Mesa led 7-3 after six, but surrendered five in the seventh and four in the eighth, falling to Salt River 12-9 in Salt River.

Salt River was led by Nolar Arenado (Colorado), who had four hits including a home run and drove in four.  Adam Eaton (Arizona) had a pair of doubles and scored three times.  Rob Brantly (Detroit) singled and doubled.  Hernan Perez (Detroit) had two hits to drive in three runs, and Jake Goebbert (Houston) hit a home run.  Josh Wall (Dodgers) got the win despite allowing a run on two hits and a walk in one inning.

Aaron Hicks led the way for the Solar Sox, going 3-for-5 with a single, a triple, and a home run, scoring twice and driving in two.  Xavier Avery (Baltimore) had two singles and a triple.  Robbie Grossman (Pittsburgh) and Jarek Cunningham (Pittsburgh) each had two hits.  Chris Herrmann was 1-for-4 with a walk, scoring once, and Brian Dozier was 0-for-3 but walked twice, scored a run, and drove in a run.  The loss went to Marcus Hatley (Cubs, who yielded five runs on six hits in one inning.  Dakota Watts gave up a hit and a walk, but no runs, in two-thirds of an inning.

Mesa travels to Scottsdale this afternoon.