Alec Marsh fired in his 1-2 pitch with aspirations of his first strikeout of night. Instead, the delivery caught too much of the plate and Beaver left fielder Alex McGarry crushed a solo shot toward the Phoenix Municipal Stadium digital scoreboard.
As McGarry rounded the bases for the sixth time this season, Marsh received the new baseball from his battery partner Sam Ferri. Tracy Smith’s Friday night starter had no time to dwell on the fact the defending champs had taken an early 1-0 lead in the second inning.
“Sam told me it was a good pitch, the guy just cheated it and got it.