Desert Dogs crumble in the heat

Luis Basabe (LF): 0-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K

Luis Robert (RF): 2-for-5, 3 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K

Laz Rivera (2B): 0-for-4, 1 BB, 0 K

Luis Robert is good — breaking news — and he paced Glendale to a 2-0 lead after the first inning. He drove in Ryan McKenna with an RBI infield single and then came around to score on a wild pitch.

In Luis Basabe’s second at-bat, after lining out in the first inning, he drove in Khalil Lee on a sacrifice fly, another fly ball he barreled up that was caught. It gave the Desert Dogs a 3-0 lead.

By the fifth inning, Glendale was up 3-1 when Luis Robert singled, this time to the outfield, though, as you can tell in the video, he did not exactly drive the ball.

Robert would…