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New 51s Reliever Callahan Blows It Late In El Paso

Las Vegas 51s @ El Paso Chihuahuas


August 12, 2017



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
Las Vegas
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0

3
7
1
El Paso
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3

4
9
0
W: Quackenbush (3-1, 5.82 ERA); L: Callahan (1-1, 3.60 ERA)


The Stats:

Pitchers

Ricky Knapp (5.97 ERA) – 7.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 3B, 7 TB, 1 BB, 5 K (3 K/Sw), 1 HBP, 13 GB: 8 FB: 2 PU, 110 Pitches (78 Strikes), 10 Swinging, 16 Called, 9.1% SwStr, 16.1% Whiff/Swing, 14.7 Pitches/IP, 30 BF
Jamie Callahan (BS, 2)(L, 1-1, 3.60 ERA) – 1 IP, 4 H, 3 R (1 ER), 1 HR, 7 TB, 1 BB, 3 K (3 K/Sw), 1 GB: 1 FB: 2 LD, 41 Pitches (24 Strikes), 7 Swinging, 2 Called, 17.1% SwStr, 31.8% Whiff/Swing, 41 Pitches/IP, 9 BF

Table 1 – Knapp pitch stats by inning

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Total
Total
11
21
12
15
8
20
11
12
110
Strikes
7
18
9
9
6
13
7
9
78
Swinging*
1
2
0
2
0
3
1
1
10
*9.1% Swinging strike rate; 16.1% Whiff/Swing rate


Batters

2B - Gavin Cecchini - 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 5 Pitches/PA
SS - Matt Reynolds - 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K, 22.2% SwStr, 40% Whiff/Swing, 3.6 Pitches/PA
C - Kevin Plawecki - 2-5, 1 2B, 1 K, 21.4% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 2.8 Pitches/PA
RF - Travis Taijeron - 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K, 10% SwStr, 50% Whiff/Swing, 5 Pitches/PA
3B - Phillip Evans - 0-4, 1 K, 7.1% SwStr, 14.3% Whiff/Swing, 3.5 Pitches/PA
LF - Josh Rodriguez - 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2.5 Pitches/PA
1B - Cody Decker - 1-4, 1 R, 14.3% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 3.5 Pitches/PA
CF - Victor Cruzado - 0-1, 1 R, 3 BB, 4.3% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 5.75 Pitches/PA
SP - Ricky Knapp - 0-2, 1 BB, 1 SAC, 2 K, 5.6% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 4.5 Pitches/PA


Recapish


            The Las Vegas 51s let a win slip through their fingers Saturday night in El Paso, taking a 4-3 loss in game two with the Chihuahuas despite holding a 3-0 lead with four outs to go. Ricky Knapp went 110 pitches while taking a shutout into the 8th, but he couldn’t finish the frame, and four outs was one too many to ask of Jamie Callahan on this night. Kevin Plawecki and Josh Rodriguez both finished with multiple hits, including a double, while Gavin Cecchini and Matt Reynolds combined for all three Las Vegas RBI’s.
            Plaw started his night with a 1st inning single.


            The 51s jumped ahead 2-0 in the 2nd, and Josh Rodriguez got things started in the frame with a one-out single. J Rod went to third on a Cody Decker single, and then both J Rod and Decker came home later in the frame on a Gavin Cecchini single.

Cecchini

            Ricky Knapp struck out a batter during a perfect 1st, but El Paso threatened by loading the bases against him in the 2nd. He helped loading the bases by intentionally walking the #8 hitter, and then he struck out El Paso’s starter Jordan Lyles to get through the frame unscored upon, so it worked out. They did finally break through against Knapp on a two out RBI triple in the 8th, but this was El Paso’s best scoring chance against him all day.

K #1

Reynolds at SS


K #2

K #3




K #4

K #5

            J Rod’s double came leading off the 4th, but he was stranded at third in the frame. Plawecki’s double came with two outs in the 5th and he never made it beyond second base.

Plaw

            El Paso reliever Michael Kelly was in his third inning of work when the 51s added onto their lead with a run in the 6th. Kelly walked three straight with two outs and then Matt Reynolds came through with the RBI single to make this a 3-0 game. Unfortunately Ricky Knapp was the base runner at second for Reynolds hit, so the 51s weren’t going to risk sending him on a single.


            After issuing the intentional walk in the 2nd, Knapp retired 17 of the next 19 batters he faced, which took him into the 8th. Knapp allowed a one out single in the 8th and Franchy Cordero tripled that run home after Cruzado fell down in CF – his 14th triple of the season!

J Rod in LF

Cordero

            Jamie Callahan took over for Knapp with Cordero on third and struck out Christian Villanueva to end the frame. He stayed out there for the 9th and pinch-hitter Ryan Schimpf greeted him with a monster shot to right center field, which made this a 3-2 game. Callahan would strikeout two of the next three batters, but then Nick Buss reached on a single to put the tying run into scoring position. With the game on the line, Callahan got a grounder to third that should’ve ended things, but the 51s botched the force out on an E4. The tying run came home on that play, but Callahan still had a chance to send this game to extras. Unfortunately for Las Vegas, 51s killer Franchy Cordero came through with a walkoff RBI single for El Paso.

K #1

Schimpf

K #2

K #3

Game tied

Game over

            Looking ahead, the 51s will look to Mitch Atkins Sunday as they try to bounce back from this tough defeat and get the edge back in this four-game series.


  

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