After six weeks grinding against some of the stiffest young competition in all of baseball, the Arizona Fall League has come to an end for eight Giants prospects.
In the final game of the fall for the Scottsdale Scorpions, only two Giants farmhands started on Thursday -- the battery connection of starting pitcher Chris Stratton and catcher Eliezer Zambrano. Stratton, the 6-foot-3 26-year-old, finished off with five strong innings. Over five frames, Stratton struck out four and walked one batter as he allowed three hits. The right-hander tossed 67 pitches, 41 for strikes, good for 61 percent strikes.