B-Mets Hit Party Backs A Solid Start From Lara

New Hampshire Fisher Cats @ Binghamton Mets

August 29, 2015

Conner Greene @ Rainy Lara

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
New Hampshire	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		3	7	1
Binghamton	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	X		6	14	0

W: Lara (8-5, 3.53 ERA); L: Greene (2-1, 5.68 ERA); Save: Velasquez (18, 1.77 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Rainy Lara (3.53 ERA) – 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 7 SO, HR, 97 Pitches (69 Strikes), 3 GO: 7 FO

Josh Smoker (H, 6, 2.37 ERA) – 1 IP, H, R, BB, SO, 1 GO

Jon Velasquez – 1 IP, 2 SO, 1 GO

Conner Greene – 3 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 2 SO, 75 Pitches (48 Strikes), 5 GO: 2 FO

Dustin Antolin (3.12 ERA) – 3 IP, 4 H, R, 5 SO, 47 Pitches (29 Strikes), 3 GO

Cory Burns (6.34 ERA) – 2 IP, 2 H, R, BB, SO, 36 Pitches (24 Strikes), 2 GO

Batters

L.J. Mazzilli – 2-4, R, 3B (2), BB

T.J. Rivera – 2-5, R, SO

Josh Rodriguez – 1-3, 2 R, 2B (24), 2 BB, SO

*Brock Peterson – 3-5, R, 2B (17), 3 RBI (48)*

Vince Belnome – 1-5, RBI (12), 2 SO, GIDP

Jonathan Galvez – 2-4, R, SB (2), SO

Xorge Carrillo – 2-4

Jared King – 1-3, 2B (14), RBI (46), SF, SO

Roemon Fields – 1-3, R, BB, SO

Dwight Smith – 2-4, R, 2 2B (23), RBI (40)

Melky Mesa – 1-4, R, HR (4), 2 RBI (16)

K.C. Hobson – 1-4, 2 SO

Shane Opitz – 1-3, 2 SO

Jorge Flores – 1-3

Recap

            The B-Mets won their fourth straight Saturday night behind a strong performance from Rainy Lara and a huge outburst on offense. Lara matched his season high with 7 strikeouts, and lasted 7 innings for the 5^th time this season. At the plate, the only B-Mets batter who failed to get a hit was Joe Benson, and five batters picked up multiple hits, including three for Brock Peterson. Brock was definitely the MVP at the plate, as all three of his hits would drive in a run, and he came around to score once himself.

After the teams combined for 5 runs in the 1^st inning, it seemed like this game might be all about the bullpens, but Lara set a new tone by retiring 10 of the next 12 New Hampshire batters through the 4^th inning. Binghamton had built a 5-2 lead by then, and they should’ve had more. In the 2^nd, the B-Mets loaded the bases up with 0 outs, but failed to score in the frame, which could’ve come back to hurt them. Lara allowed a pair of singles lined into RF in the 5^th inning, but the retired the final 8 batters he’d face. The Fisher Cats struck for a run against Josh Smoker in the top of the 8^th inning, but Binghamton would get that right run right back in the bottom half. With a 6-3 lead heading to the 9^th, manager Pedro Lopez turned to reliable Jon Velasquez to hold onto the save, and Velasquez would work a 1-2-3 frame, striking out the first two batters.

This series wraps up Sunday afternoon at 1:05 PM, with Robert Gsellman (7-6, 3.17 ERA) scheduled to come off the DL and face Casey Lawrence (12-12, 4.55 ERA), and the B-Mets looking for a 4-game sweep.

Scoring Highlights

Two GCL Mets Players Promoted To Kingsport

A pic tweeted out by Paul DePodesta

A day after the K-Mets clinched a playoff spot, they are getting some extra help from the GCL Mets.

            With the GCL season coming to an end Saturday morning, the Mets have promoted two of the team’s top performers to join the Kingsport Mets for a playoff run. Ali Sanchez, an 18-year-old catcher from Venezuala that the Mets signed in 2013, and Adonis Uceta, a 21-year-old right-handed starting pitcher who made his stateside debut in August 2014, join Kingsport a day after the K-Mets clinched the Appy League Western division title. The GCL Mets final game was cancelled due to rain Saturday morning, although these two were likely already on their way to Kingsport. Eucebio Arias and Joe Shaw were placed on the 60-day DL to make room for them on the Kingsport roster.

