After battling back from deficits of 3-0 and 9-5, the Solar Sox were finally eclipsed with two runs in the 9th for an 11-9 loss to the Sagauros. Matt Skole took a day off from the field but saw plenty of first base as the 24-year-old singled once and walked three times while batting from …
Thankfully, the focus of these season reviews is on the players, as a team, on the field. Because otherwise the Hagerstown Suns have become — in today’s parlance — a hot mess. Between the prolonged stadium debate and the threats to move the team to Winchester and Fredericksburg, it’s hard not to interpret that the …
The Mesa Solar Sox refuse to lose, taking their seventh decision in eight games with a 6-1 win versus the Peoria Javelinas on Thursday night. Four Nationals farmhands saw game action, starting with the man on the mound… Matt Purke struck out the side in the 1st, walked a batter and hit a batter in …
The Mesa Solar Sox smoked the Peoria Javelinas, 3-1 for their sixth straight win yesterday afternoon. Steven Souza Jr. (pictured above) connected for a two-run single to erase a 1-0 deficit, highlighting Mesa’a three-run 6th. Souza also walked and played right field, where he made two putouts. Limited to two games a week as a …
Sammy Solis won his second start while the Mesa Solar Sox won their fifth straight, taking a 7-4 matinee from the Scottsdale Scorpions. Solis struck out eight of 15 batters faced while giving up a run on three hits and two walks over four innings. The lone run was a solo shot by Mets farmhand …
A four-run 3rd got the ball rolling as the Mesa Solar Sox won their fourth straight, 7-6 vs. the Scottsdale Scorpions.
Two Nationals players were in the lineup, combining for two runs and six total bases:
• Brian Goodwin batted second and played CF. At the plate, he was 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and a run scored. He was also hit by a pitch. In the field, he made two putouts and fielded two singles.
• Adrian Nieto batted eighth and was the Solar Sox backstop, gunning down two would-be basestealers and finishing with three assists and six putouts in nine innings played. He singled twice in two at-bats batting righthanded, while walking and striking out as a lefty. Overall, he was 2-for-4 with a run scored.
The two teams rematch this afternoon in Mesa, with Sammy Solis scheduled to start for the Solar Sox.
Despite both having exhausted their rookie eligibility during the season, Baseball America has named Washington Nationals second baseman Anthony Rendon and starting pitcher Taylor Jordan to its postseason 2013 Eastern League Top 20. Obviously, both were key injury replacements for the “Big Nats,” in 2013 with Rendon perhaps even displacing second baseman Danny Espinosa while …
The Solar Sox remain unbeaten, taking their third straight with a 7-3 decision over the Sagauros in Surprise.
Just two Nationals saw game action: outfielder Steve Souza Jr. and reliever Richie Mirowski.
With no Saturday game this week, taxi-squad player Souza made the most of his playing time on Friday night. He reached base four times (single, double, two walks), scored once, drove in three, and stole three (that’s five in two games). The 24-y.o. batted sixth and played centerfield, but had no defensive chances.
Mirowski made his first AFL appearance in the seventh. He pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 7th for the hold and struck out one, throwing 13 pitches (seven for strikes).
Mesa (3-0-1) returns to action on Monday night with a visit to Scottsdale (1-3).
After two successive division-winning teams in 2011 and 2012, the 2013 edition of the Auburn Doubledays hit rock bottom in 2013 with a league-worst 26-49 mark. Of course, to expect that kind of success year in and year out is foolish. But it’s also difficult as a fan to not be disappointed with a last-place …
The Solar Sox scored five in the 9th on Thursday night to float away from the Rafters for an 8-1 victory. Matt Purke allowed an unearned run on two hits and a walk while striking out two. He threw 46 pitches (30 for strikes) and was awarded the win after his teammates scored twice in …