photo: Tink Hence (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)
The Salt River Rafters lost to the Peoria Javelinas on Wednesday. Pedro Pages was the only Cardinal in the starting lineup and went 0-for-3, reached on a throwing error and walked. Tink Hence pitched a scoreless inning out of the bullpen.
Results from the Arizona Fall League game played Wednesday, November 2.
Salt River Rafters 1 at Peoria Javelinas 7
Two St. Louis Cardinals prospects saw action in Wednesday afternoon’s loss by Salt River.
Catcher Pedro Pages hit seventh in the Rafters lineup. In his first plate appearance in the second inning, Pages reached on an error but was left stranded. In the fourth inning, he grounded out to the shortstop.
Pages drew a walk in the sixth inning but was once again left stranded. In the eighth he flew out to center field. Pages is batting .189 in 37 at-bats.
Defensively, Pages (and his pitchers) were victimized by five steals in five attempts, though the catcher tagged out a runner at home on a throw from the left fielder.
Tink Hence came in to pitch the eighth. The right hander struck out the first hitter, then walked the second. He got the final two outs of the inning on a fly out to left field, and a ground out covered by Hence to the first baseman covering. Hence lowered his AFL ERA to 1.23.
Tink Hence looked sharp in one inning of relief today. He struck out one and walked one. Fastball sat 92-93 MPH but topped out at 94. Curveball was nasty as well in the upper 70s. Here is his full outing ⬇️#STLCards #FantasyBaseball pic.twitter.com/7HyWlM2WXf
— Chris Clegg (@RotoClegg) November 2, 2022
Salt River is 11-14 on the season.
Thursday’s game: at Solar Sox, Hunter Gregory RHP (1-2, 19.29) vs. Colin Peluse RHP (0-0, 2.25) 8:35 CT.
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