Church Struggles, Mets Drop The Finale In Bradenton

St. Lucie Mets @ Bradenton Marauders

May 4, 2017

Andrew Church @ Pedro Vasquez

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
St. Lucie	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0		4	10	2
Bradenton	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	X		9	12	2

W: Vasquez (2-2, 2.64 ERA); L: Church (1-3, 5.10 ERA)

Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Andrew Church (L, 1-3, 5.10 ERA) – 3 IP, 7 H, 7 R (6 ER), 1 2B, 2 HR, 14 TB, 1 BB, 2 K (2 K/Sw), 2 GB: 5 FB: 4 LD: 3 PU, 75 Pitches (50 Strikes), 3 Swinging, 13 Called, 4% SwStr, 8.1% Whiff/Swing, 25 Pitches/IP, 20 BF

Adam Atkins (3.38 ERA) – 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 3 TB, 2 BB, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 4 GB: 2 LD, 42 Pitches (23 Strikes), 3 Swinging, 8 Called, 7.1% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 21 Pitches/IP, 9 BF

Cameron Griffin (6.48 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 TB, 2 BB, 1 K (0 K/Sw), 1 GB: 1 FB: 3 LD: 1 PU, 40 Pitches (23 Strikes), 0 Swinging, 12 Called, 0% SwStr, 0% Whiff/Swing, 24 Pitches/IP, 9 BF

Johnny Magliozzi (3.12 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 1 GB: 3 FB, 13 Pitches (11 Strikes), 1 Swinging, 5 Called, 7.7% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 9.8 Pitches/IP, 4 BF

Batters

RF - John Mora - 1-5, 1 R, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 6.2% SwStr, 12.5% Whiff/Swing, 3.2 Pitches/PA

1B - Anthony Dimino - 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 4.8 Pitches/PA

DH - Wuilmer Becerra - 1-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 CS, 2.5 Pitches/PA

C - Patrick Mazeika - 1-4, 1 RBI, 3.5 Pitches/PA

3B - Jhoan Urena - 3-4, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 CS, 13.3% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 3.75 Pitches/PA

SS - J.C. Rodriguez - 1-4, 1 K, 1 SB, 5.9% SwStr, 12.5% Whiff/Swing, 4.25 Pitches/PA

LF - Jeff Diehl - 2-4, 1 2B, 1 K, 5.6% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 4.5 Pitches/PA

2B - Vinny Siena - 0-4, 2 K, 17.4% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 5.75 Pitches/PA

CF - Enmanuel Zabala - 1-4, 3 K, 26.7% SwStr, 66.7% Whiff/Swing, 3.75 Pitches/PA

Wuilmer Becerra

Patrick Mazeika

Recapish

            The St. Lucie Mets dropped the series finale in Bradenton 9-4 Thursday night, meaning they take a 3-1 loss for the series. Wild starting pitching was the problem for St. Lucie in the first two games of this series (both losses), but Church was in the strike zone as often as he usually is Thursday night (and that’s often), he just wasn’t throwing quality strikes. The Mets offense knocked out another 10 hits, nearly matching the Bradenton total, but finished with just one extra base hit.

            Church struggled in each of his three frames, and he also allowed a well-struck extra base hit in each frame. Logan Hill provided the first dagger when he hit a three-run homerun for his 7^th blast of the year in the 1s. Kevin Krause made it 5-0 when he hit a two-run homerun in the 2^nd. Finally, and after another error from Jhoan Urena at 3B (his fifth of the series while playing the hot corner), Mitchell Tolman smacked his third double of the year in the 3^rd inning to set up the final two runs scored against Church (which promptly came around to score on a Casey Hughston single). Church struck out Hughston and Hill in the 2^nd, but never really got any traction in this start.

