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AFL Recap: Omar Cruz Shines on a Rough Night for the Hitters

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The Surprise Saguaros came into Monday night with a 7-4 record. They played one of the late night games on Monday, with Nick Gonzales and Blake Sabol in the lineup. Here’s a recap of the action.

Nick Gonzales played third base and batted second. He struck out in the first inning, then struck out again in the third. He grounded out to shortstop in the sixth. Gonzales struck out again in the eighth. He finished 0-for-4, 3 Ks

Blake Sabol played left field and batted seventh. He struck out in the second inning, then struck out again in the fourth. Sabol grounded out to third base in the seventh, then struck out in the ninth. If that sounds familiar, it was the same night as Gonzales, finishing 0-for-4, 3 Ks

Omar Cruz came out of the bullpen in the sixth and had a quick inning that saw him allow a single. He threw 12 pitches total to get out of the inning. Cruz allowed a single in the seventh and had an even quicker inning thanks to a double play. He also had a strikeout, throwing ten pitches in the frame. He has now allowed one run over 7.2 innings, though that comes with six walks.

Surprise lost their fourth straight, 3-2 score.

Here’s the boxscore

Surprise plays tomorrow at 3:35 PM. Almost all of the AFL games are now live streamed and they can be found here.

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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