2008 Media/Scouts Notes Monday, November 17, 2008

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American Division Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Division Streak Last 10 Players-of-the-Week

Mesa Solar Sox 23 11 .676 - 10-7 13-4 9-3 W5 7-3 Mesa Solar Sox outfielder Casper Wells (DET) hit five Peoria Saguaros 23 11 .676 - 13-4 10-7 9-5 W2 6-4 Scottsdale Scorpions 12 20 .375 10.0 8-7 4-13 2-12 L3 5-5 home runs last week. Wells collected 12 RBI and 7 extra- base hits while slugging 1.200. Scottsdale Scorpions left- National Division handed pitcher Barret Browning (LAA) threw six innings, Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Division Streak Last 10 allowing four hits without allowing a walk and striking out Phoenix Desert Dogs* 18 14 .563 - 12-5 6-9 9-3 L2 5-5 Peoria Javelinas 14 20 .412 5.0 8-9 6-11 6-9 L1 4-6 nine. Surprise Rafters 10 24 .294 9.0 6-11 4-13 5-8 W1 4-6 *Division Champion

Saturday’s Highlights Peoria Saguaros 5, Scottsdale Scorpions 4 ─ WP: Kunz (NYM) (2-2, 10.13), LP: Large (BOS) (0-2, 5.29) The Saguaros scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to seize the comeback victory … Sags’ leadoff hitter CF Shane Robinson (STL) went 2- for-5 with 1 run, 1 double, and 1 RBI … Peoria reliever Eddie Kunz (NYM) threw a scoreless, hitless ninth that allowed the Saguaros an opportunity to win … Scorpions LF Chris Pettit (LAA) went 2-for-4 with one double and two runs scored … Scottsdale capitalized on three errors that led to three unearned runs.

Surprise Rafters 10, Peoria Javelinas 8 – WP: Matusz (BAL) (2-3, 4.37), LP: Hernandez (SEA) (1-5, 8.14), S: Stiller (CLE) (1) Rhyne Hughes (TB) went 2-for-5 with a double and a solo home run off Andrew Laughter (TEX) … Greg Halman (SEA) went 1-for-4 with a two- run home run in the second inning off Brian Matusz (BAL) … Wes Hodges (CLE) went 3-for-5 with one run and two RBI … Beau Mills (CLE) went 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI … Lucas May (LAD) homered off Gaby Hernandez (SEA) in the second inning.

Mesa Solar Sox 8, Phoenix Desert Dogs 1 – WP: Carpenter (PHI) (1-2, 5.88), LP: Brown (ARI) (2-3, 5.61) Mesa pitching yielded only three hits to the visiting Desert Dogs … Andrew Carpenter (PHI) threw 5.0 innings, allowing two hits and one run, while striking out five for the win … Scott Cousins (FLA) went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run off Tony Barnette (ARI) … Tuffy Gosewisch (PHI) went 2-for-4 with two RBI … Quintin Berry (PHI) went 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI … Jeff Larish (DET) went 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored. Probable Pitchers November 17, 2008 November 18, 2008 November 19, 2008

Javelinas @ Mesa, 12:35 PM (A) Mesa @ Javelinas, 12:35 PM (A) Mesa @ Saguaros, 12:35 PM (A) 54 Alex Periard (RHP/MIL) 0-2, 9.42 @ 39 Luis Marte (RHP/DET) 2-1, 5.14 @ 30 Jesse Estrada (RHP/CHC) 4-0, 3.33 @ 34 Tommy Hanson (RHP/ATL) 4-0, 0.76 23 Pedro Viola (LHP/CIN) 2-2, 8.46 40 Adam Ottavino (RHP/STL) 3-1, 5.48

Phoenix @ Saguaros, 12:35 PM (A) Saguaros @ Phoenix, 12:35 PM (F) Surprise @ Phoenix, 12:35 PM (F) 36 Jeff Manship (RHP/MIN) 2-1, 4.91 @ Jeffery Marquez (RHP/CWS) 1-2, 4.50 47 (RHP/LAD) 2-3, 5.63 @ 30 Bobby Parnell (RHP/NYM) 3-1, 2.81 18 Shane Lindsay (RHP/COL) 2-1, 3.93 37 Kyle Ginley (RHP/TOR) 1-1, 6.38

