Eveland Strikes Out Ten Over Six to Lead 51s to Sixth Straight

Las Vegas 51s @ El Paso Chihuahua’s

 

May 17, 2014

 

Dana Eveland @ Juan Pablo Oramas

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Las Vegas	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0		6	10	2	10
El Paso	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	7	2	6

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Pre-Game screenshot from MiLB.tv of El Paso's new Park

Screenshot MiLB.tv of El Paso's OF

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Dana Eveland (W, 3-1) – 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 ER, BB, 10 SO, HR, 99 pitches, 71 strikes (72%), 27 batters faced, 5 groundouts, 3 fly outs

Zack Thornton (H, 4)– IP, H, 2 SO, 11 pitches, 10 strikes, 1 groundout

Vic Black (S, 6) – IP, 12 pitches, 7 strikes, 2 groundouts, 1 fly out

Jorge Reyes – 2 IP, H, BB, SO, 24 pitches, 15 strikes (62.5%), 7 batters faced, 3 groundouts, 1 fly out

Batters

Cesar Puello – 2-3, 2 R, 2 HBP, 2 SB (4), SO

Allan Dykstra – 1-3, RBI (39), 2 BB

Zach Lutz – 1-3, R, 2 BB, 2B (9)

Xorge Carrillo – 2-5, 2 R, 2B (1), RBI (1)

Brandon Allen – 2-5, R, HR (3), RBI (8)

Jeff Francoeur – 2-4, R, 2B (7)

Astro's Play By Play

Recap:

            The 51s continued their winning ways behind Dana Eveland Saturday night in El Paso. Both offenses were hot and defenses were sloppy early, but things cooled down after the 3^rd as a tight game unfolded. Although charged with four runs, Eveland really only gave up the two hard hit balls – a homerun to Jonathon Galvez in the 1^st and the double to Francoeur off the RF wall in the 3^rd. He ended up with ten strikeouts against one walk, continuing his strong work as a starter for the 51s. El Paso starter Juan Pablo Oramas was not at his sharpest, lasting only three innings, but his defense did not help him any either, committing two errors and dropping a pop up in foul territory while he was on the mound, Buddy Carlyle, Zack Thornton and Vic Black kept the Chihuahua’s off the board the last three innings, preserving the lead for a 6^th straight win – they’ve won 10 of their last 11, all of these promotions have not slowed them down.

Astro's PbP, 51s Win Sixth Straight, Beat El Paso 6-4 Behind Eveland

Las Vegas 51s @ El Paso Chihuahua’s

May 17, 2014

Dana Eveland @ Juan Pablo Oramas

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Las Vegas	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0		6	10	2	11
El Paso	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	7	2	6

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The Highlights:

Pitchers

Dana Eveland (W, 3-1) – 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 ER, BB, 10 SO, HR, 99 pitches, 71 strikes (72%), 27 batters faced, 5 groundouts, 3 fly outs

Zack Thornton (H, 4)– IP, H, 2 SO, 11 pitches, 10 strikes, 1 groundout

Vic Black (S, 6) – IP, 12 pitches, 7 strikes, 2 groundouts, 1 fly out

Jorge Reyes – 2 IP, H, BB, SO, 24 pitches, 15 strikes (62.5%), 7 batters faced, 3 groundouts, 1 fly out

Batters

Cesar Puello – 2-3, 2 R, 2 HBP, 2 SB (4), SO

Allan Dykstra – 1-3, RBI (39), 2 BB

Zach Lutz – 1-3, R, 2 BB, 2B (9)

Xorge Carrillo – 2-5, 2 R, 2B (1), RBI (1)

Brandon Allen – 2-5, R, HR (3), RBI (8)

Jeff Francoeur – 2-4, R, 2B (7)

Play By Play

1^st inning

Top

1)   CF Cesar Puello looped a single into CF. S8/L8

*Puello stole 2B.

