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AFL Recap: Season Finale

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In Arizona Fall League action today, Scottsdale lost 3-2 against Peoria.

The only Pirates player in the starting lineup today was Gift Ngoepe. He batted ninth and played shortstop. Ngoepe went 1-for-3 with a double, walk, stolen base and a strikeout. He came to the plate in the top of the ninth inning with his team down by one, a man on first and one out. Ngoepe battled through a nine pitch AB, before grounding into a double play to end the game.

Victor Black came in to pitch the seventh inning. He retired the side in order, including one strikeout, needing eleven pitches total, throwing eight for strikes. Black hit 97 MPH with his fastball during the third AB of the inning.

Brandon Cumpton followed up Black, pitching the eighth inning. He allowed just a single in his inning of work and didn’t walk or strike out a batter. He threw 13 pitches, ten for strikes. Cumpton reached 93 MPH with his fastball.

The AFL regular season is now over. Scottsdale finished with a 15-16 record

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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