Suns Get Revenge With Offensive Explosion Against Columbia In Game Two

Hagerstown Suns @ Columbia Fireflies

April 10, 2018

Brigham Hill @ Marcel Renteria

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

W: Braymer (1-0, 0.00 ERA); L: Renteria (0-1, 8.31 ERA)

Boxscore

The Stats:

Pitchers

Marcel Renteria (L, 0-1, 8.31 ERA) – 4.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R (4 ER), 6 K: 2 BB, HR, HBP, 4 GO: 2 FO, 83 Pitches (50 Strikes, 15 Swinging)

Cannon Chadwick (7.36 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K: 2 BB, 2 GO, 26 Pitches (15 Strikes, 4 Swinging)

Darwin Ramos (15.75 ERA) – 2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 K: 2 BB, 2 GO: 2 FO, 42 Pitches (23 Strikes, 4 Swinging)

Carlos Hernandez (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K: 1 BB, 1 GO, 9 Pitches (5 Strikes, 1 Swinging)

Batters

SS – Edgardo Fermin – 0-4, 2 K, GIDP

2B – Blake Tiberi – 1-4, RBI, K

LF – Matt Winaker – 1-4, RBI, K

C – Scott Manea – 1-3, R, BB, K

DH – Quinn Brodey – 1-4, 2 K

3B – Rigoberto Terrazas – 1-4, RBI, 2 K

CF – Raphael Gladu – 0-4, 4 K

RF – Gio Alfonzo – 1-4, R

1B – Jay Jabs – 0-2, R, BB, HBP

Recapish

One night after the Fireflies offense exploded for a season high eight runs in an easy win over Hagerstown, the Suns offense came alive for a season high nine runs for an easy win over Columbia. While nine runs is definitely a team effort, the Suns have one player to thank for most of that offense: 19-year old Juan Soto, the second best prospect in the Nationals system. Soto reached base all five times he came to the plate, finished a triple shy of the cycle, hit a 434’ homerun (over an 18’ wall), smoked all three of his hits, scored twice and knocked in six runs – he didn’t just steal the show, he was the show. Cola starter Marcel Renteria came out of the gate strong in his first pro start before running into control problems in the 3^rd and then allowing a two-run homerun (that knocked him out of the game) in the 5^th.

Marcel Renteria was the Mets 6^th round pick in last year’s draft and is known for his fastball, which was clocked as high as 99 MPH in college. His fastball was sitting in the low-90’s during this one – per the Cola announcers – and he mixed in a fair number of sliders and changeups, with most of his pitches thrown down in the zone. All three of those pitches were getting swinging strikes throughout the start, except for when he was struggling through most of the 3^rd.

Renteria started his night by striking out a pair and working around a pair of base runners over the first two innings.

Gladu in CF

K #1

Fermin at shortstop

K #2

Fermin

After his hot start, Scott Manea was bumped up to the cleanup spot in the lineup and started his night with a single through the middle in the 2^nd.

Renteria came out wild to start the 3^rd inning, hitting the first batter he saw and throwing just five of his first thirteen pitches in the frame for strikes. His problems were made worse after the HBP because Jay Jabs dropped the ball on a sac bunt attempt, which put runners on the corners with no outs for the heart of the Hagerstown lineup. Yasel Antuna followed with an RBI double and then Juan Soto made this a 3-0 game with a two-run single through the middle. After a quick mound visit from Jonathan Hurst, Renteria settled down and quickly retired the next three batters, adding two more strikeouts to his tally in the process.

The HBP maybe shouldn't have been.... he's standing on the plate when hit and still offering at the pitch

Soto

K #3

K #4

Renteria added a strikeout of Armond Upshaw during a scoreless 4^th.

K #5

Ended the inning

The Fireflies worked some two out magic to get one of those runs back in the bottom of the 4^th. After Manea worked a walk, Quinn Brodey and Rigoberto Terrazas followed with back-to-back singles to get him around and in for a run.

Brodey

Terrazas

Renteria then started the 5^th with a strikeout before the duo of Antuna and Soto struck again. Antuna worked a walk and Soto crushed his mammoth homerun to center field to make this a 5-0 game.

