51s Can't Hold Onto A Lead In Reno

Las Vegas 51s @ Reno Aces

July 25, 2015

Luis Cessa @ Justin Marks

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Las Vegas	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		5	11	1
Reno	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	X		8	11	1

W: Stites (1-1, 1.76 ERA); L: Church (4-2, 4.94 ERA)

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The Highlights:

Pitchers

Luis Cessa (8.84 ERA) - 6 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 6 SO, 2 HR, 89 Pitches (60 Strikes), 9 GO: 1 FO, (1-2, 2B (1))

John Church – 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 SO, 2 GO

Chase Huchingson (1.47 ERA) – 0.1 IP, 2 H, R, BB, SO, 2 IR – 2 S

Batters

Dilson Herrera – 1-4, R, BB, 2 SO

Cory Vaughn – 3-5, 2B (11), RBI (22), CS

Brandon Allen – 1-4, R, 2B (21), SO

Travis Taijeron – 2-3, 2 R, 2 HR (17), 3 RBI (49), BB

Dan Rohlfing – 1-4, SO

Wilfredo Tovar – 1-4, R, SB (26)

Johnny Monell – 1-1, SB (2)

Recap

            The 51s and Aces played a tight back-and-forth battle Saturday night, but Reno would strike last, charging ahead thanks to a three run 8^th inning. Las Vegas jumped ahead three times over the first four innings, but Cessa couldn’t hold any of those leads, as his AAA struggles continued. The 51s offense had a solid attack, getting two more bombs from Travis Taijeron (he leads the team with 17), but going only 2-9 with RISP. John Church worked a perfect 7^th in relief of Cessa, but then struggled in the 8^th, eventually giving way to Chase Huchingson. Huch came into a tie game, but allowed both inherited runners to score, and the Aces a comfortable three run lead. The 51s would get two runners on with one out in the 9^th to bring the tying runs to the plate, but Brooks Conrad and Zach Lutz struck out swinging to end the game.

            The Reno Aces hit Cessa pretty hard Saturday night, with four of the seven hits against him going for extra bases (two homeruns and two doubles). The 51s jumped ahead with a run in the 1^st (see below for details and highlights), but then Nick Evans launched a solo blast off Cessa with two outs in bottom of the 1^st inning to tie the game. After Las Vegas took another lead in the top of the 2^nd inning, Danny Worth launched a two run bomb to RF in the 2^nd that gave the Aces their first lead. Cessa would retire 8 of the next 9 Reno batters as the 51s took a 4-3 lead, but then three straight hits with one out in the 5^th allowed Reno to regain the lead again.

            Wally Backman inserted Cory Vaughn into the 2-hole for Las Vegas, and he had a big game at the plate in response, with all of his hits coming at big moments – his 1^st inning single moved Dislon to 3B, he tied the game with an RBI single in the 7^th, and his double in the 9^th put runners on 2B and 3B with one out, although the 51s couldn’t tie it. After Vaughn’s RBI single got Cessa off the hook in the 7^th, this game was back to square one, but the Aces would strike last with 3 in the 8^th off of Church and Huch. With two outs in the frame, Peter O’ Brien and Danny Worth reached on consecutive singles, so Wally went to Huchingson, but Huch would allow a pair of singles and a wild pitch after coming in, and three Reno runs crossed the plate.

            This series continues Sunday night at 9 PM, with Matthew Bowman (7-10, 5.05 ERA) scheduled to pitch for the 51s.

Scoring Highlights

51s Fall Behind Early, Lose Big Against Fresno

Fresno Grizzlies @ Las Vegas 51s

July 20, 2015

Brett Oberholtzer @ Luis Cessa

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

W: Oberholtzer (3-2, 4.56 ERA); L: Cessa (0-2, 9.45 ERA)

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It was a beautiful night for baseball in Las Vegas

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Luis Cessa – 3 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 2 BB, SO, 62 Pitches (39 Strikes), 4 GO: 2 FO

Tyler Pill (6.86 ERA) – 3 IP, H, 2 BB, 3 SO, 52 Pitches (32 Strikes), 3 GO: 2 FO

Chase Huchingson (1.10 ERA) – 1 IP, H, R, 2 BB, 2 GO

Vic Black (11.81 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 H, R, SO, 1 GO

Cody Satterwhite (4.41 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 1 GO: 1 FO

Batters

Travis Taijeron – 1-3, HBP, SO

Brandon Allen – 1-4, R, HR (10), 2 RBI (48)

Cory Vaughn – 1-4, 2B (9)

Recap

            The Fresno Grizzlies jumped out to a big lead against Luis Cessa Monday night, while the Las Vegas never really got going against Brett Oberholtzer, which led to a third straight loss for the 51s. Cessa was wild early and then hit hard in the 3^rd, as the Grizzlies jumped out to a 7-1 lead that knocked him out after 3 IP. The 51s activated Tyler Pill before the game, and he was effectively wild in his first appearance since 6/29. Chase Huchingson and Vic Black both allowed a run out of the 51s pen after Pill went 3 innings, but the game had felt over long before either entered.

