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Eastern Division Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Probable Pitchers Phoenix Desert Dogs 4 1 .800 - 1-1 3-0 3-1 W4 4-1 Today, October 19, 2009 Mesa Solar Sox 2 3 .400 2.0 1-2 1-1 1-1 W1 2-3 Javelinas at Mesa, 12:35 PM (A) Scottsdale Scorpions 2 3 .400 2.0 1-1 1-2 0-2 L3 2-3 34 Scot Drucker (RHP/DET) 0-0, 4.50 @ 47 Randor Bierd (RHP/BOS) 1-0, 0.00 Western Division Phoenix at Saguaros, 12:35 PM (F) Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 24 Brandon Erbe (RHP/BAL) 0-0, N/A @ Surprise Rafters 4 1 .800 - 2-1 2-0 2-0 L1 4-1 32 Mike Minor (LHP/ATL) 0-0, 0.00 Peoria Javelinas 3 2 .600 1.0 2-1 1-1 2-2 W3 3-2 Scottsdale at Surprise, 6:35 PM (L) Peoria Saguaros 0 5 .000 4.0 0-2 0-3 0-2 L5 0-5 44 Joe Martinez (RHP/SF) 0-0, 0.00 @ 22 Ian Kennedy (RHP/NYY) 1-0, 2.25 Once Around the Bases Tuesday, October 20, 2009 R H E LOB Mesa at Javelinas, 12:35 PM (A) Desert Dogs 5 14 0 7 WP:Simmons (OAK) (1-0) LP: Parisi (STL) (0-1) 37 Mike McCardell (RHP/MIN) 0-0, 0.00 @ Rafters 2 9 0 8 SV:None 31 Justin Cassel (RHP/CWS) 0-0, 6.00 Phoenix’s starting RHP James Simmons (OAK) set the tone by tossing three shutout innings and only Saguaros at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (L) allowed 2 hits, 2 walks, and 2 strikeouts … LF (OAK) went 3-for-5 … C A.J. Jimenez 49 Zach Putnam (RHP/CLE) 0-0, N/A @ (TOR) hit a two-run in the fifth inning … Rafters SS Jeff Bianchi (KC) \collected three hits 28 Robert Ray (RHP/TOR) 0-0, 3.00 and drove in one RBI. Surprise at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (F)

R H E LOB 34 Jenrry Mejia (RHP/NYM) 0-0, 27.00 @ 56 Donnie Veal (LHP/PIT) 0-0, 0.00 Scorpions 5 10 0 17 WP: Schlichting (LAD) (1-0)LP: Augenstein (ARI) (0-1) Javelinas 9 15 3 10 SV: None Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Javelina’s 2B C.J. Retherford (CWS) went 3-for-5 with 2 runs, 1 triple, and 2 RBI … 1B Joseph Surprise at Saguaros, 12:35 PM (A) Dunigan (SEA) also went 3-for-5 with 2 runs, 1 double, 1 home run, and 2 RBI … Scottsdale’s 2B 33 Danny Gutierrez (RHP/TEX) 1-0, 0.00 @ Pedro Ciriaco (ARI) went 3-for-5 with 2 runs, 1 double, and 2 RBI … LHP Danny Moskos (PIT) struck 15 Mike Leake (RHP/CIN) 0-0, 0.00 out three and only allowed one hit in two innings of relief. Javelinas at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (F) 12 Nick Hill (LHP/SEA) 0-0, 3.00 @ R H E LOB 26 Mitch Talbot (RHP/TB) 0-0, 6.75 Saguaros 4 6 0 9 WP: Gaub (CHC) (1-0) LP: Lyman (ATL) (0-1) Mesa at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (L) Solar Sox 6 9 2 8 SV: Parker (CHC) (1) 74 Tommy Mendoza (RHP/LAA) 0-0, 9.00 @ Mesa’s DH Mike Stanton (FLA) went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in the fourth inning … RF Brian 35 Michael Cisco (RHP/PHI) 0-0, 0.00