K #6

Soto with a mammoth shot

Cannon Chadwick took over at that point and finished the 5^th with a strikeout of Kameron Esthay.

Manea makes the play

K #1

The Fireflies showed they still had some fight left in them in the bottom of the 5^th when they put together a two-run rally. Gio Alfonzo reached on an E6, went to second on a Jay Jabs walk, up to third on a wild pitch, and then came home on a Blake Tiberi single. After a pitching change, Matt Winaker came up and stroked another RBI single to make this a 5-3 game. Unfortunately, that was about all the fight the Cola bats had left in them, as they managed just one more hit the rest of the way: a 9^th inning single for Alfonzo that led to nothing.

Tiberi

Winaker

Alfonzo in the 9^th

Chadwick stuck around for the 6^th and struck out Upshaw during a scoreless frame.

K #2

He gave way to Darwin Ramos in the 7^th and Ramos’ early season struggles continued over two long innings. Ramos struck out two of the first three batters he saw, but he also walked two in the 7^th, and both walks came home on a two-run single off the bat of Esthay. Similarly, Ramos retired two of the first three batters he faced in the 8^th before allowing a pair of two-out runs in the frame. This time it was Mr. Juan Soto who provided the blow, smacking a two-run double into the right field corner to make this a 9-3 game.

K #1

K #2

Soto

Carlos Hernandez wrapped things up on the mound for Columbia with a scoreless 9^th in his season debut. The 23-year old Hernandez was one of the most effective starters in the Kingsport rotation last year and is in his fifth season within the Mets system. He struck out Esthay during a very quick inning.

Looking ahead, the Fireflies will try to avoid falling below .500 Wednesday night in the rubber match of this series. Tony Dibrell (0-0 0.00 ERA) is scheduled to take the hill for his second start of 2018, with first pitch scheduled for 7:05 PM.

Pitcher Coverage

Table 1 – Renteria pitch stats by inning

	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	Total
Total	17	12	29	14	11	83
Strikes	11	9	15	9	6	50
Swinging*	3	3	2	4	3	15

*18.1% Swinging strike rate

1^st inning

1) Cole Freeman flied out to Gladu (8/F)

i. In play

2) Yasel Antuna struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Called strike, 1-1

iii. Called strike 1-2

iv. Foul, 1-2

v. Swinging strike 3

3) Juan Soto walked (BB)

i. Swinging strike, 0-1

ii. Ball, 1-1

iii. Foul, 1-2

iv. Ball, 2-2

v. Ball, 3-2

vi. Ball 4

4) Anderson Franco hit a force out to Fermin (64/G)

i. Foul, 0-1

ii. Swinging strike, 0-2

iii. Ball, 1-2

iv. Foul, 1-2

v. In play

2^nd inning

1) Luis Garcia hit a groundout to Tiberi (43/G)

i. Swinging strike, 0-1

ii. Swinging strike, 0-2

iii. Foul, 0-2

iv. In play

2) Kameron Esthay struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Foul, 1-1

iii. Called strike, 1-2

iv. Ball, 2-2

v. Swinging strike 3

3) Nick Banks lined a single into CF (S8/L)

i. In play

4) Alejandro Flores hit a groundout to Fermin (63/G)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. In play

3^rd inning

1) Armond Upshaw was hit by a pitch (HBP)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. HBP

2) Freeman gets credit for a sac bunt and reaches on a missed catch error for Jay Jabs – Upshaw to third (53/SAC -> E3)

i. In play

3) Antuna lined an RBI double into CF – Freeman to third (D8/L)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Ball, 2-0

iii. Foul, 2-1

iv. Ball, 3-1

v. In play

4) Soto smoked a two-run single back through the middle (S8/L)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Called strike, 1-1

iii. Ball, 2-1

iv. Ball, 3-1

v. In play

Mound visit

5) Franco struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. Swinging strike, 0-1

ii. Called strike, 0-2

iii. Ball, 1-2

iv. Foul, 1-2

v. Foul, 1-2

vi. Ball, 2-2
*Passed ball, Soto to second base

vii. Foul, 2-2

viii. Ball, 3-2

ix. Called strike 3

6) Garcia flied out to Gladu (8/F)

