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AFL Recap: Tyler Waldron Throws Three Shutout Innings in Win

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The Scottsdale Scorpions won for the first time since Opening Day, defeating Surprise by a 2-1 score. It snapped a five game losing streak for the Scorpions. Tyler Waldron pitched well and picked up the win in relief. arizona_fall_league_logo

It was a light day for Pittsburgh Pirates players Wednesday night. For the first time, not one Pirates player was in the starting lineup. Tyler Waldron came on in relief to start the fourth inning. He retired the side in order, getting a strikeout, a fly out to center field and a ground out to third base.

Waldron had an easy second inning of work as well. He retired the side in order again, getting a line out to left field, followed by two ground outs. He needed just 22 pitches to get through two innings, 14 went for strikes.

His pitch count was so good through two innings that Waldron was able to come out for a third frame. He battled with the first hitter, throwing nine pitches before getting a ground out to third base. Waldron hit the next batter, stopping his streak of seven straight batters retired. He was still able to face the minimum over three innings because the next hitter grounded into a double play on the first pitch. He finished with 35 pitches, 22 went for strikes.

Prior to tonight, Waldron had pitched 2.1 innings over two appearances. He allowed a total of three runs on three hits and three walks in those first two outings.

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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