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AFL: Edgar Santana Picks Up Save in Saguaros Victory

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On Monday afternoon in the Arizona Fall League, the Surprise Saguaros defeated Salt River by a 3-1 score. Jin-De Jhang and Eric Wood were the only Pirates in the lineup. Wood played third base and batted fifth, while Jhang was the DH and batted ninth.

Eric Wood started his day with a strikeout in the second inning. He grounded out to shortstop in the fourth inning. Wood struck out again in the seventh inning. He finished 0-for-3 at the plate and handled five plays in the field, including a big double play mentioned below.

Jhang singled on a line drive in the third inning to put runners on the corners with one out in a scoreless game. He scored two batters later on a double. Jhang grounded out to second base in the fifth, then popped out to third base in the eighth inning. He finished 1-for-3 with a run scored.

Montana DuRapau pitched the fifth inning and gave up a single, which was followed by a double play started by Eric Wood. The next batter hit a solo homer for the lone Salt River run. DuRapau then struck out the next hitter to finish the inning. He threw 13 pitches total and touched 93 once with his four-seam fastball. The home run came off an 88 MPH cutter. He has a 20.25 ERA in two appearances.

Edgar Santana came on in the ninth to try to protect a 3-1 lead. He started with a ground out to shortstop on a 97 MPH fastball. The next batter grounded out to third base for the second out. Santana then allowed a single up the middle, bringing former Pirate JaCoby Jones to the plate as the tying run. Jones singled on a liner to right field. Santana quickly struck out the next batter, getting him swinging on a slider to end the game. He topped out at 97.6 MPH and while he faced five batters, he threw just 13 pitches, ten for strikes. Santana threw 2.2 shutout innings in his debut last week.

Surprise plays tomorrow night in Salt River. Tanner Anderson will make his second start.

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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