Dash Mashed Another As Humphreys Breezed To His 9th Win Of The Year

Charleston River Dogs @ Columbia Fireflies

June 10, 2017

Game One

Jio Orozco @ Jordan Humphreys

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Charleston	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		3	7	2
Columbia	0	0	0	5	0	0	X		5	6	0

W: Humphreys (9-1, 1.41 ERA); L: Orozaco (3-4, 5.36 ERA); Save: Henry (1)

Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Jordan Humphreys (1.41 ERA) – 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 HR, 9 TB, 1 BB, 4 K (3 K/Sw), 1 GIDP, 9 GB: 3 FB: 3 LD: 4 PU, 92 Pitches (58 Strikes), 12 Swinging, 8 Called, 13% SwStr, 24% Whiff/Swing, 15.3 Pitches/IP, 25 BF

Joseph Zanghi (3.74 ERA) – 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 TB, 4 BB, 1 GB: 1 FB: 1 LD, 26 Pitches (8 Strikes), 1 Swinging, 2 Called, 3.8% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 39 Pitches/IP, 7 BF

Taylor Henry (S, 1, 3.75 ERA) – 0.1 IP, 1 K (0 K/Sw), 6 Pitches (3 Strikes), 2 Called, 18 Pitches/IP, 1 BF

Batters

RF - Gene Cone - 0-2, 2 BB, 4 Pitches/PA

SS - Andres Gimenez - 3-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 8.3% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 3 Pitches/PA

DH - Michael Paez - 0-4, 12.5% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA

1B - Dash Winningham - 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 3.33 Pitches/PA

CF - Desmond Lindsay - 0-3, 2 K, 8.3% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/P

2B - Luis Carpio - 1-3, 1 R, 20% SwStr, 40% Whiff/Swing, 3.33 Pitches/PA

C - Brandon Brosher - 1-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HBP, 1 K, 18.8% SwStr, 42.9% Whiff/Swing, 5.33 Pitches/PA

LF - Tim Tebow - 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 14.3% SwStr, 40% Whiff/Swing, 4.67 Pitches/PA

3B - Milton Ramos - 0-3, 2 K, 7.7% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 4.33 Pitches/PA

Recapish

            The Columbia Fireflies have been clicking at all levels lately and their good play continued in a double-header with the Charleston River Dogs on Saturday. The Fireflies took game one 5-3 on the back of another dominant performance from Jordan Humphreys. Humphreys matched a season low with just four strikeouts, but he took a shutout into the 6^th and was missing bats at a solid rate throughout the start. The Fireflies supported him with a five-run 3^rd inning, which was highlighted by Dash Winningham’s tenth homer of the year – his fifth homer of June!

            Humphreys allowed six hits in the game, but the first five were just singles scattered over the first five innings. He finished the 1^st with a strikeout of Estevan Florial.

Humphreys warming up

Just a swinging strike

Tebow in LF

K #1

            Mandy Alvarez went down swinging against Humphreys to start the 2^nd and then Dalton Blaser grounded into a double play to end the frame – Humphreys issued just his eighth walk of the season between those two batters.

K #2

Carpio at second

            The Fireflies finally broke through for some hits in the 4^th. Andres Gimenez finished 2-2 in the frame and got things going with a single into CF. He was able to trot around and score on the Dash homer, which put Cola up 2-0. Luis Carpio started a two out rally for Columbia two batters later with a single. He went to third on a Brandon Brosher double and then scored on a balk. Brosher came home on an E6, but the Fireflies weren’t done year. Gene Cone followed with a walk against River Dogs starter Jio Orozco, which was the end of the rope for him – Orozco had allowed nothing but a HBP over the first three innings. After the new pitcher took over, Andres Gimenez came up for the second time and surprised the River Dogs with an RBI bunt single to make it 5-0.

Gimenez

Dash

Gonna

Mash

Carpio

Brosher

Gimenez with the surprise bunt

            Humphreys added a strikeout of Eduardo Navas to his total in the 5^th, but he had to work around a pair of singles in the frame.

Just a swinging strike

K #3

Just a swinging strike

            He started the 6^th with a strikeout of Hoy Jun Park but then Florial took him deep to end the shutout bid.

K #4

Florial

            The Fireflies only hit outside of the 4^th came when Gimenez singled with two outs in the 6^th.

            Joseph Zanghi took over for the 7^th inning and had trouble with command. He walked four in the frame and had to leave with the lead down to 5-3. Fortunately, Taylor Henry came in and struck out Brandon Wagner in a bases loaded situation to end the game.

Henry

            These two suited up for another seven innings thirty minutes after this game ended. One of the top Mets pitching prospects Thomas Szapucki made his second start of the year.

Pitcher Coverage

Table 1 – Humphreys pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
Total	12	14	15	14	20	17	92
Strikes	8	8	10	7	14	11	58
Swinging*	2	3	2	2	2	1	12

*13% Swinging strike rate; 24% Whiff/Swing rate

  

Astronomers used the vision of @NASAHubble to repeat a century-old test of Einstein’s general theory of relativity :https://t.co/UUo2NxFx6I pic.twitter.com/oLLwqnrchg

— NASA Goddard (@NASAGoddard) June 10, 2017