Round One: Spokane 4, Rosehill 1

Game recaps from the Strat-generated box scores. In this Round One matchup, the No. 3 Rosehill Hornets (101-61) had home-field advantage versus the No. 6 Spokane Hooded Crows (88-74).

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Game One
Crows 4, Hornets 1

Starters: Zack Greinke @ Jason Hammel

Zack Greinke went 8 strong innings as the Spokane Hooded Crows outscored the Rosehill Hornets 4 to 1.

Spokane scored the winning runs in the top of the 9th inning with 3 runs on 3 hits. James Loney got things going when he stroked a base-hit. Zach Walters stepped up to the plate and he popped a two-run clout over the fence. Martin Maldonado then doubled. D.J. Lemahieu came up and he laid down a sacrifice bunt. Zack Cozart stepped into the box and hit a deep fly. Overall Spokane out-hit Rosehill 9 to 4.

Greinke (1-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 8 innings and allowing 1 run. Greinke got relief help from Tony Sipp who gained credit for his 1st save. Jason Hammel (0-1) suffered the loss. He allowed 2 runs and 7 hits in 8 innings.

Hornets Address Two Key Needs In First Round

By Jim Derer
    
The Rosehill Hornets went into the draft with a need to upgrade their starting pitching and to get a starting 2B. We also needed backups at catcher, shortstop, and 1B.

The Hornets happily drafted Masahiro Tanaka at No. 8

As the first round unfolded, we were shocked that Masahiro Tanaka dropped to us at #8! We had him projected as the #1 SP and we didn't think he would last that long as other drafts and various projected drafts had him going in the top 4. Our next first-round pick was at #14 and we were able to get our 2B in Dee Gordon who should be our leadoff hitter, and we'll use Freddy Galvis to sub defensively in the late innings.
 
We projected that we could get our future closer in the second round with our pick #28 and luckily we were right. We selected Ken Giles who should help in a limited role this season and we expect big things from him in the future.