Albuquerque Isotopes @ Las Vegas 51s
April 28, 2015
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W: Satterwhite (1-0,
10.13 ERA); L: Diaz (1-1, 6.23 ERA)
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Tyler Pill (9.00
ERA) – 6 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 5 SO, 2 HR, 87 Pitches (58 Strikes), 7 GO
John Church (5.40
ERA) – 2 IP, 3 GO: 2 FO
Scott Rice (1.29
ERA) – 0.1 IP, SO
Cody Satterwhite (W,
1-0, 10.13 ERA) – 0.2 IP, H, SO
Batters
Dilson Herrera – 2-5, R, 2B (8), RBI (11)
Darrell Ceciliani – 2-5, R, 2B (4), 2 SO
Alex Castellanos – 1-4, R, HR (7), 2 RBI (19), BB
Johnny Monell – 2-5, R, 2B (2)
Brooks Conrad – 2-5, RBI (1), SO
Travis Taijeron – 3-4
Wilfredo Tovar – 2-4, 2B (4), 2 RBI (4), BB
Recap
The
51s rallied for two runs in the 9th to walk off with a win Tuesday
afternoon and complete the series sweep of Albuqerque. Aside from a string of 6
batters in the 2nd, starter Tyler Pill was at his AAA best, piling
up a high number of groundouts and strikeouts with a good fastball/breaking
ball combo. The 51s lineup was almost back to full strength, and that was more
than enough to over come the big hole Pill left them in early, as they slowly
chipped away throughout the game. The Las Vegas bullpen took over for Pill in
the 7th and continued it’s early dominance with 3 nearly perfect
innings. The strong effort from the pen left the 51s just close enough for
Wilfredo Tovar to be the surprise hero, as he’d drive home both 9th
inning runs with a dunker that landed in front of a diving LFer and bounced
around just long enough for the speedy Kyle Johnson to score from 1B.
Pill
came out looking as sharp as he has with Las Vegas, striking out 3 of the first
4 batters before the trouble started. The next six batters went: groundball
single to LF, walk, HR, HR, single squeaked through into RF, one hopper into
LF. At this point, Frank Viola came out to talk to Pill and suddenly everything
was OK. The first homerun just got over the big wall in left center field, but
the second blast was a no-doubter. After the visit from Viola, Pill would
retire 10 of the next 11 batters, with the only batter reaching on a walk, but
erased off the base paths on a double play. Wilin Rosario greeted Pill with a
hard-hit double in the 6th to break the streak and put Pill in
trouble. Pill was one strike away from escaping the jam unscathed, but Angelys
Nina lined a single into CF to make it a 5-3 deficit. You can’t ignore the big
inning that the Isotopes had off of Pill in the 2nd, but I think the
way he started, and then the way he finished, were both more important results
from today’s outing. He showed that he has a chance to survive the tough PCL,
and that he can make necessary corrections during a start when something is not
working, both of which should help build his confidence moving forward. It
wasn’t quite as successful as the start he made for the B-Mets exactly one
year earlier, but just like in that start, I’m excited to see how he
follows this up.
John
Church gave the 51s two perfect innings and deserves a shout out for the job
he’s done lately. He got charged for 3 runs over 2+ IP in his previous outing
against Reno, but he was perfect over the first 2, and then pushed to go 3 for
the first time since last June. I don’t want to sound like I’m making excuses
for these pitchers, but it’s hard to blame a guy who was tired and isn’t used
to going out to the mound three straight innings – it’s not just the pitch
count, but also all the resting in the dugout while the team hits. Church has
looked as sharp as I’ve seen him the past 10 days, relying mostly on an
improved slider to induce a lot of groundballs. Considering the Mets sent him
to Binghamton out of camp, it’s clear that he’s low on their relief depth
chart, but it’s hard for me not to root for a 23rd round pick who has
slowly worked his way up the Mets organization since being picked in the 2009
draft.
Dilson
Herrera and Alex Castellanos have been insanely hot the past two weeks, and
they were the driving forces behind the run in the 3rd (RBI double
from Dilson), both runs in the 5th (2R-HR from Castellanos), and the
run in the 7th (leadoff single from Dilson, who came around to
score). After starting 0-14 against RHP (with a HBP), Dilson is 14-36 with 6
doubles and a walk (.389/.405/.556) – so much for those concerns about him
hitting RHP’s.
The
51s are off Wednesday, but host Reno for four this weekend, with Steven Matz
scheduled to take the ball in the opener Thursday at 10:05 PM.
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| The walk-off hit |
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