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2012 AFL Game Notes Saturday, October 13, 2012 Media Relations: Paul Jensen (480) 710-8201, [email protected] Dylan Higgins (509) 540-4034, [email protected] Nate Rowan (651) 983-5605, [email protected] Sarah Evans (818) 624-6176, [email protected] Website: www.mlbfallball.com : @MLBazFallLeague Facebook: www.facebook.com/mlbfallball

East Division Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Probable Starters 3 1 .750 -- 2-0 1-1 3-1 L1 3-1

Mesa Solar Sox 2 2 .500 1.0 1-1 1-1 0-2 W2 2-2 2 2 .500 1.0 2-0 0-2 1-1 W1 2-2 Saturday, October 13 Phoenix at Mesa, 12:35 PM (F) West Division RHP Nick Bucci (3-3, 1.90 in 2012) @ Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 RHP Luke Putkonen (3-5, 4.71 in 2012) Peoria Javelinas 2 2 .500 -- 2-0 0-2 2-2 L1 2-2 Salt River at Surprise, 12:35 PM (L) Phoenix Desert Dogs 2 2 .500 -- 2-0 0-2 1-1 W1 2-2 RHP Ryan Tepera (8-6, 5.48 in 2012) @ Surprise Saguaros 1 3 .250 2.0 1-1 0-2 1-1 L2 1-3 LHP Kevin Siegrist (7-2, 2.77 in 2012)

Peoria at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (A) Yesterday’s Games LHP (3-3, 2.82 in 2012) @ R H E LOB LHP T.J. House (10-5, 3.56 in 2012) Peoria 3 8 2 9 W: Nelson (MIL) (1-0) L: Simon (PHI) (0-1) Phoenix 13 19 1 12 S: None Sunday, October 14 Desert Dogs SS Nick Ahmed (ATL) went 3-for-3 with 1 , 4 RBI and 2 runs … C Max Stass League Off Day (OAK) homered and drove in four runs … CF Josh Prince (MIL) tallied four hits, all singles … every Phoenix position player who appeared in the game collected at least one … Javelinas\ CF Billy Monday October 15 Hamilton (CIN) went 3-for-5 with a RBI and a . Peoria at Mesa, 12:35 PM (A) R H E LOB LHP (0-0, 0.00) @ Surprise 6 8 0 4 W: Reed (LAD) (1-0) L: Rodebaugh (TEX) (0-1) RHP (0-0, 5.40) Mesa 12 15 2 8 S: None Salt River at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (F) Five Solar Sox collected at least two hits … SS Jonathan Schoop (BAL) had three hits, including a RHP (0-0, 4.50) @ double and three RBI … DH (HOU) homered and drove in four runs … LF Nick RHP Shawn Haviland (0-0, 0.00) Castellanos (DET) doubled twice and scored twice … Saguaros CF (DET ) went 2-for- Scottsdale at Surprise, 12:35 PM (L) 4 with 1 home , 2 RBI and 2 runs … RF (BOS) added a solo . LHP Chris Gloor (0-0, 0.00) @ LHP (0-0, 0.00) R H E LOB

Salt River 0 3 2 7 W: Betances (NYY) (1-1) L: Rodriguez (CWS) (0-1) Scottsdale 4 6 0 9 S: None AFL Alum of the Day

Scorpions SP Bobby Cassevah (LAA) worked three innings, allowing one hit, walking two and striking St. Louis’ Daniel Descalso (2009 Surprise out one … 2B (NYY) was on base four times … RP (NYY) struck out Rafters) went 3-for-5 with 1 HR, 3 RBI and 3 four in two perfect relief innings … struck out the side in the fourth … Rafters SP Andre Rienzo (CWS) allowed two hits and two walks over three innings while striking out five. runs last night as the Cardinals beat the Nationals, 9-7, in game five of the NLDS. He delivered a two-out, two-run to tie the game in the ninth and later scored as the Cards Weekly Schedule plated four in the final inning.

Team Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Mesa X X X Peoria X X X Phoenix X X X Salt River X X X X Scottsdale X X X Surprise X X X

12:35 p.m. – HINF: 9:45 a.m., HBP: 10:00 a.m., VBP: 10:50 a.m., VINF: 11:40 a.m. 6:35 p.m. – HINF: 3:45 p.m., HBP: 4:00 p.m., VBP: 4:50 p.m., VINF: 5:40 p.m. Teams are REQUIRED to take infield and BP every Monday

UMPIRE ROSTER Crew A – (CC), Allen Bailey, , Ben May. Crew F – (CC), Travis Carlson, Andy Dudones, Quinn Wolcott. Crew L – (CC), Sean Barber, Seth Buckminster, Stu Scheuwater.

