The Glendale Desert Dogs dropped to a 7-9 record on Saturday, then came back with a win on Monday behind strong pitching from Mitch Keller. They got strong pitching once again from a familiar face, but they ended up losing to Scottsdale 6-2 on Tuesday.
Taylor Hearn made his first Arizona Fall League start on Tuesday and threw three shutout innings. It wasn’t the most efficient performance, but he allowed just one hit on the day. Hearn gave up a lead-off single to start the game. He got the first out on a fly ball, but then issued his first walk. That was followed by a double steal, putting two runners in scoring position with one out. Hearn then settled down and did his best work. He struck out the next two batters to strand both runners.
In the second inning, he retired the side in order. Hearn got a fly ball, a grounder and then a line out to left field to end the frame. The third inning was a little rough due to control. Hearn walked the first two batters to get himself into trouble again. He quickly worked out of that jam with a double play and a strikeout, which ended his day. Hearn threw 51 pitches total, 28 going for strikes.
He has now allowed three runs over 8.2 innings, though all three runs came during one outing in which he recorded just two outs. Hearn had walked just one batter prior to this game.
Logan Hill batted sixth in the lineup today. He grounded out to third base in the second inning, then he was called out on strikes to end the fourth. Hill hit the ball well in the seventh, but only had a line out to center field to show for it. He finished the day 0-for-3, leaving him with a .158 average on the fall season. He is 1-for-22 in his last six games.
Mitchell Tolman batted ninth and flew out to left field to end the third inning, as the first 11 Glendale batters were all retired in a row. He singled in the fifth, then struck out in the eighth, leaving him 1-for-3 on the day. Tolman has a .200 average through ten games.
