2009 Media/Scouts Notes Monday, October 19, 2009 Media Relations: Paul Jensen (480/710-8201, [email protected]) Adam C
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2009 Media/Scouts Notes Monday, October 19, 2009 Media Relations: Paul Jensen (480/710-8201, [email protected]) Adam C. Nichols (843/735-1517, [email protected]) Rob Morse (541/556-9387, [email protected]) Media Relations FAX: 602/681-9363 Website: www.mlbfallball.com Twitter: MLBazFallLeague 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 Corey Brown (OAK) went 3-for-5 … C A.J. Jimenez 49 Zach Putnam (RHP/CLE) 0-0, N/A @ (TOR) hit a two-run home 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 Shane Victorino 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 Arizona Fall League Rundown Mesa Solar Sox (2-3) Peoria Javelinas (3-2) RHP Randor Bierd (BOS) earned the win in his first start this OF Casper Wells (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 Baseball 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 Class A 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 Baseball America minor league player-of- scored ... after losing their first game, the Desert Dogs have reeled the-year OF Jason Heyward (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.