BoxscoreJeurys Familia has had the difficult task of following up Matt Harvey all year, but has gone nearly pitch for pitch with him. While Familia only walked two batters in this game he was getting into deep counts all night. He kept the offense off balance with his change-up using it more often than usual. I still love what he has been doing all year dialing back his fastball, but tonight was much more off a struggle than the boxscore would lead you to believe.
Only in A-ball could you witness a game when five of the six runs in the game are unearned. The majority of the unearned runs were due to consecutive errors from Wilmer Flores and Rylan Sandoval. The boxscore will show Jefry Marte committed another error, but he made an number of great defensive plays to save Familia.
The offense didn’t do much at all. Ronny Paulino finally got his first hit and RBI in his rehab assignment. He also caught seven innings. Marte picked up two hits and Matt Den Dekker was the only other player two reach base twice.
Stars of the Game: 1. Jeurys Familia (9pts) 3. Matt Den Dekker (8pts) 3. Jefry Marte (5pts)
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