After blowing a 4-1 lead in the 9th, the Salt River Rafters got a walkoff solo shot from the White Sox’s Andy Wilkins in the bottom of the 10th for a 5-4 win over the Mesa Solar Sox. The victory snapped a three-game losing streak for Salt River and extended Mesa’s to seven. The starting …
On the field, the Hagerstown Suns improved upon a successful 2011 campaign with an 82-55 overall record. They missed the first half by three games with a 42-27 mark, but won the second with slightly worse record of 40-28, only to get swept in the playoffs with a pair of 2-run losses (3-1, 7-5). Some …
The Scorpions stung the Rafters with a three-run 3rd and added single runs in the 5th and 7th innings en route to hand Salt River its third straight loss, 5-3.
Matt Skole singled, doubled and scored a run while batting third and playing first base, where he took part in four double plays — including an unassisted twin-killing in the 7th.
Anthony Rendon had his on-base streak stopped with an 0-for-4 effort and committed two errors (one fielding, one throwing).
Jason Martinson struck out twice in three hitless at-bats, but combined with Skole for other three DPs.
Paul Demny let in a run on two hits — a double and a single — and struck out a batter in the 7th, raising his ERA to 4.05 in four appearances.
With the loss, Salt River falls to 5-5, a ½ game behind Scottsdale in the AFL East Division.
With no Nationals playing for the Salt River Rafters last night, let’s take a look at how the boys are doing in the various winter leagues, beginning of course with the AFL: AFL HITTERS AFL PITCHERS VWL HITTERS VWL PITCHER DWL PITCHERS MWL PITCHERS Just a reminder folks: none of these batters or pitchers will …
It was a pitcher’s duel in the desert with the Salt River Rafters falling to the Peoria Javelinas, 3-1.
Four Nationals saw game action:
The Rafters finish out the week with another pair of games at and versus the Scottsdale Scorpions tonight and tomorrow evening.
Salt River rallied from a 7-1 deficit, scoring 11 unanswered runs before holding off a late charge from Peoria in a 12-9 victory yesterday. Anthony Rendon, serving as the Rafters DH in the cleanup spot, doubled in two during a four-run rally in the top of the 9th. He finished the afternoon with a mark …
The Salt River Rafters and Phoenix Desert Dogs played to a 3-3 tie over 11 innings last night. Three Nats farmhands played in the contest: Brian Goodwin was the DH and led off, but went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts. Matt Skole batted third, played first base, and went 1-for-3 with two walks. Aaron Barrett tossed …
Lost in the big club’s playoff run late last week was the announcement from Baseball America for its International League Top 20 prospects. Coming in at #20 was the formerly enigmatic Christian Garcia. Garcia was first spotted here last August, a line item if were he not a former New York Yankee farmhand (hence the …
Matt Skole’s two-out, two-run single in the 10th snapped a 2-2 tie and ended a… wait for it… two-game losing streak as Salt River triumphed 4-2 over Phoenix yesterday afternoon. The hit was Skole’s third of the game as the 23-year-old went 3-for-4 with a walk, a double, and two RBI as the Rafters’ DH, …
For the second straight season, the Auburn Doubledays won the Pinckney Division and racked up a .600+ winning percentage. Alas, for the second straight season they fell short of the league championship, losing in the Divisional round this year instead of the Finals last year, two games to one. As the year prior, the lion’s …