AFL Daily Dip: October 25th, 2012

Following on the heels of our 2012 AFL Delegates series – where we broke down the players each organization was sending to the desert – I wanted to do a brief daily recap of the AFL action from the previous day. You could consider it a “junior” version of what we did this summer with the Prospect Pulse/Standout Sprouts series with a few minor changes. These pieces are meant to be “quick hits” to supplement other content I will publish each day, though I reserve the right to add thoughts on various players from time to time.

Thursday, October 25th:

Luke Putkonen made his major league debut in 2012 and logged 16.0 innings with the Tigers (Photo Credit: Peter G. Aiken-US PRESSWIRE)

Peoria Javelinas 8 – Mesa Solar Sox 2

• DH – Nate Freiman (SD): 2-4, 2B, 3 R, BB – Has now hit in seven straight and eight out of ten overall
• RHP – Tim Crabbe (CIN): 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO
• SS – Javier Baez (CHC): 1-3, HR, RBI, 2 R, BB, 2 SB
• RHP – Luke Putkonen (DET): 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO

Phoenix Desert Dogs 3 – Salt River Rafters 6

• RF – Kyle Jensen (MIA): 3-4, HR, 2 RBI, R, BB, SO – Now has 30 total bases in 11 games with a 0.422/.469/.667 slash line
• RHP – James Simmons (OAK): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO
• CF – Brian Goodwin (WAS): 3-4, 2 2B, 2 R, BB
• RHP – Coty Woods (COL): 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO

Surprise Saguaros 3 – Scottsdale Scorpions 6

• C – Christian Vazquez (BOS): 4-4, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI – Player of the Day – Talk about bunching hits, Vazquez is 0-16 in five games and 7-8 in his other two.
• RHP – Ryan Rodebaugh (TEX): 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO
• 2B – Ronny Rodriguez (CLE): 2-4, 2B, R, SO
• LHP – Dan Runzler (SF): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO

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