Padres Power Peoria

Grant Desme homers twice for the Phoenix Desert Dogs as they defeat the Peoria Javelinas by a score of 11 to 6. Desme has hit a total of ten homers thus far this AFL season with no signs of slowing down. Another top contributor for Phoenix was Oakland counterpart Corey Brown who went 2-for-5 with three RBI. For the Javelinas, Casper Wells would go yard, hitting a three-run shot in the bottom of the third inning. Winning pitcher Mitch Talbot of Tampa Bay would pitch four innings with three strikeouts but would suffer from a bad third inning as the Javelinas were able to gather up five runs in that inning of play. The remaining Phoenix pitchers would only allow one more run for the remainder of the game.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Desert Dogs	3	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	0		11	17	0
Javelinas	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0		6	11	1

The Peoria Saguaros continued to boast the strength of their pitching staff as they blank the Rafters for their second shutout thrown so far this Fall. Steve Garrison would lead the pitching onslaught with three scoreless innings. Six other Saguaro pitchers would combine for the shutout as they gets some offensive support from their bats. Like Garrison, Lance Zawadzki sports the Friars’ jersey as he would go 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBI. Houston’s Jonathan Gaston and Cincinnati’s Yonder Alonso would also have themselves a pair of RBI as they help launch the Saguaros to their sixth victory. While still in last place due to their early season struggles, the Saguaros continue to close the gap in their division.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Saguaros	0	0	1	1	4	0	2	0	1		9	12	0
Rafters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	0

The Mesa Solar Sox would make a statement early on by punishing the Scottsdale pitching with eleven runs in the first four innings of play. During those same innings, the Mesa pitching staff was able to hold the Scorpions to four scoreless innings. Andrew Cashner, of the Chicago Cubs, would pitch the four scoreless innings, striking out four. Despite the two Scottsdale homers delivered by Steve Susdorf and Brandon Crawford, the Sox would have enough of a lead that these two shots would not be a factor in the game. The Sox would pummel the Scorpions, winning by seven runs, by a score of 5 to 12.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Scorpions	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0		5	8	4
Solar Sox	5	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	X		12	15	1