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AFL: Reese McGuire Comes Up Big in Glendale Victory

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Glendale came into Thursday night’s game with a 4-1 record this season. Reese McGuire was the only Pirate in the starting lineup. He batted third and was the designated hitter. The Desert Dogs won 7-5 and McGuire tied the score twice, plus he scored the go-ahead run.

McGuire came up in the first inning with runners on first and second and no outs. He flew out to left field on the sixth pitch, though it ended up being a productive out as both runners moved up 90 feet. In his next at-bat, McGuire hit a soft liner to shortstop for the third out of the third inning. In the sixth, he batted with a runner on third(after a first pitch steal), one out and his team down 3-2. McGuire tied the game, picking up an RBI on a ground out to third base. He reached first on a fielding error on the play.

In the eighth, McGuire came through again in a big spot. With his team down 5-3, he batted with one out and runners on the corners. McGuire doubled to center field on a 95 mph fastball, tying the score. He then came around to score the go-ahead run on a single. McGuire came up again in the ninth with two outs and two runners on. He couldn’t contribute this time, striking out swinging to end the inning. He finished the game 1-for-5 and he is 2-for-10 through three games.

Glendale plays Friday afternoon at 3:35pm EST.

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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