Binghamton Rumble Ponies @ Reading Fightin Phils
July 13, 2017
Teams
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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R
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H
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E
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Binghamton
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2
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0
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1
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0
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3
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0
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0
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0
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0
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6
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8
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1
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Reading
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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1
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1
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0
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W: Flexen (5-1, 1.73
ERA); L: Viza (6-6, 6.22 ERA)
The Stats:
Pitchers
Chris Flexen
(W, 5-1, 1.73 ERA) – 8 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 HR, 4 TB, 1 BB, 9 K (7 K/Sw), 10
GB: 5 FB: 1 PU, 108 Pitches (70 Strikes), 18 Swinging, 18 Called, 16.7% SwStr,
34.6% Whiff/Swing, 13.5 Pitches/IP, 27 BF
Scarlyn Reyes (4.61 ERA) – 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 GB, 13
Pitches (8 Strikes), 2 Called, 13 Pitches/IP, 4 BF
Table 1 – Flexen pitch stats by inning
1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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5th
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6th
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7th
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8th
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Total
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Total
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11
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14
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15
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10
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12
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14
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12
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20
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108
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Strikes
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7
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9
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7
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6
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8
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12
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9
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12
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70
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Swinging*
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2
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2
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1
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0
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2
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4
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4
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3
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18
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*16.7% Swinging strike rate; 34.6% Whiff/Swing rate
Batters
CF - Champ Stuart - 0-3, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 SB, 7.7% SwStr,
20% Whiff/Swing, 5.2 Pitches/PA
2B - Luis Guillorme - 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 4 Pitches/PA
1B - Matt Oberste - 2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K, 11.1% SwStr,
22.2% Whiff/Swing, 3.6 Pitches/PA
3B - David Thompson - 1-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 K, 15% SwStr,
33.3% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA
LF - Kevin Kaczmarski - 3-4, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 2.75 Pitches/PA
RF - L.J. Mazzilli - 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 6.2% SwStr, 20%
Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA
C - Tomas Nido - 1-4, 1 2B, 2 K, 16.7% SwStr, 33.3%
Whiff/Swing, 4.5 Pitches/PA
SS - Gustavo Nunez - 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K, 9.5% SwStr, 16.7%
Whiff/Swing, 5.25 Pitches/PA
P - Chris Flexen - 0-4, 1 K, 2.75 Pitches/PA
Recapish
The
Binghamton Rumble Ponies opened up the second half in Reading Thursday night
and won behind a dominant start from Chris Flexen. Flexen took a no-hitter into
the 8th, but his no-no bid and his shutout were broken up by a Chace
Numata solo blast with one out in the frame. Offensively, the Ponies used five
extra base hits to take advantage of the six walks they were issued by
Reading’s staff.
Flexen
issued one walk and worked around an error behind him in the 6th, so
he only had to work out of the stretch for four batters, but that’s still four
more batters than during his 6/29
start in Hartford. He took a perfecto bid into the 5th that
night, and the only hit he’d allow all game was a solo blast, so he never had
to work from the stretch.
This
was Flexen’s second start against Reading, and the Fightin’s announcers made a
remark early on suggesting that he had looked better the last time they saw
him. But he got better as he got deeper into the game, and I had this quote
from Adam MacDonald on my mind as I watched: “He’s definitely a guy who
likes to tinker and experiment, he will test all of his pitches early in a
game.” He tinkered with all four of his pitches early and found the curve to be
most effective for him, so that became his main secondary on this night.
Before
Flexen even got to the mound, he had to wait for a 105-minute rain delay and
then a long top of the 1st. Of course, he probably didn’t mind
waiting those last few minutes, as his teammates were working to give him a 2-0
lead. Champ Stuart battled for a walk to start the game, stole second, and then
came around to score on a Matt Oberste double. Oberste came home two batters
later on Kevin Kaczmarski’s first of three hits.
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| Oberste |
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| Kacz |
Flexen
started his night with back-to-back strikeouts as part of a perfect 1st.
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| K #1 |
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| K #2 |
After
a busy week playing in the Future’s Game and the Eastern League All-Star Game,
Tomas Nido started his second half with a hit launched off the top of the wall
that was ruled a double. The Ponies couldn’t get Nido home during the 2nd,
but they extended their lead to 3-0 in the 3rd when David Thompson
knocked himself in with his eighth homer of the season.
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| Nido |
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| Thompson |
Even
with a three-walk performance his last time out, Flexen’s walk rate has been
excellent this year (2.6% BB-rate), so the four-pitch walk to Chace Numata
leading off the 3rd was pretty random. He’d recover his command and
retire the next three Phils in order, striking out Zack Coppola to finish the
frame.
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| Thompson at third |
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| K #3 |
After
the walk, Flexen technically retired seventeen straight, though one of those
batters reached on an E5. During that stretch, he struck out Mitch Walding in the
5th, Malquin Canelo and Cord Sandberg in the 6th, Kyle
Martin in the 7th, and then Walding again to start the 8th.
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| Thompson at third |
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| Thompson at third |
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| K #4 |
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| K #5 |
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| K #6 |
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| K #7 |
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| K #8 |
Binghamton
put this game basically out of reach when the Ponies doubled their score in the
5th. Two walks and a Matt Oberste single loaded the bases with one
out, and then Kevin Kaczmarski and L.J. Mazzilli cleared the bases with a
single and double, respectively.
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| Oberste |
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| Kacz |
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| Mazzilli |
Kaczmarski
doubled for his third hit of the night in the 7th, but the Ponies bats
were otherwise quiet after the 5th.
The
Chace Numata homer in the 8th interrupted Flexen’s long streak of
outs, but he bounced back with another strikeout of Canelo before finishing the
frame.
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| Numata |
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| K #9 |
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| Nunez at SS |
Scarlyn
Reyes took over in the 9th and tossed a scoreless frame to close out
the game. Looking ahead, Mickey Jannis (5-4, 4.26 ERA) is scheduled to start
for the Rumble Ponies in game two of this series, which is scheduled for 7:05
PM Friday night.
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| Guillorme at second |
New @NASAJuno community images are amazing! With thanks to Gerald Eichstädt & @_TheSeaning, here's a WIP visualisation! I ❤️ the GRS. #Juno pic.twitter.com/G0JXHL6Rav— Tom Kerss (@tomkerss) July 13, 2017
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