Today’s Fall League Five 1. Peoria OF/IF Billy Hamilton (CIN) broke the professional record for single -season stolen bases with 155 thefts between the and Southern League in 2012. For his efforts, he was named MVP despite appearing in just 82 games. 2. Mesa OF Nick Castellanos (DET) was named MVP of the Futures Game in July after going 3-for-4 with a three-run home run. He also scored three times. 3. Surprise OF Bryce Brentz (BOS) was named outstanding postseason offensive player after batting .333/.385/.792 in seven games to help Pawtucket to their first IL title since 1984. 4. Salt River IF Matthew Skole (WSH) was the MVP in 2012 after hitting .286/.438/.574 in 101 games. The former fifth- round selection out of Georgia Tech hit 27 home runs and drove in 92 runs. 5. Peoria C (SEA) had a year to remember in 2012, winning the USA Baseball , the and the Award as a junior at Florida. After being drafted third overall in June, the former Gator hit .360/.447/.689 between two minor league levels and was named offensive player of the postseason in the Southern League, hitting a league-high three home runs.

2012 Tidbits  A total of 96 Arizona Fall League alumni dot the rosters of the eight teams in the divisional round of the MLB playoffs, representing nearly 50 percent of the 200 players on postseason rosters. Leading the way is the who have 14 former Fall Leaguers on their 25-man roster for the ALDS.  Since 1992, the year the Arizona Fall League started, 13 of the 21 no. 1 overall picks in the MLB draft will have played in the AFL.  Thirty-four first-round draft choices fill the rosters in 2012, including (Phoenix/Tampa Bay), the only no. 1 overall pick in the league this season.  The 2012 Arizona Fall League features 22 of MLB.com's Top 100 prospects, including the #1 ranked players from the Angels (IF ), Astros (IF Jonathan Singleton), Cubs (IF Javier Baez), Giants (OF ), Marlins (OF ), Nationals (IF ), Padres (OF Rymer Liriano), Rays (IF Hak-Ju Lee), Reds (OF Billy Hamilton), Tigers (OF Nick Castellanos) and White Sox (OF Trayce Thompson) organizations.  Players from 11 foreign countries are represented in the Arizona Fall League in 2012, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Curacao, , Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan and Venezuela in addition to Puerto Rico.  Get up-to-the-minute updates from the Arizona Fall League through the league’s social media on Twitter (@MLBazFallLeague) and Facebook at www.facebook.com/arizonafallleague.

34 First-Round Picks in the 2012 Arizona Fall League

2012 2010 2008 C Mike Zunino (3rd, Seattle) RHP Deck Mcguire (11th, Toronto) IF Tim Beckham (1st, Tampa Bay) IF Richie Shaffer (25th, Tampa Bay) IF Kaleb Cowart (18th, L.A. Angels) RHP Ryan Perry (21st, Washington) C Kellin Deglan (22nd, ) OF Zach Collie (34th, Philadelphia) 2011 OF Christian Yelich (23rd, Miami) IF Anthony Rendon (6th, Washington) OF Gary Brown (24th, San Francisco) 2007 IF Javier Baez (9th, ) OF Bryce Brentz (36th, Boston) RHP James Simmons (26th, Oakland) IF (10th, San Diego) OF Nick Castellanos (44th, Detroit) OF George Springer (11th, ) RHP (46th, St. Louis) 2006 IF (22nd, St. Louis) RHP (38th, Atlanta) IF (29th, San Francisco) 2009 OF (29th, San Francisco) IF (13th, Oakland) IF Bobby Borchering (16th, Houston) IF Jiovanni Mier (21st, Houston) RHP (22nd, Minnesota) OF (24th, L.A. Angels) IF (27th, Seattle) OF (29th, N.Y. Yankees) IF (35th, Arizona) LHP James Paxton (37th, Seattle) IF (41st, Arizona) RHP (45th, Baltimore) RHP Kyle Heckathorn (47th, Milwaukee)

MESA SOLAR SOX (2-2)

