Bryce Harper extended his hit streak to 16 games as Scottsdale defeated Phoenix, 3-2 in a scheduled seven-inning contest.
Harper went 2-for-3 with an RBI double while playing left field. The two hits pushed his batting average to .321 while the RBI was #25, which is third-best in the AFL. Defensively, he had two putouts and no assists.
Derek Norris was the only other National to appear in the contest, but had a dismal 0-for-4 game with no walks or strikeouts. It was the first time he failed to reach base this fall. Defensively, it wasn’t any better: Error #6 on a throw following a wild pitch, allowing the runner on first to reach third.
Scottsdale finishes up the week this afternoon with a game against Surprise.
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Thankfully, there will be no references to either Thurman Munson or Lyman Bostick Bostock as Wilson Ramos was rescued from his kidnappers yesterday afternoon by Venezuelan authorities. Cheryl Nichols has the pics and the human-interest angle on District Sports Page.
As you might have guessed, Ryan Tatusko will remain in Venezuela despite the incident. And for the haters (e.g. Chris Needham and Kevin Reiss), Tatusko won’t be going home anytime soon on account of his pitching, either. In his fourth outing last night, the 26-year-old righthander tossed six shutout innings and struck out five while allowing just one hit and walking two.
Considering that Wilson Ramos is ok, Sue, I think the photo you should have used is that of some sort of fireworks!
I linked to Cheryl Nichols for that very reason… plenty o’ joy and celebration.
One correction – Lyman Bostock, not Bostick.
Like Spike… fixed.
Poor Spike. Poor Gaston Bleu and Rufus Skye as well.(my miniature poodles)
Hurray for Ryan Tatusko!
Can anyone tell me why the last 2 games have been only 7 innings? I know that happens with double headers during the minor league season, but It doesn’t seem like Scottsdale is playing double headers the last couple days…
Well, I’m going to have to go with came up on Google… which was my site from roughly this time last year, which said that the games get shortened in the last week of the AFL season to reduce pitcher workloads.
Oh okay, I had been restricting my google searches to the last week, so nothing came up. Thanks for the response!