photo: Leonardo Bernal and Nathan Church (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)
On Thursday, the Glendale Desert Dogs fell to the Scottsdale Scorpions 7-6 at Camelback Ranch to miss the Arizona Fall League postseason on a tiebreaker. Leonardo Bernal singled, doubled, walked and plated two. Nathan Church, Matt Svanson and Brycen Mautz also played.
Results from the Arizona Fall League game played on Thursday, November 14.
Glendale Desert Dogs 6, Scottsdale Scorpions 7
The Glendale Desert Dogs (16-14) fell to the Scottsdale Scorpions (16-14) 7-6 on Thursday at Camelback Ranch to miss the Arizona Fall League postseason on a tiebreaker.
Four St. Louis Cardinals participated. Leonardo Bernal started at catcher and batted sixth, Nathan Church started in right field, batting seventh and Brycen Mautz and Matt Svanson pitched in relief.
Bernal went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and two RBI. He grounded out to begin the second, hit an RBI double in the fourth, an RBI single in the fifth to tie the game, lined out in the seventh, and walked in the ninth. He was replaced by a pinch runner in the ninth.
Bernal committed a throwing error in the field and allowed four runners to steal successfully.
Church hit 2-for-5 with an RBI. Church singled in the second and stole second, singled in the fourth, popped out in the fifth, grounded into an RBI forceout in the seventh, and flew out in the ninth.
Svanson came into pitch the seventh inning, allowing two runs on two hits. The right-hander gave up back-to-back home runs to lead off the inning and then forced a flyout and two groundouts.
Brycen Mautz threw a scoreless ninth inning. The lefty retired the side in order with a lineout, a groundout, and another lineout.
The Desert Dogs ended the season in a tie for second but missed the postseason because they lost the tiebreakers to the Scorpions and the Salt River Rafters.
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