Perrin’s Complete Game Earns Manatees Series Split

Jon Perrin
Jon Perrin
Brevard County Manatees pitcher Jon Perrin finished the homestand in style Monday night; pitching a complete-game three-hit gem, helping the Manatees gain a series split with a 4-1 victory against the Charlotte Stone Crabs.

“I started off pretty hot going four clean innings right off the bat,” said Perrin. “Just had a good mix – fastball, change-up, slider, throwing everything for strikes. (Catcher Fidel) “Pena and I were on the same page pretty much the whole night.”

“He was outstanding tonight,” said Manatees manager Joe Ayrault of Perrin. “He’s a competitive kid and he mixed his pitches well.”

Perrin, drafted in the 27th round last season, is the first Brewers’ prospect to throw a complete game this season. He threw 83 pitches through eight innings and 95 for the game, to put an exclamation point on a memorable night.

Perrin (2-7) got all the help he would need offensively in the bottom of the first. Corey Ray led off with a ground-rule double against Charlotte starter Greg Harris and went to third on a George Iskenderian infield hit. Blake Allemand followed with an infield hit of his own, scoring Ray. An RBI single by Rubio made it 2-0 and Wendell Rijo reached on an error at third by Alec Sole, giving the Manatees a 3-0 lead.

George Iskenderian
George Iskenderian
“It was good to start off with a three run lead,” said Ayrault. “We did have a couple base running mistakes in the game, but other than that, it was a nice ballgame.”

Perrin took over from there, pitching four innings of no-hit baseball to start things off. He got some help defensively as well, beginning in that fourth inning with Wendell Rijo making a diving catch on a line drive hit by Jake Cronenworth. He got through that inning unscathed and got the first out in the fifth, before making his only real mistake of the night.

Sole made up for his error earlier, driving a 2-1 pitch 385-feet over the right-center field wall. With one swing, Sole ruined the perfect game and the shutout for Perrin, who bounced back nicely, not letting that one pitch ruin what he had going.

“I was able to keep the ball on the ground for the most part,” Perrin said. “I just left one pitch up and it left the yard, but it was a pretty solid outing, I’m obviously pleased.”

Andrew Velazquez singled off Perrin to start the seventh, but he was erased on a great play by Jose Cuas at first base, who snared a line drive off the bat and turned a three-unassisted double play. The only other hit he allowed in the game was a ninth inning single to Wilmer Dominguez.

“I had some terrific defense played behind me,” he said. “Rijo nice play on a line drive in the hole and Cuas snagging that line drive for a double play. Allemand turned a double play, so a lot of good defense.”

Brevard County (12-25, 35-70) tacked one on in the bottom of the seventh against reliever Jose Alvarado, but had a chance for more. Malik Collymore led off with a walk and stole second, before Pena reached on an error at short, one out later. With runners at the corners, Alvarado attempted a pickoff at first. While Pena was caught off the bag, Collymore attempted to come home.
The throw home caromed off the backstop and turned into an out at the plate, scored 1-3-5. Iskenderian did salvage an insurance run with his triple, making it a 4-1 game.

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Some guys after games like this will say they felt good in the bullpen before the game, in Perrin’s case, it was not something, but someone who may have made the difference. “My girlfriend got here yesterday, that might have had something to do with it,” he said, with a smile. “She’s over here telling me she’s good luck.”

Wendell Rijo
With victories on Sunday and Monday, the Manatees ended the eight-game season series with the Stone Crabs, winning three of the eight games. “Good to end on a winning note against those guys,” said Ayrault. “Seven out of the eight games were decided by one run, so we had a lot of close games with that squad.”

After an off day on Tuesday, the Manatees will head to Daytona to play a doubleheader on Wednesday. The second game will be a make-up game from a rainout on June 30. The team returns home Thursday, to finish the home-at-home with the Tortugas at 6:35 p.m.

This article originally appeared on 27OutsBaseball.com on 8/1/16

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