STARTING : Luke Putkonen (Tigers) ... 3-3 with a 4.92 ERA in 24 games (two starts) for -A Toledo in 2012, and 0-2 with a 3.94 ERA in 12 appearances for the major league club after making his debut on April 29 ... selected in the third round of the 2012 draft. 2012: OF/IF Nick Castellanos (Tigers) and IF Jonathan Singleton (Astros) are the only two players in the league to hit safely in all four games … IF Javier Baez (Cubs) is tied for the league lead with two doubles … Baez, Castellanos and Singleton lead the league with three extra-base hits … Castellanos and Singleton lead the league with five runs … Baez and OF George Springer (Astros) are tied for the league high with four RBI. TEAM: Second in league batting at .285 … first in the league in runs scored (26), total bases (71), triples (2), home runs (6), RBI (24), stolen bases (9) and (.493) … Javier Baez (Cubs) … #1 Cubs prospect according to MLB.com … Mike Belfiore (Orioles) … one of five first-round selections of the in the 2009 draft … and pitcher at Boston College … Nick Castellanos (Tigers) … 2012 Futures Game MVP … Jarred Cosart (Astros) … traded to Houston in 2011 in the deal … Chia-Jen Lo (Astros) … played for Chinese Taipai at 2007 World University Championships and 2008 Olympics … 2009 Futures Game … James McCann (Tigers) … U.S. national baseball team in the 2011 and the (silver medal) 2011 Pan American Games … semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award given to the best college as an Arkansas Razorback … (Dodgers) … Father Stu Pederson was drafted by the Dodgers in 1981 and played in eight games in the majors in 1985 … Jonathan Schoop (Orioles) … 2011 Futures Game … 2011 Award as the ’ minor league player of the year … Jonathan Singleton (Astros) … #1 Astros prospect according to MLB.com … 2012 Futures Game … George Springer (Astros) … #3 Astros prospect according to MLB.com … Tony Zych (Cubs) … 2009 USA Baseball Collegiate national team.

PEORIA JAVELINAS (2-2)

STARTING PITCHER: Robbie Erlin (Padres) ... 3-3 with a 2.82 ERA in 14 starts in 2012 between the Arizona Rookie League and the ... 3-1 with a 2.92 ERA in 11 starts for the , striking out 72 while walking 14 ... traded to the Padres in 2011 with for . 2012: C Chris Hermann (Twins) went 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored yesterday … has hit safely in seven consecutive AFL games dating back to Nov. 4 of last season … during the streak he is batting .462 with 1 home run, 4 doubles, 3 RBI and 7 runs scored … leads the league in batting at .571 … tied for the league high with a .667 on-base percentage … OF Cody Asche (Phillies) tied for league lead with two doubles. TEAM: Pitching staff leads the league with 39 … walked 11 batters, fewest in the league … Vincent Catricala (Mariners) … Mariners’ minor league player of the year in 2011 … Nick Franklin (Mariners) … #29 prospect in baseball, #5 and #3 Mariners prospect by MLB.com … Arizona Fall League Rising Stars Game MVP in 2011 … Billy Hamilton (Reds) … swiped 155 bases in 2012 to break the professional single-season stolen-base record set by Vince Coleman in 1983 (145) … 2012 California League MVP … postseason all-star selection three times and MiLB.com organization all-star twice … Drew Hayes (Reds) … MLB.com of the year in 2011 … (Phillies) … Phoenix-area native graduated from Horizon High School … #7 catching prospect in baseball and #4 Phillies’ prospect by MLB.com … traded to the Philadelphia with two others for Hunter Pence in 2012 … 2012 Futures Game … Rymer Liriano (Padres) … #1 Padres prospect by MLB.com … MVP and prospect of the year in 2011 … Cory Spangenberg (Padres) … #7 Padres prospect by MLB.com … Michael Tonkin (Twins) … brother-in-law of Arizona Diamondback … Mike Zunino (Mariners) … Golden Spikes Award as the nation’s top amateur player in 2012 at the University of Florida … second Gator to win SEC player of the year … one of three finalists for the Johnny Bench Award (nation’s top catcher) in 2011.