i. In play

7) Esthay struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Called strike, 1-1

iii. Ball, 2-1

iv. Swinging strike, 2-2

v. Ball, 3-2

vi. Called strike 3

4^th inning

1) Banks flared a single to LF (S7/F)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Foul, 1-1

iii. Ball, 2-1

iv. Foul, 2-2

v. In play

2) Flores popped out to Fermin (6/P)

i. Swinging strike, 0-1

ii. In play

3) Upshaw struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Swinging strike, 1-1

iii. Ball, 2-1

iv. Swinging strike, 2-2

v. Foul, 2-2

vi. Swinging strike 3

4) With Freeman batting, Banks left way too early and was caught stealing second (CS/1-6)

i. Ball, 1-0

5^th inning

1) Freeman struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Swinging strike, 1-1

iii. Called strike, 1-2

iv. Swinging strike 3

2) Antuna walked (BB)

i. Swinging strike, 0-1

ii. Ball, 1-1

iii. Ball, 2-1

iv. Foul, 2-2

v. Ball, 3-2

vi. Ball 4

3) Soto hit a two-run homerun to CF (HR/F)

i. In play

Cannon Chadwick took over

4) Franco walked (BB)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Swinging strike, 1-1

iii. Ball, 2-1

iv. Ball, 3-1

v. Foul, 3-2

vi. Ball 4

5) Garcia advanced Franco with a sac bunt (23/SAC)

i. In play

6) Esthay struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Called strike, 0-1

ii. Swinging strike, 0-2

iii. Ball, 1-2

iv. Foul, 1-2

v. Swinging strike 3

6^th inning

1) Banks walked (BB)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Ball, 2-0

iii. Ball, 3-0

iv. Ball 4

2) Flores popped out to Tiberi (4/P)

i. Called strike, 0-1

ii. Ball 1-1

iii. Foul, 1-2

iv. In play

3) Upshaw struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. Swinging strike, 0-1

ii. Foul, 0-2

iii. Called strike 3

4) Freeman hit a force out to Fermin (64/G)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Called strike, 1-1

iii. In play

Darwin Ramos

7^th inning

1) Antuna struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Foul, 1-1

iii. Swinging strike, 1-2

iv. Ball, 2-2

v. Swinging strike 3

2) Soto walked (BB)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Ball, 2-0

iii. Foul, 2-1

iv. Ball, 3-1

v. Called strike, 3-2

vi. Ball 4

3) Franco struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Called strike, 0-1

ii. Foul, 0-2

iii. Swinging strike 3

4) Garcia walked (BB)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Ball, 2-0

iii. Ball, 3-0

iv. Ball 4

5) Esthay lined a two-run single into CF (S8/L)

i. Swinging strike, 0-1

ii. Foul, 0-2

iii. Ball, 1-2
*Wild pitch allows both runners to move up a base

iv. In play

6) Banks flied out to Winaker (7/F)

i. In play

8^th inning

1) Flores flied out to Gladu (8/F)

i. In play

2) Upshaw reached on an infield single (S5/G)

i. Called strike, 0-1

ii. Ball, 1-1

iii. Foul, 1-2

iv. Ball, 2-2

v. Ball, 3-2

vi. In play

3) Freeman hit a force out to Terrazas (54/G)

i. In play

4) Antuna singled to RF – Freeman to second (S9/L)

i. Called strike, 0-1

ii. Ball, 1-1

iii. In play

5) Soto hit a two-run double to RF and ended up on third after an E9 (D9/F -> E9)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. In play

6) Franco hit a groundout to Terrazas (53/G)

i. Foul, 0-1

ii. Ball, 1-1

iii. Foul, 1-2

iv. Ball, 2-2

v. Ball, 3-2

vi. In play

Carlos Hernandez

9^th inning

1) Garcia lined out to Tiberi (4/L)

i. In play

2) Esthay struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Foul, 0-1

ii. Foul, 0-2

iii. Swinging strike 3

3) Banks walked (BB)

i. Ball, 1-0

ii. Ball, 2-0

iii. Ball, 3-0

iv. Ball 4

4) Flores hit a groundout to Tiberi (43/G)

i. In play

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