2008 Media/Scouts Notes Monday, October 27, 2008

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American Division Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Division Streak Last 10 Alumnus of the Day Mesa Solar Sox 11 5 .688 - 5-3 6-2 6-1 W7 8-2 Peoria Saguaros 11 5 .688 - 5-2 6-3 3-2 W3 5-5 Jayson Werth played for the Mesa Solar Sox in Scottsdale Scorpions 5 11 .313 6.0 4-3 1-8 0-6 L4 4-6 2000 representing the . Last night for the Phillies, Werth went 2-for-4 with 2 runs, 2 RBI, National Division Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Division Streak Last 10 and a in the 10-2 Phillies win. Phillies lead 9 7 .563 - 5-4 4-3 4-3 L2 6-4 the World Series 3-1. Phoenix Desert Dogs 8 8 .500 1.0 5-3 3-5 4-3 W2 5-5 Surprise Rafters 4 12 .250 5.0 4-5 0-7 1-3 L5 2-8

Saturday’s Highlights Phoenix Desert Dogs 13, Scottsdale Scorpions 10 – WP: Roe (COL) (1-1, 9.95), LP: Lawson (BOS) (0-3, 9.64) Every hitter in the Desert Dogs lineup got a hit on Saturday ... including four players with a three-hit day: Sean Doolittle (OAK), Mike McKenry (COL), Eric Young, Jr., (COL) and Adrian Cardenas (OAK) … Doolittle, McKenry, and Josh Donaldson (OAK) homered for the Desert Dogs as did Mark Wagner (BOS) for the Scorpions … Shelby Ford (PIT) was 1-for-5 on the day with three RBI.

Mesa Solar Sox 13, Surprise Rafters 6 – WP: Caridad (CHC) (1-0, 2.70), LP: Tomlin (CLE) (1-2, 12.60) Tyler Flowers (ATL), Jeff Larish (DET), and Quintin Berry (PHI) all doubled and homered for the Solar Sox in Surprise on Saturday … Berry went 3-for-5 with four RBI … Scott Cousins (FLA) doubled twice and scored a run … Wes Hodges (CLE) homered twice for the Rafters as DH … Beau Mills (CLE) also hit a solo shot in the third inning … Ivan DeJesus (LAD) went 2-for-5 with a triple and two runs scored.

Peoria Saguaros 15, Peoria Javelinas 4 – WP: Ottavino (STL) (1-1, 4.22), LP: Marquez (NYY) (0-1, 7.00) Peoria Saguaros defeated the Javelinas on Saturday afternoon to keep pace with the Mesa Solar Sox in the American Division … Saguaros Tyler Greene (STL) went 3-for-5 with 3 doubles, 2 runs, and 1 RBI … Bill Rhinehart (WAS) hit his second home run of the week (2) … Javelinas walked 13 … Rhinehart was the only Saguaro that did not draw a walk … Rhyne Hughes (TB) hit a two-run home run for the Javelinas off Tyler Norrick (STL) and had three RBI on the day.

Probable Pitchers October 27, 2008 October 28, 2008 October 29, 2008

Scottsdale @ Javelinas, 12:35 PM (A) Mesa @ Saguaros, 12:35 PM (L) Saguaros @ Rafters, 12:35 PM (F) 17 Jared Hughes (RHP/PIT) 0-0, 8.59 @ 39 Luis Marte (RHP/DET) 1-1, 7.88 @ 35 Cesar Carrillo (RHP/SD) 0-0, 5.40 @ 23 Pedro Viola (RHP/CIN) 1-0, 5.23 30 Bobby Parnell (RHP/NYM) 2-0, 2.84 27 Brian Matusz (LHP/BAL) 1-0, 1.29

Phoenix @ Surprise, 12:35 PM (F) Surprise @ Phoenix, 12:35 PM (F) Phoenix @ Javelinas, 12:35 PM (L) 36 Jeff Manship (RHP/MIN) 0-1, 6.55 @ 31 Dan Cortes (RHP/KC) 0-2, 11.42 @ 15 Brooks Brown (RHP/ARI) 0-2, 9.39 @ 47 Justin Orenduff (RHP/LAD) 0-1, 3.27 37 Kyle Ginley (RHP/TOR) 0-0, 11.05 36 Phil Hughes (RHP/NYY) 1-0, 5.68

Saguaros @ Mesa, 12:35 PM (L) Javelinas @ Scorpions, 7:05 PM (A) Scottsdale @ Mesa, 12:35 PM (A) 38 Lucas Harrell (RHP/CWS) 1-0, 9.45 @ 32 Gaby Hernandez (RHP/SEA) 0-2, 7.20 61 Clay Buchholz (RHP/BOS) 1-1, 2.92 @ 19 Sean West (LHP/FLA) 1-0, 3.38 59 Kevin Pucetas (RHP/SF) 1-1, 5.84 34 Tommy Hanson (RHP/ATL) 2-0, 0.00