PHOENIX DESERT DOGS (2-2)

STARTING PITCHER: Nick Bucci (Brewers) ... 3-3 with a 1.90 ERA in 10 starts in 2012 between the Arizona Rookie League and the , striking out 44 while walking 15 ... has competed with the Canadian national baseball team, including the 2009 and 2011 Baseball World Cup, earning a bronze medal in the latter, and the 2011 Pan American Games, in which he won a gold medal ... inducted with his teammates into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012. 2012: IF Nick Ahmed (Braves) is second in the league batting .556 … C (Athletics) is slugging (1.000), tied for the league high … OF (Rays) tied for the league-high with three stolen bases, all in one game. TEAM: Lead the league in batting average (.297) and doubles (9) … tied for second in the league with a .372 on-base percentage … pitching staff has the second lowest ERA at 3.47 … Tim Beckham (Rays) … first overall selection in 2008 draft … 2011 Futures Game … Grant Green (Athletics) … third trip to AFL after playing with Phoenix in 2010–11 … 2010-11 Futures Games … Miles Head (Athletics) … dealt to Oakland in the 2012 trade for and … Johnny Hellweg (Brewers) … traded to Brewers in 2012 deal for … at 6’9” one of the tallest players in … Kyle Jensen (Marlins) … Florida State League MVP in 2011 … Chris Jones (Braves) … traded to Atlanta in 2011 for Derek Lowe … Matt Kennelly (Braves) … brothers Tim (Phillies), Sam (Pirates) and Josh (Reds) also playing professional baseball … father Mike is a 16-year PGA veteran … Hak-Ju Lee (Rays) … #1 Rays prospect according to MLB.com … 2010 Futures Game … dealt to Tampa Bay in 2011 trade for … Scott McGough (Marlins) … traded to Miami in 2012 for Hanley Ramirez … father Tom McGough played in Cleveland organization … (Brewers) … helped U.S. win silver in the 2006 World Junior Championships in Cuba … set school records for home runs (23) and RBI (76) in 2010 and named SEC player of the year … Josh Prince (Brewers) … grandfather R.E. Prince, Jr. played baseball at Texas A&M and in St. Louis organization … Cory Rasmus (Braves) … brother of Toronto outfielder … Christian Yelich (Marlins) … #1 Marlins prospect according to MLB.com … 2012 Futures Game.

SALT RIVER RAFTERS (3-1)

STARTING PITCHER: Ryan Tepera (Blue Jays) ... 8-6 with a 5.48 ERA in 21 games (20 starts) in 2012 between the Florida State League and the Eastern League ... 7-3 with a 4.84 ERA for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, striking out 57 and walking 37 in 74.1 innings. 2012: IF Matthew Skole (Nationals) is tied for third in the league in batting with a .500 batting average ... tied for league lead in slugging percentage (1.000) ... OF Brian Goodwin (Nationals) is the only batter in the league with two home runs … IF Matt Davidson (D-Backs) is tied for league-lead in RBI (4) … IF Anthony Rendon (Nationals) and OF Trayce Thompson(White Sox) are tied for league high with four walks. TEAM: Second in the league in runs scored with 23 ... has allowed second-fewest runs in the league (17) ... league-leader in home runs with seven... team has been hit-by-pitch six times; no other team has been hit three times ... lead league in walks (21) ... team on-base percentage of .388 leads the league … Tyler Bortnick (D-backs) … played with Surprise in 2011 and participated in Rising Stars game … traded to Arizona in 2012 for … Matt Davidson (D-backs) … #4 D-Backs prospect according to MLB.com … Lars Davis (Rockies) … Big Ten player of the year in 2007 after leading the conference in hits, homers, and total bases … played volleyball at Grande Prairie Composite (AB, CAN) H.S., helping it win the 2003 provincial championship … (Rockies) ... tied South Atlantic League single-game RBI record with 10-RBI, three-homer game on June 3, 2011 … Kent Mattes (Rockies) … 2011 California League MVP for Modesto Nuts … finalist for the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy emblematic of the top player in college baseball at Alabama … father Dieter played football at University of Miami … (Blue Jays) … 2012 Midwest League MVP … Anthony Rendon (Nationals) … former Rice Owl is one of the most decorated college players in recent memory … in 2010, winner of Dick Howser Trophy, college player of the year, Rawlings Sporting Goods national player of the year, and Conference USA male athlete of the year … Carlos Sanchez (White Sox) … 2012 Futures Game … John Stilson (Blue Jays) … semifinalist for the 2010 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award and quarterfinalist for the College Baseball Foundation’s national pitcher of the year.

