The Scottsdale Scorpions lost 6-5 to the Salt River Rafters tonight. Four Pirates prospects played in the game, led by Kyle Kaminska, who got the start tonight.
**Kaminska pitched four innings, giving up three runs on six hits, with no walks and three strikeouts. One of the runs came in the first, while the other two came in the fourth inning. Kaminska gave up a leadoff double in the fourth to Anthony Rendon, followed by two singles to give up the first run of the inning. A one out single brought in the second run of the frame.
**Tyler Waldron pitched a shutout inning in the fifth. The only base runner to reach was hit by a pitch. Waldron got one strikeout, getting Anthony Rendon to go down swinging.
**Gift Ngoepe came on as a pinch runner in the eighth inning, and came around to score what was the tying run at the time. He was replaced by Matt Curry, who took over at first base, but didn’t get an at-bat.
