Former Mets Prospect Welch Beats Up B-Mets in Game 1

Binghamton Mets @ Portland Sea Dogs

May 21, 2014 – Game 1

Luis Cessa @ Keith Couch

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E	LOB
Binghamton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	8	1	6
Portland	3	0	1	1	0	0	X		5	9	0	8

W: Couch (6-0, 2.39); L: Cessa (0-1, 12.27)

MiLB.com boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Keith Couch – 7 IP, 9 H, ER, BB, 2 SO, 88 pitches, 61 strikes (69%), 28 batters faced, 11 groundouts, 4 fly outs

Batters

Matt Reynolds – 2-3

Matt Clark – 2-3

Dustin Lawley – 2-3, 2B (9), SI

Travis Shaw – 2-3, 2 R, HR (9), RBI (32), BB, SO

Stefan Welch – 2-4, R, 2B (7), HR (2), 3 RBI (19)

Astro’s Play By Play

Recap:

            With six games in four days against Portland and Greg Peavey promoted to Las Vegas, the BMets needed to promote Luis Cessa from St. Lucie for the spot start in game 1 Wednesday night. The converted infielder had been pretty effective for St. Lucie this season, especially over his last three starts (19 IP, 3 ER), but was roughed up in his AA debut. Meanwhile, Portland starter Keith Couch was pretty sharp and as advertised, keeping the ball down in the zone to produce those 11 groundouts, with only one walk against two strikeouts. Hamilton Bennett came in to make his second appearance of the season for the BMets (both in this series), working 2.1 scoreless innings. This game started at 5 PM ET and was over with time to spare before the Mets game – 7 inning affairs have such a different feel.

Astro's PbP for BMets 5-1 loss in Game 1 Against Portland

Binghamton Mets @ Portland Sea Dogs

May 21, 2014 – Game 1

Luis Cessa @ Keith Couch

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E	LOB
Binghamton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	8	1	6
Portland	3	0	1	1	0	0	X		5	9	0	8

MiLB.com boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Keith Couch – 7 IP, 9 H, ER, BB, 2 SO, 88 pitches, 61 strikes (69%), 28 batters faced, 11 groundouts, 4 fly outs

Batters

Matt Reynolds – 2-3

Matt Clark – 2-3

Dustin Lawley – 2-3, 2B (9), SI

Travis Shaw – 2-3, 2 R, HR (9), RBI (32), BB, SO

Stefan Welch – 2-4, R, 2B (7), HR (2), 3 RBI (19)

Astro’s Play By Play

1^st inning

Top

1)   CF Darrell Ceciliani hit a line drive over the head of the CF towards the right-center field gap. D8/L8D

2)   SS Matt Reynolds hit a line drive off the end of his bat into LF for a single. S7/L7S

3)   C Kevin Plawecki hit a medium chopper deep into the SS hole – Gibson fielded it with the backhand and went to 2B just in time for the force. FC6/G56D

4)   DH Matt Clark pulled a grounder into the 2B hole. 41/G4

5)   1B Jayce Boyd lined out to RF. 9/L9

Totals: R, 2 H, 2B, LOBster

Bottom

1)   CF Mookie Betts got HBP on his upper arm. HBP

2)   SS Derrik Gibson hit a chopper over the mound that Tovar fielded in the baseline, so he reached out and tagged Betts for the force out. FC4/G4MS

3)   1B Travis Shaw popped out to shallow left-center that fell just out of the reach of Reynolds. S6/P78S

4)   3B Stefan Welch turned on an inside 95 MPH fastball for a 3R HR down the RF line. HR/9LD

5)   C Blake Swihart grounded out to Tovar. 43/G4

6)   RF Henry Ramos grounded out up the middle. 43/G4M

Totals: 3 R, 2 H, HR, HBP