Report of NH game (7/15)

[theblujay]

I went to the NH game tonight so here's some quick observations:

 

Nolin pitched a great game (8IP 4H 0ER 2BB 9K). He sat 88-90 down in the zone most of the game. Hit 93-94 a couple times. A good amount of swings and misses on a 79-82 changeup. Threw a couple curves around 70 that looked just okay. I can remember two of the 4 hits were groundballs that found a hole. One of the walks was on a full count and it looked like the batter went around. The only trouble he ran into was in the 8th inning, but he got out of it and looked frustrated with himself as he walked to the dugout. Had a few hard hit flyballs that stayed in the park, but mostly groundballs and popups.

 

Jimenez looked good behind the plate. No one tried to steal off him, but there weren't many baserunners. His throws to 2nd in warmups looked really good though. At the plate he looked alright. He took a few too many close pitches and had a couple decent flyouts.

 

Burns didn't really get any action at 3rd, but he had a big 2 run double that was a few feet from being a HR to left-center. One thing I noticed was that he was always the first one out of the dugout between innings and seemed to be enjoying himself.

 

Melky was in NH rehabbing and had a good game. He had a single back up the middle and then hit a HR that easily cleared the wall in right. He didn't get tested in left, but from what I saw he looked pretty good running. Interestingly he was the player signing the most autographs before the game.

Edited July 16, 2013 by theblujay