Arias In Control in Charleston

Savannah Sand Gnats @ Charleston River Dogs

April 26, 2015

Martires Arias @ Home

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Savannah	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1		4	8	1
Charleston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		2	6	1

W: Arias (2-0, 2.12 ERA); L: Kamplain (1-2, 3.58 ERA); Save: Bay (1, 1.80 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Martires Arias – 7 IP, 4 H, 5 SO, 2 HBP, 91 Pitches (62 Strikes)

Cameron Griffin (H, 2, 6.00 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 2 R, BB, 1 FO

Shane Bay – 1 IP, H, SO, 1 GO: 1 FO

Batters

John Mora – 1-4, 2B (2), RBI (9), 2 SO

Wuilmer Becerra – 1-4, 2 SO

Stefan Sabol – 1-3, R, 2B (5), BB, SO

Jon Leroux – 1-4, R, HR (1), 2 RBI (11)

Tomas Nido – 1-4, R, 2B (4)

Vicente Lupo – 1-4, SO

Pedro Perez – 2-4, R, 2 2B (4), RBI (2), SO

Recap

            Martires Arias was in control from the start, and the Sand Gnats bats provided enough punch to hold off Charleston in the series final Sunday evening. Of the 4 hits Arias allowed, three were doubles, although Dustin Fowler was eliminated trying to stretch his first double into a triple. Still, despite getting a few runners to 3B against Arias over the first 6 innings, it never seemed like Arias was in trouble. That change when the first three batters reached in the 7^th, loading the bases with the 6-7-8 batters due up. Arias would recover by striking out Austin Aune, who had doubled off of him in the 5^th, and then getting a groundball to second baseman Jonathan Johnson to start an inning ending 4-3 double play. The River Dogs finally broke through for 2 runs against Cameron Griffin in the 8^th, but Shane Bay came in and shut the door with a strong 9^th. Pedro Perez had a big day for the Gnats, but no one else in the lineup had more than one hit, which made runs harder to come by. But they would be aided by five extra base hits in the game, which you can check out in the highlights below.

Scoring Highlights

            Tomas Nido hit his fourth double of the season with two outs in the 2^nd, but Vicente Lupo couldn’t bring him home.

            Pedro Perez led off the 3^rd inning with his first of two doubles on the day. He’d come around to score when John Mora hit his second double of the season with two outs in the frame.

            Stefan Sabol led off the 7^th with his 5^th double of the season, and then trotted home when Jon Leroux hit his first bomb of 2015.

            Wuilmer Becerra hit a two-out single to advance Luis Guillorme (walk) to 2B in the 8^th, but Stefan Sabol would strikeout to end the threat.

Got a stop watch?

            After Tomas Nido reached 2B on an throwing error by SS Jorge Mateo with one out, Lupo moved him to 3B with a single, and Perez brought him home with his fourth double of the season.

Bonus

            Wuilmer Becerra showing off his defense in RF with this great diving catch, seemingly coming out of nowhere.

5-tool stud

Pitcher Coverage

Martires Arias

            Arias is too advanced/old to stay in the SAL for long, especially if he keeps pitching like this. It was his first start against someone other than Rome, and he was keeping the River Dogs off balance all game with his nice changeup. Heard his fastball between 91 and 93 MPH Sunday, and it probably looks a little faster coming out of the hands of this lanky 6’7” giant.

Arias started his day by striking out Charleston’s second best prospect Abiatal Avelino.

Pulls the string for strike 3

He’d start the 2^nd inning with a strikeout of Connor Spencer, but they didn't show the pitch Jorge Mateo went down swinging leading off the 4^th inning.

With two outs and Austin Aune (double) on 3B in the 5^th, Allen Valerio went down swinging to end the threat.

Arias would get payback against Aune in the 7^th, striking him out with the bases loaded for the first out of the frame.

Shane Bay

            Bay gets the ‘crafty lefty’ label for having a mid-80’s fastball and a mid-60’s curveball. The Bugs Bunny curve was working for him in the 9^th, buckling a lot of Charleston knees, although it’s big loopy shape probably hurt him on some close calls.

Bay would get Aune swinging for the 2^nd out in the 9^th.

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