Back to the state capital
by James on Apr.18, 2008, under Minor League Baseball
Triple-A action here. Sacramento, behind 6 innings of no-hit ball from Dan Meyer, shut Tucson out 3-0. After the second game of their four game series, Tucson had managed a grand total of no runs on just 6 hits and 3 walks en route to a 2-12 record. Then again, it may be little surprise with some of the prospects Arizona sent to Oakland in the Dan Haren trade.
One of them, Carlos Gonzalez, went 3-for-4 and turned in a spectacular leaping catch in the right-center field gap for Meyer’s final out of the day in the 6th inning. Todd Linden and Brooks Conrad added a pair of hits for the River Cats, one of Conrad’s coming on a solo home run in the 1st. Ryan Wing and Brad Ziegler combined to allow 2 hits over the final 3 innings, with Ziegler picking up the save. Evan MacLane started for Tucson, allowing 3 runs on 9 hits over 5 innings. Trot Nixon, who accepted a minor league assignment when Arizona chose Alex Romero over him coming out of Spring Training, had the day off with the late morning start after a night game.
I worked with a slightly faster shutter speed than I did the week before in Stockton (mostly 1/2000th of a second) and in many cases the differences were clear, especially catching the release of the ball during pitches. As long as there’s enough light, it’s easier to get away with it and just do some editing later if I need to add a little more brightness.
