51s Fall On The Wrong Side Of A PCL Classic In Albuquerque

Las Vegas 51s @ Albuquerque Isotopes

April 11, 2018

A.J. Griffin @ Matt Flemer

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Las Vegas	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0		11	16	2
Albuquerque	4	2	5	3	3	0	0	0	X		17	15	1

W: Johnson (1-1, 8.10 ERA); L: Griffin (0-1, 34.71 ERA)

Boxscore

The Stats:

Pitchers

A.J. Griffin (L, 0-1, 34.71 ERA) – 2.1 IP, 9 H, 9 R, 1 K: 3 BB, 2 HR, 64 Pitches (35 Strikes), 3 GO: 1 FO

David Roseboom (17.18 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 1 K: 3 BB, 2 HR, 35 Pitches (16 Strikes), 2 GO: 1 FO, 2 IR – 2 S

Kelly Secrest (3.60 ERA) – 2 IP, 2 H, 3 R (1 ER), 2 K: 1 BB, HBP, 44 Pitches (29 Strikes), 3 GO: 2 FO

Tim Peterson (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K, 16 Pitches (11 Strikes), 1 GO: 2 FO

Matthew den Dekker (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, HBP, 19 Pitches (9 Strikes), 1 GO: 2 FO

Batters

CF/RP – Matt den Dekker – 1-5, RBI, K

2B/CF – Ty Kelly – 4-5, 3 R, 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 3 RBI

1B – Dominic Smith – 3-5, 2 R, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI, K

RF – Bryce Brentz – 0-5, 3 K

LF – Zach Borenstein – 2-4, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB, SB, K

3B – David Thompson – 3-4, 2 R, 2B, BB, SB, K

C – Jose Lobaton – 2-5, 2 RBI

SS – Luis Guillorme – 0-4, 3 K, Ejected

2B – Phillip Evans – 0-1

SP – A.J. Griffin – 0-1

RP – David Roseboom – 0-1, K

PH – Patrick Biondi – 0-1, K

PH/SS – Gavin Cecchini – 1-2, R

Roseboom the batter

Recapish

            The Las Vegas 51s came out on the wrong side of their first PCL classic of 2018, taking a 17-11 loss to the Albuquerque to fall to 1-6 on the season. The teams combined to score in 12 of the 17 possible half-innings, but the 51s put just one run on the board in five of those half-innings, while the Isotopes put a crooked number on the board in all five half-innings they scored in. Because of that disparity, the Isotopes were in control of this game by the end of the 3^rd and their relievers just needed to survive through the 9^th. With so much offense, clearly there were going to be stars on both sides, but Ty Kelly easily had the best night by individual stats, finishing with four extra base hits: a double, a triple, and two homers.

            The 51s set the tone for this offensive slugfest with a four-run 1^st. Ty Kelly started his night with a triple and Dom Smith followed with an RBI double to knock him in – the first of three extra base hits for Smith. Smith came home on a Zach Borenstein RBI single. David Thompson followed with a single that sent Borenstein to third base, and then Borenstein came home on a double steal. Jose Lobaton capped the scoring with an RBI single to make it 4-0.

Kelly

Smith

Borenstein

Thompson

Lobaton

            Unfortunately for Las Vegas, that lead lasted just five batters into the bottom of the 1^st. 51s starter A.J. Griffin was making his organizational debut after signing in spring training and he really struggled. He walked three and allowed two two-run homers in the 1^st as the Isotopes quickly made this a 4-4 game.

Griffin's K

            Ty Kelly put the 51s back on top with a solo blast in the 2^nd.

Kelly

            Griffin ran into two out trouble in the 2^nd and the Isotopes jumped ahead for the first time in the game. Drew Weeks singled to right field and then Jordan Patterson and Noel Cuevas followed with RBI doubles to make this a 6-5 game.

Another crazy play from Guillorme to start a double play

            Zach Borenstein launched a massive solo blast in the 3^rd to tie things up. David Thompson followed with a double but was stranded at third in the frame.

Borenstein

Thompson

            The Isotopes knocked Griffin out in the 3^rd and firmly took control of this game with a 5-run frame. Most of the damage was actually done with David Roseboom on the mound, after he took over with two on and one out. Roseboom allowed a three-run inside-the-park homerun to Raimel Tapia and then a solo blast to Drew Weeks as the Isotopes went up 11-6.

Roseboom's K

            Ty Kelly launched another solo blast to make it 11-7 in the 4^th. Dom Smith followed with his second double of the game, but the 51s couldn’t get him home.

Kelly

Smith

            Roseboom had control issues in the 4^th, walking three of the first four batters he faced. The Isotopes only managed two singles in the frame, but they added three runs to make this a 14-7 game.

Smith with the unassisted double play

            The 51s kept clawing their way back with another pair of runs in the 5^th. David Thompson singled Borenstein to third after he worked a leadoff walk, and then Jose Lobaton singled Borenstein home. Matt den Dekker knocked Thompson in with a two out RBI single later in the frame to make it 14-9.

Thompson

Lobaton

den Dekker

            Kelly Secrest took over on the mound for Las Vegas in the bottom of the 5^th, but he couldn’t solve the Isotopes offense either. A HBP and an E5 put Secrest in trouble before he could record an out, and both runners eventually came around to score. Secrest did strikeout two in the frame, but the Isotopes were up 17-9 by the time it was over.

K #1

K #2

            Dom Smith kept the ‘score-every-half-inning’ streak alive with a solo blast in the 6^th to push the 51s score to double-digits.

            Secrest stuck around for the bottom of the 6^th and worked the first scoreless frame of the game.

            The 51s had one last run in their bats and it came during the 7^th, but not before an ejection. Luis Guillorme was called out on strikes to start the frame and he let his frustration with the umpiring be known, which home plate ump John Bostwick did not appreciate. Guillorme’s frustration had built up over the first two games of this series, as he had struck out five times, including three times looking. Gavin Cecchini followed the ejection with a single, went to second when den Dekker reached on catcher’s interference, and then came home on Ty Kelly’s first double of the year. The 51s bats finally ran out of gas after the Kelly double, as the final eight Las Vegas batters of the night went down in order to end the game.

Guillorme got a quick toss after that interaction

Cecchini

Kelly

            Tim Peterson took over for Las Vegas in the 7^th and worked around another E5 for a scoreless frame with one strikeout. Matt den Dekker worked a scoreless inning on the mound in the 8^th, working around a walk and HBP to do something few other actual pitchers had done that night (toss a scoreless frame).

Peterson's K

den Dekker on the mound

            Looking ahead, the 51s will try to bounce back from this wild game and get back in the win column during the finale Thursday afternoon. Chris Flexen is scheduled to make the 2:05 PM ET start for Las Vegas opposite lefty Harrison Musgrave.

On this day in 2017, the Large Area Telescope on board @NASAFermi detected its one-billionth gamma ray after eight years on orbit. This was a thousand times more photons than were seen by its predecessor, EGRET, during its entire 9-year mission. https://t.co/hL7Lqdzyry#OTD pic.twitter.com/bxXdECP3RW

— NASAFermi (@NASAFermi) April 13, 2018