Pittsburgh Pirates Outfield Prospect Homers Again in AFL

Another day, another strong performance at the plate for Pittsburgh Pirates outfield prospect Sammy Siani.

Siani continued his strong showing in the Arizona Fall League, going 2-3 with a home run, two RBIs, two runs scored and a walk in the Scottsdale Scorpions’ 8-1 win over the Peoria Javelinas on Wednesday night.

Pirates infield prospect Kervin Pichardo was 0-3 with two strikeouts, but he did walk one and score two runs. Right-handed pitcher Derek Diamond pitched a scoreless inning and struckout one batter.

In his plate appearance in the game, Siani got two outs in the bottom of the first inning and singled to right field to extend Scottsdale’s lead to 2-0. Pichardo reached on an error in the next at bat and reached on an error, allowing the Scorpions to score four more runs and lead 6–0 after the opening stanza.

Siani struckout looking in his second at bat, then Pichardo walked on the ensuing at bat and stole second base. The Pittsburgh infield prospect came around to score on another error to give the Scorpions a 7-0 lead.

In Siani’s next at-bat, he smoked a 1-0 pitch over the right-center field wall for a solo home run. The homer was Siani’s third of the AFL and put Scottsdale ahead by the final score. Pichardo struckout in his next two at bats.

Siani walked in his final at bat of the game.

Diamond entered the game in the top of the seventh inning and got a strikeout and a grounder to start his outing. A throwing error by Pichardo allowed Milwaukee Brewers infield prospect Juan Baez to reach second base and he stole third base. Diamond escaped the jam by getting Atlanta Braves infield prospect David McCabe to ground out to end the inning.

Scottsdale (11-14) will look to win its third in a row when it faces the Mesa Solar Sox (13-12) on Thursday at 8:30 PM ET.

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