Petersen (FLA) and 2B Steve Singleton (MIN) each collected three hits … Singleton added a three- (A, F, L) – Umpire Roster Key run home run in the seventh … C Welington Castillo (CHC) knocked a two-run blast in the seventh inning … Saguaros starting RHP Wilton Lopez (HOU) tossed three shutout innings for a no-decision. AFL Alumni of the Day

AFL Weekly Infield Breakdown Team Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Philadelphia’s center fielder Dogs X X X X went 2-for-3 with 2 runs, 2 walks, and 3 RBI, Javelinas X X X X including a three-run home run, in the eighth Rafters X X X X inning of the Phillies’ 11-0 victory over the Los Saguaros X X X X Angeles Dodgers in game 3 of the NLCS. Scorpions X X X X Victorino played for the 2002 Peoria Javelinas, Solar Sox X X X X who lost in the AFL championship game to the 12:35 p.m.: HINF: 10:00 a.m., HBP: 10:15 a.m., VBP: 11:00 a.m., VINF: 11:45 a.m. Scottsdale Scorpions, as a member of the 6:35 p.m.: HINF: 4:00 p.m., HBP: 4:15 p.m., VBP: 5:00 p.m., VINF: 5:45 p.m. Dodgers organization Teams are REQUIRED to take Infield and BP every Monday during the season. UMPIRE ROSTER Crew A ─ Alan Porter (CC), Toby Basner, Jon Merry, David Rackley Crew F ─ Cory Blaser (CC), Lance Barrett, Tyler Funneman, Manny Gonzalez Crew L ─ Vic Carapazza (CC), Chris Conroy, Mark Ripperger, John Tumpane Rundown

Mesa Solar Sox (2-3) Peoria Javelinas (3-2) RHP Randor Bierd (BOS) earned the win in his first start this OF (DET) has the longest hitting streak in the Fall season, holding the Desert Dogs hitless over three innings last League at 15 games, spanning from 10/25/08 … hitting .419 with Tuesday … made the Orioles’ 2008 Opening Day roster as a 16 extra-base hits (7 doubles, 1 triple, and 8 home runs) and 25 reliever, posting an 0-2 record with a 4.91 ERA over 29 RBI … also has an active 24-game on-base streak … IF Taylor appearances ... acquired by the Red Sox on Jan. 19, 2009 from Green (MIL) has the second-longest hitting streak at nine games Baltimore in exchange for RHP David Pauley … Solar Sox pitchers that began on 10/09/08 … two of IF C.J. Retherford’s (CWS) hits have struck out a league-high 51 batters ... OF Mike Stanton (FLA) are triples … OF Trayvon Robinson (LAD) has three stolen bases ranks among the league leaders in hitting (T-3rd, .533), hits (T-2nd, in two games … IF Scott Sizemore (DET), Detroit’s no. 7 prospect 8), stolen bases (T-2nd, 3), and on-base percentage (3rd, .588) ... and “Best Hitter for Average” by America, leads the AFL the Solar Sox won in come-from-behind fashion Saturday night, with three home runs … IF Russ Mitchell (LAD) leads the league putting together a five-run seventh to beat the Saguaros 6-4 ... in in slugging percentage (1.167) and extra-base hits (5) … second in the win, C Welington Castillo (CHC), IF Steve Singleton (MIN) home runs with two … OF Andrew Lambo (LAD) is tied with and Stanton went deep for the first time this fall ... IF Starlin Castro Saguaros OF Chris Heisey with eight hits … LHP Aaron Miller (CHC) has two three-hit games and is tied for fifth in the league with (LAD) and RHP Travis Schlichting (LAD) have yet to allow a hit in a .500 batting average ... RHP Dustin Richardson (BOS) struck four combined innings pitched … second in the league with a team out five and allowed just two base runners in 3.1 innings over his batting average of .341 (62-for-182) … first AFL team to reach 10 first two appearances in the Fall League. home runs on the season.

