Matz Magnificent, Dilson Dazzles and Bullpen Barely Holds on Against Altoona (with gifs, Matz pitch breakdown)

Binghamton Mets @ Altoona Curve

June 28, 2014

Steven Matz @ Zack Dodson

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Binghamton	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1		8	13	4
Altoona	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1		7	13	0

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Steven Matz (W, 1-0) – 6 IP, 5 H, BB, 9 SO, 105 Pitches (73 Strikes), 25 BF, 6 GO: 3 FO

Batters

Kyle Johnson – 2-4, 3 R, BB

Dilson Herrera – 4-5, R, HR (1), 5 RBI (9), CS

Xorge Carrillo – 3-4, 2 R

Elias Diaz – 3-5, R, 2B (11), RBI (31), SO

Matt Curry – 2-4, R, 2B (6), BB

Willy Garcia – 3-5, 2 R, 2B (17), RBI (35), 2 SO

Jarek Cunningham – 2-4, R, SO, SB (1)

Steven Matz Coverage

Pitch sequence at the bottom

Table 1 – Pitch count for Steven Matz by inning.

Count (Strikes)	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
Fastball	16 (12)	22 (13)	6 (4)	4 (2)	10 (8)	10 (7)	68 (46)
Change-up	0	1 (1)	1 (1)	2 (2)	7 (7)	1 (0)	12 (11)
Breaking	1 (0)	4 (3)	4 (3)	4 (1)	2 (2)	7 (5)	22 (14)
Unknown	0	0	0	2 (2)	1 (0)	0	3 (2)
Total	17 (12)	27 (17)	11 (8)	12 (7)	20 (17)	18 (12)	105 (73)

Recap with gifs:

            Two of the Mets top prospects were on display Saturday night, as left-handed starter Steven Matz and top-2B prospect Dilson Herrera combined to lead the B-Mets over the Curve. Matz managed nine strikeouts over six shutout innings, while Dilson had three singles and a three-run homerun. Xorge Carrillo added three hits of his own and the bullpen was just good enough to hold onto a big lead that was built up over the first seven innings.

            Quietly having one of the best seasons for the B-Mets, Kyle Johnson led off the game with a single to start a rally.

Johnson singles

            Dilson Herrera followed with a single of his own, advancing Johnson to 3B.

Herrera singles

            Johnson would score on a balk and Dilson would get caught trying to steal 3B – it supposedly wasn’t very close. Matz would work around a one-out single in the first, picking up his first strikeout for the second out of the inning:

Elias Diaz swinging.

Diaz swinging at 0-2

            After the B-Mets went down in order in the top of the 2^nd, Matz struck out the first batter in the bottom of the inning:

Stetson Allie looking.

Allie looking at 1-2

            Matz would then give up a well struck double to Willy Garcia before Andy Vasquez reached on a fielding error by 3B Dustin Lawley – he didn’t field a ball cleanly. Matz would recover to get Jarek Cunningham swinging and Zack Dodson to groundout.

Cunningham swinging.

Cunningham swinging at 2-2

            The B-Mets would scratch out another run in the 3^rd, as Carrillo got the inning started with his first hit of the night.

Carrillo singles on 0-2

            Matz would sacrifice him over in his first professional PA. Good to see him get a bunt down, though he was helped out here by the 3B. He’d lay down another bunt in his next PA, but the catcher was able to pounce on it and get the runner at 2B (Carrillo is not very fast).

Matz picks up his first sac bunt

            After Johnson moved Carrillo over with a groundout to the right side of the infield, Herrera drove him in with his second single of the night.

Dilson with an infield single to drive in a run

            Matz would work around a two-out single in the bottom of the 3^rd and the Mets failed to do anything of interest in the top of the 4^th. Matz would get his only 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the 4^th, striking out the last two batters:

Garcia looking.

Garcia looking at 1-2

Vasquez swinging.

Vasquez swinging at 3-2

            It was Carrillo getting the rally started again in the 5th with his second single of the night.

Carrillo picks up his second single

            Johnson would keep the rally going two batters later with his second single of the night.

Johnson picks up his second single

            Herrera then followed with his first HR since joining Binghamton – it was hard to tell where it landed.

