photo: Darlin Saladin (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)
The Glendale Desert Dogs beat the Peoria Javelinas on Friday. Darlin Saladin struck out six and picked up the win in his first AFL start. Catcher Graysen Tarlow was in the starting lineup along with outfielders Travis Honeyman and Miguel Ugueto. Right-handers Tyler Bradt and Randel Clemente both pitched an inning of relief.
Glendale Desert Dogs 6, Peoria Javelinas 3 (seven innings)
The Glendale Desert Dogs defeated the Peoria Javelinas in a seven-inning contest by the score of 6-3 on Friday.
Six St. Louis Cardinals prospects participated in the game. Miguel Ugueto, Travis Honeyman, and Graysen Tarlow were all in the starting lineup. Darlin Saladin started the game. Tyler Bradt and Randel Clemente pitched out of the bullpen.
Honeyman played center field and hit sixth in the lineup. He went 0-for-2 with an RBI.
In the first inning, Honeyman hit a sac fly that scored the second run of the inning.
In the third, Honeyman was called out on strikes, and he struck out swinging in the fifth.
Tarlow started at catcher and hit eighth. He was 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
In his first at-bat in the second inning, Tarlow struck out swinging. He grounded out to third base in both the third and sixth innings.
Ugueto hit ninth and manned right field. He went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a strikeout.
In his first at-bat in the second inning, the right-handed hitter grounded out to third.
Ugueto singled in the third to drive in the Desert Dogs’ sixth run. In the sixth, he struck out swinging.
Darlin Saladin started the game. He pitched three innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits, two walks, and six strikeouts. Saladin earned his first win of the AFL season.
In the first inning, Saladin issued a walk and a single to the first two hitters of the game. He struck out the next hitter. Saladin induced a force out next to nail the runner at second base, but a run scored as Saladin was unable to catch the throw from the shortstop, which prevented a double play. The final hitter of the frame grounded out to Tarlow.
In the second inning, Saladin gave up a one-out double but struck out the side.
In the third, the righty issued a lead-off walk and made a throwing error on a pickoff attempt to allow the runner to move to third base. He struck out the next batter, then gave up a double which scored a run. Saladin retired the next hitter on a groundout to the shortstop and secured a strikeout to limit the damage. He was lifted for a fresh arm in the fourth.
Tyler Bradt took the mound in relief in the top of the fifth.
He allowed a home run to the first hitter he faced. The right-hander retired the next three batters on a fly out to right field, a pop out to third, and a strike out swinging.
Randel Clemente pitched the seventh and final inning.
The 23-year-old retired the first hitter on a ground out to second. Clemente walked the next batter and retired the following two hitters on a pop out to first and a ground out to second to finish the game with a scoreless outing.
No other Cardinals saw action in the contest.
The Desert Dogs are 6-13 on the season. They will play a road match with the Mesa Solar Sox on Saturday.
Saturday’s game: at Mesa Solar Sox, Luke Sinnard RHP (0-0, 1.13) vs. Nathan Dettmer RHP (0-0, 12.00) 2:30 CT.
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