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AFL Recap: Nick Gonzales Stars Again in Fourth Victory

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Yesterday’s Arizona Fall League game saw a big day from Nick Gonzales, as the Surprise Saguaros moved to 3-1 with an 8-6 win. On Friday, Gonzales and Henry Davis were the lone players in the starting lineup for Surprise. Here’s a recap of their day.

Gonzales batted second and played shortstop. He doubled in a run in the top of the first inning, then came around to score. He came up in the second with two runners in scoring position and hit a sacrifice fly. Gonzales committed a costly error in the second inning with two outs that led to an unearned run. He grounded out to end the fourth inning and grounded out to end the sixth inning as well.  He finished 1-for-3 with a double, run, 2 RBI.

Davis batted fifth and was behind the plate. He walked in his first plate appearance in the first inning, then scored a run. He flew out to center field to lead-off the third inning. Davis walked and stole a base in the fifth. He struck out swinging in the seventh. He went 0-for-2 with two walks, a steal and a run

Surprise won this game, beating the undefeated Peoria club to move to 4-1 on the season.

Here’s the boxscore. Surprise plays tomorrow at 6:05 PM

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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