Bats Stay Hot As Ponies Complete Sweep In Reading

Binghamton Rumble Ponies @ Reading Fightin’ Phils

July 16, 2017

Casey Delgado @ Tommy Bergjans

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

W: Delgado (6-4, 5.27 ERA: L: Bergjans (1-3, 5.08 ERA); Save: Peterson (6)

Boxscore

The Stats:

Pitchers

Casey Delgado (W, 6-4, 5.27 ERA) – 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R (3 ER), 6 TB, 2 BB, 6 K (5 K/Sw), 8 GB: 2 FB: 5 LD: 4 PU, 91 Pitches (61 Strikes), 13 Swinging, 12 Called, 14.3% SwStr, 26.5% Whiff/Swing, 15.2 Pitches/IP, 27 BF           

Kelly Secrest (5.33 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 2B, 5 TB, 2 BB, 2 K (1 K/Sw), 3 FB: 3 LD: 1 PU, 42 Pitches (26 Strikes), 4 Swinging, 2 Called, 9.5% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 25.2 Pitches/IP, 11 BF

Tim Peterson (S, 6, 1.43 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 TB, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 2 GB: 1 LD: 1 PU, 22 Pitches (15 Strikes), 3 Swinging, 5 Called, 13.6% SwStr, 30% Whiff/Swing, 16.5 Pitches/IP, 5 BF

Table 1 – Delgado pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
Total	21	6	11	12	25	16	91
Strikes	14	6	9	8	14	10	61
Swinging*	2	1	2	2	3	3	13

*14.3% Swinging strike rate; 26.5% Whiff/Swing rate

Batters

SS/2B - Luis Guillorme - 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2.8 Pitches/PA

RF - Kevin Kaczmarski - 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SAC, 1 K, 4.2 Pitches/PA

2B - L.J. Mazzilli - 0-4, 1 R, 1 HBP, 1 K, 4.5% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 4.4 Pitches/PA

1B - Matt Oberste - 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 12.5% SwStr, 28.6% Whiff/Swing, 3.2 Pitches/PA

LF - Kevin Taylor - 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SF, 9.1% SwStr, 22.2% Whiff/Swing, 4.4 Pitches/PA

C - Tomas Nido - 0-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SF, 8.3% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 2.4 Pitches/PA

CF - Patrick Biondi - 0-4, 1 K, 12.5% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 2 Pitches/PA

SS - Gustavo Nunez - 0-1, 1 Pitches/PA

3B - David Thompson - 1-4, 4.25 Pitches/PA

SP - Casey Delgado - 0-1, 1 SAC, 1 K, 40% SwStr, 66.7% Whiff/Swing, 2.5 Pitches/PA

PH - Tyler Moore - 0-0, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 Pitches/PA

CF - Champ Stuart - 1-1, 2 Pitches/PA

Recapish

            The Binghamton Rumble Ponies completed a sweep in Reading Sunday afternoon, winning 7-5 behind a quality start from Casey Delgado. Marcos Molina had initially been in Friday’s game notes to make this start, but he’s been moved to the DL, and so Delgado stepped up for Binghamton. The Fightin’s scratched out a pair of runs against Delgado early, but then he settled in for one of his better starts of the season as his teammates clawed their way back into this game. The Ponies went just 1-9 with runners in scoring position, but they took control of this game with five runs between the 6^th and 7^th innings thanks to some sloppy execution from Reading.

            Kevin Kaczmarski gave the Ponies an early 1-0 lead with his third homer of the season. Matt Oberste and Kevin Taylor also singled in the frame, but they’d be stranded on the corners.

Kacz

Oberste

Taylor

            Reading jumped ahead in the bottom of the 1^st on three singles and a walk. Jiandido Tromp came through with a bases loaded single to tie the game and then the go-ahead run came home on a groundout.

            David Thompson’s hit came in the 2^nd. Kacz led off the 3^rd with a single, went to second on a wild pitch, to third on a passed ball, and then came around to tie the game on a sac fly.

Thompson

Kacz

            After a long 21-pitch 1^st, Casey Delgado made quick work of Reading over his next three frames, needed just 29 pitches for the next nine outs. He ran into trouble in the 5^th, when Angelo Mora reached on a strikeout-wild pitch and eventually came around to score and make this a 3-2 game. Delgado didn’t let the 5^th snowball on him though, and he was able to finish his night on a high note with a perfect 6^th.

K #1

K #2

K #3

K #4

K #5

K #6

            Before Delgado finished his night, the Ponies gave him a lead for the second time in the top of the 6^th. Oberste started the frame with a single and then came around to score on an E6. Kevin Taylor reached third on that error, and came home one batter later on a sac fly.

            Binghamton took control of this game against a very wild Alberto Tirado in the 7^th. Tirado has long had great stuff, but no idea how to control it. He threw just 10 of 32 pitches for strikes, walked four, hit another, and left with the Ponies ahead 7-3. The only Bingo hit in the frame was an Oberste double, his 15^th of the season and it brought home two runs.

            The Ponies also got leadoff hits from Champ Stuart and Luis Guillorme in the 8^th, but they couldn’t get either runner home for some insurance.

Champ

Guillorme

            Kelly Secrest came out of the Ponies pen to take over for Delgado in the 7^th and Reading quickly got some of those runs back. They’d score two runs on three singles and a sac fly to make this a 7-5 game. Secrest finished the frame with a strikeout and went back out for the 8^th, but he quickly found himself in trouble again, so Tim Peterson had to take over with the bases loaded and two outs. Fortunately for Binghamton, Peterson escaped the jam on a groundout and worked a scoreless 9^th to close out the game.

Secrest K #1

Secrest K #2

Peterson K

            Looking ahead, the Ponies home stand continues with an early week series against Akron.

  

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