Dilson hits a 3R-HR

            After Matz allowed a leadoff single in the 5^th, he’d get the next two batters to strikeout:

Dodson on a foul bunt attempt with two strikes.

Dodson fails to get a fair bunt down on 1-2

Alen Hansen swinging.

Hansen swinging at 1-2

            Matz would allow a one-out double and walk in his final inning, but recovered to strikeout the final two batters of the inning.

Garcia swinging.

Garcia swinging at 1-2

Vasquez swinging.

Vasquez swinging at 1-2

            The Mets put together another rally in the 7^th. Darrell Ceciliani got things started with a single to RF.

Ceciliani got a rally started with this single

            Carrillo picked up his 3^rd single of the night to follow (below). Tyler Pill would follow with a pinch-hit single to make him 7-13 on the season. A wild pitch with Kyle Johnson at the plate allowed Ceciliani to score. After Johnson walked, a Dilson groundout scored Carrillo from 3B.

Carrillo picks up his third hit of the night

            Dilson picked up his fourth hit with this single in the 9^th.

Dilson singles for his fourth hit of the night 

            Cody Satterwhite came in for the save in the 9^th and end the game with this strikeout.

Satterwhite picks up the save

The Altoona announcer said that the stadium gun is usually 2-3 MPH slow

1^st inning

1.     Alen Hanson (4/P)

a.     Fastball, down and in – ball 1-0

b.     Fastball, belt high and inside corner– strike 1-1

c.      Fastball at the letters

2.     Kelson Brown (S8/F)

a.     Fastball, belt high and outside corner – strike 0-1

b.     Fastball, inside and high, 95 MPH – ball 1-1

c.      Fastball, belt high and outside corner – swinging strike 1-2

d.     Fastball, belt high and outside corner

3.     Elias Diaz (K/Sw)

a.     Fastball, thigh high and outside corner – foul 0-1

b.     Fastball, belt high and outside corner – foul 0-2

c.      Fastball, above the letters and outside corner – couldn’t check his swing