2)   2B Josh Satin struck out looking at an outside corner-breaking ball – 3 pitches. K/Lo

3)   1B Allan Dykstra dribbled one towards behind the mound that was handled by a charging 2B. 43/G4MS

4)   RF Andrew Brown popped one into shallow LF that was dropped by the SS – he was waiting on it and had two hands ready. E6/P7S

5)   3B Zach Lutz hit one sharply to the backhand of the 3B, who threw to 2B to end the inning. 54/G5

Totals: R, H, SB, E, SO, LOBster

Bottom

1)   CF Rico Noel flied out to RF. 9/F9

2)   3B Jonathon Galvez golfed a HR to LF – into the Peter Piper Pizza Porch. HR/7D

3)   2B Brooks Conrad struck out swinging. K/Sw

4)   LF Tommy Medica hit a liner that was flagged down by a leaping Danny Muno at the edge of the grass. 6/L6D

Totals: R, H, HR, SO

Wilmer Flores Stays Hot and Bullpen Holds on After Hour+ Rain Delay

Las Vegas 51s @ Salt Lake Bees

May 6, 2014

Dana Eveland @ Jarrett Grube

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Las Vegas	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		7	8	1	3
Salt Lake	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0		6	11	0	5

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The Highlights:

Pitchers

Goeddel – 1 IP, BB, SO, 21 pitches, 12 strikes, 4 batters faced, 1 groundout

Carreno – 2.1 IPm 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 44 pitches, 32 strikes, 11 batters faced, 2 fly outs (Shouldn’t he be the pitcher of record, having finished the 5^th?)

Edgin – 1 IP, 2 SO, 12 pitches, 10 strikes, 1 groundout

Black – 1 IP, 3 H, 20 pitches, 12 strikes, 5 batters faced, 1 groundout, 1 fly out

Batters

Campbell – 2-5, 2 R, SO

FloreSS – 2-4, 2 R, 4 RBI (23), 2B, (4), HR (5), E (7, throw) – more details on the throwing error when I’ve seen the replay

Dykstra – 1-2, R, 2 RBI (26), HR (4), 2 BB

Centeno – 3-4, 2 R, RBI (9), HR (1)

Play By Play

Recap:

            

The 51s got back to their winning ways Tuesday night in the opener of a four game series against the bees. Neither starter was having a particularly strong outing through the first 3.5 innings, at which point the rain was coming down too hard to keep playing. After over an hour delay, both starters were out of the games and the 51s would pounce out to a lead thanks to a 3-run homerun from SS Wilmer Flores, his 4^th homerun of the road trip (4 games). The 51s bullpen was able to hold onto the lead, with Josh Edgin coming in for an impressive 8^th and Vic Black holding on for the save in the 9^th.

            Flores would get the scoring started in the 1^st inning, doubling in Eric Campbell with a liner into the left-center field gap. He would score on an absolute bomb of a HR from Allan Dykstra, who hit it out over the wall in RF. Juan Centeno would tack on a run in the top of the 2^nd with a solo shot that just got over the RF wall, his third professional homerun in 1,219 professional plate appearances – within a week Wilfredo Tovar hitting a homerun for Binghamton! After a strong 1^st inning, Dana Eveland gave up a couple of hard hits in the bottom of the 2^nd, including a 2-run homerun to Luis Martinez. Eveland would give up another couple of hard hits in the bottom of the 3^rd, including another 2-run homerun, this time to Roberto Lopez. Bees starter Jarrett Grube actually settled in after the rough inning, retiring eleven of the final thirteen 51s hitters he would face.

            Erik Goeddel was the first out of the 51s bullpen after the rain delay and looked good, but he took a ball off the foot for the third out of the inning and obviously did not come back for a second inning. Haven’t heard anything about him yet, so hopefully it was more precautionary. Josh Edgin looked the best he has all season, getting the last two swinging on nasty breaking balls at the bottom of the zone. Shawn O’Malley got a hustle double with one out in the 9^th on a liner towards the RF line. Unfortunately for the Bees, O’Malley tried to push the envelope and was thrown out trying to steal 3B, thanks to a nice throw from Juan Centeno. On the one hand, it increases the probability of scoring at least one run by nearly 26%, but on the other hand, he could score on most hits to the OF, and the next two batters were able to get singles up the middle. Black would finish the game by getting Efren Navarro to fly out to CF.

            Looking ahead, the 51s send Jacob ∂eGrom to the hill Wednesday night opposite Bees starter Matt Shoemaker. Shoemaker got the win in his last start despite allowing ten hits in 6.2 IP. ∂eGrom is coming off a win in what was an overall very strong start against Reno his last time out, with rumors swirling around Queens that a promotion to the Mets bullpen is only weeks away for him. Game time scheduled for 8:35 PM ET and can be watched on MiLB.tv for users or listened to with MiLB.com radio feeds for free. If you’re interested in 51s coverage, Russ Langer does a great job of calling the games on the streams mentioned.

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