Reading Fightin Phils @ Binghamton Mets
September 9, 2015
Teams
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W: Eflin; L: Pill
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| The Binghamton Mets 2015 Playoff Roster |
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Tyler Pill –
5 IP, 12 H, 7 R (6 ER), 2 BB, 4 SO, HR, 89 Pitches (55 Strikes), 7 GO
Beck Wheeler – 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 GO: 2 FO
Adam Kolarek – 1 IP, H, SO, 1 GO: 1 FO
Josh Smoker – 1 IP, BB, 2 GO: 1 FO
Akeel Morris – 1 IP, 2 H, BB, SO, 1 FO
Zach Eflin – 7 IP, 6
H, 2 R, BB, 4 SO, HR, 91 Pitches (58 Strikes), 7 GO: 6 FO
Tom Windle – 0 IP, H,
2 R (0 ER), BB, 1 GO
Edubray Ramos – 1 IP,
H, 2 SO, 1 FO, 2 IR – 1 S
Jimmy Cordero – 1 IP,
SO, 2 FO
Batters
T.J. Rivera – 1-4, R, GIDP
Josh Rodriguez – 1-4, RBI (1), SO
Vince Belnome – 1-4, R, HR (1), RBI (1), 2 SO
Joe Benson – 2-4, R, RBI (1)
Xorge Carrillo – 1-4
Amed Rosario – 1-4, RBI (1)
Nick Williams – 2-6
J.P. Crawford – 3-4, 3
R, 2 BB
Andrew Knapp – 3-6, 3
R, 2B, GIDP
Brock Stassi – 2-2, 2
R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 3 BB
Cam Perkins – 1-4,
RBI, SF, SO
Dylan Cozens – 2-5, R,
2 2B, 3 RBI, SO
Harold Martines – 3-5,
2B, RBI
Angelo Mora – 2-4, BB,
SO
Recap
The
Binghamton Mets began their opening round playoff series with Reading Wednesday
night at home by taking a 9-4 loss behind Tyler Pill. Pill was also the game
one starter in both playoff series the B-Mets won last year, and he’d allow 5 R
in the first game of last year’s title run, but the B-Mets were able to come
back and win that game. His struggles in this game came against the 2-3-4
batters of the Reading lineup: J.P. Crawford, Andrew Knapp, and EL MVP Brock
Stassi, who nearly hit two three run homeruns off of Pill (settling for just
the one). Those three would go 7-8 with two doubles, a homerun and a walk against
Pill, and they were the driving forces in the two Reading rallies against Pill.
For Reading, Zach Eflin went to
work after being handed a 4-0 lead before he even took the mound. This was his
first start against Binghamton this year, and he induced a lot of bad contact.
Vince Belnome launched Eflin’s only mistake for a solo blast, and the rest of
the hits he allowed were singles. Dylan Cozens also had a nice day at the
plate, providing two RBI doubles as he continues his assault of Binghamton pitching
– he went 4-14 with two homeruns during the 4-game series these two teams
played in “Baseball town” last week.
Beck Wheeler was the first to
relieve Pill, and Reading would tack on a pair of runs against him, but then
Adam Kolarek, Josh Smoker, and Akeel Morris threw scoreless innings to finish
the game.
Check out the scoring details and
game highlights below. This series continues Thursday night at 6:35 PM, with
Robert Gsellman scheduled to pitch opposite Jake Thompson in game two. Jake
Thompson is now the best pitching prospect in the Phillies system (ranked #2
overall by MLB), and he beat the B-Mets on 8/31: he finished the season with a
1.80 ERA in 45 IP after being traded to Philly, with 33 H and a .569 OPS
allowed, and 34 K: 12 BB (166 BF). While Gsellman is not on the same prospect
level as Thompson, he’s arguably the top pitching prospect left in the system
once Matz officially graduates off the rankings and he lost to Reading in his
second AA start: he finished the season with a 2.45 ERA over 51.1 IP, with 43 H
and a .534 OPS allowed, and 21 K: 100 BB (209 BF).
