The Diamondbacks and their 4 minor league affiliates completed their first organizational sweep, with strong starting pitching anchoring the teams. Joel Payamps pitched a scoreless spot start for Reno, Josh Taylor scoreless for Jackson, solid bullpen game in Visalia, and scoreless pitching from Jon Duplantier for Kane County. In 3 of the 4 games, the margin of victory was 4 or more. In many of these games, not only did the pitching show up, there were some impressive hitting displays from guys normally noted as light bats that would normally be a 3-Star performance on any given night.
3 Stars: Kane County RHP Jon Duplantier 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K, GS 72, W (1-0)
2 Stars: Jackson LHP Josh Taylor 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K, GS 69, W (2-1)
1 Star: Reno RHP Joel Payamps 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, GS 63, W (2-0)
0 Stars: Kane County 3B Ramon Hernandez 0 for 4, 3 K
Reno Aces 12, El Paso Chihuahuas 1: The Aces took a big lead early and never looked back.