Nate Roberts gets two hits and drops his average to .468.
SALT RIVER 6, PEORIA 4 IN SALT RIVER
Twins: Nate Roberts was 2-for-5 with a homer, driving in two. Kyle Gibson started and went 3.1 innings, surrendering three runs on five hits, two walks, one hit batsman, and a wild pitch while striking out four. Michael Tonkin yielded three runs on a hit, a walk, and two hit batsmen in one inning.
Game summary: Salt River scored three in the fourth and three in the fifth to take a 6-2 lead. Peoria scored single runs in the seventh and eighth to make the score closer.
Peoria: Tommy Joseph (Philadelphia) was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Stefen Romero (Seattle) homered and walked.
Salt River: Corey Dickerson (Colorado) was 4-for-4 with a triple, scoring twice and driving in two. Chase Anderson (Arizona) allowed two runs on five hits and two walks in five innings.
PHOENIX 7, SURPRISE 0 IN PHOENIX
Game summary: Phoenix scored two in the sixth to take a 4-0 lead and got three more in the eighth to put the game away.
Surprise: Colin Walsh (St. Louis) was 1-for-3 with a walk.
Phoenix: Brian Flynn (Miami) struck out five in 3.1 innings, giving up one hit and three walks. Cory Brownsten (Atlanta) was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one.
SCOTTSDALE 8 MESA 2 IN SCOTTSDALE
Game summary: Scottsdale scored single runs in each of the first three innings, then went up 5-0 after five and 8-0 after seven.
Mesa: Nick Castallanos (Detroit) was 1-for-3 with a sacrifice fly.
Scottsdale: Chris Gloor (San Francisco) pitched five shutout innings, allowing two hits and one walk. Slade Heathcott (Yankees) was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one.
Gibson had 3 groundouts and no air outs (I think he did have one infield popup, but I guess that doesn't count). His GO/AO ratio is at 3.63, which is insanely good. The MLB average is 1.1, and Scott Diamond was an extreme groundballer and his ratio in 2012 was 1.72. Gibson also has a 28-8 K/BB rate in 23.1 innings in the AFL. In his one "bad" inning, the three runners that scored reached on two ground ball singles and a fielder's choice in which no out was recorded.
The groundouts are nice, but also need to know what the hits were. GO/AO mostly works on large enough samples, but I wouldn't bother on such a small sample size.
His career rate is over 2.0 and the only season he had less than that (1.94) was 2011, when he was pitching at least part of the season with an injured elbow.