Umpire Roster Crew A ─ Jake Uhlenhopp (CC), Lance Barrett, , , Will Robinson Crew F ─ Rob Healey (CC), , , Jon Merry, DJ Reyburn Crew L ─ David Uyl (CC), , , ,

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2008 AFL Tidbits • The Arizona Fall League will hold the second annual Pat Tillman Foundation Benefit Night on Saturday, November 1 at Scottsdale Stadium. Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Eric Byrnes and other special guests from the Phoenix sports community will participate in the event that will feature a sports memorabilia auction before and during the game. All proceeds from the sports memorabilia auction and one-half of the night’s gate receipts will be donated to the Pat Tillman Foundation. • Former major league , Rich Garcia was honored as the 2008 recipient of the Arizona Fall League’s Roland Hemond Award prior to the Rising Stars Game on Friday, October 24 at Surprise Stadium. • Cleveland Indians manager Eric Wedge was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame on Friday, October 17 at Scottsdale Stadium.

Player/Pitcher of the Week

Player Pitcher Week One Saguaros ─ IF Shawn Bowman (NYM) Javelinas ─ RHP Phil Hughes (NYY) Week Two Scorpions ─ IF Drew Sutton (HOU) Solar Sox ─ RHP Tommy Hanson (ATL) Week Three Solar Sox ─ C Tyler Flowers (ATL) Saguaros ─ LHP Jason Vargas (NYM)

American Division

Mesa Solar Sox (11-5) ─ Win streak at seven … team hitting .389 in last five games … 20 doubles at home games … Tyler Flowers (ATL) hitting .636 with 5 runs, 7 hits, 4 home runs and 5 RBI in last five games … 6-1 in division … facing the Peoria Saguaros for sole possession of first place, today … Jason Donald (PHI) hitting .750 against lefties … Matt Young (ATL) leads league in RBI (16) … John Raynor (FLA) hit for cycle in week one.

Peoria Saguaros (11-5) ─ Saguaros pitching has surrendered fewest home runs (8) … Bill Rhinehart (WAS) has eight RBI in last five games … team hitting .339 with 51 walks with runners on base … Mike Baxter (SD) hitting .750 with runners in scoring position and two outs … Cole Armstrong (CWS) .962 fielding percentage in 80.0 innings behind the plate and picked off Kevin Russo (NYY) at first base on Saturday … Jason Vargas (NYM) has not surrendered a run in 12.2 innings.

Scottsdale Scorpions (5-11) ─ 5-0 when leading after eight innings … Brian Bogusevic (HOU) hitting 1.000 with runners on base … Drew Sutton (HOU) continues to lead the league in average (.529) with 18 hits, 4 home runs, and 13 RBI … team has struck out the fewest times (112) … Ben Copeland (SF) leads league in triples (3) … team hitting .309 on the road with 14 stolen bases … Mark Wagner (BOS) hitting .364 with 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run, and 2 RBI in last five games … Kelvin Pichardo (SF) has not allowed a walk in 5.0 innings.

National Division

Peoria Javelinas (9-7) ─ IF Rhyne Hughes (TB) is leading the AFL in hits (24), second in RBI (15), and seventh in batting average (.414) … IF Juan Miranda (NYY) is slugging .944 at home and leads the AFL in extra-base hits (9) … taxi squad LHP Brae Wright (MIL) is sixth in ERA (1.29) … IF Chris Valaika (CIN) has yet to commit an error and leads the AFL in fielding percentage for shortstops (1.000) … Javelinas have the AFL lead in saves (5) … RHP Carlos Fisher (CIN) main cog with two … Peoria is batting .318 with runners in scoring position and two outs.

Phoenix Desert Dogs (8-8) ─ OF Eric Young, Jr. (COL) is batting .487 with 4 doubles, 1 triple, and 4 RBI during his 11-game hitting streak … Young leads the AFL in stolen bases (8) and is second in runs scored (16) … C J.P. Arencibia (TOR) has the second longest active hitting streak at seven games … OF Sean Doolittle (OAK) is tied for second in home runs (4) … in 24.0 IP RHP Max Scherzer (ARI) struck out 24 batters for the AFL lead … IF Rusty Ryal (ARI) hit two home runs in one game (10/13/08).

Surprise Rafters (4-12) ─ IF Wes Hodges (CLE) is fifth in the AFL in slugging (.690) and is slugging .909 at home … OF Stephen Head (CLE) is slugging .750 against right-handers … OF Jamie Hoffman (LAD) is batting .600 and slugging 1.400 with runners in scoring position … RHP Neil Wagner (CLE) has held the opposition to a .192 batting average in seven innings … RHP John Bannister (TEX) has struck out 10 in 8.2 IP.