Cub Contingent Leads Solar Sox to Victory

Andrew Cashner threw four innings of no run, no hit ball and Starlin Castro had two hits, drove in one run and scored two more, and made the defensive play of the day, as the Mesa Solar Sox exterminated the Mesa Scorpions 12-5 this afternoon at HoHoKam Park in Mesa.   box score Pitching on a cool & breezy day with the wind blowing out at 15-20 MPH gusting to 30, the 23-year old Cashner (Cubs #1 draft pick out of TCU in 2008) had no trouble with the Scorpions. He threw just 44 pitches (25 strikes) in his four innings of work, getting ahead of most of the hitters as he mixed a 94-96 MPH fastball with a sharp breaking ball and an occasional change-up. The only glitches were a four-pitch walk to Steve Susdorf (Phillies) leading off the 3rd and a walk to Brandon Allen (Diamondbacks) on a 3-1 pitch with two outs in the 4th. He struck out four (including Phillies top position-player prospect Domonic Brown, swinging), got four outs on ground balls, and another four on...