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RHP Lou Trivino (Slippery Rock, Quakerown Blazers, 2011) and LHP Tim Mayza (Millersville, Quakertown Blazers,2011) have continued their spring training dominance of hitters as both closed out wins on Tuesday.

Trivino tossed a 12 pitch scoreless ninth inning to get the save as the Oakland A’s defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-5. In seven games over 8.2 innings Trivino has posted a 1.04 ERA and allowed only one hit with nine strikeouts. He has a WHIP of 0.69 and opponents are hitting .074.

Mayza tossed an eleven pitch scoreless ninth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 7-3. In five games over 3.1 innings Mayza has a 0.00 ERA with no walks and five strikeouts. Outfielder Josh Palacios (Auburn, Staten Island Tide) put the Blue Jays on the board with a two run single in the second inning and is currently hitting .385.

Justin Fall (Brookdale CC, Arizona State, Ocean Gulls, 2018) posted his third consecutive quality start as the Sun Devils defeated the University of Washington 8-1 on Saturday. Fall, the Top ACBL prospect in 2018, allowed one earned run and six hits with two walks and seven strikeouts over six innings. The 6-5 LHP improved his record to 5-1 and lowered his ERA to 1.95.

Matt Svanson (Lehigh, Quakertown Blazers, 2018) allowed one run in 4.2 innings as Lehigh defeated Bucknell on Saturday. The 6-5 RHP was prospect #8 on the 2018 ACBL list and has a 3-2 record in seven starts over 37.1 innings. His ERA is 2.45 with a 1.05 WHIP and he has 11 walks and with 42 strikeouts and opponents are hitting .206.

Jimmy Kingsbury (Villanova, Quakertown Blazers, 2018), the #9 prospect on the 2018 ACBL list, has a 4-2 record for the Wildcats with a 3.83 ERA in seven starts over 42.1 innings. He has posted 22 walks and 55 strikeouts and opponents are hitting .192.

Outfielder Josh Palacios (Auburn, Staten Island Tide) was recalled from the Toronto Blue Jays alternate training site and was hitless in three at bats in the Blue Jays 7-1 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. Palacios was a fourth round draft selection of the Blue Jays in the 2016 MLB Draft and hit .353 in spring training with a .706 slugging average and becomes the 117th former ACBL player to play in Major League baseball.

RHP Kyle McGowin (Savannah State, Sag Harbor) was recalled from the Washington Nationals alternate training site on April 6 and has not allowed a hit or run in two relief appearances over 2.1 innings.

RHP Lou Trivino (Slippery Rock, Quakertown Blazers) posted a hold last night with a scoreless eighth inning as the Oakland A’s defeated the Houston Astros 6-2.