Rumble Ponies Come Out With A Win In Back-And-Forth Affair With Trenton | Astromets Mind

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Rumble Ponies Come Out With A Win In Back-And-Forth Affair With Trenton

Binghamton Rumble Ponies @ Trenton Thunder


May 31, 2017



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
Binghamton
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1

5
12
0
Trenton
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0

3
8
3
W: Taylor (3-3, 3.68 ERA); L: Carroll (0-1, 2.45 ERA); Save: Burns (2)


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Corey Oswalt (2.50 ERA) – 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 2B, 1 3B, 10 TB, 2 BB, 4 K (3 K/Sw), 11 GB: 5 FB: 3 LD: 2 PU, 92 Pitches (58 Strikes), 4 Swinging, 20 Called, 4.3% SwStr, 10.5% Whiff/Swing, 15.3 Pitches/IP, 27 BF
Corey Taylor (BS, 4)(W, 3-3, 3.68 ERA) – 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 2B, 2 TB, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 2 GB: 3 FB: 1 LD, 18 Pitches (14 Strikes), 2 Swinging, 4 Called, 11.1% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 9 Pitches/IP, 7 BF
Cory Burns (S, 2, 6.75 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 K (0 K/Sw), 2 GB, 14 Pitches (9 Strikes), 2 Swinging, 3 Called, 14.3% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 14 Pitches/IP, 3 BF

Batters

SS - Luis Guillorme - 1-5, 7.1% SwStr, 14.3% Whiff/Swing, 2.8 Pitches/PA
2B – L.J. Mazzilli - 2-4, 1 R, 6.2% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA
2B – Gustavo Nunez - 0-1, 1 K, 66.7% SwStr, 100% Whiff/Swing, 3 Pitches/PA
C - Tomas Nido - 0-5, 2 R, 18.2% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 2.2 Pitches/PA
1B - Cody Decker - 1-5, 5.6% SwStr, 8.3% Whiff/Swing, 3.6 Pitches/PA
LF - Kevin Taylor - 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 4.5% SwStr, 12.5% Whiff/Swing, 4.4 Pitches/PA
DH - Matt Oberste - 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 6.7% SwStr, 11.1% Whiff/Swing, 3 Pitches/PA
RF - Kevin Kaczmarski - 2-4, 1 RBI, 3.5 Pitches/PA
3B - David Thompson - 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2.5 Pitches/PA
CF - Champ Stuart - 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 3 K, 26.3% SwStr, 50% Whiff/Swing, 4.75 Pitches/PA


Recapish


            The Binghamton Rumble Ponies evened their series with division leading Trenton Wednesday night to pull back within two games of first place. Corey Oswalt started for Binghamton and he took a shutout into the 7th, but then the Bingo bullpen had a letdown for the second straight night, allowing two inherited runners to score as Trenton jumped ahead 3-2. But the Ponies bats finally started to string some hits together over the final two innings, allowing Binghamton to pull back ahead for good.
            For Corey Oswalt, the 1st inning has been the real struggle in 2017. In his first eight starts (does not include a bad outing in a suspended start), Oswalt had allowed a 6.75 ERA in the 1st inning and a 1.35 ERA after that. He issued a one out walk and then allowed a single in the 1st Wednesday, but ultimately kept Trenton off the scoreboard, ending the threat with a strikeout of Zack Zehner.




            Bingo jumped ahead 1-0 in the 2nd, which is how things stood until the 7th. Matt Oberste kept the inning alive with a two out single, and then came around to score on back-to-back singles from Kevin Kaczmarski and David Thompson.




            Oswalt needed just 12 pitches in his half of the 2nd, striking out Jorge Saez along the way.


            Thairo Estrada singled with one out in the 3rd, but Oswalt allowed nothing else in the frame, and again ended the inning with a strikeout (this time Miguel Andujar).


            Zehner went down swinging again in the 4th, and Oswalt worked around a two out single to keep it a 1-0 game.



            Luis Guillorme and L.J. Mazzilli started the Bingo 6th with consecutive singles, but the Ponies couldn’t even advance them one base during the frame.



            David Thompson kept the 7th inning alive with a two out single and then Champ Stuart doubled the Bingo lead with an RBI double to LF.



            The Thunder got a base runner against Oswalt in the 5th and 6th innings, but it led to nothing for them. Then, after just four singles over the first six innings, the Thunder struck for a triple, double, and single consecutively leading off the 7th against Oswalt. That sent Oswalt to the bench for Corey Taylor, who came in with runners on the corners. Taylor allowed the runner from third to come home on a sac fly, which tied the game, but also brought the second out of the inning. That would’ve been an acceptable trade off given the situation, but then Andujar connected for an RBI double to RF, which gave Trenton a 3-2 lead.
            Binghamton was quick to get those runs back. Mazzilli led off the 8th with a single to LF, went to second on an E4, to third on a walk (Kevin Taylor), and finally came home to tie the game on Oberste’s second hit of the game. Kaczmarski followed with an RBI single, which gave Bingo a 4-3 lead, and they still had the bases loaded with one out. Unfortunately, they couldn’t add any insurance in the 8th.




            Taylor struck out Zehner during a perfect 8th.


            The Ponies did manage to add an insurance run in the 9th, on a mini rally that started thanks to another Trenton error. Nido reached on the E5, went to second on a Cody Decker single, and then came around to score on Taylor’s RBI hit.



            With Tim Peterson unavailable after Tuesday’s game, Manager Luis Rojas went to Cory Burns for the 9th, and he worked a perfect 1-2-3 inning.
            This series wraps up with a rubber-match Thursday night at 7:00 PM. The Rumble Ponies send veteran Blake Beavan (1-0, 2.70 ERA) to the hill with a chance to pull within one game of the division lead, while the Thunder counter with Yefry Ramirez (6-1, 2.66 ERA), a 23-year old righty who is having a great season so far.



Pitcher Coverage


Table 1 – Oswalt pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
Total
Total
20
12
16
17
11
9
7
92
Strikes
11
9
9
11
8
5
5
58
Swinging*
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
4
*4.3% Swinging strike rate; 10.5% Whiff/Swing rate





  

  • 0Blogger Comment
  • Facebook Comment
  • Disqus Comment

Leave your comment

Post a Comment

comments powered by Disqus
submit to reddit