Surprise @ Scottsdale, 12:35 PM (L) Scottsdale @ Surprise 12:35PM (L) Javelinas @ Scottsdale 7:05PM (L) 53 Josh Tomlin (RHP/CLE) 2-3, 7.13 @ 62 Ryne Lawson (RHP/BOS) 0-3, 8.10 @ 36 (RHP/NYY) 1-0, 3.60 @ 30 Sergio Perez (RHP/HOU) 1-1, 4.05 33 Willie Eyre (RHP/TEX) 0-3, 7.03 17 Jared Hughes (RHP/PIT) 0-2, 10.31

Umpire Roster Crew A ─ Jake Uhlenhopp (CC), Lance Barrett, David Rackley , Mark Ripperger, Will Robinson Crew F ─ Rob Healey (CC), Cory Blaser, Vic Carapazza, Jon Merry, DJ Reyburn Crew L ─ David Uyl (CC), Manny Gonzalez, Alan Porter, Dan Bellino, John Tumpane

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2008 AFL Tidbits

• The Fall League honored Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee with a distinguished alumni award on Saturday, November 15 at Hohokam Park. • Fifteen of the 18 players who won 2008 Silver Slugger Awards are former Arizona Fall Leaguers. The American League Silver Sluggers are C Joe Mauer (MIN), 1B Justin Morneau (MIN), 2B Dustin Pedroia (BOS), SS (NYY), outfielders Josh Hamilton (TEX), Carlos Quentin (CWS), and Grady Sizemore (CLE), and DH Aubrey Huff (BAL). The National League Silver Sluggers are C Brian McCann (ATL), 1B Albert Pujols (STL), 3B David Wright (NYM), and outfielders Ryan Braun (MIL), Matt Holliday (COL), and Ryan Ludwick (STL). Braun, Hamilton, Huff, Ludwick, McCann, Pedrioa, Quentin, and Sizemore are first-time winners. • Jimmy Rollins, shortstop for the 2008 World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies, was inducted into the Arizona Fall League Hall of Fame on November 5. Cleveland Indians manager Eric Wedge was inducted on October 17. • The AFL held its second annual Pat Tillman Foundation Benefit Night at Scottsdale Stadium on Friday, October 31. The event raised $15,000 for the foundation. • Former major league umpire Rich Garcia received the 2008 Arizona Fall League Roland Hemond Award prior to the Rising Stars Game on October 24.

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) Week Four Solar Sox ─ IF Logan Morrison (FLA) Desert Dogs ─ RHP Jeff Manship (MIN) Desert Dogs ─ OF Eric Young, Jr. (COL) Week Five Scorpions ─ OF Chris Pettit (LAA) Desert Dogs ─ RHP Brooks Brown (ARI) Week Six Solar Sox ─ OF Casper Wells (DET) Scorpions ─ LHP Barret Browning (LAA)

Transaction Log 10/10/08 --- OF Desmond Jennings (TB) added to the Peoria Javelinas roster (taxi squad) 10/13/08 --- P David Patton (COL) added to the Phoenix Desert Dogs roster 10/17/08 --- C Lou Palmisano (MIL) moved from Solar Sox to Javelinas roster 10/17/08 --- OF Quintin Berry (PHI) active off taxi squad 10/20/08 --- Remove P Casey Weathers (COL) off Phoenix Desert Dogs roster 10/20/08 --- Remove OF Tyler Colvin (CHC) off Mesa Solar Sox roster 10/23/08 --- Remove OF Stefan Gartrell (CWS) off Peoria Saguaros roster 10/23/08 --- OF Mike Baxter (SD) temporarily active off taxi squad 10/25/08 --- C Tuffy Gosewisch (PHI) added to Mesa Solar Sox roster 10/27/08 --- P (TB) off Peoria Javelinas roster 10/27/08 --- P Chris Blazek (HOU) off the Scottsdale Scorpions roster 10/27/08 --- P Max Scherzer (ARI) off the Phoenix Desert Dogs roster 10/27/08 --- P Reid Mahon (ARI) activated off taxi squad 10/28/08 --- OF John Raynor (FLA) off the Mesa Solar Sox roster 10/28/08 --- OF Jordan Danks (CWS) added to the Peoria Saguaros roster 10/28/08 --- OF Mike Baxter (SD) added back to the taxi squad 10/28/08 --- OF Shawn Bowman (NYM) off the Peoria Saguaros roster 10/29/08 --- IF Taylor Greene (MIL) off the Peoria Javelinas roster 10/29/08 --- OF Mike Baxter (SD) permanently active off taxi squad 10/30/08 --- IF Justin Smoak (TEX) moved from Rafters to Javelinas roster 10/31/08 --- IF Brent Brewer (MIL) added to Peoria Javelinas roster 11/01/08 --- P Eammon Portice (BOS) added to the Scottsdale Scorpions roster 11/01/08 --- OF Ben Copeland (SF) off the Scottsdale Scorpions roster 11/03/08 --- OF Darren Ford (SF) added to the Scottsdale Scorpions roster 11/04/08 --- P Clay Buchholz (BOS) off Scottsdale Scorpions roster 11/04/08 --- P Eammon Portice (BOS) activated from taxi squad 11/04/08 --- P Bob McCrory (BAL) removed from Surprise Rafters roster 11/05/08 --- IF Aaron Bates (BOS) removed from the Scorpions roster 11/05/08 --- IF Blake Davis permanently active off taxi squad 11/05/08 --- C Tuffy Gosewisch (PHI) moved to the taxi squad 11/06/08 --- C Angel Salome (MIL) off the Peoria Javelinas roster 11/06/08 --- C Lou Palmisano (MIL) permanently active off taxi squad 11/06/08 --- IF Mark Ori (HOU) permanently active off taxi squad 11/11/08 --- IF Shelby Ford (PIT) removed from Scottsdale Scorpions roster 11/11/08 --- IF Ryan Rohlinger (SF) activated from Scottsdale Scorpions taxi squad 11/12/08 --- RHP Brae Wright (MIL) removed from Peoria Javelina roster 11/17/08--- RHP Ryan Reid (TB) removed from Peoria Javelinas roster

