Las Vegas 51s @ El Paso Chihuahuas
April 14, 2018
P.J. Conlon @ Kyle Lloyd
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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Las
Vegas
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3
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4
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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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0
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0
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7
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11
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2
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El
Paso
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0
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0
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4
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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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X
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11
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12
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0
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W: Aro (2-1, 2.57
ERA); L: McGowan (0-1, 4.50 ERA)
The Stats:
Pitchers
P.J. Conlon
(6.75 ERA) – 3.1 IP, 7 H, 7 R (6 ER), 3 K: 1 BB, 70 Pitches (45 Strikes), 5 GO:
2 FO
Kevin McGowan (L, 0-1, 4.50 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 K: 1
BB, 27 Pitches (15 Strikes), 2 GO, 2 IR – 0 S
Matt Purke (13.50 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 K: 2 BB, 31
Pitches (16 Strikes), 1 FO
Tim Peterson (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K, 16 Pitches (9
Strikes)
Drew Smith (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K: 1 BB, 29
Pitches (15 Strikes), 2 GO
Batters
CF – Patrick Biondi – 1-4, 2 R, BB, K
2B/SS – Ty Kelly – 2-4, 2 R, BB, K
1B – Dominic Smith – 1-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, K
RF – Zach Borenstein – 3-5, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 K
LF – Bryce Brentz – 0-5, 2 K, GIDP
3B/2B – Phillip Evans – 1-5, 2 K
SS – Luis Guillorme – 1-1, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB
PH – Matt Oberste – 0-1, K
C – Colton
Plaia – 1-4, 2 K
SP – P.J. Conlon – 1-2, R, K
3B – David Thompson – 0-2, K
Recapish
The
Las Vegas 51s jumped ahead big early in El Paso Saturday night only to be
rudely reminded that no lead is safe in the PCL, as the Chihuahuas came back
from down seven to take an 11-7 win over the 51s in game two of this four game
set. 51s starter P.J. Conlon was perfect over the first two innings while his
teammates built up a 7-0 lead, but then El Paso started smacking him around in
the 3rd and knocked him out in the 4th. It was as if
someone turned a switch that controlled offense before the 3rd
inning after accidentally leaving it pointing at the 51s over the first two
innings. The 51s bats went quiet after the 2nd and El Paso exploded
for eleven runs against three 51s pitchers over the next four innings.
The
first four Las Vegas batters of the game reached safely on three singles and
walk, which gave the 51s a 1-0 lead and put them in a bases loaded, nobody out
situation. They almost didn’t add on thanks to back-to-back strikeouts, but
then Luis Guillorme connected on a two-run single to make this a 3-0 game.
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| Biondi |
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| Kelly |
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| Borenstein |
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| Guillorme |
As
I mentioned, P.J. Conlon was sharp over the first two innings, striking out a
pair while allowing zero base runners.
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| K #1 |
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| K #2 |
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| Borenstein in RF |
Conlon
sparked the 51s 2nd inning rally with a leadoff single through the
middle. Dom Smith came up three batters later with the bases loaded and brought
home two with another Las Vegas single to center field. Lefty Zach Borenstein
followed with a two-run double, which put the 51s up 7-0 and seemingly in
control of this game.
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| Conlon |
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| Smith |
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| Borenstein |
Ty
Kelly singled against a new El Paso pitcher in the 3rd, but the
Chihuahuas staff was done giving up runs for the night.
The
whole tone of this game changed in the 3rd when El Paso put up a
four run inning and it all started with a leadoff triple from Javy Guerra.
Guerra quickly came home on a single and two outs later it looked like that was
all El Paso would get in the frame. But then Conlon walked Travis Jankowski,
which kept the inning alive for the heart of El Paso’s lineup. Franmil Reyes
and Nick Schulz followed with back-to-back run scoring hits to make this a 7-4
game before Conlon could finally escape the jam with a strikeout.
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| Guerra |
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| K #3 |
Phil
Evans connected on a two out single in the top of the 4th for Las
Vegas.
The
bottom of the 4th inning was a mess, but P.J. Conlon might’ve made
it through the frame with a lead if not for a pair of errors behind him. Conlon
allowed three straight hits to start the frame, including an RBI triple to Javy
Guerra. With two runs in and a runner on first, El Paso was willing to trade an
out (via bunt) in order to advance the runner. Unfortunately, Colton Plaia made
a throwing error after fielding the bunt, so everyone was safe. After Conlon
finally got the first out of the frame, the tying run came home on a rare error
from shortstop Luis Guillorme, which led to Conlon’s departure. Had both those
errors been converted into outs, Conlon would’ve escaped the frame with a 7-6
lead and handed things off to his bullpen. But they didn’t, so Kevin McGowan
took over for Conlon and ended the frame in a 7-7 tie.
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| Guerra |
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| 1-2-3 double play |
McGowan
was able to clean up Conlon’s mess but then ran into his own mess in the 5th.
He allowed a double and two-out RBI single, which gave El Paso their first
lead.
Matt
Purke took over in the 6th and his early season struggles continued.
Purke did strikeout a pair in the frame, but allowed three runs in between
those strikeouts, which gave El Paso the 11-7 lead they won by.
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| K #1 |
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| K #2 |
Colton
Plaia and Zach Borenstein each added a single for Las Vegas over the final
three innings, but neither made it beyond first base.
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| Plaia |
Tim
Peterson took over for Purke in the 7th and struck out the side.
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| K #1 |
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| K #2 |
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| K #3 |
Drew
Smith took over for Peterson in the 8th and worked around two out
trouble for a scoreless frame.
Looking
ahead, the 51s will give the ball to Mickey Jannis Sunday as they look to gain
a 2-1 edge in this four game set.
Pitcher Coverage
Table 1 – Conlon pitch stats by inning
1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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Total
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Total
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11
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16
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25
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18
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70
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Strikes
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8
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9
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16
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12
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45
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Swinging*
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1
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2
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5
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0
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8
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*11.4% Swinging strike rate
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