MiLB Recap May 1st 2017

[King]

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Reading, PA - The New Hampshire Fisher Cats trailed early but rallied for four unanswered runs to beat the Reading Fightin' Phils 4-1 at FirstEnergy Stadium Monday night.

 

Reading struck first in the opening frame. Scott Kingery singled to begin the inning, advanced to second on a passed ball then took third on a dropped third strike. Up stepped Kyle Martin, who delivered a two out RBI single to give the Fightin' Phils a 1-0 lead.

 

That advantage didn't last long. Ryan McBroom led off the second with a solo home run - his second in as many games - to left field that tied the game 1-1.

 

Another lead-off homer put the Fisher Cats out in front for good. Richard Urena took Reading starter Brandon Leibrandt (L, 2-1) deep to begin the fourth to make it 2-1 New Hampshire.

 

'Cats starter Francisco Rios (W, 3-2) took it from there. The Mexican-born right-hander tossed seven innings, scattered eight hits and didn't allow another run after the first inning. He walked one and struck out four.

 

New Hampshire added two runs in the sixth to pad the lead. McBroom doubled with two outs and scored on a Harold Ramirez single, who advanced to second on the throw. Emilio Guerrero followed with an RBI single that scored Ramirez and made it 4-1.

 

Chris Rowley (S, 1) earned his first Double-A save with two scoreless innings to close out the game.

 

The series continues Tuesday night in Reading. Jon Harris gets the ball for the Fisher Cats (9-14) while Tom Eshelman will start for the Fightin' Phils (11-9). First pitch is slated for 6:35 p.m. and can be heard locally on AM 610 WGIR or online via iHeartRadio.

 

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The Blue Jays started May the same way they ended April: scoring runs. For the fifth straight game, the team put five or more runs on the scoreboard on their way to a 5-4 win over the Tampa Yankees at home Monday night.

 

The Blue Jays continued their tendency to score early and score in bunches in the first game of their four-game series against the Yankees, putting up four runs in the third inning. 1B Max Pentecost and C Danny Jansen each singled following a 2B Cavan Biggio walk to load the bases with two outs. 3B Juan Kelly then lined a 3-1 pitch from Yankees starter Albert Abreu down the line in right for a two-run double. RF Lane Thomas followed immediately after with a double of his own to left, scoring two more.

 

Jansen extended the Jays lead to five in the fifth, hitting a solo home run to left. The homer was the third of the year for the Florida State League's leader in batting average.

 

The Yankees would not go down without a fight. In the top of the sixth, they finally were able to score against Dunedin starter RHP T.J. Zeuch , stringing together three hits off Zeuch and one off reliever RHP Connor Eller to score twice. Zeuch finished the day with 5.1 innings pitched, seven hits and two earned runs allowed, and six strikeouts to earn his second win of the season.

 

In the top of the ninth, Tampa was able to get two more off of LHP Danny Young to draw within one run on a two-run home run by CF Jeff Hendrix. The pair of runs were the first allowed by Young this season.

 

With one out in the ninth, RHP Andrew Case entered the game and induced the next batter to fly out weakly to right before recording a strikeout to end the game, lock down the win, and earn his third save of the year.

 

"It's one pitch at a time," Case said after the game about pitching in such a crucial spot. "You gotta make sure you execute each pitch. It's a one-on-one battle."

 

With the win, the Blue Jays improve to 14-11 on the year. The Yankees fall to 10-15. The two teams will play again tomorrow with LHP Ryan Borucki taking the mound for the 6:30 PM start.

 

Of Note

 

With his third inning single, Max Pentecost improved his hitting streak to fifteen games. Danny Jansen raised his league-leading batting average to .407 with two hits tonight.

 

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Kings 3 Stars of the Night

 

1) T.J. Zeuch

 

2) Francisco Rios

 

3) Ryan McBroom

 

 

Kings Platinum Arencibia

 

1) Anthony Alford

 

 

 

Spats notes from the Dunedin game -

 

"T.J was better than his line shows. His fastball was in the low 90's topping out at 94 but his slider was electric...a lot of swings and misses. Even tho he was charged with 2 runs, he should have pitched a shoutout. With 2 runners on in the 6th, Kelly misplayed a line drive which could have got him out of the inning. Eller allowed the second runner to score.

 

Danny Jansen continues to impress...towering HR to left and a great job of handling T.J.'s slider...blocks everything.

 

Vicuna doesn't look out of place at SS, especially with the glove but I think he is just place-setting until Gurriel is healthy.

