The Surprise Saguaros were on the road in Salt River on Monday afternoon. With just nine games left and their playoff chances all but gone coming into the day, the Saguaros had Cole Tucker and Bryan Reynolds in their starting lineup. They would end up losing 4-3 in ten innings.
Tucker, who was fresh off of his appearance in the Fall-Stars game on Saturday, led off the game with a ground rule double and a run scored. It was his third double of the fall. Tucker popped out to second base in his second at-bat. He singled in the fifth inning, but was caught stealing on the second pitch to the next batter. Tucker grounded out to second base to end the top of the seventh, then flew out to left field with a 3-3 score, no outs and the bases loaded in the tenth inning. He finished 2-for-5 and now has a .344 average and an .826 OPS.
Reynolds came into the day as one of the worst hitters in the AFL and then he immediately did something he couldn’t do before the Fall-Stars break. In the first inning, he tripled for his first extra-base hit, driving in two runs on the play. Reynolds lined out to left field on the first pitch he saw in the third inning. He flew out to right field in the sixth and struck out swinging in the eighth. He finished 1-for-4 and is now hitting .111 this fall, with a .480 OPS.
Here is the first AB from Reynolds. Tucker is on third base.
Cole Tucker doubles, Bryan Reynolds triples him (and another runner) home. @Pirates Nos. 5 & 8 prospects with some first-inning fireworks in the @MLBazFallLeague.
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Surprise will be in Glendale tomorrow afternoon at 2:35 PM EST. These final games are an hour earlier than before because Arizona doesn’t believe in daylight savings time.
