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Solar Sox Summary

Mesa scored six runs in the fifth to defeat Scottsdale 6-2 in seven innings.  For some reason, all games in the AFL yesterday were seven-inning games.

Brian Dozier went 2-for-3 with a double, scoring once.  Junior Lake (Cubs) also singled and doubled.  Josh Vitters (Cubs) had two hits.  Aaron Hicks was 1-for-3 with a triple, scoring once and driving in two.  Chris Herrmann was 1-for-3 and scored once.  The win went to Cole McCurry (Baltimore), who struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.

Scottsdale was led by Cody Overbeck (Philadelphia), who had two doubles, and Bryce Harper (Washington), who singled and tripled.  The loss went to Ryan Bradley (San Francisco), who gave up six runs on six hits while retiring no one.

The AFL regular season is over.  We'll have a season-ending report sometime at the beginning of next week. 

The championship game is between Salt River and Surprise.  Surprise is considered the home team, but the game will be played in Scottsdale Stadium.  It begins Saturday at 1:00 mountain time, and I think will be available on MLB network.

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Happy Birthday–November 18

Deacon McGuire (1863)
Jack Coombs (1882)
Les Mann (1892)
Gene Mauch (1925)
Roy Sievers (1926)
Danny McDevitt (1932)
Cal Koonce (1940)
Jim Shellenback (1943)
Steve Henderson (1952)
Luis Pujols (1955)
Mike Felder (1961)
Jamie Moyer (1962)
Dante Bichette (1963)
Ron Coomer (1966)
Tom Gordon (1967)
Gary Sheffield (1968)
David Ortiz (1975)
Steve Bechler (1979)

Roy Sievers was a star for the franchise when it was in Washington in the 1950s.

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Winterball Whiparound

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DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Este 1, Cibao 0 in Este (11 innings).  Alexi Casilla was 0-for-5 for Cibao.

Escogido 3, Cibaenas 2 in Cibaenas.  Deibinson Romero made his debut for Escogido, going 1-for-3 and scoring once.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Caguas 9, Mayaguez 3 in Mayaguez.  Aaron Bates was 3-for-5 for Caguas, scoring twice and driving in two.  Eddie Rosario was used as a substitute for Mayaguez, but did not bat.  Nelvin Fuentes pitched one inning for Mayaguez, allowing a run on two hits.

Ponce 5, Carolina 2 in Carolina.  Angel Morales was used as a pinch-runner for Ponce, stayed in the game, and hit a home run in his only at-bat.  He scored twice and drove in two.  Deinys Suarez started for Ponce and worked five innings, giving up a run on four hits and two walks.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

Melbourne 4, Brisbane 3 (10 innings).  Joshua Hendricks was used as a pinch-runner (for ex-Twin Justin Huber) by Melbourne and scored.

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Solar Sox Summary

Surprise scored two in the sixth to overcome a 2-1 deficit and defeat Mesa 3-2 in Surprise.

Anthony Seratelli hit a home run for the Saguaros.  Adam Liberatore (Tampa Bay) retired all five batters he faced, striking out two of them, to get the win.  Johan Yan (Texas) pitched a perfect ninth to get the save.

D. J. LeMahieu had two hits to lead the Solar Sox.  Aaron Hicks was 1-for-2 with a walk.  Nevin Griffith (White Sox) took the loss, surrendering two runs on three hits and a walk in one inning.

Mesa closes out its season by hosting Scottsdale this afternoon.

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Winterball Whiparound

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Cibao 4, Escogido 1 in Cibao.  Alexi Casilla was 2-for-5 with a run for Cibao.

Cibaenas 4, Estrellas 0 in Estrellas.  Esmerling Vasquez pitched two-thirds of an inning scorelessly, giving up a walk, for Estrellas.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Lara 3, Magallanes 2 in Magallanes.  Pedro Guerra allowed three runs on five hits and a walk in 3.2 innings to take the loss for Magallanes.

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Solar Sox Summary

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Mesa scored eight runs in the ninth, but it still wasn't enough as the Solar Sox fell to Peoria 11-9.

Peoria was led by Scooter Gennett (Milwaukee), who had two doubles and a single.  Logan Schafer (Milwaukee) and Jason Hagerty (San Diego) each had two singles and a double.  Wilfredo Tovar (Mets) had two doubles.  Collin McHugh (Mets) got the win, going five innings and giving up a run on five hits and two walks while striking out five.  Miles Mikolas (San Diego) gave up a hit in a third of an inning, but got the save.