Phoenix Desert Dogs (4-1) Peoria Saguaros (0-5) RHP Brandon Erbe (BAL) split the 2009 season between Atlanta’s 2009 first-round selection from Vanderbilt University LHP Aberdeen and Double-A Bowie ... combined 5-4 record with a 2.70 Mike Minor (ATL) makes his second start of the AFL season … ERA ... in his Aug. 6 win at New Hampshire, pitched eight no-hit tossed two innings where he allowed one unearned run and one hit innings, fanning five and walking three, before relievers blew the and two walks to earn a no-decision on 10/12 at Scottsdale … OF shutout ... in his final start of the season, tossed a seven-inning, Chris Heisey (CIN) has a 1.000 slugging percentage … is third in one-hit complete game against Harrisburg in which he retired the the AFL with a .533 (8-for-15) batting average … four of his eight final 20 batters... won his final five decisions ... allowed more than hits are for extra-bases … the eight hits rank tied for second with two earned runs in only one of his 14 starts with Bowie ... IF Javelinas OF Andrew Lambo and Mesa’s OF Mike Stanton (FLA) Brandon Snyder (BAL) is tied for the league lead with six runs … 2009 USA Today and minor league player-of- scored ... after losing their first game, the Desert Dogs have reeled the-year OF (ATL) remains atop the doubles off four straight victories ... Phoenix leads the Fall League in ERA leader board with three … three of the Cacti’s five starters, former by nearly 2.5 runs and has walked a league-low 17 batters ... OF Arizona State University standout RHP Mike Leake (CIN), RHP Corey Brown (OAK) went 3-for-5 on Saturday at Surprise and has Wilton Lopez (HOU), and LHP Minor (ATL), have an ERA of 0.00 hit safely in all four games in which he has played. … relief RHP Chia-Jen Lo (HOU) leads the AFL in strikeouts with six … team had a four stolen bases on 10/17. Scottsdale Scorpions (2-3) RHP Joe Martinez (SF) made his first start of the Fall League Surprise Rafters (4-1) season last Tuesday, throwing three innings against the Saguaros Manhattan College standout RHP Mike Parisi (STL) was the only while allowing one unearned run on four hits and striking out four … starter in the first week to toss five innings … Surprise leads the missed over two months of the 2009 season after a line drive hit Fall League with a .353 (67-for-190) team batting average … him in the head in his second career big-league appearance … second-lowest team ERA (5.20) … pitching staff has allowed three earned a win at Houston in his first MLB appearance (Aug. 5, 2009) home runs, which puts it in a tie for the fewest home runs allowed after the injury … IF Brandon Allen (ARI) leads the league with with the Javelinas … OF Daryl Jones (STL) has the seven walks, including the league’s only intentional free pass to this lead with four … son of former ASU all-America Kevin Romine, C point … IF Pedro Ciriaco (ARI) went 3-for-5 with a double, two Austin Romine (NYY) has a top 10 batting average at .462 (6-for-

RBI, two runs scored and a walk in Saturday’s loss to the 13) … boast three of the top four RBI men in the AFL: IF Javelinas… RHP Scott Mathieson (PHI) and LHP Donnie Veal (NYM) (8), IF (KC)(8), and IF Brandon Laird (PIT) did not allow a base runner in their combined four innings in (NYY) (7) … Laird, who was selected to the the first week of Fall League play … OF Domonic Brown (PHI) is Post-Season All-Star Team after helping the High-A Tampa tied for the league lead in doubles (3) and tied for second in extra- Yankees to the FSL Championship, leads the AFL with a .625 (10- base hits (4) … Allen and Brown are two of three Fall League for-16) batting average and had a five-hit game on 10/15 … players to have played in all five of their team’s games this season. Moustakas, a 2009 Mid-Season All-Star, drove in

seven RBI on 10/15 vs. Mesa … slugging percentage of .923 …

Davis, a batboy for the former Triple-A Phoenix Firebirds and son of former major leaguer Ron Davis, smashed a grand slam and

collected six RBI Opening Day.