American Division Mesa Solar Sox (23-11) ─ Tyler Flowers (ATL) leads the league in home runs (11) and needs three home runs to tie the AFL home run record (14, Brandon Wood, 2005) … Casper Wells (DET) homered five times in four consecutive games (11/10-13) … 11/15: Jason Donald (PHI) has 10- game road consecutive hit streak … 11/12: Flowers hit three home runs with seven RBI … Casey Fien (DET) and Tim Wood (FLA) have not yielded a walk … 11/6: Tommy Hanson (ATL) strikes out game-high 11 batters … leads league in (39) … Hanson has surrendered 2 runs, 9 hits, and 5 walks in 23.2 innings … Logan Morrison (FLA) is tied with Jeff Larish (DET) for AFL RBI lead (28) … Morrison leads the league in average (.424) and leads the team in hits (39) ... Larish has a 21-game on-base streak …11/1: Team-high five home runs by Flowers (3) and Wells (2) … Cousins and Morrison both went 5-for-5 during week three … Flowers hit four home runs in week three … 12 players have at least 10 hits in road games: Quintin Berry (PHI), Cousins, Donald, Flowers, Morrison, Larish, Will Rhymes (DET), Jeremy Slayden (PHI), Nate Spears (CHC), Wells, Matt Young (ATL) and Van Pope (ATL) … John Raynor (FLA) and Morrison hit for the cycle (week one and week four, respectively).

Peoria Saguaros (23-11) ─ Tyler Greene (STL) has 20-game consecutive on-base streak … Ian Desmond (WAS) tied for league lead in triples (3) … following a trade between the Yankees and White Sox, RHP Jeff Marquez (CWS) moved from the Javelinas to the Saguaros pitching staff (11/14) … 15 Saguaros have hit home runs, led by Cole Armstrong (CWS) with six ... Kyle Blanks (SD) leads the team in walks (20) and has 19- game on base streak … 11/6-7: Saguaros scored in nine consecutive innings ... 11/7: Saguaros pitching does not yield a walk ... 11/6: Scored team- high in runs (20), hits (T/17), and RBI (18) … 11/6: Gordon Beckham (CWS) went 5-for-5 and tied for AFL season-high seven RBI while accounting for 12 runs … 11/4: Game-high seven doubles by Shane Robinson (STL) (3), Bill Rhinehart (WAS) (2), Tyler Greene (STL), and Daniel Murphy (NYM) … Mike Baxter (SD) went 5-for-5 and Jordan Danks (CWS) went 4-for-4 during week four … 10/29: Team-high five home runs by Steven Hill (STL), Baxter, Armstrong, Danks, and Blanks … Saguaros have 181 hits on the road … Saguaros have at least one two-out RBI in every game except three (10/18, 11/5, 11/11) … Beckham leads team with five-hit game and four players have four-hit games -- Murphy, Armstrong, Sean Kazmar (SD) and Danks … Bobby Parnell (NYM) has not allowed a run or walk at home, striking out seven in 5.0 innings.

