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AFL Recap: Kevin Kramer and Mitchell Tolman Each Reach Base Twice in Saturday’s Loss

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Glendale lost on Friday, giving them a 7-8 record at the halfway point of the Arizona Fall League season. They took on Mesa on Saturday afternoon with all three Pittsburgh Pirates in the lineup. Glendale held a 6-2 lead going into the bottom of the eighth, but ended up losing 9-6.

Shortstop Kevin Kramer batted second and formed a double play combo with Mitchell Tolman, who played third base in his last game. Kramer struck out in the first inning, then singled on fly ball to center field to lead off the third inning. He hit lead-off again in the fifth inning and walked, then scored on a home run. Kramer led off in the seventh as well and struck out swinging. He finished the eighth inning with a ground out to first base, leaving him 1-for-4 with a walk and a run scored. He has a .281 average in nine games. Kramer’s only play on defense was a 6-4-3 double play.

Logan Hill came into the day in a 1-for-15 slump over his last four games. He batted fifth in the lineup and struck out in his first at-bat. After flying out in the third inning, Hill struck out again in the fifth. He reached in the seventh inning on a walk, then grounded out to third base in the ninth, ending the game. Hill finished 0-for-4 with a walk and saw his average drop to .171 through ten games.

Mitchell Tolman batted ninth in the lineup and had a chance to break a 2-2 tie in the second inning. He flew out to center field with two men on base. Tolman walked in the fourth, then doubled in the sixth. It was his fifth double of the fall season. He grounded out to first base in the eighth inning. Tolman is hitting .188 with six walks.

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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