51s Offense Shows Some Life but Can't Overcome Early Deficit

Las Vegas 51s @ Omaha Storm Chasers

August 18, 2014

John Lannan @ Aaron Brooks

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Las Vegas	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3		5	12	2
Omaha	5	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	X		9	13	0

Win: Brooks (10-3, 4.32 ERA); Loss: Lannan (2-2, 6.08 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Erik Goeddel – 1 IP, H, R, SO, 1 GO: 1 FO

Ryan Reid (4.50 ERA) – 1 IP, H, SO, 1 GO

Zack Thornton (3.90 ERA) – 1 IP, H, SO, 2 GO

Chase Bradford (3.89 ERA) – 1 IP, 3 GO

Batters

Anthony Seratelli – 2-4, 2 R, 2B (7), BB

Matt Reynolds – 2-5, 3 RBI (31), SO

Bobby Abreu – 2-4, 2 RBI (11), BB, SO

Kevin Plawecki – 2-4

Allan Dykstra – 2-4, SO

Cesar Puello – 1-3, 2 R, 2B (17), BB, SO

Recap:

            A combination of poor pitching and defense in the 1^st inning put the Las Vegas 51s in a hole too big to climb out of Monday night as they dropped their third straight to Omaha. After winning three out of four games in Iowa to start this road trip, the 51s now must win tomorrow night behind Cory Mazzoni to salvage a .500 road trip. Lannan was hit hard from the start, allowing eight runs off ten hits in just four innings of work. The 51s bullpen fared much better, although Erik Goeddel allowed a run to score in his inning of work, putting the 51s behind 9-2 at the time. The 51s offense had a hit in every inning except the 6^th and 8^th, so they had chances to score, but you can’t expect a team to score on every opportunity. Five 51s players managed multi-hit performances, but the team had only two doubles among their twelve hits, making the offense work station-to-station all night.