Veal earns AFL honors

Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com

Pirates lefty Donnie Veal has been named pitcher of the week in the Arizona Fall League after making two scoreless starts last week. In those two starts, Veal logged 7 2/3 innings and gave up just five hits. He walked two and struck out seven.

In four AFL starts so far, Veal is 2-0 and has allowed only one earned run in 12 2/3 innings. He has issued two walks while notching 12 strikeouts for the Scottsdale Scorpions club. He leads all AFL starters with his 0.71 ERA and ranks second in opponent batting average (.159)

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