Mesa made it three wins in a row, scoring four in the fifth to defeat Phoenix 5-1 in Mesa.
Junior Lake (Cubs) and D. J. LeMahieu (Cubs) each singled and doubled to lead the Solar Sox. Brian Dozier was 2-for-4 with 2 runs scored and an RBI. Chris Herrmann was 1-for-3 and scored once. Aaron Hicks was 0-for-2 with a walk. Cole DeVries started and got the win, throwing four shutout innings while allowing just two hits and no walks.
For the Desert Dogs, Cody Puckett (Cincinnati) singled and tripled and Ronnie Mustelier (Yankees) had two hits. The loss went to Murphy Smith (Oakland), who allowed all five runs on eight hits and a walk in 4.2 innings.
Mesa travels to Salt River this afternoon.
Just in case anyone was wondering, Cody is not related to Kirby. But his dad's name is Rocky, which is nearly as cool.