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Prospect Highlights: Fine Defensive Play By Alen Hanson, Big Night For Altoona Bats

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A few highlights from last night’s 10-1 Altoona win, plus the walk-off winner in extra innings for Indianapolis. First off, with some nice fielding from shortstop Alen Hanson. It looks like Jarek Cunningham was going to make the short hop pick and throw, but the ball gets by him and Hanson was there to make the play and a strong, accurate throw.

When a team wins 10-1, there is going to be some highlights from the bats and below, Stetson Allie and Willy Garcia provide the extra base hits. Neither is hitting for average yet, though both are showing some power. Garcia’s highlight up first, as he hits a drive into the left-center gap.

Later in the game, Stetson Allie just misses a home run and has to settle for a double.

Finally, Indianapolis won 6-5 in 11 innings last night over Louisville and Adalberto Santos provided the game winning hit, which scored Tony Sanchez from second base. Just like the Pittsburgh Pirates, last night’s Indianapolis game ended with the winning team celebrating a walk-off hit on the field. Did I mention that the Louisville Bats are the farm team of the Cincinnati Reds?

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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