8/16/2023 - Houck, Line Drives & Sinkers

[JM3]

Yeah, seems like an odd one to be gushing over.

Noll definitely has his binkies. I think some of them are people who have been nice to him.

 

[JM3]

Meidroth single + Hickey single + Sikes homer = 7-1 Portland

View: https://twitter.com/Hunter_Noll/status/1691963169571217917

 

[JM3]

Dalton Rogers pitched 4.1 innings, allowing 2 runs & leaving with a guy on 1st & 3rd.

Caleb Bolden, making his A+ debut, is in.

 

[JM3]

Dalton Rogers pitched 4.1 innings, allowing 2 runs & leaving with a guy on 1st & 3rd.

Caleb Bolden, making his A+ debut, is in.

& immediately allowed a 3 run homer.

 

[JM3]

Marvin Alcantara walked, stole 2nd & scored on a Jhostynxon single. Salem down 4-3.

 

[JM3]

& immediately allowed a 3 run homer.

& then another homer to the 2nd batter.

 

[JM3]

Dalton Rogers (#32) looked like he was on his way to a decent start, but then he walked 2 in a row & came out & Bolden happened.

Final line:

4.1 innings
4 runs
4 hits
5 walks
1 wild pitch
6 strikeouts

 

[JM3]

Marvin Alcantara walked, stole 2nd & scored on a Jhostynxon single. Salem down 4-3.

View: https://twitter.com/salemredsox/status/1691966767013167204

 

[JM3]

Not a great start for Elvis Soto either. 3.2 innings, 4 runs, 7 hits, 2 homers, 4 k's. On the bright side, no walks?

Gabriel Jackson (#113) came in & got the last out of the inning, stranding 1 runner.

 

[JM3]

Jhostynxon got caught stealing in the top of the 4th & both he & his manager got thrown out arguing.

 

[JM3]

Hunter Dobbins (#20) has been struggling lately & allowed a run in the 1st inning today, but then really settled down.

I assume he's done after 7 innings & 91 pitches (68 strikes). If so he allowed just that 1 run on 5 hits, 0 walks & 8 strikeouts.

 

[JM3]

Yeah, seems like an odd one to be gushing over.

Marrero is 3-3 with a homer & a walk now...

 

[JM3]

Not a great start for Elvis Soto either. 3.2 innings, 4 runs, 7 hits, 2 homers, 4 k's. On the bright side, no walks?

Gabriel Jackson (#113) came in & got the last out of the inning, stranding 1 runner.

As a GabeJax stan I feel like I would move him up the rankings. Not sure why they have him such a short outting as he was just recently in the rotation, but he got out all 4 hitters he faced including 2 strikeouts.

Connor Butler (#148) is in for his A-ball debut.

 

[JM3]

Yorke bases clearing double with bases loaded, 10-1.

 

[JM3]

As a GabeJax stan I feel like I would move him up the rankings. Not sure why they have him such a short outting as he was just recently in the rotation, but he got out all 4 hitters he faced including 2 strikeouts.

Connor Butler (#148) is in for his A-ball debut.

Good 1st inning for Butler. 1-2-3 with a strikeout.

 

[JM3]

Yorke bases clearing double with bases loaded, 10-1.

View: https://twitter.com/Hunter_Noll/status/1691974069447512384

 

[JM3]

Marrero is 3-3 with a homer & a walk now...

View: https://twitter.com/Hunter_Noll/status/1691974169385152690

 

[JM3]

Hunter Dobbins (#20) has been struggling lately & allowed a run in the 1st inning today, but then really settled down.

I assume he's done after 7 innings & 91 pitches (68 strikes). If so he allowed just that 1 run on 5 hits, 0 walks & 8 strikeouts.

These were Dobbins' final stats.

Jacob Webb (#125) is in for the 8th.

 

[JM3]

& then another homer to the 2nd batter.

Caleb Bolden (#83) really settled down after the awful start.

2.2 innings, just the 2 runs, 5 hits, 0 walks, 1 wp, 3 strikeouts.

Assuming he's done for the day because he's been a 1 or 2 inning reliever all year (I think) & has thrown 44 pitches, but I guess we shall see.

 

[JM3]

Hunter Dobbins (#20) has been struggling lately & allowed a run in the 1st inning today, but then really settled down.

I assume he's done after 7 innings & 91 pitches (68 strikes). If so he allowed just that 1 run on 5 hits, 0 walks & 8 strikeouts.

View: https://twitter.com/Hunter_Noll/status/1691974431986323615

 

[JM3]

These were Dobbins' final stats.

Jacob Webb (#125) is in for the 8th.

Have not been happy when they've brought in Webb lately.

