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AFL Recap: JT Brubaker Pitches Well in Glendale Loss

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The Glendale Desert Dogs forgot to bring their bats to the ballpark on Friday, collecting just one run on five hits in the 5-1 loss to Mesa. Both Kevin Kramer and Logan Hill were in the lineup and JT Brubaker was the first man out of the bullpen. After starting the season with a 5-1 record, Glendale reaches the halfway point of the Arizona Fall League season with a 7-8 mark.

Brubaker was definitely the highlight for the Pittsburgh Pirates on this day. He came into the game in the third inning, with Glendale already trailing 4-0 and two runners were on base. Brubaker got a fly ball to get out of the inning and strand both inherited runners. In the fourth inning, he allowed a lead-off single, then picked the runner off of first base. That was followed by two ground outs to end the inning.

In the fifth inning, Brubaker retired the side in order on a strikeout, ground out to Kevin Kramer and a fly ball. That ended his day with 2.1 scoreless innings. He threw 27 pitches, with 17 going for strikes. Brubaker now has 3.68 ERA in 7.1 innings this fall, with one walk and six strikeouts.

Kevin Kramer homered in each of his previous two games, but didn’t have it on this day. He struck out twice, grounded out to second base and popped out to third base. Kramer handled all six plays in the field at shortstop.

Logan Hill went 0-for-4 on this day and kept the entire outfield busy. After grounding out to shortstop in the second, he flew out to center, flew out to right and lined out to left in his final three at-bats. He has a .194 average through nine games after going 1-for-15 in his last four contests.

Glendale will be in Mesa tomorrow afternoon.

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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