Aaron Hicks led the Mesa attack, going 4-for-5 and scoring once.  Josh Vitters (Cubs) had three hits.  Chris Herrmann was 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk, scoring three times.  Joe Mahoney (Baltimore) singled and homered, driving in three.  D. J. LeMahieu (Cubs) also singled and homered.  Brian Dozier was 0-for-4 with a walk, scoring once.  The loss went to Cole DeVries, who allowed two runs on four hits while striking out three in three innings.  Bruce Pugh surrendered three runs on four hits in 1.1 innings.

Mesa plays its next-to-last game this afternoon in Surprise.

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Weekly Winterball Whiparound

The good:  Deolis Guerra (Magallanes, Venezuela) is 1-0, 2.08, 1.27 WHIP in 8.2 innings (6 appearances).  Pedro Guerra (Magallanes, Venezuela) is 0-0, 2.92, 0.81 WHIP in 12.1 innings (5 appearances, 2 starts).  Deinys Suarez (Ponce, Puerto Rico) is 0-1, 1.00, 1.22 WHIP in 9 innings (2 starts).  Todd Van Steensel (Sydney, Australia) is 0-0, 0.00, 1.00 in 5 innings (5 appearances).

The average:  Aaron Bates (Caguas, Puerto Rico) is hitting .250/.308/.333 in 12 at-bats.  Joe Benson (Aragua, Venezuela) is hitting .216/.355/.373 in 51 at-bats.  Jairo Perez (Lara, Venezuela) is hitting .231/.375/.269 in 26 at-bats.  Rory Rhodes (Brisbane, Australia) is hitting .214/.389/.286 in 56 at-bats.

The bad:  Alexi Casilla (Cibao, Dominican) is hitting .208/.269/.208 in 24 at-bats.  Estarlin De Los Santos (Cibao, Dominican) is hitting .111/.200/.111 in 9 at-bats.  Joshua Hendricks (Melbourne, Australia) is hitting .167/.286/.167 in 23 at-bats.  Angel Morales (Ponce, Puerto Rico) is hitting .182/.400/.182 in 11 at-bats.  Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) is 143/.250/.143 in 7 at-bats.  Ramon Santana (Este, Dominican) is .000/.000/.000 in 7 at-bats.  Rene Tosoni is .195/.283/.195 in 41 at-bats.  Jacob Younis (Sydney, Australia) is .200/.238/.200 in 60 at-bats.  Cesar Ciurcina (Aragua, Venezuela) is 0-0, 5.40, 1.50 in 6.2 innings (5 appearances).

The insignificant:  Oswaldo Arcia (Aragua, Venezuela) is 0-for-2.  Josmil Pinto (Aragua, Venezuela) is 1-for-1.  Dereck Rodriguez (Caguas, Puerto Rico) is 0-for-1.  Nelvin Fuentes (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) is 0-0, 4.50, 1.00 in 2 innings (2 appearances).  Sam Gibbons (Melbourne, Australia) is 0-1, 9.00, 2.25 in 4 innings (3 appearances).  Yorman Landa (La Guaira, Venezuela) is 0-0, 6.75, 2.25 in 2.2 innings (1 start).  Lester Oliveros (Anzoategui, Venezuela) is 0-0, 2.25, 1.75 in 4 innings (5 appearances).  Gonzalo Sanudo (Culiacan, Mexico) is 0-0, 0.00, 1.00 in 1 inning (1 appearance).  Manuel Soliman (Escogido, Dominican) is 0-0, 0.00, 2.00 in 1 inning (1 appearance).  Junior Subero (Carolina, Venezuela) is 0-0, 9.00, 3.00 iin 1 inning (1 appearance).  Esmerling Vasquez (Estrellas, Dominican) has faced two batters, walking one and hitting one.

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Solar Sox Summary

Peoria scored in the second and led the rest of the way as the Javelinas defeated Mesa 4-2 in Mesa.

Scooter Gennett (Milwaukee) had a pair of doubles to lead Peoria.  Tyler Lyons (St. Louis) got the win, giving up a run on four hits and a walk in five innings.  The save went to David Kopp (Peoria), who gave up a hit in a scoreless ninth.

For the Solar Sox, Aaron Hicks was 2-for-2 with two doubles and a walk, scoring once.  Brian Dozier was 0-for-4.  Trey McNutt (Cubs) took the loss, giving up two runs (one earned) on two hits and two walks in four innings.  Dakota Watts worked two scoreless innings of relief, giving up two hits.

Mesa travels to Peoria tomorrow afternoon.