4.     Matt Curry (7/F)

a.     Fastball, belt high and inside corner – foul 0-1

b.     Fastball, thigh high and outside corner – strike 0-2

c.      Fastball, above the letters and way inside – ball 1-2

d.     Breaking ball, above the letters and inside – ball 2-2

e.     Fastball, belt high and inside corner – foul 2-2

f.      Fastball, letters high and outside corner – ball 3-2

g.     Fastball, thigh high and middle in

2^nd inning

1.     Stetson Allie (K/Lo)

a.     Fastball, knee high and outside corner – strike 0-1

b.     Breaking ball, below the knees and inside – ball 1-1

c.      Breaking ball, knee high and outside corner – swinging strike 1-2

d.     Breaking ball, thigh high and inside corner

2.     Willy Garcia (D9/F)

a.     Fastball, letter high and outside, 94 MPH – ball 1-0

b.     Fastball, thigh high and outside corner

3.     Andy Vasquez (E5/G)

a.     Fastball, thigh high and inside corner – foul 0-1

b.     Fastball, letter high and inside corner – ball 1-1

c.      Fastball, letter high and inside corner – swinging strike 1-2

d.     Fastball, above the belt and outside – ball 2-2

e.     Fastball, letter high and outside – ball 3-2

f.      Fastball, knee high over the middle

4.     Jarek Cunningham (K/Sw)

a.     Fastball, belt high and outside corner – swinging strike 0-1

b.     Fastball, knee high over the middle – foul 0-2

c.      Fastball, thigh high and inside – ball 1-2

d.     Fastball, thigh high and outside – ball 2-2

e.     Change-up, knee high and inside corner – foul

f.      Fastball, knee high and outside corner

5.     Zack Dodson (53/G)

a.     Fastball, knee high over the middle – strike 0-1

b.     Fastball, knee high and outside corner – strike 0-2

c.      Breaking ball, belt high over the middle – foul 0-2

d.     Fastball, head high and inside (no intent) – ball 1-2

e.     Fastball, belt high and way outside – ball 2-2

f.      Fastball, belt high over the middle – foul 2-2

g.     Fastball, above the bell and inside – foul 2-2

h.     Fastball, thigh high and outside – ball 3-4

i.       Fastball, thigh high and outside corner

3^rd inning

1.     Hanson (63/G)

a.     Fastball, knee high and outside corner – strike 0-1

b.     Change-up, thigh high over the middle

2.     Brown (9/F)

a.     Fastball, belt high and outside corner – foul 0-1

b.     Breaking ball, thigh high and outside corner

3.     Diaz (S9/L)

a.     Breaking ball, knee high over the middle – strike 0-1

b.     Breaking ball, thigh high and outside corner

4.     Curry (43/G)

a.     Fastball, knee high and inside corner – foul 0-1

b.     Fastball, thigh high and outside – ball 1-1

c.      Breaking ball, letter high and inside – ball 2-1

d.     Fastball, belt high and outside – ball 3-1

e.     Fastball, belt high and inside corner

4^th inning

1.     Allie (13/G)

a.     Breaking ball, below the knees and inside – ball 1-0

b.     Change-up, belt high and outside corner

2.     Garcia (K/Lo)

a.     Unknown, outside corner – strike 0-1

b.     Change-up, knee high over the middle – strike 0-2

c.      Fastball, belt high and inside – ball 1-2

d.     Fastball, knee high and inside corner (Upper 90’s)

3.     Vasquez (K/Sw)

a.     Unknown, below the knees – bunt attempt missed 0-1

b.     Breaking ball, knee high and outside corner – strike 0-2

c.      Breaking ball, thigh high and inside – ball 1-2

d.     Fastball, below the knees and outside – ball 2-2

e.     Breaking ball, knee high and outside – ball 3-2

f.      Fastball, below the knees and inside

5^th inning

1.     Cunningham (S7/L)

a.     Fastball, belt high and outside – ball 1-0

b.     Change-up, belt high and inside corner – strike 1-1

c.      Change-up, knee high and inside corner – swinging strike 1-2

d.     Fastball, letter high over the middle – foul 1-2

e.     Change-up, knee high and outside corner

2.     Dodson (K/Foul Bunt)

a.     Unknown, “high and inside” – ball 1-0

b.     Fastball, belt high over the middle – strike 1-1

c.      Fastball, letter high over the middle – foul 1-2

d.     Breaking ball, thigh high over the middle

3.     Hanson (K/Sw)

a.     Fastball, belt high and outside – ball 1-0

b.     Change-up, knee high and outside corner – swinging strike 1-1

c.      Change-up, knee high over the middle – swinging strike 1-2

d.     Change-up, knee high and outside corner – foul 1-2

e.     Fastball, belt high and outside – foul 1-2

f.      Breaking ball, belt high and outside corner

4.     Brown (7/F)

a.     Fastball, letter high and outside – swinging strike 0-2

b.     Fastball, knee high and inside – swinging strike 0-2

c.      Fastball, belt high and outside – foul 0-2

d.     Fastball, belt high and outside corner – foul 0-2

e.     Change-up, thigh high and inside corner

6^th inning

1.     Diaz (13/G)

a.     Fastball, thigh high and outside corner – strike 0-1

b.     Fastball, belt high and inside

2.     Curry (D8/F)

a.     Fastball, belt high over the middle

3.     Allie (BB)

a.     Breaking ball, belt high and outside corner – strike 0-1

b.     Breaking ball, below the knees and outside – ball 1-1

c.      Fastball, knee high and inside corner – strike 1-2

d.     Fastball, below the knees and inside – ball 2-2

e.     Change-up, below the knees and outside – ball 3-2

f.      Fastball, knee high and outside

4.     Garcia (K/Sw)

a.     Breaking ball, bounced over the middle – swinging strike 0-1

b.     Breaking ball, knee high over the middle – strike 0-2

c.      Fastball, belt high and inside (“under the armpits”) – ball 1-2

d.     Breaking ball, foul – 1-2

e.     Fastball, letter high and outside

5.     Vasquez (K/Sw)

a.     Breaking ball, over the head of a ducking Vasquez – ball 1-0

b.     Fastball, belt high and inside corner – foul 1-1

c.      Fastball, thigh high and outside corner – foul 1-2

d.     Breaking ball, thigh high and outside corner

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