Defs double up B-Mets at Dodd tonight 6-3...
as CT had it's first home game with multiple home runs and it's biggest run producing inning (5) this season. Brandon Crawford got the Defenders going in the first with a two out solo homer to the opposite field. It was Crawford's first EL homer. Crawford finished the game 2 for 4 and is now hitting .366 (15 for 41) since coming up the Double A.
The Defenders then put up a 5 spot in the third despite trying to run themselves out of the inning. Brock Bond started the inning with a walk and advanced to third on Brad Boyer's double. Boyer nearly ran himself into an out at second. With one out EME singled just past the Mets shortstop to score Bond and Boyer to a make it 3-0. On Brett Pill's grounder EME ran himself into an out at third for the second out. Bobby Felmy then tripled over the center fielder scoring Pill from first to make it 4-0 Connecticut. Tyler LaTorre then connected for his first homer of the the season a two run shot over everything in left to close out CT's scoring for a 6-0 lead.
Tim Alderson, started tonight for the Defenders and ran out of gas in the top of the 7th when he gave up three straight hits with all three B-Mets eventually scoring. Alderson line for the night was 6.1 IP, 9 hits 6Ks and no walks. He's hittable and he's 2-0.
Jesse English and Dan Otero finished up with Otero getting his 10th save and maintaining his perfect ERA of zero.
Misc Notes: Great seeing LC for the first time this season! We've missed you!
FisherCats lose tonight so CT is just a half game out of first place. Henry Sosa takes the hill tomorrow morning for the rubber game of the three game set.
Someone help me out with this from last night's game. Joe Paterson's perfect zero ERA was broken in the 9th in the B-Mets 4-2 win. In Milb.com's box score it shows Paterson giving up two earned runs. I think that's wrong; it should be one earned run.
The inning went as follows: Coronado doubled and Thole was then HBP. CT catcher Williams tried to pick off Coronado at second. Shortstop Crawford fielded the ball and his throwing error to third allowed Coronado to score with Coronado getting credit for a steal of third. Bowman then got an IBB and Wabick walked to load the bases with one out. Tejada then hit a sac fly that turned into a double play with Bowman out at third trying to advance on the throw home. To me that's just one earned run. Any thoughts?
Pics from top to bottom: Victory line--Otero is #51, LaTorre's HR, Alderson and Crawford's HR
posted by greg8370 at 10:30 PM
4 Comments:
hey Greg,
I enjoy your blog all the time although this is my first comment.
I believe both runs are earned because it is assumed each runner would have scored without the error due to the walks (Wabick's BB would have forced in Coronado had he still been on third). Because no new runners resulted from the poor throw, only an advance, Tejada's sac fly also holds up as an ER.
To be more confusing, had Paterson escaped the jam without forcing in the imaginary Coronado, neither the first nor second run would have been earned; it became earned only when Wabick walked to load the bases, negating the Crawford error.
Hope that helps.
11:31 PM
Thanks Frank! that is confusing..
12:16 AM
Hey Greg,
GB here! I'm talking to some people about how the internet has changed the way they follow the game and thought you'd be a good person to talk to. Can you send me an email sometime so I have your email address?
GB
garrettbroshuis@sbcglobal.net
2:42 AM
Frank's right, but a simpler answer is this year's official score keeper never saw an error he liked, so E's are few and far between. There were two plays in this series so far where errors should have been given, but neither were. And there have been several questionable calls during the year by this person.
4:50 AM
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