 

Pentecost caught 9 innings on Friday, didn't play yesterday and 1st tonight. Not sure why he isn't catching more but I think his bat could play at 1st...guy also has some speed..almost beat out a routine grounder to short. I'm surprised they're keeping both him and Jansen in Dunedin."

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[Dr. Dinger]

Vlad is f***ing absurd. As one of the youngest playing in the SAL, he's now slashing .348/.459/.565 with more walks than Ks. I'd be pretty tempted to bump him up to Dunedin soon, just to challenge him. I expected the power, but the contact and discipline are supernatural for his age.

[Terminator]

TJ Zeuch is looking good. He should be due for a AA callup soon.

[Laika]

Francisco Rios is sitting on the fence. Some of the numbers are good so far, but 19 K's in 28.1 innings doesn't really seem indicative of MLB stuff.

[King]

Francisco Rios is sitting on the fence. Some of the numbers are good so far, but 19 K's in 28.1 innings doesn't really seem indicative of MLB stuff.

He has a 9.6 SwStr% (league average 10.4). For reference, SRF is sitting at 10.8, Jon Harris at 13.4, and Conner Greene at 7.2 (woof).

[Laika]

He has a 9.6 SwStr% (league average 10.4). For reference, SRF is sitting at 10.8, Jon Harris at 13.4, and Conner Greene at 7.2 (woof).

 

Rios did not impress me much in the Futures Game last year. Touching 94/95 in relief means he probably throws 90-93 as a SP. Not a projectable body. Breaking ball seems MLB quality but he didn't show anything else (I don't think). A bit of deception with a jerky delivery, not unlike Osuna.

 

He looked like a middle-relief prospect to me and his ratios this year support that.

[King]

Rios did not impress me much in the Futures Game last year. Touching 94/95 in relief means he probably throws 90-93 as a SP. Not a projectable body. Breaking ball seems MLB quality but he didn't show anything else (I don't think).

 

He looked like a middle-relief prospect to me and his ratios this year support that.

Yeah I don't think he's that great of a prospect. He does throw 90-93 as SP.

 

But he has a decent amount of youth and pitchability on his side, so maybe he could carve out a role as a depth/#5 SP.

[Laika]

He has a 9.6 SwStr% (league average 10.4). For reference, SRF is sitting at 10.8, Jon Harris at 13.4, and Conner Greene at 7.2 (woof).

 

That number for Harris is kind of bananas given his struggles.

 

Greene is such an annoying prospect.

[Brownie19]

That number for Harris is kind of bananas given his struggles.

 

Greene is such an annoying prospect.

 

That's what I was thinking. This guy is s*** on as a prospect all over the place. This is the first stat I've seen to suggest he might not suck.

[Sorrow]

Hopefully that BABIP for Rowdy starts coming more towards his career norm instead of being 100+ points below it.

[metafour]

Borucki has struck out 6 batters in 2 innings pitched so far in Dunedin...

 

Also, Lane Thomas has his 3rd HR. OPS now over .900 as a 21 year old in A+. Pentecost has a 2B.

[John_Havok]

Vlad is f***ing absurd. As one of the youngest playing in the SAL, he's now slashing .348/.459/.565 with more walks than Ks. I'd be pretty tempted to bump him up to Dunedin soon, just to challenge him. I expected the power, but the contact and discipline are supernatural for his age.

 

Splitting hairs a bit since it's the same level but he's in the MWL, not the SAL.

[metafour]

Bichette just hit a 3-run HR.

[bronson44]

Bichette just hit a 3-run HR.

 

yeah baby!

[Krylian]

Borucki has struck out 6 batters in 2 innings pitched so far in Dunedin...

 

Also, Lane Thomas has his 3rd HR. OPS now over .900 as a 21 year old in A+. Pentecost has a 2B.

 

He went 3.2IP, striking out 8. 0's everywhere else. Then he left the game. I'm guessing an injury of some sort.

[John_Havok]

He went 3.2IP, striking out 8. 0's everywhere else. Then he left the game. I'm guessing an injury of some sort.

 

I think he just came back from injury. Maybe a pitch count?

 

Edit.

 

Nope 45 pitches. Probably an aggravation of injury

[Krylian]

I think he just came back from injury. Maybe a pitch count?

 

Don't think so. This is his 5th start is the season. Last start was April 27th.

 

Threw 45 pitches then left.

[John_Havok]

Don't think so. This is his 5th start is the season. Last start was April 27th.

 

Threw 45 pitches then left.

 

He was on the DL between the 17th and 27th for some reason though.