Carrier Gets Carried Away and Pacheco Gets Carted Off, Leaving Remaining Cubs in the Dark

Chris Carrier drove-in two runs with a solo HR and two singles and scored twice, Fernando Kelli tripled, singled, walked, and scored a run. and Jonathan Sierra and Reivaj Garcia each drilled an RBI double and a single and scored a run, in an eight-inning Cubs Extended Spring Training intrasquad game played Saturday night on Field #1 at the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, AZ. 

Carrier hit his HR in the bottom of the 6th right after being informed that he was being called-up to one of the Cubs full-season affiliates (presumably South Bend, but it could have been one of the others), so after blasting the bomb far over the LF fence, Carrier gathered his gear, hugged his teammates, and made a bee-line for the UAPC (slip-sliding on the concrete in the process) and then to Sky Harbor Airport. (It's always a trip when a player at Extended Spring Training gets called-up during a game). 

On a more somber note, Carlos Pacheco was carried off the field after suffering what appeared to be a serious leg injury in the top of the 7th after tripping over 1st base while attempting to beat-out an infield hit. 

The game was called with a score of 8-6 prior to the start of the 9th inning after the lights suddenly switched themselves off. (Unbeknownst to Carmelo Martinez and the rest of the EXST Cubs, the lights were pre-set to turn off automatically at 10 PM so that the Riverview Park ground crew and City of Mesa personnel could go home without having to wait around for the game to end, but none of the Cubs knew how to over-ride the timer and turn them back on). Dalton Geekie and Yan de la Cruz were warmed-up and ready to throw one inning each, but obviously they were unable to get their scheduled game-work. (The Field #1 sprinklers also turned themselves on automatically a few minutes prior to start of the game).  

The Cubs will be playing AZL home games at both Sloan Park (the Cubs Spring Training stadium) and across the street at Riverview Park Field #1 (the only Riverview back-field with lights) on nights when both AZL Cubs #1 and AZL Cubs #2 are scheduled to play home games, so it's probably good to be aware of potential problems and get the glitches worked-out now rather than after the AZL season starts.  

Here is the box score from the game: 

SQUAD "A" LINEUP:
1. D. J. Wilson, CF-DH: 1-4 (E-4, 3B, F-7, L-7, R, RBI, CS)
2. Fernando Kelli, LF-CF: 2-3 (3B, 4-3, 1B, BB, R)
3. Jonathan Sierra, RF: 2-4 (F-8 DP, 6-3, 1B, 2B, R, RBI, CS)
4a. Cam Balego, C: 0-2 (K, BB, K)
4b. Kevin Zamudio, C: 0-0 (HBP, R)
5. Yovanny Cuevas, DH #1: 0-2 (5-3, BB, P-2, BB)
6a. Carlos Pacheco, DH #2: 0-2 (BB, 5-3 DP, 6-3) 
6b. Kevin Moreno, LF: 1-1 (1B, 2 RBI, CS)
7a. Luis Vazquez, SS: 0-3 (K, 6-3, F-8)
7b. Yonathan Perlaza, SS: 0-1 (3-U)
8. Fidel Mejia, 3B: 1-2 (BB, F-9, 1B, 2 R)
9. Reivaj Garcia, 2B: 2-3 (4-3, 1B, 2B, R, RBI)
10. Luis Hidalgo, 1B: 1-3 (2B, K, K, R, RBI)

SQUAD "B" LINEUP:
1. Luis Diaz, 2B-DH: 1-3 (2B, K, F-8, R)
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FOURTH TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
2a. Chris Carrier, DH #1: 3-3 (1B, 1B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI)
2b. Ramsey Romano, 2B: 0-1 (K) 
3. Orian Nunez, 3B: 1-3 (2B, 6-3, BB, F-9, R, RBI)
4. Jonathan Soto, C: 2-4 (1B, K, 1B, 6-3)
5. Christopher Morel, SS: 0-3 (F-8 SF, F-8, L-6, 5-3, RBI)
6. Henderson Perez, DH #2: 0-2 (4-3 DP, BB, 5-3, PO)
7. Abraham Rodriguez, LF-DH: 1-3 (3B, K, 4-3, R)
8a. Kwangmin Kwon, RF: 0-3 (K, K, K)
8b. Ruben Reyes, RF: NO AB 
9. Jose A. Gonzalez, DH-CF: 1-1 (3B, R)
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FIRST TWO TIMES THRU BATTING ORDER
10. Jose Gutierrez, CF-LF: 1-2 (F-9 SF, 6-3, 3B, 2 RBI)
11. Gustavo Polanco, 1B: 1-3 (1B, 6-3, K)

SQUAD "A" PITCHERS: 
1. Faustino Carrera: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R (5 ER), 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 1 PO, 1 GIDP, 4/4 GO/AO, 70 pitches (51 strikes) 
2. Mitch Stophel: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 2/1 GO/AO, 42 pitches (28 strikes) 
3. Raidel Orta: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/1 GO/AO, 20 pitches (12 strikes) 

SQUAD "B" PITCHERS: 
1. Erling Moreno: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1/1 GO/AO, 28 pitches (17 strikes) 
2. Chi-Feng Lee: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R (3 ER), 3 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 1 GIDP, 5/0 GO/AO, 36 pitches (16 strikes) 
3. Alfredo Colorado: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1/4 GO/AO, 37 pitches (22 strikes) 
4. Sean Barry: 1.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R (5 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 4 WP, 1/1 GO/AO, 45 pitches (25 strikes) 

SQUAD "A" ERRORS: NONE 

SQUAD "B" ERRORS: 1 
2B Luis Diaz: E-4 (throwing error allowed batter to reach base safely) 

SQUAD "B" CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Jonathan Soto: 3-3 CS 

CUBS SQUAD "B" OUTFIELD ASSIST: 
CF Jose Gutierrez threw out runner (Fernando Kelli) attempting to score from 3rd base after F-8 

ATTENDANCE: 4

WEATHER: Clear skies with temperatures 100+ 

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