Final AFL Stats & Thoughts
One last look before we close the books, beginning with the stats… BATTERS PLAYER G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG SB Brian Goodwin 19 81 9 24 4 1 2 12 4 22 .296 .333 .411 3 Matt Skole 15 49 8 9 1 1 3 7 15 …
One last look before we close the books, beginning with the stats… BATTERS PLAYER G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG SB Brian Goodwin 19 81 9 24 4 1 2 12 4 22 .296 .333 .411 3 Matt Skole 15 49 8 9 1 1 3 7 15 …
After leading the Eastern Division of the Arizona Fall League for all but one day, the Mesa Solar Sox saw their bid for the 2013 AFL Championship denied with a 2-0 defeat to the Surprise Saguaros. Steven Souza Jr. was the only National in the starting lineup. The 24-year-old, who was recently added to the …
Mesa’s 2013 Arizona Fall League season began and ended in Glendale, and Sammy Solis was on the hill for both the 1st and title-clinching 19th wins as the Solar Sox scorched the Desert Dogs, 9-3 to earn a berth in the AFL Championship game. The 25-y.o. southpaw allowed one run on six hits over five …
Steven Souza Jr. homers off Alex Meyer in the 2nd inning to give Mesa the early 2-0 lead (Photo Credit: Lee Magenheim) The race for the Arizona Fall League East Divison title will come down to the final day of the season, as Mesa edged Glendale, 3-2 and Salt River paddled Scottsdale, 8-5. Steve Souza’s …
The Solar Sox scored early and often, scorching the Javelinas by an 8-1 count for their fourth straight win. Mesa’s victory was only enough to keep pace with Salt River, which took a 7-2 decision from Glendale for their fifth straight trimuph to remain just a ½ game back in the AFL East. Adrian Nieto …
The Solar Sox took one step closer to a bid for the AFL Championship with a 4-0 shutout of the Javelinas. Just two Nats appeared in yesterday’s game… Batting from the #2 spot in the lineup, Brian Goodwin went 0-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts and played centerfield, making a single putout. Adrian Nieto …
Mesa scored three times in each of the first two innings and cruised to a 9-4 win over Surprise. Matt Purke got the start and survived a rocky first inning in which southpaw issued a walk then back-to-back singles with two outs before righting the ship with a strikeout. Purke put on a runner in …
With five runs scored early and another solid outing from Sammy Solis, the Solar Sox snapped a three-game skid with a 6-1 win over the Saguaros. Solis went four and 1/3rd innings, leaving with one out in the 5th after letting up two of the five singles he allowed. He would finish with one run …
For the second straight summer, Syracuse admirably achieved its primary mission of providing the Washington Nationals with replacements for injured or underperforming players. They also fulfilled a secondary function of providing a place for the latter to either get back on track (Tyler Moore) or get reps to try to work through their injuries issues …
Just one Nationals farmhand got into yesterday’s game in the Arizona Fall League, in which the Solar Sox dropped a third straight game, losing 5-4 in 11 innings to Glendale.
Matt Skole batted fourth but went 0-for-5 with four strikeouts to drop his AFL average to .125 (4-for-32) in 13 games. He played first base and handled all ten chances, making nine putouts and one assist.
The loss drops Mesa to 13-11-1, just a ½ game ahead of second-place Salt River. Sammy Solis is scheduled to start this afternoon as the Solar Sox host the Saguaros, who have the AFL’s best record at 16-8 and lead the AFL West by 4½ games with six games left on the slate.