Rough First From Thor NOT too Much to Overcome for the 51s

New Orleans Zephyrs @ Las Vegas 51s

August 22, 2014

Andrew Heaney @ Noah Syndergaard

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		R	H	E
New Orleans	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		7	11	1
Las Vegas	0	0	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1		8	14	2

Win: Reid (5-1, 4.70 ERA); Loss: Evans (5-8, 4.42 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Noah Syndergaard (4.85 ERA) – 6 IP, 8 H, 6 R (5 ER), BB, 8 SO, HBP, 102 Pitches (67 Strikes), 8 GO: 2 FO, (1-2, R, SO)

Zack Thornton (3.95 ERA) – 1.1 IP, R, BB, HBP, SO, 2 GO

Jack Leathersich (H, 1, 6.75 ERA) – 0.1 IP, SO, 1 IR – 0 S

Chase Bradford (BS, 2, 3.67 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 2 GO, 1 IR – 1 R

Ryan Reid – 2 IP, H, BB, 3 GO

Batters

Cesar Puello – 1-5, 2 R, BB, 2 SO

Matt Reynolds – 4-4, 2 R, 2B (13), BB, SB (9)

Josh Satin – 1-4, R, 2 RBI (46), BB, SF

Kevin Plawecki – 1-3, 2 R, 3 BB, SO

Cory Vaughn – 1-3, 2 RBI (24)

Anthony Seratelli – 1-4, 2B (8), RBI (29), SO

Daniel Muno – 3-6, RBI (59), 2 SO

Recap:

            Noah Syndergaard bounced back after his worst 1^st inning of the year to keep the Las Vegas 51s in the game long enough to come back and win it against New Orleans Friday night. The 51s would slowly fight their way back into a 6-5 lead by the end of the 5^th, while Thor dialed it up to have a very impressive stretch of four innings. Unfortunately, after having been given a lead, Thor would allow the Zephyrs to tie the game back up in the top of the 6^th, although he worked out of what could have been a much worse inning for him. Zack Thornton came in and looked so sharp with the game tied the 7^th that Wally Backman had no reason to worry about sending him back out for the 8^th, now pitching with a lead. Thornton was not as effective in the 8^th, leaving with only one man retired and the 51s in a tough spot. Jack Leathersich would come in for the second out of the inning, a strikeout, but Wally Backman chose to bring in Chase Bradford for the final out. Bradford would get the third out of the inning, but not before allowing the tying run to score. Bradford and Reid would combine to keep the Zephyrs off the scoreboard the rest of the way, allowing for a walkoff win in the 11^th. Offensively, Matt Reynolds and Daniel Muno were huge for the 51s, combining for half of the teams hits.

Thor Pitch Coverage

Table 1 – Breaking down pitch count by type and inning

Count (Strikes) – Average Speed	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
Fastball	17 (8) 96.3	7 (3) 97.4	7 (5) 97.7	6 (5) 96	7 (7) 97.4	12 (11) 97	56 (39) 97*
Change-up	4 (4) 85	3 (2) 86.7	0	0	2 (0) 86	0	9 (6)ª 85.9
Breaking Ball	2 (1)	4 (2) 80.5	2 (2) 80.5	4 (3) 78	8 (5) 80	9 (4) 80.9	29 (17) 80.4º
Unknown	3 (3)	0	0	5 (2)	0	0	8 (5)
Total	26 (16)	14 (7)	9 (7)	15 (10)	17 (12)	21 (15)	102 (67)

 *46/56 Fastballs; ª8/9 Change-ups; º26/29 Curveballs

Table 2 – Breaking down pitch results by type

	Strike % Total Call Sw Foul	BIP% LD GB FB PU	Results AB BABIP ISO K
Fastball	73.2 19.6 17.9 14.3	10 60 30 0	14 .600 .214 4
Change-up	66.7 22.2 11.1 11.1	100 0 0 0	2 1.00 1.00 0
Breaking Ball	65.5 10.3 27.6 6.90	0 100 0 0	8 .000 .000 4

*A popout, a lineout and two groundouts on unknown pitches

51s Offense Shows Some Life but Can't Overcome Early Deficit

Las Vegas 51s @ Omaha Storm Chasers

August 18, 2014

John Lannan @ Aaron Brooks

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Las Vegas	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3		5	12	2
Omaha	5	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	X		9	13	0

Win: Brooks (10-3, 4.32 ERA); Loss: Lannan (2-2, 6.08 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Erik Goeddel – 1 IP, H, R, SO, 1 GO: 1 FO

Ryan Reid (4.50 ERA) – 1 IP, H, SO, 1 GO

Zack Thornton (3.90 ERA) – 1 IP, H, SO, 2 GO

Chase Bradford (3.89 ERA) – 1 IP, 3 GO

Batters

Anthony Seratelli – 2-4, 2 R, 2B (7), BB

Matt Reynolds – 2-5, 3 RBI (31), SO

Bobby Abreu – 2-4, 2 RBI (11), BB, SO

Kevin Plawecki – 2-4

Allan Dykstra – 2-4, SO

Cesar Puello – 1-3, 2 R, 2B (17), BB, SO

Recap:

            A combination of poor pitching and defense in the 1^st inning put the Las Vegas 51s in a hole too big to climb out of Monday night as they dropped their third straight to Omaha. After winning three out of four games in Iowa to start this road trip, the 51s now must win tomorrow night behind Cory Mazzoni to salvage a .500 road trip. Lannan was hit hard from the start, allowing eight runs off ten hits in just four innings of work. The 51s bullpen fared much better, although Erik Goeddel allowed a run to score in his inning of work, putting the 51s behind 9-2 at the time. The 51s offense had a hit in every inning except the 6^th and 8^th, so they had chances to score, but you can’t expect a team to score on every opportunity. Five 51s players managed multi-hit performances, but the team had only two doubles among their twelve hits, making the offense work station-to-station all night.