Cessa Starts 2015 with a BANG for Bingo

Binghamton Mets @ Akron Rubber Ducks

April 12, 2015

Luis Cessa @ Mike Clevinger

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Binghamton	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3		6	10	0
Akron	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	1

W: Cessa (1-0, 0.00 ERA); L: Clevinger (0-1, 1.50 ERA); S: Wheeler (1, 9.00 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Luis Cessa – 7 IP, 1 H, 8 SO, 5 GO: 4 FO, 78 Pitches (58 Strikes)

Beck Wheeler – 2 IP, H, 2 R, 2 BB, 3 SO, 1 GO: 1 FO

Batters

Jared King – 1-5, R, 2B (1), RBI (2), SO

Brandon Nimmo – 1-5, R, HR (1), RBI (2), SO

T.J. Rivera – 2-4, RBI (3), CS

Jayce Boyd – 1-3, BB

Dustin Lawley – 1-4, SO

Gavin Cecchini – 1-4, R, 3B (1), 2 RBI (3), SO

Gilbert Gomez – 2-4, R, 2B (1), 3B (1), RBI (1)

Recap:

            Binghamton got another great pitching performance from their starting rotation Sunday afternoon, and this was the best yet. Luis Cessa faced the minimum over his 7 innings, slicing through the Akron lineup like a knife through warm butter, and finishing with 8 strikeouts and only the one hit allowed – another start that might’ve become a complete game shutout for the starter if it were mid-June and they had no pitch counts. Cessa’s fastball was sitting 93-95 MPH throughout the start, and he hit 96 MPH a few times per announcer Tim Heiman. For the third straight game, these two teams were scoreless after 5, and for the third straight game, the B-Mets broke through with a run in the 9^th. This time it was Brandon Nimmo providing the offense with a solo blast, his first hit of the season. Beck Wheeler made his AA debut in relief of Cessa, and he stayed on for a 2^nd inning after the Mets added 3 runs in the 9^th. The B-Mets head to Erie Monday, where John Gant will make his first career AA start at 6:35 PM with coverage on MiLB.tv.

Offense Highlights

            The B-Mets managed only one hit through the first 5 innings of Sunday’s game, this Jayce Boyd single leading off the 2^nd.

            Nimmo broke the scoreless tie and his season hitless streak when he launched this blast with one out in the 6^th.

            Gilbert Gomez picked up his first AA hit in the 8^th, this double into the LF corner.

            Jared King would bring him home with this double to RF.

            The B-Mets would add one more insurance run in the 8^th when T.J. Rivera came through with this big 2-out hit.

            Dustin Lawley and Josh Rodriguez got the 9^th started with back-to-back singles to put runners on the corners for Xorge Carrillo. Carrillo grounded into a fielder’s choice, as Akron had the infield drawn in and came home to get Lawley. However, Gavin Cecchini would pick up the slack and clear the bases with this two-run triple.

            Gomez would follow with his second extra base hit in as many innings, this triple into the left-center field gap.

Cessa Coverage

1^st inning

            Cessa came out working quickly and attacking the zone.

Total: 8 Pitches, 7 Strikes

2^nd inning

95 MPH

96 MPH

96 MPH

           

Total: 3 SO, 15 Pitches, 10 Strikes

3^rd inning

            Won a 9-pitch battle for the 3^rd out of the inning.

Total: 2 SO, 19 Pitches, 14 Strikes

4^th inning

            The only hit Cessa allowed Sunday was a one-out single up the middle in the 4^th, and it was off the end of the Akron batters bat.

Total: H, 7 Pitches, 6 Strikes

5^th inning

           

Total: SO, 10 Pitches, 8 Strikes

6^th inning

96 MPH

           

Total: 2 SO, 14 Pitches, 10 Strikes

7^th inning

            The Akron manager must have been livid after such a quick inning from Cessa to end his day.

Total: 5 Pitches, 3 Strikes

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