Binghamton Rumble Ponies @ Trenton Thunder
Eastern League Division Series
Game Four
September 9, 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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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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0
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0
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1
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5
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2
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Trenton
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2
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0
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3
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1
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3
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0
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0
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0
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X
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9
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8
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0
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W: Carter (1-0, 1.42
ERA); L: Jannis (0-1, 15.43 ERA)
The Stats:
Pitchers
Mickey Jannis
– 2.1 IP, 2 H, 4 R (3 ER), 1 2B, 3 TB, 5 BB, 4 K (4 K/Sw), 3 GB: 2 LD, 70
Pitches (40 Strikes), 9 Swinging, 10 Called, 12.9% SwStr, 30% Whiff/Swing, 30
Pitches/IP, 15 BF
Adonis Uceta – 1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 TB, 2 BB, 2 K (2
K/Sw), 1 FB: 1 LD: 1 PU, 28 Pitches (14 Strikes), 5 Swinging, 4 Called, 17.9%
SwStr, 50% Whiff/Swing, 16.8 Pitches/IP, 7 BF
Ben Griset – 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R (3 ER), 3 TB, 2 BB, 2 K (2
K/Sw), 1 GB: 2 FB: 1 LD, 37 Pitches (22 Strikes), 4 Swinging, 6 Called, 10.8%
SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 37 Pitches/IP, 8 BF
Cory Burns – 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 TB, 1 BB, 4 GB: 3 FB: 1 LD,
25 Pitches (17 Strikes), 1 Swinging, 5 Called, 4% SwStr, 8.3% Whiff/Swing, 12.5
Pitches/IP, 9 BF
Tyler Bashlor – 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 2 GB, 10
Pitches (7 Strikes), 2 Swinging, 3 Called, 20% SwStr, 50% Whiff/Swing, 10
Pitches/IP, 3 BF
Table 1 – Jannis pitch stats by inning
1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Total
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Total
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25
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12
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33
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70
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Strikes
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15
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10
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15
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40
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Swinging*
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4
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3
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2
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9
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*12.9% Swinging strike rate; 30% Whiff/Swing rate
Batters
SS - Luis Guillorme - 0-4, 1 K, 4.8% SwStr, 12.5%
Whiff/Swing, 5.25 Pitches/PA
RF - Kevin Kaczmarski - 0-4, 1 R, 2 K, 26.7% SwStr, 57.1%
Whiff/Swing, 3.75 Pitches/PA
DH - Peter Alonso - 3-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 5.6% SwStr, 14.3%
Whiff/Swing, 4.5 Pitches/PA
LF - Kevin Taylor - 0-3, 2.33 Pitches/PA
PH - Tyler Moore - 0-1, 25% SwStr, 50% Whiff/Swing, 4
Pitches/PA
1B - Matt Oberste - 0-3, 1 BB, 8.3% SwStr, 16.7%
Whiff/Swing, 3 Pitches/PA
3B - David Thompson - 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K, 22.2% SwStr, 40%
Whiff/Swing, 2.25 Pitches/PA
C - Tomas Nido - 0-4, 10% SwStr, 22.2% Whiff/Swing, 5
Pitches/PA
CF - Patrick Biondi - 0-3, 3 K, 23.1% SwStr, 75%
Whiff/Swing, 4.33 Pitches/PA
2B - L.J. Mazzilli - 1-3, 1 2B, 14.3% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing,
4.67 Pitches/PA
Recapish
The
Binghamton Rumble Ponies 2017 season came to an abrupt end a week ahead of
schedule Saturday night, as the Trenton Thunder won their third straight to
take this best-of-five series 3-games-to-1. Shaky defense and control problems
left Jannis down big early and the Ponies never recovered. They did finally
scratch out a run and a few hits, but three of the five Binghamton hits came
from freshly promoted Peter Alonso, so most of the lineup barely did a better
job than when they were no-hit on Friday.
After
splitting two very competitive games in Binghamton, it looked as though this
series could go either way, but then only one team showed up to Trenton, so
things ended up lopsided. To an outsider looking in, it may seem as though the
best team just won the series, but I think that discredits how good the Ponies
were playing when this series started.