2009 Arizona Fall League Tidbits • The Arizona Fall League will hold its third annual Pat Tillman Foundation Benefit Night on Friday, October 23 at Scottsdale Stadium when the host Scottsdale Scorpions entertain the Peoria Javelinas at 6:35 p.m. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. An extensive sports memorabilia collection that includes an array of autographed major-league jerseys of current and former players will be auctioned 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 Tillman Foundation. • The Arizona Fall League will have two games -- the Rising Stars Game on November 7 and the AFL Championship on November 21 – televised live-nationally on the MLB Network and MLB.TV. • Twitter has infiltrated the Arizona Fall League; check out the latest informative tweets @MLBazFallLeague.

AFL Player and Pitcher of the Week Player of the Week Pitcher of the Week Week One SUR IF Brandon Laird (NYY) PEJ IF Russ Mitchell (LAD)

AFL Single Game-Highs

st Offensive Pitching 1 Round Picks in the AFL Runs: 3 – Multiple IP: 4.0 – Kennedy (SUR) (NYY) Thirty-six former first-round draft picks will play in the 2009 Hits: 5 – Laird (SUR) (NYY) Hits: 6 – Multiple Arizona Fall League. Fourteen – OF Adam Loewen (4th in 2002, BAL), RHP (5th in 2004, MIL), LHP 2B: 3 – Multiple R: 5 – Multiple Andrew Miller (6th in 2006, DET), IF Mike Moustakas (2nd in 2007, KC), IF Josh Vitters (3rd in 2007, CHC), LHP Danny 3B: 1 – Multiple ER: 5 – Multiple Moskos (4th in 2007, PIT), C (5th in 2008, SF), IF (7th in 2008, CIN), C (10th HR: 2 – Sizemore (PEJ) (DET) SO: 4 – Multiple in 2008, HOU), RHP (1st in 2009, WSH), OF Dustin Ackley (2nd in 2009, SEA), LHP Mike Minor (7th RBI: 7 – Moustakas (SUR) (KC) BB: 6 – Graham (PES) (CLE) in 2009, ATL), RHP Mike Leake (8th in 2009, CIN), and RHP Drew Storen (10th in 2009, WSH) – were top 10 selections. SB: 2 – Jones (SUR) (STL) HR: 2 – Ondrusek (PES) (CIN)

AFL Futures Game Participants Sixteen 2009 Fall League players participated in the prestigious 2009 Futures Game during ’s All-Star festivities at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. They were C Jason Castro (HOU), OF Chris Heisey (CIN), OF Jason Heyward (ATL), RHP Chia-Jen Lo (HOU), and OF Nick Weglarz (CLE) of the Peoria Saguaros, IF Scott Sizemore (DET) and IF Dayan Viciedo (CHW) of the Peoria Javelinas, IF Danny Espinosa (WSH) and IF Jemile Weeks (OAK) of the Phoenix Desert Dogs, OF Daryl Jones (STL) and RHP Jenrry Mejia (NYM) of the Surprise Rafters, and IF Starlin Castro (CHC), IF (BOS), OF Mike Stanton (FLA), OF Rene Tosoni (MIN), and IF Josh Vitters (CHC), of the Mesa Solar Sox.

Additionally two players – Rafters C Bryan Anderson (STL) and Solar Sox C Welington Castillo (CHC) – appeared in the 2008 Futures Game at Yankee Stadium in New York.

Rafters C Bryan Anderson (STL) played in the 2007 Futures Game at AT&T Park in San Francisco while Scottsdale Scorpions OF Jose Tabata (PIT) played in the 2006 event at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

AFL Alumni in the MLB Postseason

The 2009 Major League Baseball postseason is comprised of 99 players (49 percent) who are alums of the Arizona Fall League. Leading the way are the Minnesota Twins and St. Louis Cardinals with 16 ex-Fall Leaguers. To round out the rest of the National League, the Philadelphia Phillies are second with 15 alums while have 12 and have eight. In the , the L.A. Angels of Anaheim boast 12 alums and the have 11 on their squad while the have only nine.