Syndergaard Strong, Satin and Vaughn Provide the Offense

Las Vegas 51s @ Iowa Cubs

August 12, 2014

Noah Syndergaard @ Felix Doubront

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Las Vegas	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1		6	12	0
Iowa	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0		5	10	0

W: Bradford (3-1, 3.62 ERA); L: Hatley (2-6, 4.43 ERA); Save: Germen (5)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Syndergaard (4.76 ERA) – 6.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 8 SO, 108 Pitches (68 Strikes), 4 GO: 6 FO

Miguel Socolovich (H, 11, 3.58 ERA) – 0.2 IP, SO, 1 FO, 1 IR – 0 S

Gonzalez Germen (0.59 ERA) – 1 IP, H, BB, 2 SO, 1 GO

Batters

Matt Reynolds – 1-2, R, 2 BB, SAC

Josh Satin – 3-5, 2B (22), 2 RBI (41), SO

Kevin Plawecki – 2-5, R, SO

Cory Vaughn – 2-5, 2 R, 3B (1), HR (4), 2 RBI (19), 2 SO

Recap:

            Noah Syndergaard continued his streak of effective pitching Tuesday night in Iowa, and the 51s held on for a late win in game one. Outside of a long 3^rd inning, Thor was working quickly and effectively all night, pitching until he was too close to his pitch limit to continue. Offensively, Josh Satin and Cory Vaughn carried the load with some huge performances. Vaughn got the scoring started when he tripled in Kevin Plawecki from 1B in the 2^nd, and Satin would provide the go-ahead RBI double in the 9^th to seal the deal. Miguel Socolovich came in to finish off a scoreless 7^th after Thor reached his pitch limit – Thor was allowed to come in and face two batters, walking the leadoff batter before striking out the last batter he’d face. Chase Bradford came in for the 8^th but could not hold onto the lead, taking his first blown save in 27 appearances since joining Las Vegas. Gonzalez Germen was able to hold onto the lead in the 9^th, although he had some trouble to deal with. Germen has been very effective and consistent since returning to Las Vegas.