Corey Maddux Oswalt Finishes A Complete Game Shutout On 79 Pitches In 79 Minutes

Trenton Thunder @ Binghamton Rumble Ponies

August 3, 2017

Game One

Daniel Camarena @ Corey Oswalt

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Trenton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	1
Binghamton	0	1	1	0	0	0	X		2	4	0

W: Oswalt (8-4, 2.43 ERA); L: Camarena (1-1, 3.40 ERA)

Boxscore

The Stats:

Pitchers

Corey Oswalt (W, 8-4, 2.43 ERA) – 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 TB, 6 K (3 K/Sw), 1 GIDP, 7 GB: 6 FB: 1 LD: 3 PU, 79 Pitches (54 Strikes), 7 Swinging, 19 Called, 8.9% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 11.3 Pitches/IP, 22 BF

Batters

2B - Luis Guillorme - 1-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 CS, 9.1% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 3.67 Pitches/PA

CF - Juan Lagares - 0-3, 2.33 Pitches/PA

DH - Matt Oberste - 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 K, 10% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 3.33 Pitches/PA

1B - Kevin Taylor - 0-3, 1 GIDP, 11.1% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 3 Pitches/PA

3B - David Thompson - 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 10% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 3.33 Pitches/PA

C - Tomas Nido - 0-1, 1 BB, 10% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 5 Pitches/PA

RF - L.J. Mazzilli - 1-2, 1.5 Pitches/PA

SS - Gustavo Nunez - 1-2, 1 RBI, 40% SwStr, 50% Whiff/Swing, 2.5 Pitches/PA

LF - Champ Stuart - 0-2, 2 Pitches/PA

Recapish

            The Rumble Ponies made it two straight over the Eastern League’s best with a game one shutout Thursday night, and Corey Oswalt did his best Greg Maddux impersonation in the win. Oswalt needed just 79 pitches for the win and the game was over in 79 minutes, which set a franchise record for quickest game ever. The Ponies scratched out some early runs against Trenton starter Daniel Camarena, and then it was cruise control for both pitchers after that.

            The Oswalt coverage will be quick, like his outing. That’s because he allowed just two hits all night, and they were both singles from the first two batters he saw. After that, he retired twenty batters in a row, and that streak started with a double play, so that was the game. He struck out two in a row to end the 3^rd, and that started a streak of five straight frames ending with a strikeout. He went to a three-ball count on just two batters all night. It was seven innings of dominance that earned a game score of 84.

361

Champ in LF

Guillorme at second base

Taylor at first base

            The Ponies scratched out the first run of the game in the 2^nd. After a walk, David Thompson came around from first on back-to-back two out singles from L.J. Mazzilli and Gustavo Nunez to make it 1-0.

Mazzilli

            Guillorme led off the 3^rd with a single, went to third base on an E6, and then Matt Oberste singled him home for the second run of the game.

Guillorme

Oberste

            The only batter to reach after that for either side was Tomas Nido, who worked a one out walk in the 4^th and was stranded on first base.

            This was easily the quickest baseball game I’ve ever seen played, which was convenient, because these two teams still had one more game to play on Thursday. The nightcap features a matchup of Jose Mesa and P.J. Conlon, and the Ponies have a chance to sweep.

Pitcher Coverage

Corey Oswalt

Table 1 – Oswalt pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	Total
Total	11	10	14	9	9	11	15	79
Strikes	7	6	10	7	7	7	10	54
Swinging*	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	7

*8.9% Swinging strike rate; 20% Whiff/Swing rate

3^rd K1: 1-2 Pitch, belt high and on the outside corner (Swinging)

3^rd K2: 1-2 Pitch (Swinging)

4^th K3: 2-2 Pitch on the outside corner (Looking)

5^th K4: 1-2 Pitch on the outside corner (Looking)

6^th K5: 3-2 Pitch on the knees and on the outside corner (Looking)

7^th K6: 0-2 Pitch (Swinging)

Oswalt had just two 3-ball counts all game.

  

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