Scottsdale Scorpions (12-20) ─ Chris Pettit (LAA) boasts longest current consecutive on-base streak (22) and leads league in hits (47) and doubles (13) … Drew Sutton (HOU) leads league in runs scored (32) … Alex Hinshaw (SF) third in league in strikeouts (28) … Scorpions lead the league with 16 triples ... 11/10: Kevin Pucetas (SF) was the AFL’s first four-game winner … Pettit and Drew Sutton (HOU) have active 14-game road on-base streaks … 11/13: Twelve consecutive games with 10 hits or more …11/8: Team-high in hits (20) …11/7: Kevin Frandsen (SF) had an 18-game on-base streak … 11/5: Team stole a game-high seven bases ─ Brian Bogusevic (HOU) (2), Pettit (3), and Frandsen (2) …10/31: Scorpions scored team high in runs (16), triples (2), home runs (2), and RBI (13) … Shelby Ford (PIT) homered in consecutive games (10/28-10/29) … Chris Johnson (HOU) homered in consecutive games (10/30-10/31) … Drew Sutton (HOU) had an extra-base hit in six consecutive games … Emmanuel Burriss (SF) (10/16, 11/11), Frandsen (10/20), Bogusevic (11/4), and Mark Trumbo (LAA) (11/8) all have four-hit games.

National Division Peoria Javelinas (14-20) ─ IF Rhyne Hughes (TB) is tied for the AFL lead in triples (3) and ranks second in hits (39) along with a top-10 batting average (.394) … Hughes now has the longest active hitting streak at 15 games … RHP Kevin Whelan (NYY) has a top-10 ERA (2.35) … RHP Phil Hughes (NYY) is tied for third in strikeouts (28) … RHP Carlos Fisher (CIN) ranks second in the AFL in saves (3) … C Lou Palmisano (MIL) is batting .400 and has 16 RBI with runners on the bases … OF Lorenzo Cain (MIL) is batting .500 with 6 runs, 3 home runs, and 6 RBI in the past five games … 10/07: OF Austin Jackson (NYY) drove in a team-high four RBI … 10/18: IF Kevin Russo (NYY) went 5-for-5 (all singles) … 10/14- 11/13: Russo hit .387 with 29 hits during AFL’s second longest hitting streak of the season (20 games) … 10/16: All 18 players in starting lineup between Mesa and Peoria collected at least one hit.

Phoenix Desert Dogs (18-14) ─ Phoenix is the first AFL team to clinch a division championship and will play in the AFL championship game on Saturday, November 22 at Scottsdale Stadium … the Desert Dogs are in pursuit of their fifth consecutive AFL championship … OF Eric Young, Jr. (COL) leads the league in stolen bases (18) and is tied for second in runs scored (31) … ranks third in batting average (.420) … C Michael McKenry (COL) ranks second the AFL in home runs (9) and slugging percentage (.838) … OF Sean Doolittle (OAK) ranks third in home runs (8) and is tied for third in RBI (26) … IF Danny Valencia (MIN) leads all third basemen with 43 assists … IF Steve Tolleson (MIN) has a top-10 batting average (.383) … RHP Jeff Manship (MIN) is tied for fifth in strikeouts (27) … Desert Dogs lead AFL in saves (9) … RHP Andrew Carignan (OAK) anchors relief core with a league-high six saves … 11/13: 2B (COL) hits two home runs and drives in five RBI … 10/11-11/6: Young 21-game hitting streak … 10/28: Young inside-the-park grand slam against Surprise … 11/1: Young hits second grand slam home run of the week … 10/27: McKenry hits three home runs and drives in seven RBI … 10/21: Every player in the Desert Dogs starting lineup posts at least one hit.

Surprise Rafters (10-24) ─ RHP Willie Eyre (TEX) is second in the AFL with 31 whiffs … 11 pitchers have reached double digits in strikeouts … IF Wes Hodges (CLE) is tied for third in RBI (26) … OF Jamie Hoffmann (LAD) is batting .615 with runners on base … RHP Travis Schlichting (LAD) has a 1.59 ERA at home … OF Julio Borbon (TEX) is batting .333 and has an on-base percentage of .382 when leading off an inning … Borbon owns share of lead in triples (3) … 10/28: Hodges drives in a team-high four RBI … 10/18-11/06: OF Nolan Reimold (BAL) collects 16 runs and 20 hits during team-high 11-game hitting streak … 11/14: RF Joe Dickerson (KC) is a triple short of the cycle and drives in three RBI … 11/08: Hoffmann ties team high in runs (3) … 10/14: IF Beau Mills (CLE) scores team-high three runs … three players have collected four hits in a game ─ Blake Davis (BAL) 11/08, C Matt Wieters (BAL) 10/09, and IF Ivan De Jesus, Jr. (LAD) 10/13.