Prevost Puzzles The Stone Crabs

Charlotte Stone Crabs @ St. Lucie Mets

May 25, 2016

Hunter Wood @ Josh Prevost

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

W: Prevost (3-5, 4.69 ERA); L: Wood (3-3, 1.76 ERA); Save: Taylor (5, 1.02 ERA)

Boxscore

Nice shot of Tradition Field from last year's FSL All-Star Game

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Josh Prevost (W, 3-5, 4.69 ERA) – 7 IP, 8 H, 1 R (1 ER), 8 TB, 2 BB, 5 K (5 K/Sw), 1 GIDP, 14 GB: 2 FB: 3 LD: 3 PU, 85 Pitches (58 Strikes), 8 Swinging, 15 Called, 9.4% SwStr, 18.6% Whiff/Swing, 12.1 Pitches/IP, 29 BF

Mike Hepple (H, 1, 0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 2 GB, 7 Pitches (5 Strikes), 2 Swinging, 1 Called, 28.6% SwStr, 50% Whiff/Swing, 7 Pitches/IP, 3 BF           

Corey Taylor (S, 5, 1.02 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 H, 1 TB, 1 GIDP, 2 GB: 1 FB, 18 Pitches (11 Strikes), 1 Swinging, 2 Called, 5.6% SwStr, 11.1% Whiff/Swing, 18 Pitches/IP, 3 BF

Batters

2B - Luis Guillorme - 1-3, 1 SAC, 3.25 Pitches/PA

LF - Patrick Biondi - 2-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB, 3.33 Pitches/PA

C - Lednier Ricardo - 1-2, 1 BB, 3.33 Pitches/PA

Recapish

            The St. Lucie Mets squeaked out a 2-1 win over the Charlotte Stone Crabs Wednesday night behind a second straight great effort from Josh Prevost. St. Lucie led 1-0 most of the game, but the teams took turns scratching out a run in the 7^th before the Mets pen shut things down for the final two frames. Since they aren’t on MiLB.tv, I don’t normally cover St. Lucie Mets games without a good reason, so be sure to check out the iscore log included at the bottom!

            For Prevost, he’s now allowed just 2 R over his last 13.1 IP, thanks largely to a nearly 60% groundball rate on balls in play over his last two starts – he’s at 53% for the season. He’s mostly a sinker-slider pitcher, though he added in a few changeups later in the start.

B-Mets Lose After Battling Back With 7-Run 7th

Binghamton Mets @ Akron Rubber Ducks

May 20, 2016

Rainy Lara @ D.J. Brown

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Binghamton	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0		7	10	2
Akron	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	X		8	10	0

W: Aviles (1-0, 0.75 ERA); L: Hepple (2-3, 5.30 ERA); Save: Feyereisen (2, 2.08 ERA)

Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Rainy Lara (5.65 ERA) – 6 IP, 8 H, 6 R (5 ER), 1 2B, 3 HR, 18 TB, 3 K (2 K/Sw), 8 GB: 6 FB: 5 LD: 4 PU, 95 Pitches (70 Strikes), 6 Swinging, 13 Called, 6.3% SwStr, 10.5% Whiff/Swing, 15.8 Pitches/IP, 26 BF

Mike Hepple (BS, 1)(L, 2-3, 5.30 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 2B, 2 TB, 3 K (2 K/Sw), 2 GB: 1 LD, 29 Pitches (20 Strikes), 3 Swinging, 5 Called, 10.3% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 17.4 Pitches/IP, 8 BF

Luis Mateo (2.33 ERA) – 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 2B, 2 TB, 1 GB: 1 LD, 9 Pitches (7 Strikes), 3 Called, 27 Pitches/IP, 2 BF

Batters

SS - Derrik Gibson - 1-5, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 3.8% SwStr, 9.1% Whiff/Swing, 5.2 Pitches/PA

1B - Dominic Smith - 2-4, 1 R, 2.5 Pitches/PA

RF - Maikis De La Cruz - 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 GIDP, 2 Pitches/PA

LF - Victor Cruzado - 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 5.6% SwStr, 12.5% Whiff/Swing, 4.5 Pitches/PA

C - Colton Plaia - 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HBP, 1 GIDP, 11.1% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 2.25 Pitches/PA

DH - Stefan Sabol - 1-4, 1 R, 3 K, 15% SwStr, 37.5% Whiff/Swing, 5 Pitches/PA

2B - L.J. Mazzilli - 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 K, 11.1% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 2.25 Pitches/PA

Recapish

            The Binghamton Mets took a tough loss Friday night in Akron, as the pen failed to protect a lead after the offense battled back from down 6-0. The B-Mets offensive explosion was limited to the 7^th inning, and they did very little else outside of that frame, but I break down all the highlights below!

