photo: Travis Honeyman (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)
The Glendale Desert Dogs lost to the Salt River Rafters in their AFL season opener. Outfielder Travis Honeyman and catcher Graysen Tarlow started. Honeyman walked, stole a base and scored a run.
Results for the Arizona Fall League game played Tuesday, October 7.
Glendale Desert Dogs 3 at Salt River Rafters 7
The Desert Dogs were defeated by the Rafters at Salt River by a 7-3 score on Tuesday.
Two St. Louis Cardinals prospects played. Travis Honeyman hit fourth in the lineup for Glendale and played in center field. Graysen Tarlow was the catcher and hit eighth.
Honeyman and Tarlow played all nine innings. Honeyman was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. He also stole a base. Honeyman struck out in the first inning and lined out in the fourth. He walked in the sixth, stole second, went to third on an error and scored on a sac fly. In his final at bat in the eighth, Honeyman again struck out.
Tarlow was the backstop and went 0-for-4 with a run scored. He grounded into a double play in his first at bat in the second inning. In the fifth, Tarlow grounded into a force out. He advanced to second on a single, went to third on a force out and stole home on a successful double steal.
In the seventh, Tarlow grounded out to the pitcher. He struck out in his final at bat in the ninth.
None of the other six AFL Cardinals appeared in the opener. The Desert Dogs play the Surprise Saguaros on Wednesday night.
Wednesday’s game: at Surprise Saguaros, Hagen Smith LHP (0-0, 0.00) vs. Logan Martin RHP (0-0, 0.00) 8:30 CT.
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