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.
The Desert Dogs scored six unanswered runs in the final two innings to turn a 4-0 deficit into a 6-4 win over the Solar Sox. Brian Goodwin, Steve Souza, and Robert Benincasa were the three Nationals to see game action. Goodwin batted second and played centerfield, but went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. He plated a …
No sense vamping when this list has probably been tweeted dozens of times by now. (Last year’s revised ranking in parentheses.) 1. Lucas Giolio, RHP (2) 2. A.J. Cole, RHP (4) 3. Brian Goodwin, CF (3) 4. Matt Skole, 1B/3B (5) 5. Robbie Ray, LHP (–) 6. Sammy Solis, LHP (9) 7. Michael Taylor, CF …