Ponies Wrap Up Sweep Of Portland In Game Two

Portland Sea Dogs @ Binghamton Rumble Ponies

August 20, 2017

Game Two

Teddy Stankiewicz @ Corey Oswalt

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Portland	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	6	1
Binghamton	0	0	0	0	0	1	3		4	9	0

W: Oswalt (10-5, 2.41 ERA); L: Poyner (0-1, 1.05 ERA)

Boxscore

The Stats:

Pitchers

Corey Oswalt (W, 10-5, 2.41 ERA) – 7 IP, 6 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 2B, 1 HR, 10 TB, 1 BB, 5 K (3 K/Sw), 1 HBP, 8 GB: 8 FB: 4 LD: 1 PU, 101 Pitches (66 Strikes), 13 Swinging, 10 Called, 12.9% SwStr, 23.2% Whiff/Swing, 14.4 Pitches/IP, 28 BF

Table 1 – Oswalt pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	Total
Total	27	8	14	12	13	16	11	101
Strikes	19	5	9	10	9	7	7	66
Swinging*	5	0	1	1	1	2	3	13

*12.9% Swinging strike rate; 23.2% Whiff/Swing rate

Batters

2B - Luis Guillorme - 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 5.6% SwStr, 12.5% Whiff/Swing, 4.5 Pitches/PA

LF - Kevin Kaczmarski - 2-4, 2 R, 1 K, 7.1% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 3.5 Pitches/PA

1B - Matt Oberste - 3-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 15.4% SwStr, 22.2% Whiff/Swing, 3.25 Pitches/PA

3B - David Thompson - 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K, 14.3% SwStr, 18.2% Whiff/Swing, 3.5 Pitches/PA

DH - Kevin Taylor - 2-4, 1 RBI, 2 K, 10.5% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 4.75 Pitches/PA

RF - L.J. Mazzilli - 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K, 5.9% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 5.67 Pitches/PA

C - Patrick Mazeika - 1-3, 1 RBI, 2 K, 14.3% SwStr, 22.2% Whiff/Swing, 4.67 Pitches/PA

SS - Gustavo Nunez - 0-3, 2 K, 22.2% SwStr, 36.4% Whiff/Swing, 6 Pitches/PA

CF - Patrick Biondi - 0-2, 20% SwStr, 40% Whiff/Swing, 5 Pitches/PA

PH - Champ Stuart - 0-1, 1 K, 75% SwStr, 100% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA

Recapish

            The Binghamton Rumble Ponies finished a four-game sweep of Portland Sunday with a 4-3 win behind their third seven-inning complete of the series. Due to the rules about playing two minor league games in a day, all four games were scheduled to last seven innings, and the Ponies only went to the bullpen in a game interrupted by a night of rain. Although he stumbled early, Corey Oswalt continued his great 2017 season with another ‘quality start,’ which gave Binghamton a good chance to comeback for the win. Matt Oberste led the way offensively with three hits, and Binghamton got important contributions from each of the top-6 in the lineup at the end.

            Of the eight Portland base runners Oswalt allowed Sunday (group includes the homer allowed), half of them reached in the 1^st when the Sea Dogs jumped out to a 3-0 lead. Josh Tobias connected on a one-out single, Oswalt hit the next batter, and then Jeremy Barfield made it 3-0 with his 23^rd homerun of the season. Portland’s Henry Urrutia doubled later in the frame, and he would be the last Sea Dogs batter to reach second base.

            After the 1^st, Oswalt only allowed multiple hits in one frame, and a caught stealing from Patrick Mazeika separated those two hits. Oswalt retired 13 of the final 15 batters he faced, which kept the door open for Binghamton’s comeback.

CS for Mazeika

Thompson

            The Ponies comeback efforts were slow to get started, as they managed just three singles over the first five innings against Portland starter Teddy Stankiewicz: Kevin Taylor had the first Bingo hit in the 2^nd, and then Matt Oberste and David Thompson connected on back-to-back singles in the 4^th.

Taylor

Oberste

Thompson

            Binghamton was able to knock Stankiewicz out after the first two reached in the 6^th, but they were only able to get one run out of the situation. Kevin Kaczmarski and Oberste started the frames with singles, which put runners on the corners with nobody out. However, the next two Ponies batters went down swinging, so Portland had a chance to get out of the frame unscored upon. Fortunately for Binghamton, L.J. Mazzilli worked a walk to keep the frame alive and then Patrick Mazeika came through with a two out single to get the Ponies on the board and make this a 3-1 game.

Kaczmarski

Oberste

Mazeika

             In the 7^th, Luis Guillorme worked a one-out walk to get the walkoff rally going. Kaczmarski and Oberste followed with singles to get Guillorme around and make this a one run game. An RBI groundout from David Thompson followed to tie the game and then Kevin Taylor provided the game-winner with a single to right field.

Kaczmarski

Oberste

Taylor

  

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