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AFL: Eric Wood and Jin-De Jhang Help Provide Offense in 10-8 Victory

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On Saturday afternoon in the Arizona Fall League, the Surprise Saguaros won 10-8 over Glendale. This was the first time that all three position players from the Pirates were in the lineup at the same time. Eric Wood played third base and batted fourth. He played first base on Thursday and left field on Friday, so this was his third position in three days. Connor Joe played left field and batted sixth, while Jin-De Jhang caught and hit eighth.

Wood led off the second inning with a home run, his first of the fall. He drew a walk in the third inning, then scored on a double. He struck out to end the fourth inning, leaving two runners in scoring position. Wood lined out to shortstop in the seventh inning. He finished 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and two runs scored. Wood committed a throwing error in the sixth inning.

Joe was called out on strikes in the second inning. He popped out to shortstop in the third inning, then walked in the fifth inning. In the seventh inning, he singled and scored on a double by Jin-De Jhang. He finished up 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.

Jhang started the third inning by lining a single up the middle. He scored four batters later on a double. He singled on a hard grounder to right field in the fourth. Jhang hit the ball well in the fifth, but it was right at the right fielder. His seventh inning double that scored Connor Joe, gave Surprise a 10-8 lead. It was Jhang’s first extra-base hit of the fall. He finished the day 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. He has a .412 average (7-for-17) in five games. Opponents were 3-for-3 in steals against Jhang.

Surprise has off on Sunday. They next play on Monday in Mesa. Starting on November 1st, we will have five days of live coverage from the AFL.

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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