Hagerstown Suns @ Columbia Fireflies
April 9, 2018
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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Hagerstown
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0
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0
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2
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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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3
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9
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2
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Columbia
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0
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6
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2
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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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X
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8
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16
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3
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W: Debora (W, 1-0,
0.00 ERA); L: Stoeckinger (0-1, 18.00 ERA)
The Stats:
Pitchers
Chris Viall
(2.25 ERA) – 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R (1 ER), 6 K: 2 BB, HBP, 82 Pitches (45 Strikes), 1
GO: 1 FO
Nicolas Debora (W, 1-0, 0.00 ERA) – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 K: 1
BB, 36 Pitches (22 Strikes), 3 GO: 1 FO
Joshua Payne (2.25 ERA) – 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 K, 1 HR, 34
Pitches (19 Strikes), 3 GO: 1 FO
Trey Cobb (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 K, 18 Pitches (13
Strikes), 2 GO
Batters
CF – Edgardo Fermin – 3-5, 2B, RBI, K, CS
DH – Blake Tiberi – 3-5, R, K
LF – Matt Winaker – 1-4, RBI, SF
1B – Jeremy Vasquez – 2-5, R, HR, 2 RBI, GIDP
RF – Quinn Brodey – 0-4, 3 K
3B – Rigoberto Terrazas – 2-4, R, K
2B – Walter Rasquin – 2-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 K
C – Scott Manea – 2-4, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
SS – Giovanny Alfonzo – 1-3, 2 R, 2B, RBI, BB
Recapish
The
Columbia Fireflies took the opener of a three-game series with the Hagerstown
Suns 8-3 at home Monday night. The Cola bats had their best night of the season
so far, connecting for those eight runs on 16 hits, including five doubles and
a homerun. Meanwhile, big (6’9) Chris Viall made his full-season debut for
Columbia and struck out six over four strong innings of work. He had to leave
early due to the early season pitch count limits and a couple of long frames on
the mound, but the Cola pen was more than up for the extra work. Nicolas Debora
earned his first Cola win with two scoreless, and then Joshua Payne and Trey
Cobb wrapped things up over the final three frames.
Chris
Viall was the Mets 6th round pick in 2016 and the 22-year old spent
last season with the Brooklyn Cyclones. He allowed just 35 hits with 58
strikeouts over 46.1 IP across his first two seasons, but he also walked 31
batters during that time, so it’s clear what his problem is. I didn’t get any
velo calls on him during this outing – the audio was barely audible – but he
was reportedly ‘low-to-mid-90’s’
on his fastball coming out of college, with a curve and change.
Viall
started his outing with a quick strikeout of Cole Freeman and finished with two
strikeouts total in the 1st.
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| K #1 |
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| K #2 |
Edgardo
Fermin started the Cola half of the 1st with a single lined back
through the middle but he would be picked off breaking for second base too
early. His pickoff came at a bad time, as Matt Winaker and Jeremy Vasquez
followed with back-to-back singles, and that would’ve been enough to get him
home from first base.
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| Fermin |
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| Winaker |
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| Vasquez |
Viall’s
only perfect frame came in the 2nd, and he added a strikeout of
Yasel Antuna to start the frame.
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| K #3 |
The
Fireflies broke this game open with a six-run 2nd inning. Rigoberto
Terrazas sparked the rally with a leadoff single, went to third on a bunt
single/E1 from Walter Rasquin, and then both runners came home on Scott Manea’s
second double of the year. Giovanny Alfonzo followed with an RBI double of his
own to make it 3-0. Alfonzo went to third on an infield single from Blake
Tiberi and then scored on a Matt Winaker sac fly. Jeremy Vasquez then capped
the scoring with a two-run blast into the right field berm.
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| Terrazas |
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| Rasquin |
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| Manea |
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| Alfonzo |
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| Tiberi |
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| Vasquez |
Viall
might’ve gotten cold as he watched his teammates bat around in the 2nd,
because he came out wild in the 3rd. He issued two walks, uncorked a
wild pitch, and made a bad throw to first on a bunt attempt for an error. The
Suns ended up getting two runs back in the frame before Antuna went down
swinging to end the threat.
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| OF assist from Brodey |
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| K #4 |
Columbia
got both of those runs back in the bottom half of the 3rd to get
their six-run lead back. Rasquin got this rally started with a one-out double
and eventually came around on an E6. Edgardo Fermin connected on an RBI single
immediately after the error, and then ended up on third base after a Tiberi
single, but the Fireflies couldn’t get him home.
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| Rasquin, who went to first 'thinking' he took a HBP earlier in the AB |
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| Fermin |
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| Tiberi |
Viall
was still a little wild when he went back out for the 4th, requiring
25 pitches to deal with five batters. He struck out two of those batters though
and finished his night with a scoreless inning.
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| K #5 |
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| K #6 |
Nicolas
Debora took over for Viall in the 5th and struck out two of the
first three batters he faced. He ran into a first-and-third, one out situation
in the 6th, but induced an inning ending double play to escape the
theat.
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| K #1 |
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| K #2 |
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| Fermin nearly made a great play during his pro first start in CF |
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| 4-6-3 double play |
Fermin
added a third hit when he doubled with two outs in the 5th; Terrazas singled and Manea doubled him to third in the 7th, but neither situation led to a run. Tiberi connected on the final
Fireflies hit in the 8th.
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| Home park ruling on Fermin's double? |
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| Terrazas |
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| Manea with an interesting celebration dance on second base |
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| Tibeir |
Joshua
Payne took over in the 7th and worked two innings of relief. He benefited
from another double play turned in the 7th and struck out Branden
Boggetto in the 8th. However, his outing wasn’t scoreless, as
Kameron Esthay took him deep leading off the 8th to make this an 8-3
game.
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| 4-6-3 double play |
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| K #1 |
It
wasn’t a save situation, but closer Trey Cobb wrapped things up with a
scoreless 9th for Columbia. He struck out a pair and worked around
the third Fireflies error of the game to maintain the five-run lead.
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| K #1 |
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| Weird move from Rasquin didn't work out |
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| K #2 |
Looking
ahead, Columbia will look to clinch a series win behind Marcel Renteria Tuesday
night at 7:05 PM. The flamethrowing
Renteria (last year’s 6th round pick) is making his first pro start
after striking out 17 over 11.1 IP from the Brooklyn pen last year.
Pitcher Coverage
Table 1 – Viall 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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18
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10
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29
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25
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82
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Strikes
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13
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6
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12
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14
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45
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Swinging*
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4
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1
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2
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7
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14
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*17.1% Swinging strike rate
Is the Milky Way growing? Signs point to yes. https://t.co/D0yuZ5OmBW pic.twitter.com/QZWttW5l80— Astronomy Magazine (@AstronomyMag) April 10, 2018
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