Cavallaro Leads The Way Against Hickory

Hickory Crawdads @ Columbia Fireflies

April 20, 2018

A.J. Alexy @ Joe Cavallaro

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hickory	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	3
Columbia	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	X	6	9	2

W: Cavallaro (2-0, 1.42 ERA); L: Alexy (0-1, 7.15 ERA); Save: Villines (2)

Boxscore

The Stats:

Pitchers

Joe Cavallaro (W, 2-0, 1.89 ERA) – 6 IP, 2 H, 2 R (1 ER), 6 K: 2 BB, 8 GO: 1 FO, 93 Pitches (57 Strikes, 9 Swinging)

Joshua Payne (3.60 ERA) – 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 5 K, 1 GO, 29 Pitches (24 Strikes, 8 Swinging)

Stephen Villines (S, 2, 4.35 ERA) – 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K, 1 GO, 19 Pitches (12 Strikes, 2 Swinging)

Batters

SS – Edgardo Fermin – 1-4, 2B, RBI, BB

2B – Blake Tiberi – 1-4, RBI, BB

DH – Matt Winaker – 1-4, R, 2B, RBI, SF, 2 K

1B – Jeremy Vasquez – 1-4, 2B, RBI

CF – Quinn Brodey – 0-4, BB, K, CS

3B – Rigoberto Terrazas – 1-4

C – Ali Sanchez – 1-3, R, BB, K

RF – Raphael Gladu – 1-2, 2 R, 2 BB

LF – Walter Rasquin – 2-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, K

Recapish

The Columbia Fireflies beat Hickory 6-3 at home Friday night to even their four game series with the Crawdads. Cola starter Joe Cavallaro turned in his third straight strong outing to start the season, striking out six and limited the Crawdads to just two hits and two walks over the first six innings Friday. The Fireflies offense stayed hot with another on base party, as everyone in the lineup reached base at least once, which is something they did multiple times in Greenville.

Cavallaro worked around a catcher’s interference in the 1^st, then tossed a perfect frame in the 2^nd, 4^th, and 5^th innings, and faced the minimum in the 6^th, so it was only the 3^rd inning that gave him problems. He struck out Sam Huff in the 1^st after the catcher’s interference kept the inning alive.

K #1

Quinn Brodey led off with a walk during the Fireflies big 2^nd inning, but he was caught trying to steal second in the frame. Ali Sanchez then worked a walk two batters later, which sparked a little two out rally. Sanchez advanced to second on a Raphael Gladu single and then Walter Rasquin doubled them both home. Edgardo Fermin followed with his fourth double of the year to make it 3-0.

Gladu

Rasquin

Fermin

Cavallaro’s rough 3^rd inning started with back-to-back walks issued on nine pitches. Eric Jenkins followed with a single to left that loaded the bases with nobody out. Cavallaro responded with a strikeout of Miguel Aparacia, but then an E5 fielding error opened the door for the Crawdads first run. A second run came home from Hickory on the next play – a groundout – and then Cavallaro ended the threat with a strikeout of Ryan Dorow.

K #2

K #3

Cavallaro faced the minimum over his final three innings of work, striking out three, inducing four weak groundouts, and finishing his night after a 4-3 double play in the 6^th.

K #4

K #5

K #6

4-3 double play

Ali Sanchez’s second hit was a 4^th inning single. The Fireflies then added a run in the 5^th on back-to-back doubles from Matt Winaker (his second) and Jeremy Vasquez (his fourth).

Sanchez

Winaker

Vasquez

After Cavallaro walked off in the 6^th, the Fireflies went out on got two more insurance runs for the bullpen to work with in the bottom half of the frame. Raphael Gladu started the rally with a walk, went to second on a Rasquin single, up to third on a Hickory error, and then came home on a Blake Tiberi single. Matt Winaker followed with a sac fly to push the Cola lead to 6-2.

Rasquin

Tiberi

Joshua Payne took over on the hill for the Fireflies in the 7^th and struck out two during a perfect frame.

K #1

K #2

Rigoberto Terrazas tied a Fireflies record when he singled in the 7^th to push his hit streak to 11-straight games – David Thompson set the record during the Fireflies inaugural season.

Payne stayed out for the 8^th and added three more strikeouts to his tally, but it wasn’t a perfect frame. He allowed a double to Aparicio and then Melvin Novoa singled him home to make it a 6-3 game.

K #3

K #4

K #5

Stephen Villines wrapped things up on the hill for Columbia with a perfect 9^th, striking out Chad Smith to make it a 12-K night from the Cola pitching staff.

Brodey in CF

Villines K

Looking ahead, the Fireflies will look to gain an edge in this series behind Jake Simon on Saturday. As an aside, since there was no gameday log for this game, I put together an unofficial one that you can refer to below.