1st 4 hitters:

Single
Walk
Single
Walk

 

[JM3]

Good 1st inning for Butler. 1-2-3 with a strikeout.

He did the exact same thing in his 2nd inning of A-ball.

 

[JM3]

Have not been happy when they've brought in Webb lately.

1st 4 hitters:

Single
Walk
Single
Walk

That was all for Webb. They brought in Theo Denlinger (#87) who has also been a bad time lately & he immediately allowed a 2-run single.

 

[JM3]

Alexis Hernandez just walked, stole 2nd, tried to get to 3rd & got called out...& then became the 3rd Salem person to get kicked out of the game.

 

[JM3]

That was all for Webb. They brought in Theo Denlinger (#87) who has also been a bad time lately & he immediately allowed a 2-run single.

Then a double & RBI groundout & all of a sudden it's 10-6.

 

[JM3]

Then a double & RBI groundout & all of a sudden it's 10-6.

RBI double, 10-7...

 

[JM3]

Caleb Bolden (#83) really settled down after the awful start.

2.2 innings, just the 2 runs, 5 hits, 0 walks, 1 wp, 3 strikeouts.

Assuming he's done for the day because he's been a 1 or 2 inning reliever all year (I think) & has thrown 44 pitches, but I guess we shall see.

Felix Cepeda (#76) in for the 8th.

 

[JM3]

Felix Cepeda (#76) in for the 8th.

I was selling Bolden short, though. He's pitched more than 2 innings 5 times this season, with a high of 3.1 twice.

 

[JM3]

Felix Cepeda (#76) in for the 8th.

Cepeda pitched a 1-2-3 8th with a strikeout.

He still has not allowed a run since being promoted to Greenville on July 14th.

8 games, 12 innings, 4 hits, 2 walks, 13 strikeouts.

 

[JM3]

He did the exact same thing in his 2nd inning of A-ball.

After Butler's stellar debut, Garrett Ramsey (#169) will make his.

 

[JM3]

RBI double, 10-7...

Luis Guerrero (#18) came in & got the last out of the 8th.

 

[JM3]

Cepeda pitched a 1-2-3 8th with a strikeout.

He still has not allowed a run since being promoted to Greenville on July 14th.

8 games, 12 innings, 4 hits, 2 walks, 13 strikeouts.

Greenville got shut out, losing 6-0.

Bad day for Roman (0-4, 3 strikeouts) & Teel (0-4 2 strikeouts).

Eddinson Paulino was 2-3 & Romero, Castro & Rosario had one hit each.

 

[JM3]

After Butler's stellar debut, Garrett Ramsey (#169) will make his.

Ramsey's debut was not as effective. Hbp & 2 singles for a run, extending Salem's deficit to 5-3.

 

[JM3]

Ramsey's debut was not as effective. Hbp & 2 singles for a run, extending Salem's deficit to 5-3.

& then a 2-run throwing error by Johanfran (his 2nd throwing error of the game) makes it 7-3 :/

 

[JM3]

Luis Guerrero (#18) came in & got the last out of the 8th.

Guerrero pitched a scoreless 9th, allowing 2 hits & striking out 2 & Portland won 10-7.

Guerrero lowered his ERA to 1.62 & recorded his 16th save.

Elih Marrero was 3-3 with a homer, a walk & was 1-1 throwing runners out.

Meidroth was 2-5 with a double & 3 RBI.

Dearden was 2-5.

Sikes was 1-5 with a homer & 3 RBI.

Yorke was 1-5 with a double & 3 RBI.

Bonaci & Binelas were each 1-4 with a walk.

 

[JM3]

& then a 2-run throwing error by Johanfran (his 2nd throwing error of the game) makes it 7-3 :/

Salem lost 7-3.

Johanfran was 1-3 with a walk.

Jhostynxon was 1-2 with a walk & an ejection.

Hernandez was 0-2 with 2 walks, a steal, a robbed homer & an ejection.

Alcantara was 0-3 with a walk, 2 steals & 0 ejections.

 

[JM3]

View: https://twitter.com/PortlandSeaDogs/status/1691994359778906431

 

[JM3]

View: https://twitter.com/SoxProspects/status/1692002239278178766

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

C Note double.

He is now 1-3 with a double, a walk, a lineout & a "sharply hit fly ball".

The "sharply hit fly ball" had an EV of 100.9 and LA of 34^, traveling 357 feet.
I have a real problem with the MLB Gamecast and MiLB Gamecast classifying pop-ups as sharply hit, but the apps don't differentiate by launch angle, so if it comes off the bat at >100 mph it's sharply hit, even with a launch angle of 60^.
Back to this batted ball, looks like CR just missed it. A couple mph more or a few degrees less and it travels 380-390 ft.