            Rainy Lara was hit hard early and often in this start. After getting a pop out from the first batter of the game, Lara allowed a double to Clint Frazier, RBI single to Bradley Zimmer, and a two run blast to Nellie Rodriguez (his 9^th already) to fall behind 3-0. Frazier demolished a hanging slider from Lara for a long homerun to LF leading off the 3^rd inning.  Akron added their third homerun off Lara in the 6^th inning, when Jordan Smith picked up his second blast of 2016.

B-Mets Blown Out In Game One Of Double Header

Binghamton Mets @ Portland Sea Dogs

May 14, 2016

Game One

Rainy Lara @ Teddy Stankiewicz

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Binghamton	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		2	6	0
Porltand	5	2	2	0	0	4	X		13	14	0

W: Stankieweicz (1-2, 3.32 ERA); L: Lara (2-4, 5.28 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Rainy Lara (L, 2-4, 5.28 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 8 H, 7 R (7 ER), 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 17 TB, 1 BB, 3 GB: 7 FB: 1 LD, 47 Pitches (23 Strikes), 1 Swinging, 6 Called, 2.1% SwStr, 5.9% Whiff/Swing, 35.2 Pitches/IP, 13 BF

Dave Roseboom (4.15 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 2B, 1 HR, 7 TB, 1 BB, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 3 GB: 3 FB: 1 PU, 38 Pitches (22 Strikes), 3 Swinging, 6 Called, 7.9% SwStr, 18.8% Whiff/Swing, 22.8 Pitches/IP, 9 BF

Mike Hepple (4.11 ERA) – 2 IP, 2 H, 4 R (4 ER), 2 TB, 4 BB, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 2 GIDP, 3 GB: 1 LD: 1 PU, 48 Pitches (21 Strikes), 3 Swinging, 3 Called, 6.2% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 24 Pitches/IP, 10 BF

Logan Taylor (2.61 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 H, 1 2B, 2 TB, 1 BB, 1 FB: 2 LD, 12 Pitches (7 Strikes), 2 Swinging, 1 Called, 16.7% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 12 Pitches/IP, 4 BF

Batters

3B - Derrik Gibson - 1-4, 1 R, 1 K, 4 Pitches/PA

SS - Niuman Romero - 1-3, 1 K, 14.3% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 2.33 Pitches/PA

1B - Matt Oberste - 1-2, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2.67 Pitches/PA

LF - Jared King - 1-3, 2.67 Pitches/PA

RF - Stefan Sabol - 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K, 7.1% SwStr, 16.7% Whiff/Swing, 4.67 Pitches/PA

CF - Maikis De La Cruz - 1-3, 12.5% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 2.67 Pitches/PA

Recapish

            The Binghamton Mets took a blowout loss in their opener with Portland Saturday afternoon, getting absolutely nothing from starter Rainy Lara, and little from the pen behind him. Lara came off the DL and was scheduled to pitch yesterday before rain pushed the double-header back a day, but he gave them nothing except a tired bullpen in game one Saturday.

B-Mets Shutout In Casey Delgado’s Double-A Debut

Binghamton Mets @ Reading Fightin Phils

May 10, 2016

Casey Delgado @ Ben Lively

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Binghamton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	1
Reading	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	1	X		9	17	1

W: Lively (5-0, 1.80 ERA); L: Delgado (0-1, 11.25 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Casey Delgado (L, 0-1, 11.25 ERA) – 4 IP, 11 H, 5 R (5 ER), 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 13 TB, 0 BB, 3 K (3 K/Sw), 0 GIDP, 9 GB: 5 FB: 3 LD: 2 PU

Logan Taylor (1.53 ERA) – 2 IP, 2 H, 2 TB, 5 K (4 K/Sw), 1 GB: 2 LD

Kelly Secrest (6.00 ERA) – 0.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 2B, 3 TB, 1 BB, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 1 GB: 1 FB: 1 LD

Mike Hepple (2.13 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 HR, 5 TB, 1 BB, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 2 GB: 1 FB: 1 PU

Batters

3B - Derrik Gibson - 1-4

SS - Niuman Romero - 1-4, 2 GIDP

1B - Dominic Smith - 2-4, 2 2B, 1 GIDP

C - Xorge Carrillo - 2-4

2B - Phillip Evans - 1-3

P – Casey Delgado - 1-1

Recapish

            The Binghamton Mets fell back under .500 Tuesday afternoon after taking a 9-0 beating from Reading. It was a familiar story for the B-Mets, as they could get runners on and in scoring position throughout the game, but they just couldn’t pick up the big hit. It wasn’t just the bottom of the lineup struggling in those spots either, as three potential Binghamton rallies were killed on double play’s hit into by their 3-4 hitters.

            With Rainy Lara unable to go Tuesday, the B-Mets called Casey Delgado up from St. Lucie for at least this one start. Delgado doesn’t blow batters away with his heat, but his fastball and secondaries flashed some nice movement, and he was effective down in the zone. Unfortunately, he was up in the zone a little too often, which led to a Reading singles fest.