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Great Start From Lugo Spoiled By Pen And No Run-Support

Las Vegas 51s @ Round Rock Express

August 28, 2015

Seth Lugo @ Nick Martinez

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

W: Martinez (1-1, 3.46 ERA); L: Lugo (2-1, 3.52 ERA); Save: Mendez (4, 2.86 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Seth Lugo – 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, BB, 8 SO, HR, 87 Pitches (56 Strikes), 5 GO: 2 FO

Alex Torres (1.69 ERA) – 0.1 IP, 2 BB, 1 FO, 2 IR – 2 S

Vic Black (8.18 ERA) – 0.2 IP, H, R, 3 BB, SO, 2 IR – 0 S

Scott Rice (1.72 ERA) – 0.2 IP, 1 GO: 1 FO, 2 IR – 0 S

Cody Satterwhite (4.64 ERA) – 1 IP, BB, 2 SO, 1 GO

Nick Martinez – 7 IP, 7 H, R, 2 BB, 2 SO, HR, HBP, 99 Pitches (61 Strikes), 7 GO: 1 FO

Jimmy Reyes (H, 8, 2.41 ERA) – 0.2 IP, 2 GO

Ross Ohlendork (H, 4, 4.29 ERA) – 0.1 IP

Roman Mendez – 1 IP, SO, 1 GO

Batters

Darrell Ceciliani – 2-3, 2 2B (19), PO

Eric Campbell – 1-4, SO

Kirk Nieuwenhuis – 1-3, BB

Johnny Monell – 1-4

Kevin Plawecki – 1-3, R, HR (1), RBI (9), HBP, SO, GIDP

Matt Reynolds – 1-3, 2B (28)

Drew Stubb – 1-3, 2 R, BB, 2 SO

Nomar Mazara – 3-4, 2 R, HR (1), 2 RBI (8), SO

Brett Nicholas – 1-3, 2B (19), BB

Ryan Rua – 1-2, 2 BB, SO

Recap

            The Las Vegas 51s got another great performance from Seth Lugo, but Alex Torres and Vic Black were wild during some critical moments in relief of Lugo, and the offense could not get going against Round Rock starter Nick Martinez. Lugo struck out 6 of the first 10 batters he’d face over the first 3 innings, but allowed a leadoff blast to 20-year old Nomar Mazara in the 4^th inning to fall behind 1-0. The 51s were going to be in a good position to tie the game with one out in the top of the 6^th, but instead of reaching 3B with a triple, Darrell Ceciliani pulled up lame between the bags, which resulted in a tag out and injury delay. Brandon Nimmo would have to replace him, although Nimmo had been out of the lineup after taking a ball to the nose (per Las Vegas announcer Russ Langer), and had been planning to miss a few more days. Eric Campbell followed with a single, so there was a good chance they could’ve tied the game right then. In the bottom of the frame, Lugo was removed with one out and runners on 2B and 3B, and both of those runners would be allowed to score. Torres walked the first two batters he faced before allowed a sac fly to Joey Gallo, and Vic Black walked a batter before finally finishing the frame by painting the outside corner with 98 MPH heat. Kevin Plawecki provided the only scoring for Las Vegas leading off the 7^th with a blast, which was his first AAA homerun of the year. Both Lugo and Cody Satterwhite would strikeout Joey Gallo during the game, and both got him to swing through 3 pitches in the AB.

            This series resumes Saturday night at 7:05 PM, with Matthew Bowman (7-15, 5.40 ERA) scheduled to pitch opposite Chi Chi Gonzalez (6-7, 3.96 ERA).

Scoring Highlights

            Darrell Ceciliani and Matt Reynolds combined for 3 doubles in the game. Ceciliani grabbed his hamstring and went face down between 2B and 3B trying to stretch his second double into a triple, and he would have to leave the game.

            Nomar Mazara led off the bottom of the 4^th with a long homerun to RF for Round Rock – he is an impressive 20-year old prospect.

            In the bottom of the 6^th, Seth Lugo would allow a pair of singles to Drew Stubbs and Mazara leading off the frame before striking out Ed Lucas for his final batter faced on the night. He probably didn’t need to come out at just 88 pitches, and the 51s relief could not bail him out. Alex Torres came in and walked to first two batters he faced before trading a run for an out on a sac fly.

Kevin Plawecki provided the only Las Vegas run with a solo blast leading off the 7^th.

            In the bottom of the 7^th, Mazara singled home Stubbs to increase the Express lead back to three runs.

Defensive Highlights

            Matt Reynolds made a great play in the hole for the final out of the 1^st inning.

           

Pitcher Coverage

Seth Lugo

Table 1 – Lugo pitch stats by inning – gameday glitch has 1 pitch counting as 2

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
Total	15	13	22	13	11	13	87
Strikes	11	8	13	10	6	8	56
Swinging*	2	3	3	2	2	2	14

*16.1% Swinging strike rate

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