Written by Joe Zollo
(Kissimmee, FL)Another night game for the Fire Frogs as they faced off against the Dunedin Blue Jays in game two of their three game, early week series. This game featured shaky defense with subpar pitching, along with luck at the plate for both teams. The starting pitchers for the game featured Ryan Borucki for Dunedin opposing Luiz Gohara for Florida.
Gohara only through a short four innings but allowed five hits and two runs in his short stint on the night. This outing was much less impressive than his first start where he did not allow a single run on the Fire Frogs inaugural night.
Gohara was relieved by lefty A.J Minter, who was called up this morning from Danville while relief pitcher, Carlos Salazar, was sent down to Danville in the move. Minter was impressive in his first Class A-Advanced appearance with the Fire Frogs, going one short inning and striking out two while allowing no hits on 17 pitches, 11 of which were strikes. The fourth reliever, Jacob Webb, ended up receiving the win in tonight’s game as he came in pitched the 8th and 9th inning while allowing only one hit and no runs.
Dunedin’s starter, Ryan Borucki, had a rough outing tonight. He threw 91 pitches while allowing eight hits and four earned runs through five innings pitched; not impressive for a starting pitcher. He, however, was not awarded the loss in this game as third reliever, Tom Robson, allowed the eventual winning run in the bottom 8th inning to put the Fire Frogs on top 5-4 heading into the 9th.
At the plate for the Fire Frogs, Alay Lago had himself a game. He had very minimal work in the field but he batted .500 while hitting two singles and batting in two runs, one of which was the eventual game winner. Another standout for the Frogs was CF Ronald Acuna. He went 1.000 at the plate by hitting two singles while also having two stolen bases.
Ray-Patrick Didder and Acuna have been trading places between RF and CF but it seems manager Paul Runge should keep Acuna in right. Didder has been showing a much more capable arm in center field and his fielding has been much better than Acuna’s so far this season. Even with his impressive fielding ability, Didder still needs to work on his plate presence as he went hitless again tonight, despite getting on base with a walk.
Defensively the game was sloppy for both teams as they combined for six errors, each team recording three. Most came from poor throws but a couple were on easy pop flies that fielders could not catch. The wind was a factor in that tonight as it was blowing hard coming in from right-center field.
In the end, the Fire Frogs took game two of this three game series 5-4 to win the series 2-0 with one game left to go. The final game of the series will happen in the same place, at the same time with LHP Tyler Pike for Florida opposing RHP Jordan Romano for Dunedin. Each was awarded a no decision in their first outings so each will be looking for their first win of the season.
Gohara only through a short four innings but allowed five hits and two runs in his short stint on the night. This outing was much less impressive than his first start where he did not allow a single run on the Fire Frogs inaugural night.
Gohara was relieved by lefty A.J Minter, who was called up this morning from Danville while relief pitcher, Carlos Salazar, was sent down to Danville in the move. Minter was impressive in his first Class A-Advanced appearance with the Fire Frogs, going one short inning and striking out two while allowing no hits on 17 pitches, 11 of which were strikes. The fourth reliever, Jacob Webb, ended up receiving the win in tonight’s game as he came in pitched the 8th and 9th inning while allowing only one hit and no runs.
Dunedin’s starter, Ryan Borucki, had a rough outing tonight. He threw 91 pitches while allowing eight hits and four earned runs through five innings pitched; not impressive for a starting pitcher. He, however, was not awarded the loss in this game as third reliever, Tom Robson, allowed the eventual winning run in the bottom 8th inning to put the Fire Frogs on top 5-4 heading into the 9th.
At the plate for the Fire Frogs, Alay Lago had himself a game. He had very minimal work in the field but he batted .500 while hitting two singles and batting in two runs, one of which was the eventual game winner. Another standout for the Frogs was CF Ronald Acuna. He went 1.000 at the plate by hitting two singles while also having two stolen bases.
Ray-Patrick Didder and Acuna have been trading places between RF and CF but it seems manager Paul Runge should keep Acuna in right. Didder has been showing a much more capable arm in center field and his fielding has been much better than Acuna’s so far this season. Even with his impressive fielding ability, Didder still needs to work on his plate presence as he went hitless again tonight, despite getting on base with a walk.
Defensively the game was sloppy for both teams as they combined for six errors, each team recording three. Most came from poor throws but a couple were on easy pop flies that fielders could not catch. The wind was a factor in that tonight as it was blowing hard coming in from right-center field.
In the end, the Fire Frogs took game two of this three game series 5-4 to win the series 2-0 with one game left to go. The final game of the series will happen in the same place, at the same time with LHP Tyler Pike for Florida opposing RHP Jordan Romano for Dunedin. Each was awarded a no decision in their first outings so each will be looking for their first win of the season.