From
the end of July through game one, the Ponies went on a 34-11 stretch, and then
they had a lead midway through game two of this series. Starting with the 5th
inning of game two, the Trenton Thunder outscored Binghamton 16-2, and
Trenton’s pitcher limited the Ponies to just 11 hits over 23 IP. Binghamton
committed the fewest errors in the EL by a lot this year, yet they committed 3
errors during this stretch. The Ponies pen had a streak of 29+ IP without a run
allowed, yet they allowed 8 ER over 12 IP during this stretch. Trenton was
great this series, they were great all season, and some of the best overall
talent to play in Double-A this season flowed through the Thunder, but the Ponies gave
this series away as much as Trenton won it.
As
for this game, the Ponies didn’t break their hitless streak until Peter Alonso
singled with two outs in the 4th, and this game seemed out of reach
by then as Trenton had built up a 5-0 lead.
The
Thunder jumped ahead 2-0 in the 1st, which means they scored first
and in the 1st inning of all four games in the series. Jeff Hendrix
led off with a double and came around to score on an E4 throwing error. With a
good throw, the Ponies had a chance to double up Clint Frazier, but they
would’ve at least recorded one out at second on the play. Had they made that
play, the next grounder to second also could’ve led to a double play, which
would’ve ended the frame with no runs scored. At worst, Garrett Cooper would’ve
beat out the throw to first and one run would’ve scored. Instead, Cooper’s
grounder brought home the second run and was just the first out of the frame.
Jannis bounced back to strikeout Dante Bichette and Zack Zehner, which left
Frazier stranded at third base in the frame.
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| The error |
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| K #1 |
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| K #2 |
Jannis
tossed a quick 2nd inning, and it looked like he’d settle into this
start nicely, but then the 3rd inning happened. Jannis threw less
than 50% strikes in the 3rd as he walked four, and his battery mate
arguably had a worse inning. Instead of throwing a runner out, Tomas Nido made
a throwing error, and then allowed three passed balls in the frame. Two passed
balls took away potential force-outs, and the other one came on a borderline
strike that instead went for ball four. Despite all of Nido’s problems, the
inning still actually fell apart
because Jannis walked four of six batters faced, which is why Adonis Uceta was
brought in to clean things up. Uceta would allow one of the three inherited
base runners to score on a sac fly double play that ended the frame.
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| Guillorme at SS |
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| K #3 |
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| Guillorme |
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| K #4 |
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| The sac fly double play |
Trenton
loaded the bases against Uceta with one out in the 4th, but he’d
strikeout the next two Thunder batters. Unfortunately, a run did still come
home in the 4th, as Uceta’s first strikeout came on a wild pitch.
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| Run scoring strikeout pitch |
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| K #1 (Full) |
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| K #2 |
David
Thompson’s hit was a 5th inning double, which pushes his 2017
doubles total to 32 and extra base hits total to 49.
Ben
Griset’s only appearance in the series was the nail in the coffin for Binghamton.
The lefty did strikeout a pair on the 5th, but Trenton added three
more runs to push their lead to 9-0.
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| K #1 |
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| K #2 |
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| Thairo Estrada had a nice season and a nice series |
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| Guillorme |
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| Nice play from Nido |
The
Ponies failed to record multiple hits in any one inning while in Trenton, but
they did scratch out one run thanks to a well-timed strikeout/wild pitch. Kevin
Kaczmarski reached on the wild pitch, which kept the 6th inning
alive for Alonso, who came through with an RBI double.
The
final two Binghamton hits of 2017 were an L.J. Mazzilli double in the 8th
and a Peter Alonso single in the 9th.
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| Mazzilli |
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| Alonso |
Tyler
Bashlor worked a perfect 8th for Binghamton to put a cherry on top
of his great season. He struck out Dante Bichette Jr. during the frame, which
puts him at 27 K: 5 BB in 16.2 IP as a Double-A pitcher.
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| Jammed Garrett Cooper |
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| K |
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| Guillorme at SS |
— JGR-Planets (@jgrplanets) September 12, 2017
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