Binghamton Mets @ Akron
Rubberducks
4/28/14
Tyler Pill @ Will Roberts
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The Highlights:
Pitchers
Pill (L, 0-4) – 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO, 86 pitches, 53
strikes (62%), 19 batters faced, 5 groundouts, 3 fly outs
Chism – 2 IP, H, SO, 27 pitches, 15 strikes (56%), 7 batters
faced, 2 groundouts, 2 fly outs
Batters
Matt Reynolds – 3-4, 3B, SO
Like the guy in the Pilgrim-Turkey suit (um?), the B-Mets would fall behind early and never catch up
Recap:
In
the first game of a three-game set in Akron, the Binghamton Mets sent RHP Tyler
Pill against the Rubberducks RHP Will Roberts. Both starting pitchers were
facing the team who beat them in their first start of the season, and while
Tyler Pill was very good for five innings, Will Roberts (W, 3-2) was a little
better over six, striking out seven B-Mets while giving up only two singles, a
triple and a double. The triple was one of three hits on the night for SS Matt
Reynolds, who has been the B-Mets hottest hitter (.389/.464/.458 in 84 PA’s),
having now hit in fourteen straight games (25-52 in that span). Unfortunately
for the B-Mets, the only other, non-Reynolds base runner they would get after
Darrel Ceciliani led off the game with a walk was a single by Cory Vaughn in
the 4th. With the shutout, the B-Mets have been held scoreless in
twenty of their last twenty-one innings, with the exception being a nine-run
outburst Sunday afternoon. The loss brings them to 12-9 on the season, 3rd
place in their division.
This
game was a 1-0 pitcher’s duel from the start, with the B-Mets batters striking
out at least once every inning except the 4th. Tyler Pill led off
the bottom of the 1st with walks to the first two batters, before
getting 3 straight groundballs. Unfortunately, B-Mets SS Reynolds is a little
limited in his range, and just couldn’t get to the first of those groundballs,
leading to an RBI single for Akron 3B Giovanny Urshela. That’s how things would
stay until the bottom of the 8th, when LH relief pitcher Adam
Kolarek would induce ground balls to the first two batters of the inning, which
would both go for errors – one on Lawley, the other on Reynolds (his second of
the game). After a sac bunt and intentional walk loaded the bases with one out,
Kolarek would give up a two-run double on a line-drive into the RF corner.
Kolarek would give up another bases loaded hit 3 batters later, before finally
getting out of the inning by inducing a come-backer to the mound. All 3 runs he
allowed in the inning were unearned.
Tyler
Pill was very sharp after those leadoff walks, striking out the side swinging
in the 4th, and flashing some nice off-speed stuff throughout the
game. He did not look tired in the 5th, but I assume he is on a
pitch count of around 90 this early in the season and was already at 86 after
5. He induced weak contact all night and allowed only 3 hits in what had to be
his best start of the season thus far. Hopefully this is a start Pill can build
some confidence around, as he was looking like a good pitching prospect as
recently as 2012, before a shoulder strain (from a Bennett lesion) caused 2013
to be a lost year, as he only made 4 April starts for Bingo. I am now excited
to see how he follows this up.
Bridging
the gap between Pill and Kolarek was 2 good innings from TJ Chism. He gave up
some solid contact to the first two batters he faced, but then got 2 pop ups, 2
grounders on the infield, and a swinging strikeout to end his outing.
Near
scare with respect to B-Mets C Plawecki in the second, after he took a foul
ball off his arm and had the trainer come to check on him. He would be OK and stay
in the game; he even threw out Akron CF Tyler Naquin trying to steal 2B in the
5th.
The
B-Mets continue their series with Akron Tuesday night with Hansel Robles
scheduled to face off against Kyle Davies at 6:35 PM ET. Robles will be looking
for a bounce back effort coming off a no-decision in his shortest outing last
time out, the first time he had given up any runs this season. Overall, he has
gotten by with a ridiculous 30.6% K-rate so far this season, including a 13.5%
swinging K-rate (compared to 18.2% and 8.7% league averages) – aka 19
strikeouts in 14.2 IP. He’s also yet to give up a HR and only given up 10 hits
so far. Unfortunately, he also has 10 walks early, so that will be something to
keep an eye on. The New York Mets play the Phillies, so we’ll see how much of
this game I get to watch, as my focus will be on 51s scheduled starter Rafael Montero
after the Mets take care of the Phils.
Play By Play
1st inning
Top
1)
Darrell Ceciliani walked.
2)
Brian Burgamy flied out to LF. 7/F7
3)
Matt Reynolds struck out swinging. Ceciliani was
running on the pitch and stole 2B – he had a great jump, Reynolds was kind of
just casually walking in front of the catcher but didn’t interfere.
4)
Matt Clark flied out to deep CF – it was a nice,
running catch at the warning track. 8/F8D
Totals: BB, SB, SO, LOB
Bottom
1)
Tyler
Naquin walked.
2)
Francisco Lindor walked.
3)
Giovanny Urshela hit a medium groundball up the
middle for an RBI single into CF. Lindor was throw out at 3B, Urshela would end
up at 2B. S8/L8
4)
Brian LaHair grounded out to 2B. 43/G4
5)
Joe Wendle grounded out to Clark. 31/G3
Totals: R, H, 2 BB, LOB
2nd inning
Top
1)
Cory Vaughn flied out to RF. 9/F9
2)
Kevin Plawecki struck out swinging.
3)
Jayce Boyd grounded out to 2B. 43/G4
Totals: SO
Bottom
1)
Bryson Myles strikes out swinging.
