Surprise 1, Salt River 0
Owen White turned in the best pitching performance in the early going, tossing five scoreless innings on two hits and two walks while striking out five to lead the Saguaros. The No. 29 Rangers prospect generated 10 swing-and-misses among his 73 pitches, which included 46
Surprise 1, Salt River 0
Owen White turned in the best pitching performance in the early going, tossing five scoreless innings on two hits and two walks while striking out five to lead the Saguaros. The No. 29 Rangers prospect generated 10 swing-and-misses among his 73 pitches, which included 46 strikes. Although Surprise was limited to three hits, the pitching held Salt River off the board over the final four frames. Stephen Woods Jr., Eddy Demurias and Eudrys Manon combined for six strikeouts while surrendering four walks and three hits. Brett Baty doubled, singled and walked in the Rafters' loss. MLB's No. 45 overall prospect reached safely five consecutive times in the AFL opener and extended that streak to eight straight plate appearances on Thursday before he flied out in the seventh. The Tigers' Spencer Torkelson (MLB No. 4) singled and walked twice for Salt River. More »
Mesa 13, Scottsdale 5
JJ Bleday notched his first two hits of the AFL campaign, doubling home two runs in the second inning and adding a two-run single during a nine-run third for the Solar Sox. MLB's No. 71 overall prospect scored once and also walked twice in Mesa's offensive onslaught. A pair of Orioles prospects -- No. 11 Kyle Stowers and No. 12 Yusniel Díaz -- combined to reach base seven times in 12 plate appearances while driving in three runs. Oakland's No. 12 prospect Logan Davidson chipped in with two doubles, three walks and scored twice. Josh Simpson (Marlins) and Graham Spraker (Blue Jays) teamed up to whiff five in four no-hit frames to close out the win. Jeter Downs made his AFL debut for Scottsdale out of the leadoff spot. Boston's No. 5 prospect did a little bit of everything, stroking an RBI single, scoring once, walking and stealing a base. Twins prospect Cody Laweryson was one of the bright spots in an otherwise poor night for the Scorpions' pitching. The 22-year-old struck out six over 2 1/3 hitless innings of relief. More »
Glendale 11, Peoria 9
Lars Nootbaar homered on the first pitch of the game and added a three-run blast later in the game as part of a three-hit, four-RBI performance. Juan Yepez also went deep and doubled for the Desert Dogs, which amassed 14 hits in the game, seven for extra bases. The No. 27 Cardinals prospect went deep a career-high 27 times across two Minor League levels during the regular season. Fellow Cardinal Nolan Gorman (MLB No. 24) added two hits while Astros No. 23 prospect Grae Kessinger and Dodgers No. 14 Jacob Amaya also went deep for Glendale. Ji-Hwan Bae homered and reached safely four times. Pittsburgh's No. 22 prospect walked three times, scored four runs and tallied two RBIs. Philadelphia's Bryson Stott (MLB No. 97) and Seattle's No. 27 prospect Cade Marlowe drove in two runs apiece for Peoria. More »