51s Overcome Blown Save By the Pen In Game One Of Double-Header

Salt Lake Bees @ Las Vegas 51s

July 9, 2015

Game One

Jo-Jo Reyes @ Luis Cessa

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

W: Bradford (4-2, 3.72 ERA); L: Bedrosian (1-1, 4.13 ERA); Save: Huchingson (1, 0.00 ERA)

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The Highlights:

Pitchers

Luis Cessa (6.10 ERA) – 5.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R (0 ER), 6 SO, 93 Pitches (63 Strikes), 8 GO: 3 FO

Chase Bradford (BS, 4) – 0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), BB, 1 GO, 2 IR – 2 S

Chase Huchingson (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 GO: 2 IR – 1 S

Batters

Daniel Muno – 1-4, R, HR (2), RBI (16)

Alex Castellanos – 3-3, 2 R, 2 2B (31)

Travis Taijeron – 1-1, R, RBI (44), 2 BB

Cory Vaughn – 1-2, 2B (6), 3 RBI (15), BB

Wilfredo Tovar – 1-3, SO

Recap

            Luis Cessa bounced back from a rough start in his PCL debut to overwhelm the Bee’s in the first game of their double-header Thursday night. Cessa just got better as the game wore on, mixing in his breaking ball and changeup more after establishing the fastball early (check out the pitch log below for more details). Las Vegas gave him an early lead, and he protected it well into the 6^th, but some shoddy defense behind him opened the door for a big inning after Chase Bradford took over. The 51s would bounce back to take the lead in the bottom of the 6^th, and then Chase Huchingson would come out of the pen to bail out Bradford in the 7^th, which earned him his first PCL save.

Who’s Next? The Top Pitching Prospects Left in the System, #3 - Luis Cessa

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Re-ranking the Top starting pitchers within the Mets farm system now that Steven Matz and Noah Syndergaard have graduated.

            Coming into the 2015 season, the Mets farm system was a consensus Top-5 system in the majors thanks to some high-end talent at the top, but they’ve graduated several top prospects, including their top-2 starting pitching prospects, and figure to take a hit in those rankings this offseason. That’s not a bad thing though, because it means that the Mets are starting to improve from within, which is the purpose of a farm system. Also, it means that the door is open for the next crop of prospects to emerge, and the Mets still have some starting pitching prospects with major league upside worth keeping an eye on.

Cessa Great, Cheech Double Plates All 3 B-Mets Runs

Binghamton Mets @ Akron Rubber Ducks

June 28, 2015

Luis Cessa @ Shawn Morimando

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Binghamton	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		3	5	0
Akron	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	7	1

W: Cessa (7-4, 2.56 ERA): L: Morimando (5-7, 3.10 ERA); Save: Sewald (14, 1.67 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Luis Cessa – 7 IP, 6 H, BB, 6 SO, 82 Pitches (58 Strikes), 7 GO: 2 FO

Matt Koch (H, 3, 3.22 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 1 GO

Paul Sewald – 1 IP, H, R, HR, 2 GO

Batters

Gavin Cecchini – 1-4, 2B (16), 3 RBI (29), 2 SO

Michael Conforto – 1-4, SO

Brock Peterson – 1-3, BB

Aderlin Rodriguez – 2-4, R, SO

Recap

            Luis Cessa was on top of his game Sunday afternoon in Akron, and Gavin Cecchini provided the jolt the B-Mets needed in the 5^th, as Binghamton ended a 4-game losing streak. Cessa was extremely sharp throughout the start, only topping 15 pitches in an inning once, and needing only 4 pitches during a perfect 5^th, shutting the Rubber Ducks down after being given a lead. Cessa likely could’ve kept the shutout going through the 8^th, if not the 9^th, but after Ynoa went the distance during Saturday’s loss, manager Pedro Lopez likely wanted to get the bullpen some work. Matt Koch worked a perfect 8^th, and Paul Sewald allowed a 2 out solo blast in the 9^th to end the shutout bid.