2)
Tony Wolters hit a hard grounder up the middle
that deflected of the glove of Reynolds. E6/G6M
3)
Jordan Smith got under one to the warning track
in RF. 9/F9D
4)
Ronny Rodriguez popped out to the 1B. 3/P3
Totals: E, SO, LOB
3rd inning
Top
1)
Dustin Lawley struck out swinging on a breaking
ball.
2)
Travis Taijeron struck out swinging on a
fastball at the knees.
3)
Ceciliani hit a medium grounder to 1B on the
first pitch. 3u/G3
Totals: 2 SO
Bottom
1)
Naquin reached out and flared one off the end of
the bat out to LF. 7/F7
2)
Lindor broke hit bat on a flare into shallow RF.
S9/F9S
3)
Urshela hit a liner well out to right-center
field. 9/L89
4)
LaHair hit a hard liner right at Clark. 3/L3
Totals: H, LOB
4th inning
Top
1)
Burgamy hit a medium roller to the left of the
2B, who just had enough range to get the ball, spin and throw onto 1B for the
out. 43/G34D
2)
Reynolds hit a hard liner off the top of the SS,
who had jumped and reached as high as he could to get it but needed another
inch or two. S6/L6
3)
Clark popped out to shallow LF. 7/P7S
4)
Vaughn hit a sinking liner into LF. S7/L7S
5)
Plawecki hit a high fly ball out to CF. 8/F8
Totals: 2 H, 2 LOB
Bottom
1)
Wendle struck out swinging on a breaking ball.
2)
Myles swung through a 1-1 fastball before he
struck out swinging on an 80 MPH 2-2 change-up.
3)
Wolters struck out swinging on a 3-2 off-speed
pitch – was way out in front.
Totals: 3 SO
5th inning
Top
1)
Boyd grounded out to 3B. 53/G5
2)
Lawley struck out swinging on a breaking ball
that just dropped out of the zone – was a nasty pitch.
3)
Taijeron struck out looking at a 92 MPH fastball
on the outside corner.
Totals: 2 SO
Bottom
1)
Smith hit a medium grounder up the middle that
was backhanded by the 2B. 43/G4M
2)
Rodriguez hit a soft chopper behind the mound
that 2B Burgamy charged, but it bounced off his wrist as he tried to rush the
play. S4/G4MS
3)
Naquin hit a medium grounder up the middle that
Burgamy was able to make a diving stop on and flip to 2B for the force out.
46/G4M
*Naquin
was thrown out trying to steal 2B.
Totals: H, CS
6th inning
Top
1)
Ceciliani struck out swinging on a curveball in
the dirt.
2)
Burgamy hit a soft grounder towards the SS hole
that Lindor backhanded. 63/G56
3)
Reynolds hit a line drive into left-center field
that rolled to the wall and he motored around the bases to get into 3B just
ahead of the throw. 3B8/L78
4)
Clark hit a fly ball out to LF that Myley nearly
misjudged badly, but was able to retreat on just in time to make the catch.
7/F7
Totals: H, 3B, SO, LOB
Bottom (Substitution:
T.J. Chism pitching for Binghamton)
1)
Lindor hit a hard grounder into the hole that
Reynolds was able to make a nifty backhanded play on. 63/G56
2)
Urshela flied out to the wall in CF. 8/F8D
3)
LaHair hit a high popup to SS. 6/P6
Totals: 15 Pitches
7th inning
Top (Substitution:
Enosil Tejeda pitching for Akron)
1)
Vaughn struck out looking at a 96 MPH fastball
on the outside.
2)
Plawecki flied out to CF. 8/F8
3)
Boyd struck out looking on a fastball further
outside than to Vaughn.
Totals: 2 SO
Bottom
1)
Wendle hit a high fly ball near the LF line.
7/F7L
2)
Myles hit the first pitch right back at Chism.
13/G1
3)
Wolters hit a soft grounder over the mound that
2B Burgamy took a less than ideal route to get to and his throw to 1B would be
a step too late. S4/G4MS
4)
Smith struck out swinging on an outside pitch –
either a slider or a fastball.
Totals: H, SO, LOB
8th inning
Top (Substitution:
Shawn Armstrong pitching for Akron)
1)
Lawley struck out looking at a big inside
breaking ball.
2)
Taijeron struck out swinging at an inside, 92
MPH fastball.
3)
Ceciliani struck out swinging at a letter-high,
94 MPH fastball
Totals: 3 SO
Bottom (Substitution:
Adam Kolarek pitching for Binghamton)
1)
Rodriguez hit a hard grounder that Lawley
couldn’t handle – it deflected off his glove to the SS. E5/G5
2)
Naquin hit a grounder to Reynolds at SS that he
couldn’t handle and would roll into LF. E6/G6
3)
Lindor hit a sac-bunt to 1B. 34/G3S
4)
Urshela was intentionally walked.
5)
LaHair lined a 2-RBI double to the RF corner.
2B9/L9LD
6)
Wendle grounded out to 2B. 43/G4M
7)
Myles got on base via a HBP.
(Substitution: Justin Toole running for Myles)
8)
Wolters lined an RBI single into LF. S7/L7L
9)
Smith grounded out back to the pitcher. 13/G1
Totals: 3 R, 2 H, BB, HBP, 2 E, 3 LOB
9th inning
Top (Substitution:
Kyle Crockett pitching for Akron)
1)
Burgamy flied out to deep right-center field.
9/F89D
2)
Reynolds lined a single into LF. S7/L7
3)
Clark struck out looking.
4)
Vaughn struck out swinging.
Totals: H, 2 SO, LOB