Shaw Shuts Down The Marauders, Mazeika Powers The Mets

St. Lucie Mets @ Bradenton Marauders

May 3, 2017

Joseph Shaw @ Dario Agrazal

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
St. Lucie	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0		6	12	1
Bradenton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		3	8	0

W: Shaw (1-3, 4.85 ERA); L: Agrazal (2-1, 2.95 ERA); Save: Bashlor (1)

Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Joe Shaw (W, 1-3, 4.85 ERA) – 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 2B, 5 TB, 2 BB, 5 K (4 K/Sw), 11 GB: 6 FB: 3 LD, 95 Pitches (61 Strikes), 10 Swinging, 22 Called, 10.5% SwStr, 25.6% Whiff/Swing, 13.6 Pitches/IP, 27 BF

Joshua Torres (3.86 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R (3 ER), 3 2B, 7 TB, 3 K (2 K/Sw), 1 GB: 2 FB: 2 LD, 32 Pitches (20 Strikes), 2 Swinging, 5 Called, 6.2% SwStr, 13.3% Whiff/Swing, 24 Pitches/IP, 9 BF

Tyler Bashlor (S, 1, 4.82 ERA) – 0.2 IP, 2 K (2 K/Sw), 14 Pitches (10 Strikes), 3 Swinging, 3 Called, 21.4% SwStr, 42.9% Whiff/Swing, 21 Pitches/IP, 3 BF

Batters

CF - John Mora - 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 5.3% SwStr, 12.5% Whiff/Swing, 3.8 Pitches/PA

2B - Anthony Dimino - 2-3, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 SB, 1 CS, 5% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA

DH - Wuilmer Becerra - 0-4, 1 R, 1 HBP, 1 K, 20% SwStr, 36.4% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA

C - Patrick Mazeika - 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 10.5% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 3.8 Pitches/PA

1B - Jhoan Urena - 2-4, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 2.75 Pitches/PA

3B - Nick Sergakis - 1-4, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 9.1% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 2.75 Pitches/PA

SS - J.C. Rodriguez - 0-4, 7.1% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 3.5 Pitches/PA

LF - Jeff Diehl - 2-4, 1 K, 5.6% SwStr, 12.5% Whiff/Swing, 4.5 Pitches/PA

RF - Enmanuel Zabala - 1-4, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 1 SB, 7.1% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 3.5 Pitches/PA

Recapish

            The St. Lucie Mets finally overcame their struggles against the Marauders to snap a two-game losing streak behind a dominant Joe Shaw Wednesday night. Shaw turned in his best performance in the FSL to date and became just the second St. Lucie starter to finish the 7^th inning this year. The Mets 4-5 hitters provided the pop to back their hitter up, as Patrick Mazeika and Jhoan Urena combed for three extra base hits and all six runs batted in.

Fireflies Shutout In Opener With Rome

Rome Braves @ Columbia Fireflies

July 15, 2016

Max Fried @ Chase Ingram

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Rome	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	7	0
Columbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	2

W: Caicedo (2-4, 5.12 ERA); L: Ingram (4-9, 5.55 ERA); Save: Graham (4)

Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Chase Ingram (L, 4-9, 5.55 ERA) – 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R (3 ER), 5 TB, 2 BB, 5 K (5 K/Sw), 6 GB: 4 FB: 5 LD: 2 PU, 92 Pitches (59 Strikes), 10 Swinging, 18 Called, 10.9% SwStr, 24.4% Whiff/Swing, 15.3 Pitches/IP, 27 BF

Craig Missigman (2.96 ERA) – 2 IP, 1 H, 1 TB, 3 K (1 K/Sw), 1 FB: 2 LD: 1 PU, 26 Pitches (18 Strikes), 5 Swinging, 7 Called, 19.2% SwStr, 45.5% Whiff/Swing, 13 Pitches/IP, 7 BF

Tyler Bashlor (1.59 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 H, 1 TB, 1 BB, 2 K (2 K/Sw), 1 GB: 1 FB, 26 Pitches (15 Strikes), 4 Swinging, 3 Called, 15.4% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 26 Pitches/IP, 6 BF

