Verdugo’s bat, glove on display in AFL win

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Alex Verdugo is feeling the effects of the long season, but pushing through the fatigue in order to get the most from his Arizona Fall League experience.

“I’m tired,” admitted Verdugo, who played a career-high 126 regular-season games with Double-A Tulsa this season. “When you’re able to come out and play with the best of the best, like this league is, it’s fun. The level of competition gives you an adrenaline rush and it helps you through it.”

The adrenaline was pumping Wednesday as the Dodgers’ No. 3 prospect tallied an RBI double and made a diving catch to help propel Glendale to a 6-1 win over Salt River at Salt River Fields.

Glendale scratched across a pair of runs via RBI ground outs in the third before Verdugo came through with the club’s first extra-base hit of the game, an RBI double to left, to extend the lead to 3-1 in the fourth.

“I’ve just been trying to stay with my approach at the plate,” said the No. 45 overall prospect. “We’re facing a lot of good arms and you really don’t know them that well, so it’s a little tough to have an approach, but that at-bat I was really …

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