Ponies Pen Blows Lead Late In Portland

Binghamton Rumble Ponies @ Portland Sea Dogs

May 9, 2017

Casey Delgado @ Teddy Stankiewicz

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Binghamton	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0		5	11	2
Portland	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	X		6	13	2

W: Callahan (4-1, 1.38 ERA); L: Taylor (2-3, 5.84 ERA)

Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Casey Delgado (7.28 ERA) – 5 IP, 9 H, 3 R (2 ER), 1 2B, 10 TB, 4 K (3 K/Sw), 1 GIDP, 9 GB: 3 FB: 6 LD, 76 Pitches (49 Strikes), 7 Swinging, 13 Called, 9.2% SwStr, 19.4% Whiff/Swing, 15.2 Pitches/IP, 23 BF

Luis Mateo (H, 1, 4.66 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 2 BB, 4 K (2 K/Sw), 27 Pitches (14 Strikes), 6 Swinging, 6 Called, 22.2% SwStr, 75% Whiff/Swing, 20.3 Pitches/IP, 6 BF

Kelly Secrest (H, 2, 1.29 ERA) – 0.2 IP, 1 GB: 1 FB, 8 Pitches (6 Strikes), 2 Swinging, 1 Called, 25% SwStr, 40% Whiff/Swing, 12 Pitches/IP, 3 BF

Corey Taylor (BS, 3)(L, 2-3, 5.84 ERA) – 1 IP, 4 H, 3 R (3 ER), 4 TB, 1 BB, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 1 GB: 1 FB: 4 LD, 31 Pitches (16 Strikes), 4 Swinging, 2 Called, 12.9% SwStr, 28.6% Whiff/Swing, 31 Pitches/IP, 8 BF

Batters

CF - Champ Stuart - 2-5, 1 K, 14.3% SwStr, 30% Whiff/Swing, 4.2 Pitches/PA

2B - Luis Guillorme - 2-5, 1 K, 15.4% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 2.6 Pitches/PA

DH - Tomas Nido - 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 SF, 2 GIDP, 12.5% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 2 Pitches/PA

LF - Kevin Taylor - 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 4.25 Pitches/PA

1B - Matt Oberste - 2-4, 2 R, 1 3B, 9.5% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 5.25 Pitches/PA

RF - Kevin Kaczmarski - 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 37.5% SwStr, 50% Whiff/Swing, 2 Pitches/PA

3B - David Thompson - 0-4, 1 K, 9.1% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 2.75 Pitches/PA

SS - Jiovanni Mier - 1-4, 2 RBI, 2 K, 1 CS, 11.8% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 4.25 Pitches/PA

C - Colton Plaia - 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K, 11.1% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 6.75 Pitches/PA

Recapish

            After battling back from a 1^st inning deficit, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies bullpen blew a 5-3 lead in the 8^th inning, allowing the Sea Dogs to even this series at one game apiece. The Ponies opening day closer Corey Taylor continued his 2017 struggles in the 8^th, allowing 4 singles, a walk, and uncorking a wild pitch while taking the loss.

            The Rumble Ponies were given a huge opportunity to score in the 1^st inning after shortstop Deiner Lopez made a throwing error on each of the first two plays, but Tomas Nido cut any potential rally short when he grounded into a double play.

            Binghamton and starter Casey Delgado then opened the door for a big inning in the bottom half of the 1^st by committing an error (fielding error on Jio Mier) after Delgado had unleashed two wild pitches. Rafael Devers had Portland’s only RBI hit in the frame, but Josh Tobias, Nick Longhi, and Cole Sturgeon also singled. Delgado finished the frame with a strikeout of Joseph Monge.

            The Ponies were quick to answer in the next half inning. Matt Oberste led off the frame with a triple and then came home on a Kevin Kaczmarski groundout.

            Delgado made it three straight strikeouts when he started the 2^nd inning with strikeouts of Jake DePew and Lopez. Danny Mars doubled and was stranded at 3B in the frame for Portland.

            Champ Stuart and Luis Guillorme singled with one out in the 3^rd inning, but another Nido double play grounder killed any potential rally. He is an interesting prospect, but like most catchers, Nido is a slow runner.

            Delgado stranded Longhi at 2B after he singled in the 3^rd, ending the frame with a strikeout of Mike Olt.

            Kevin Taylor tied the game with a solo homer leading off the 4^th, his second of the year. Kaczmarski singled to CF in the frame but never made it beyond 1B.

Taylor

            Mier and Guillorme connected on a double play to help erase on a Monge single in the 4^th.

            Guillorme added his second hit of the game in the 5^th inning, advancing Colton Plaia to 3B after he led off the inning with a walk. Nido came through this time, providing a sac fly to bring home to go-ahead run.

            The Sea Dogs answered right back in their half of the 5^th, when Longhi singled home Josh Tobias. Tobias led off the frame with a bunt single and was then awarded second base when Delgado was charged with a balk – a call that he did not agree with, to say the least. Without the balk, he might not have been in scoring position for Longhi’s hit.

Look pretty similar to me

            Oberste started the Rumble Ponies last rally of the night with a leadoff single in the 6^th inning. After the single, Casey Delgado was ejected by third base ump Takahito Matsuda (apparently because he was still complaining about the balk call), which led to an ejection for Manager Luis Rojas, who jumped to his pitcher’s defense and started arguing with Matsuda and then home plate ump Rich Grassa. When the action resumed, Kaczmarski picked up his second hit of the game, advancing Oberste to third base with a single. Both runners came home two batters later, when Mier singled to LF. Unfortunately for Binghamton, Mier was then picked off at first base for the second out of the inning. The mistake looked worse when Plaia followed with a double, and then went to third base on Champ’s second hit of the game – it was also the final Binghamton hit of the game. Those two were stranded in scoring position when Guillorme went down swinging to end the rally.

            Luis Mateo took over for Delgado in the 6^th inning, faced six batters, and nobody put the ball in play against him. He struck out four and walked the other two before Kelly Secrest replaced him in the 7^th. Secrest kept the 5-3 lead intact, stranding Danny Mars at third base in the frame.

            Corey Taylor took over in the 8^th with the bottom half of the Sea Dogs lineup due up, and eight batters later he walked off the mound with his team behind 6-5. Monge, DePew, and Lopez hit consecutive one-out singles to make it a 5-4 game, but then Taylor struck out Mars for the second out of the frame. Unfortunately, before Mars went down swinging, Taylor’s wild pitch allowed both runners to move into scoring position. This proved huge when Tobias came through with a single to CF that brought both runners home – the guy who made two errors in the 1^st put Portland up by a run in the 8^th.

            This game came down to a battle of bullpens, and on this night, the Sea Dogs pen was more effective. After their 6^th inning rally, the Rumble Ponies went 0-10 with 4 strikeouts against the Sea Dogs pen. These two teams square off in a rubber match game Wednesday at 6:00 PM, with Mickey Jannis (3-1, 2.86 ERA) scheduled to make the start for Binghamton on short rest (he went 5 innings on 5/6).

Pitcher Coverage

Table 1 – Delgado pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Total
Total	29	11	16	10	10	76
Strikes	17	9	11	6	6	49
Swinging*	3	2	0	1	1	7

*9.2% Swinging strike rate; 19.4% Whiff/Swing rate

  

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