Pitcher Coverage

Table 1 – Cavallaro pitch stats by inning

	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	6^th	Total
Total	14	7	29	19	9	15	93
Strikes	11	4	13	13	6	10	57
Swinging*	4	0	1	3	0	1	9

*9.7% Swinging strike rate

1^st inning

1) Eric Jenkins hit a groundout to Tiberi (43/G)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Called strike, 1-1

iii. In play

2) Miguel Aparicio flied out to Brodey (8/F)

i. Called strike, 0-1

ii. Ball, 1-1

iii. In play

3) Melvin Novoa reached on catcher’s interference (CI)

i. Called strike, 0-1

ii. Swinging strike, 0-2

iii. Foul, 0-2

iv. Cather’s interference

4) Sam Huff struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Swinging strike, 1-1

iii. Swinging strike, 1-2

iv. Swinging strike 3

2^nd inning

1) Ryan Dorow hit a groundout to Vasquez (31/G)

i. Called strike, 0-1

ii. In play

2) Chad Smith popped out to Terrazas in foul territory (5/P)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. In play

3) Tyler Ratliff popped out to Sanchez in foul territory (3/P)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Ball, 2-0

iii. In play

3^rd inning

1) Kole Enright walked (BB)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Called strike, 1-1

iii. Ball, 2-1

iv. Ball, 3-1

v. Ball 4

2) Yonny Hernandez walked – Enright to second (BB)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Ball, 2-0

iii. Ball, 3-0

iv. Ball 4

3) Jenkins loaded the bases with a single to left (S7/L)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Called strike, 1-1

iii. In play

4) Aparicio struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Swinging strike, 1-1

iii. Ball, 2-1

iv. Ball, 3-1

v. Foul, 3-2

vi. Foul, 3-2

vii. Called strike 3

5) Novoa reached on a fielding error – Enright scored and everyone else advanced a base (E5/G)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. In play

6) Huff hit an RBI groundout to Cavallaro – Hernandez scored and everyone else advanced a base (13/G)

i. Foul, 0-1

ii. Ball, 1-1

iii. In play

7) Dorow struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. Foul, 0-1

ii. Ball, 1-1

iii. Called strike, 1-2

iv. Ball, 2-2

v. Called strike 3

4^th inning

1) Smith hit a groundout to Tiberi (43/G)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Called strike, 1-1

iii. Called strike, 1-2

iv. Foul, 1-2

v. Foul, 1-2

vi. Ball, 2-2

vii. In play

2) Ratliff struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Called strike, 0-1

ii. Ball, 1-1

iii. Called strike, 1-2

iv. Ball, 2-2

v. Ball, 3-2

vi. Foul, 3-2

vii. Foul, 3-2

viii. Swinging strike 3

3) Enright struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Called strike, 0-1

ii. Swinging strike, 0-2

iii. Ball, 1-2

iv. Swinging strike 3

5^th inning

1) Hernandez hit a groundout to Cavallaro (13/G)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. In play

2) Jenkins hit a groundout to Vasquez (3u/G)

i. Foul, 0-1

ii. Ball, 1-1

iii. Ball, 2-1

iv. Foul, 2-2

v. In play

3) Aparicio hit a groundout to Cavallaro (13/G)

i. Foul, 0-1

ii. In play

6^th inning

1) Novoa struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Called strike, 0-1

ii. Foul, 0-2

iii. Ball, 1-2

iv. Foul, 1-2

v. Foul, 1-2

vi. Swinging strike 3

2) Huff singled to left field (S7/L)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Called strike, 1-1

iii. Ball, 2-1

iv. In play

3) Dorow lined into a double play (43/L)

i. Foul, 0-1

ii. Ball, 1-1

iii. Ball, 2-1

iv. Foul, 2-2

v. In play

Joshua Payne

7^th inning

1) Smith hit a groundout to Tiberi (43/G)

i. Called strike, 0-1

ii. Foul, 0-2

iii. In play

2) Ratliff struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Swinging strike, 0-1

ii. Foul, 0-2

iii. Swinging strike 3

3) Enright struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Called strike, 1-1, 90 MPH

iii. Swinging strike, 1-2

iv. Called strike 3

8^th inning

1) Hernandez struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. Called strike, 0-1

ii. Ball, 1-1

iii. Swinging strike, 1-2

iv. Called strike 3

2) Jenkins struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Called strike, 0-1

ii. Called strike, 0-2

iii. Swinging strike 3

3) Aparicio doubled to right field (D9/L)

i. Foul, 0-1

ii. Ball, 1-1

iii. Ball, 2-1

iv. Swinging strike, 2-2

v. Foul, 2-2

vi. In play

4) Novoa lined an RBI single to RF and ended up on second base (S9/L)

i. Swinging strike, 0-1

ii. In play

5) Huff struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Foul, 1-1

iii. Called strike, 1-2

iv. Swinging strike 3

Stephen Villines

9^th inning

1) Dorow lined out to Brodey (8/L)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Called strike, 1-1

iii. Ball, 2-1

iv. Called strike, 2-2

v. Foul, 2-2

vi. Foul, 2-2

vii. In play

2) Smith struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Foul, 1-1

iii. Ball, 2-1

iv. Called strike, 2-2

v. Ball, 3-2

vi. Foul, 3-2

vii. Swinging strike 3

3) Ratliff hit a groundout to Tiberi (43/G)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Foul, 1-1

iii. Swinging strike, 1-2

iv. Ball, 2-2

v. In play

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