Clevlen, Vasquez lead Desert Dogs to AFL title
posted in 2006-07 offseason, minors |This is a day late, as always. But Brent Clevlen drove in three runs to help the Phoenix Desert Dogs win the Arizona Fall League playoff championship. Starter Virgil Vasquez earned the win, going five innings. Unforunately, Vasquez’ streak of scoreless innings ended at…28.1. Wow!
Clevlen, the Detroit Tigers’ second-round draft pick in 2002, was the offensive star. He drove in two runs with a two-out, bases-loaded single in the fifth inning and slugged a leadoff home run in the eighth to put an exclamation point on Phoenix’s victory.
“I think the single was a bigger hit than the home run,” Clevlen said. “It came with two outs and put us up 5-1. That’s a decent lead in the middle of the game.”Right-hander Virgil Vasquez, another of the Tigers’ top prospects, retired the first 12 batters he faced, wobbled a bit the next two innings — primarily because of cramps in his legs and fingers — and departed with a lead that turned into a personal victory.
“We had a great team,” he said. “I kept telling the guys that I wish we would have this team all the time. We had so much fun together.”
UPDATE: Vasquez was added to the 40-man roster.
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