AFL 10/16: Scottsdale defeated Surprise 13-1
(putting the game away with seven runs in the 6th inning)

Scottsdale: SS Emmanuel Burriss: 4 for 6, 2 SB
Scottsdale: DH Kevin Frandsen: 2 for 5, HBP
Scottsdale: 3B LF Chris Pettit: 3 for 4, HR, BB, SO
Scottsdale: CF Ben Copeland: 0 for 5, BB, SO
Scottsdale: 2B Shelby Ford: 3 for 5, HR, HBP
Surprise: C Matt Wieters: 0 for 2, BB, HBP
Surprise: RF Joe Dickerson: 2 for 3, 3B, CS

Scottsdale: RHP Clay Buchholz: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Scottsdale: RHP T.J. Large: 1.0 IP, 1 K--1 HB
Surprise: RHP Dan Cortes: 3.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K--1 HR

Burriss's four singles led the Scorpions' eighteen-hit attack.  He raised his AVG to .400.  The two fellow Giants--Frandsen's pair of singles raised his AVG to .261, but Copeland oh-fer lowered his AVG to .286.  The Angels' Pettit and the Pirates' Ford also had three hits and provided the game's only HRs.  The Royals' Dickerson had two of the Rafters' three hits.  The Orioles' Wieters, who is likely the top prospect in baseball, also reached base twice.

The AFL is not normally noted for pitching prospects, but two notable pitchers started this game.  The Red Sox' Buchholz faced the minimum fifteen batters despite allowing a couple baserunners.  He had a 2/7 GO/FO line.  The Royals' Cortes has allowed 7 H and 4+ ER in both of his AFL starts.  The Red Sox' 25-year-old Large, who was drafted by the Giants in 2001 (the same year as Hennessey, Lowry, Linden and Foppert) but did not sign, pitched a scoreless 7th inning.

HWB 10/16: Waikiki lost to North Shore 7-4
(allowing five runs in 4th inning)

Waikiki: 1B Yonger Alonso: 2 for 4, 2 2B, 2 SO
Waikiki: LF Roger Kieschnick: 0 for 4, 3 SO
North Shore: 1B Chris Carter: 0 for 4, SF, 3 SO
North Shore: SS Yamaico Navarro: 1 for 5, HR, SO, E

North Shore: LHP Ben Swaggerty: 2.0 IP, 1 BB, 5 K--1 WP
Waikiki: LHP Kazunori Yamamoto: 2.0 IP, 1 K

The Giants' Kieschnick suffered his second pro hat trick.  In his last five games, he has 9 SO among 19 AB.  With two doubles, the Reds' Alonso was one of three Beach Boys with two hits.  The A's' Carter had a hat trick and was the only Honu hitter without a hit.  The oh-fer dropped his AVG to .176, and he now has twice as many strikeouts as hits in Hawaii.  The Red Sox' Navarro provided the game's only HR.

Each team had a couple older relievers pitch well.  The Royals' 26-year-old Swaggerty struck out five of the seven batters he faced.  Japan's 25-year-old Yamamoto pitched two perfect innings to maintain his 0.00 ERA after four appearances.

Carribean notes:
Mexicali: C Todd Jennings: 1 for 3, BB
Caribes: SS Ivan Ochoa: 1 for 4, 2 SO
Caribes: C Eliezer Alfonzo: 1 for 4, HBP, 3 SO
Caribes: RHP Matt Palmer: 1.0 IP, 2 K

Jennings finally got his second hit.  Ochoa and Alfonzo each had a single in their second winter game.  Palmer has saved both of Caribes' two games.  He threw 8 of 11 pitches for strikes in a perfect 9th inning while recording 2 K.