More zeroes for Cody Morse in the Arizona Fall League

On Friday night, the Glendale Desert Dogs suffered a 1-0 defeat to the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League. The Desert Dogs had a meager five hits, all singles, which were credited to Dodgers prospects. Chase Harlan contributed two hits and Charles Davalan had a single and a walk, but their efforts were not enough to overcome the Dodgers.

Cody Morse, a left-handed pitcher, entered the game in the sixth inning with runners on first and second, and two outs. Morse managed to strand those runners, limiting the damage before securing a scoreless seventh inning with one walk and a strikeout. In nine appearances so far in the Arizona Fall League, Morse has maintained a perfect 0.00 ERA, allowing only one unearned run on two hits and five walks over eight innings.

His impressive performance has resulted in 14 strikeouts among the 33 batters he has faced, giving him a remarkable 42.4-percent strikeout rate. Sam Horn, a Missouri quarterback turned Dodgers minor league pitcher, made his professional AFL debut on Friday. Though he did not participate in Friday's game, Horn has a 3.86 ERA in seven innings across his seven games, striking out eight and walking four.

Horn's three pitches - a mid-90s four-seam fastball, an 83-85 mph sweeper, and a firm upper-80s changeup with negative vertical break - have been praised by Geoff Pontes of Baseball America. He described Horn as an "exciting upside play." With no games scheduled for Saturday, Harlan is among eight players competing in the Arizona Fall League home run derby, set to begin at 5:30 p.m. PT on Saturday night.