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The Glendale Redbirds played on the road against the Tucson Turtles.
The Redbirds sent LHP Dennis Gunderson to the mound on opening day. His first pitch was a strike. He pitched a perfect first, including a strikeout to end the inning.
CF Robert Day struck out looking as the leadoff man for Glendale in the top of the 1st.
1B Kymani Sinclair picked up the first hit for Glendale, a single leading off the 2nd inning.
In the 6th inning, Robert Day drew a walk, and then scored the team’s first run when LF Ryan Winterbottom pulled the franchise’s first home run into the left field bleachers.
CF Blake Mattinson, who had pinch hit for Day earlier in the game, misplayed a line drive into center field with a man on third in the bottom of the 7th allowing a run to score. It was the only error for either team on the day.
The Turtles gave lefty starter Josh Simpson the nod on opening day. His first pitch was fouled off, and he had a strikeout three pitches later.
With one out in the bottom of the 2nd, SS Ryan Noble delivered Tucson’s first hit, a single into left field. He then came home to score the team’s first run when he tagged up on CF Chris Coleman’s sacrifice fly to center.
2B Eddie Dollard hit the first home run in franchise history with a man on in the bottom of the 3rd.
Josh Simpson got the win as Tucson outscored Glendale 9-3. The save went to right handed reliever Gregg Sheridan, who pitched 2.2 innings and came in before the Turtles broke the game wide open. The losing pitcher was right handed reliever Danny Vaccaro.
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