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AFL Recap: Blake Weiman Picks Up the Save in 3-1 Surprise Victory

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Quick recap today because none of the Pittsburgh Pirate hitters were in the starting lineup. The Surprise Saguaros took on Mesa on Friday night and won 3-1, snapping a three-game losing streak. They now have a 5-4 record.

Blake Weiman came on in the eighth inning and got two quick outs on a line out to center field and a pop out to shortstop. The next batter lined one into center field for a single. Weiman finished out the inning with a strikeout looking. He threw 12 pitches, nine for strikes.

Weiman stayed out for the save in the ninth, trying to protect a 3-1 lead. He got a swinging strikeout to start the inning, then a ground out to shortstop for the second out. That was followed by a line out to right field for a 1-2-3 inning and his first save.  He threw 13 pitches in the ninth, eight for strikes.

This was the third appearance for Weiman, who allowed one earned run over 1.2 innings in his debut, before tossing 1.1 shutout innings last time out. He now has a 1.80 ERA.

Surprise will be home on Saturday afternoon against Scottsdale in a 3:35 PM EST start time.

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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