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Game Results:
Monday, 10/17 | Glendale 6, Mesa 3
Tuesday, 10/18 | Mesa 6, Glendale 3
Wednesday, 10/19 | Salt River 4, Glendale 5
Thursday, 10/20 | Glendale 4, Peoria 3
Friday, 10/21 | Surprise 7, Glendale 2
Saturday, 10/22 | Glendale 7, Scottsdale 9
The Glendale Desert Dogs completed another .500 week, going 3-3 in their six games. Their 8-8 overall record (including one tie) is tied for third place in the standings, a half-game behind second place heading into week four.
How did all of the Minnesota Twins prospects fare for the Desert Dogs in week three of the 2022 AFL season?
IF Austin Martin
Week: 2-for-9, 4 R, 1 BB, 1 K (3 games)
Overall: .439/.538/.561 (1.099 OPS)
Martin continued his scorching hot hitting to start the week, going 2-for-6 in Monday’s win over the Mesa Solar Sox. That gave him 13 hits in his last five games and he added another stolen base.
In Tuesday’s loss to the Solar Sox, Martin got just two plate appearances, drawing a walk and getting hit by a pitch. After the HBP, he stole his seventh base of the season, moved to third on a balk, and scored on a groundout before being replaced in the field in the fifth inning (no reason has been given).
He wouldn’t play again until Saturday when he went 0-for-3, but reached base in the game with another hit-by-pitch and also scored another run.
On the week Martin played one game in center field, DH’ed, and finished his week up at shortstop after getting a few days off.
IF Edouard Julien
Week: 6-for-13, 6 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 5 BB, 3 K (4 games)
Overall: .364/.543/.636 (1.179 OPS)
Julien entered the week with no extra-base hits yet on the season and a .800 OPS. He finished it with three doubles, two home runs, and a 1.179 OPS that leads his team and ranks fourth in the AFL overall (Martin is fifth). It was a monster week for the infielder that just kept getting better.
In Monday’s win, he was 1-for-3 with his first double, scored a run, and drew two walks. In Wednesday's win over Salt River, he added two more doubles, scored two runs, and drew another walk as the leadoff man with Martin out. While he was 0-for-3 in his next game, he continued to do what he’s known for, drawing a pair of walks and scoring another run.
Then he turned it up to eleven on Saturday, batting in the cleanup spot as the DH.
While his team lost the game, Julien did everything he could to help. His two-run homer in the first inning put them up 2-0 early. He added an RBI single in the fifth inning before his second two-run blast in the seventh got his team within three late.
C/1B Alex Isola
Week: 1-for-9, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K (3 games)
Overall: .125/.250/.125 (.375 OPS)
Isola saw action in three games on the week, including his first game at catcher in Friday’s loss to Surprise.
In Monday’s win against Mesa, he got the first run of the game on the board for the Desert Dogs with his RBI single in the fourth inning that drove in Julien. Later in the frame, he’d score the go-ahead run on a wild pitch and he also drew a walk to lead off the seventh.
RHP Jon Olsen
Week: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K (1 start)
Overall: 0-1, 9.75 ERA, 2.85 WHIP, .393 BAA, 8 BB, 9 K (6 2/3 IP)
Olsen made the start in Friday’s 7-2 loss to the Surprise Saguaros, pitching into the fourth inning.
He kept them scoreless for the first three frames, striking out one in the first, three in the second, and another in the third as Glendale had a 1-0 lead. A pair of walks to start the fourth inning put an end to his outing, but it was solid up until that point. Two runs were charged to him as his replacement gave up a single, and on the same play committed an egregious throwing error that allowed that batter to come all the way home for a 3-1 Saguaros lead.
LHP Denny Bentley
Week: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (2 appearances)
Overall: 1-0, 3.68 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, .167 BAA, 7 BB, 4 K (7 1/3 IP)
The lefty reliever made two appearances on the week, going multiple innings in Monday’s win over Mesa for his first hold of the season, and picking up his second in Thursday’s win over Peoria.
He pitched the seventh and eighth innings against the Solar Sox, giving up a single, walk, and a solo home run. Against the Javelinas he came on for the seventh inning, striking out one in a scoreless frame.
RHP Ryan Shreve
Week: 1 2/3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 K (1 appearance)
Overall: 0-0, 3.38 ERA, 1.63 WHIP, .269 BAA, 6 BB, 5 K (8 IP)
Shreve was the first reliever summoned in Wednesday’s 4-3 win over Salt River, coming into the game in the middle of the third inning with his team up 2-1 at the time. He retired both hitters he faced to keep them out front, but a pair of singles in the fourth inning led to the Rafters tying the game at two before he was able to get out of the inning.
RHP Francis Peguero
Week: W, 2 IP, 1 H, 2 K (1 appearance)
Overall: 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, .095 BAA, 6 BB, 5 K (6 1/3 IP)
Peguero is becoming somewhat of a finisher for his Desert Dogs roster, as he again was the final pitcher for his team in his only appearance of the week. He got credited with the win by pitching the eighth and ninth innings against the Rafters on Wednesday, as the Desert Dogs scored three in the bottom of the eighth to take a 5-4 lead after his one-two-three top half. He allowed a single in the ninth but struck out one in each of his frames to secure the win.
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