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Rumble Ponies Overcome Early Struggles From Conlon With Timely Hitting

New Hampshire Fisher Cats @ Binghamton Rumble Ponies


April 30, 2017



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

R
H
E
New Hampshire
2
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0

6
14
1
Binghamton
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1

7
10
0
W: Peterson (1-0, 0.00 ERA); L: Isaacs (0-1, 2.00 ERA)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

P.J. Conlon (4.21 ERA) – 3.1 IP, 9 H, 5 R (5 ER), 2 2B, 1 HR, 14 TB, 2 BB, 6 K (5 K/Sw), 4 GB: 4 FB: 4 LD, 90 Pitches (56 Strikes), 7 Swinging, 20 Called, 7.8% SwStr, 19.4% Whiff/Swing, 27 Pitches/IP, 20 BF
Luis Mateo (7.11 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 TB, 2 BB, 4 GB: 1 LD: 1 PU, 30 Pitches (17 Strikes), 2 Swinging, 8 Called, 6.7% SwStr, 22.2% Whiff/Swing, 18 Pitches/IP, 8 BF
Scarlyn Reyes (1.17 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 2B, 3 TB, 3 K (2 K/Sw), 2 GB: 1 FB: 1 LD, 32 Pitches (23 Strikes), 5 Swinging, 8 Called, 15.6% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 19.2 Pitches/IP, 7 BF
Kyle Regnault (0.00 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 TB, 3 GB: 1 FB: 1 LD, 14 Pitches (8 Strikes), 1 Swinging, 0 Called, 7.1% SwStr, 12.5% Whiff/Swing, 10.5 Pitches/IP, 5 BF
Alberto Baldonado (0.00 ERA) – 2 IP, 1 H, 1 TB, 2 K (2 K/Sw), 3 GB: 2 FB, 31 Pitches (22 Strikes), 4 Swinging, 6 Called, 12.9% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 15.5 Pitches/IP, 7 BF
Tim Peterson (W, 1-0, 0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 1 GB: 1 FB, 8 Pitches (6 Strikes), 1 Swinging, 3 Called, 12.5% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 8 Pitches/IP, 3 BF

Batters

RF - Champ Stuart - 2-6, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 K, 14.3% SwStr, 36.4% Whiff/Swing, 4.67 Pitches/PA
SS - Luis Guillorme - 4-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 4.67 Pitches/PA
C - Tomas Nido - 0-5, 1 RBI, 1 GIDP, 18.8% SwStr, 23.1% Whiff/Swing, 3.2 Pitches/PA
1B - Matt Oberste - 1-4, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 20% SwStr, 38.5% Whiff/Swing, 5 Pitches/PA
LF - Kevin Kaczmarski - 0-4, 1 SAC, 1 K, 5.9% SwStr, 12.5% Whiff/Swing, 3.4 Pitches/PA
DH - Cody Decker - 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 4% SwStr, 14.3% Whiff/Swing, 5 Pitches/PA
3B - David Thompson - 2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 SB, 18.2% SwStr, 28.6% Whiff/Swing, 2.2 Pitches/PA
CF - Patrick Biondi - 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 SAC, 2 K, 4.8% SwStr, 10% Whiff/Swing, 4.2 Pitches/PA
2B – Dale Burdick - 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 22.7% SwStr, 41.7% Whiff/Swing, 5.5 Pitches/PA
PH – Kevin Taylor – IBB


Recapish


            The Binghamton Rumble Ponies overcame early struggles from starter P.J. Conlon to take the rubber match of their series with New Hampshire. Conlon was knocked out of the game in the 4th, but the Ponies pen was much more successful against the Fisher Cats Sunday (1 ER allowed over 7.2 IP), which allowed the offense to chip away at the lead, force extras, and walk off with a win.
            Conlon found himself down 2-0 before recording an out Sunday, and then facing a bases loaded, one out situation before the 1st ended. He turned up the switch to strike out the next two batters and escape that jam, but then quickly created another jam for himself in the 2nd. After walking the leadoff hitter, he allowed a one out single to Reese McGuire. Conlon nearly escaped the 2nd with nothing allowed, but Ryan McBroom had other ideas, launching his second blast of the season to give New Hampshire a 5-1 lead.
            After the 1st inning, Binghamton was quick to get a run back, and the game never seemed out of hand. After the Cats extended their lead with another crooked number in the 2nd inning, the game seemed a little more out of reach, especially with a flamethrower hitting 97/98 MPH for the other team. But the Bingo bats were not intimidated. Champ Stuart stayed ridiculously hot from the leadoff spot. Luis Guillorme was on base 5 times and saw 28 pitches across his 6 PA. Matt Oberste had a timely hit and David Thompson broke out of his slump with a multi-hit game. Overall, the Ponies worked 3 walks against Fisher Cats starter Conner Greene, and knocked him out in the 6th after making it a 6-5 game.
            The Fisher Cats had plenty of chances to tack on, getting a runner in scoring position during the 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 10th, but failing to score in all 5 frames. After 2 very strong innings from Alberto Baldonado, Tim Peterson mowed them down in the 11th, which earned him the win. The offense gets all the credit during a walkoff, but often the bullpen deserves the most work, and that was definitely the case for Binghamton on Sunday.
            With the series win, Binghamton improved to 11-9 on the season, and now they’ll welcome Akron into town for a 3-game series after taking 2/3 in Akron last week. Donovan Hand is scheduled to start in the opener for Binghamton opposite Michael Peoples in a rematch from last week. The Ponies ended up with a 4-3 win in their matchup last week, though neither starter factor in the decision.


MiLB.tv Scoring Highlights


            Champ Stuart didn’t waste time extending his hit streak to 5 games, leading off the 1st with a double into the LF corner. He came around to score Bingo’s first run on a Tomas Nido groundout two batters later, making it a 2-1 game.


            Matt Oberste provided the next big Rumble for the Ponies, knocking a two run triple into LF with the help of a fortunate deflection: Dale Burdick (walk) and Luis Guillorme (single) came around to score on the play.



            Cody Decker took a walk leading off the Bingo 4th, went to 3B on David Thompson’s deflected single, and then scored on a groundout to make it 5-4.


            Guillorme added his second hit of the game leading off the 5th, but was quickly erased on a double play.


            Thompson reached on an error to keep the 6th inning alive, and then pushed the envelope to help Binghamton tack on another run. With Biondi at the plate and two outs, Thompson stole 2B (his second steal of the year) and came around to score on Biondi’s RBI single into CF.


            With one out in the 9th, Champ Stuart came to the plate and showed off his power, tying the game with one swing. Guillorme followed with his third hit of the game, but was again erased on a double play.






            Although he came into this game on a cold streak, David Thompson proved to be a huge contributor in the Ponies offense Sunday. He led off the 11th inning with his second double of the year, which set up the walkoff win for Binghamton. Luis Guillorme would come up with the bases loaded later in the frame and came through with his 4th hit of the game to end it.





MiLB.tv Defensive Highlights


            Luis Guillorme ranging to his left for a grounder in the 11th.



Pitcher Coverage


P.J. Conlon


Table 1 – Conlon pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Total
Total
36
21
21
12
90
Strikes
26
10
14
6
56
Swinging*
3
2
2
0
7
*7.8% Swinging strike rate; 19.4% Whiff/Swing rate




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