Batters

2B - Jean Rodriguez - 1-4, 1 SB, 6.7% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 3.75 Pitches/PA

RF - Tucker Tharp - 1-4, 2 K, 21.4% SwStr, 60% Whiff/Swing, 3.5 Pitches/PA

1B - Dash Winningham - 2-3, 1 K, 9.5% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 7 Pitches/PA

DH - Luis Ortega - 1-3, 1 K, 1 CS, 10% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 3.33 Pitches/PA

Recapish

            The Columbia Fireflies started their weekend series with the Rome Braves by taking a 3-0 loss Friday night. For Columbia, this was just a continuation of their series with Delmarva: fall behind early and then struggle to get any offense going. Just like Joe Shaw on Thursday night, Chase Ingram allowed a big 1^st inning before settling in to provide some quality innings through the end of his night.

            Ingram has been going through some ups-and-downs lately and that clearly continued in this one. His first pitch was a breaking ball that didn’t break but sailed into Ray-Patrick Didder’s back. The next four Rome batters reached on three singles and a walk, which had Ingram down 2-0 before an out was recorded. He allowed a third run to come home on a wild pitch before something clicked and he went into beast mode. He would allow just 3 baserunners after that wild pitch, starting his turnaround with a strikeout of Lucas Herbert.

Fireflies Finally Overcome Early Delmarva Deficit, Lose Anyway

Delmarva Shorebirds @ Columbia Fireflies

July 14, 2016

Ofelky Peralta @ Joe Shaw

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Delmarva	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		8	14	0
Columbia	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		5	6	1

W: Jimenez (7-7, 4.47 ERA); L: Duff (0-1, 11.57 ERA); Save: Turnipseed (13)

Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Joe Shaw (4.87 ERA) – 6.2 IP, 8 H, 5 R (4 ER), 1 2B, 1 HR, 12 TB, 2 BB, 7 K (7 K/Sw), 2 GIDP, 7 GB: 3 FB: 8 LD, 97 Pitches (68 Strikes), 17 Swinging, 12 Called, 17.5% SwStr, 30.4% Whiff/Swing, 14.5 Pitches/IP, 28 BF

Jimmy Duff (L, 0-1, 11.57 ERA) – 2.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R (3 ER), 2 2B, 8 TB, 1 BB, 4 K (4 K/Sw), 6 GB: 1 FB: 2 LD, 43 Pitches (27 Strikes), 9 Swinging, 4 Called, 20.9% SwStr, 39.1% Whiff/Swing, 18.4 Pitches/IP, 15 BF

Batters

2B - Jean Rodriguez - 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2.8 Pitches/PA

C - Brandon Brosher - 2-4, 1 K, 1 SB, 16.7% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 3 Pitches/PA

SS - Milton Ramos - 1-4, 1 R, 2 K, 10% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 5 Pitches/PA

CF - Enmanuel Zabala - 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 4.25 Pitches/PA

Recapish

            The Fireflies dropped their third straight to Delmarva Thursday night, taking a sweep after falling behind big early in all 3 games. Joe Shaw was knocked around for 5 runs (4 ER) in the 1^st inning, and it looked like another long night for the Fireflies pen, but Shaw worked into the 7^th, keeping Delmarva from scoring again until after he left. Columbia then tied the game in the bottom of the 7^th, but recently demoted Jimmy Duff was quick to give that lead back in the 8^th, and the Shorebirds pen swept things up after that.

            Cedric Mullins greeted Shaw with a solo blast to get the game started and give Delmarva a 1-0 lead before an out was recorded. Then the Fireflies got a little sloppy, allowing Yermin Mercedes to reach on an E5, and then come around to score on a pair of wild pitches from Shaw. Delmarva scored their final three runs of the 1^st with two outs in the frame, which proved huge later in the game.