijeron a major league shot this year, he should go look for a bigger payday in an international league. Mashing there might get him more attention than mashing in the PCL has. That was his 72nd double in his 280th game in the PCL. He’s hit .277/.382/.521 with 47 homers and 336 K: 142 BB in just over 1,100 PA for Las Vegas, and he’s 28. His 30% K-rate at Triple-A is probably not going to translate well to the majors, but others have shown you can succeed with a K-rate north of 30% in the majors, so why not give him a chance and find out how his .900+ career OPS in the PCL translates.
            Back to the game, the 51s added their only insurance run in the 5th, and it turned out to be a crucial run. Jeff Glenn, who has rarely been active since joining the 51s, started the frame with a walk. Glenn advanced to 2B on a sac bunt from Pill, on to 3B when Phil Evans singled to LF, and then scored on a sac fly from Amed Rosario.
            With Pill’s pitch count already in the 90’s, Manager Pedro Lopez went to Kevin McGowan for the 8th, and McGowan worked around a leadoff single for a scoreless frame. Seems like it would’ve been a good day to push Pill past 100 pitches, but the Mets are likely trying to keep their emergency starter arms relatively fresh.
Chase Bradford ran into trouble in the 9th after allowing a leadoff single to Mike Tauchman. Tauchman would come around to score when Amed Rosario made a high throw to 1B for his 7th error of the season, which also allowed the tying run to advance into scoring position. But Bradford was unbothered by the error, and he retired the final two Isotopes batters in short order, ending the game with 94 MPH heat for a swinging strike 3.
With the series tied at 2 games apiece, Las Vegas turns to Wilfredo Boscan (0-1, 2.50 ERA) in the finale Monday night at 10:05 PM. As usual, the highlights from Cashman Field are nearly pointless to watch, but I added a pair of hits below anyway.


MiLB.tv Scoring Highlights


            Amed Rosario beat out another routine groundball for an infield hit – speed kills… the opposition!



            If nothing else, Arnaldo Berrios can go back to extended spring training and brag about his first Triple-A hit, this double. OK, it’s a bit hard to tell what happened, but Berrios looks pretty fast.



Pitcher Coverage


Tyler Pill


Table 1 – Pill pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
Total
Total
13
5
18
21
15
9
12
93
Strikes
6
5
11
15
11
9
7
64
Swinging*
0
0
3
3
3
0
1
10
*10.8% Swinging strike rate; 19.2% Whiff/Swing rate



  

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