Today's AFL Surprise box score
Lone Star Ball —
Today's AFL Surprise box score
Tanner Scheppers was good, Danny Gutierrez wasn't, Matt Harrison was awful
11/2 Winter Ball Report
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
The Surprise Rafters lost to the Phoenix Desert Dogs 10-2, dropping their record to 8-10: Box Score - Recap Offense: Brandon Laird: 2-for-3, 2B, R ... Steven Strasburg pitched of Phoenix and in 5 innings allowed 1 earned run on 4 hits, walked 1, and struck out 6. ...
AFL Game 18
Future Redbirds —
Surprise 2, Phoenix 10
Surprise: 8-10, 2nd-tied
Daniel Descalso was 1-for-4.
Daryl Jones was 1-for-3 with a triple.
Scott Gorgen got tagged for 3 runs in his inning of work but according to Jeff Luhnow:
Gorgen stuff was gd, esp CH. got hit in foot then gave up a three run double to Marerro (left it up over the plate). Overall ok.
Laird breaks out of his mini-slump
River Avenue Blues —
Greg Fertel at Pending Pinstripes sat down for a chat with 2009 4th round pick Adam Warren. It’s pretty funny to see that Warren doesn’t even know where his velocity spike came from last year. Give it a read, it’s well worth your time.
Mike Dunn was the only Yankee farmhand that will participate in the AzFL Rising Stars Showcase. It’s basically the All Star Game.
Here’s two days worth of updates:
AzFL Surprise (10-2 loss to Phoenix on Monday)
Brandon Laird: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B – breaks out of an 0 for 14 slump
AzFL Surprise (6-5 win over ...
11/3 Winter Ball Report
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
The Surprise Rafters beat the Phoenix Desert Dogs 6-5 tonight to improve their record to 9-10: Box Score - Recap Pitching: Zack Kroenke (W, 1-0): 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, pitches-strikes: 23-13, 5.40 ERA Grant Duff (S, 2): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, pitches-strikes: 12-7, 4.26 ERA ...
AFL Game 19
Future Redbirds —
Surprise 6, Phoenix 5
Surprise: 9-10, 2nd-tied
Daniel Descalso was 0-for-4 with a walk.
Daryl Jones was 1-for-5 with 3 strikeouts.
Gary Daley picked a good day to step it up. With Luhnow in attendance, he retired 5 batters (2 by strikeout) allowing just 1 hit.
Derrick Goold has the low down on some let-gos. These are all good signs for the team. Matt Scherer’s addition to the 40-man roster was a mistake from the start leaving Luis Perdomo exposed. We saw plenty of Joe Thurston last year and, apparently, the team did too. The Cardinals have better upside plays (particularly in the pen) rather than ...