SCOTTSDALE SCORPIONS (2-2)

STARTING PITCHER: T.J. House (Indians) ... 10-5 with a 3.56 ERA in 27 starts in 2012 between the and the Eastern League, striking out 116 while walking 50 ... dominated in four starts with the Carolina Mudcats before moving up to the Akron Aeros where he went 8-5 in 23 starts (124.1 innings). TEAM: Lowest ERA in the league (3.25) and has allowed the fewest runs (15) and hits (32) … Gary Brown (Giants) … #1 Giants prospect and #80 overall by MLB.com … 2011 California League rookie-of-the-year … 2011 Futures Game … Kaleb Cowart (Angels) … #1 Angels prospect, #46 overall in 2012 according to MLB.com … Randal Grichuk (Angels) … #12 Angels prospect according to MLB.com … Slade Heathcott (Yankees) … #5 Yankees prospect according to MLB.com … Heath Hembree (Giants) … led California League with 21 saves in 2011 … Monsalve (Indians) … #9 Indians prospect according to MLB.com … Mark Montgomery (Yankees) … #14 Yankees prospect according to MLB.com … father Ron played football at North Carolina State … Gift Ngoepe (Pirates) … attempting to become first South African to play major-league baseball … (Yankees) … three-time Fall Leaguer (2009–10) … 2010–11 Futures Games … Florida State League MVP and Topps FSL player of the year in 2009 … father Kevin played for the (1985–91) and starred at Arizona State University … brother Andrew played in the AFL in 2010 and currently is in the Angels’ farm system … Ronny Rodriguez (Indians) … #5 Indians’ prospect according to MLB.com … Dan Runzler (Giants) … played in the AFL in 2011 … MLB.com minor league relief pitcher of the year in 2009.

SURPRISE SAGUAROS (1-3)

STARTING PITCHER: Kevin Siegrist (Cardinals) ... 7-2 with a 2.77 ERA in 18 games (three starts) in 2012 between the Florida State League and the Texas League ... unbeaten in 10 stars (6-0) for the , pitching to a 2.28 ERA in 55.1 innings with 41 strikeouts and 22 walks. 2012: OF Mike O'Neill (Cardinals) is tied for second with a .667 on-base percentage and leads the league with four walks. TEAM: Second in the league with 15 RBI ... pitching staff has the second-best ERA in the league at 3.46 … issued a league-low seven walks … Michael Almanzar (Red Sox) … reached base safely in 16 consecutive plate appearances in 2012 … father Carlos pitched in the major leagues from 1997–2005 … Bryce Brentz (Red Sox) … #4 prospect in Red Sox system by MLB.com … 2011 Red Sox offensive co-player of the year … Brian Fletcher (Royals) … 49 career home runs at Auburn tied Frank Thomas for third in school history … son of 15-season major-league infielder Scott Fletcher, currently the roving infield instructor for the … Jon Keck (Royals) … holds Bethel (TN) College record of 41 career home runs … Adam Kolarek (Mets) … father Frank played with the Oakland Athletics organization … Justin Marks (Royals) … acquired by the Royals in 2010 for David DeJesus … Alex McClure (Royals) … father Gary owns more than 700 wins as head baseball at Austin Peay University … Tim Melville (Royals) … 2011 Mike Sweeney Award presented to player who best represents the Royals organization on and off the field … Whit Merrifield (Royals) … hit walk-off 11th-inning single to capture the 2010 College for South Carolina … father Bill was a two-time ACC player of the year at Wake Forest and spent six seasons in the minor leagues … Danny Muno (Mets) … homered against Rice in 2008 to help the Bulldogs win the College World Series … Greg Peavey (Mets) … played in the Little League World Series in 2000 … Kolten Wong (Cardinals) … #1 second base prospect, #4 Cardinals prospect and #49 overall prospect by MLB.com.

Head-to-Head Records

Opponent MES SRR SCO PEO PHX SUR Mesa Solar Sox --- 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 Salt River Rafters 2-0 --- 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 Scottsdale Scorpions 0-0 1-1 --- 0-0 1-1 0-0

Peoria Javelinas 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- 1-1 1-1 Phoenix Desert Dogs 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 --- 0-0 Surprise Saguaros 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 ---

Single-Game Highs HITTING PITCHING

# Player Date Opp. # Player Date Opp. H 4 multiple players IP 5.0 Kyle Gibson (PEO/MIN) 10/11 PHX 2B 2 multiple players H 7 Kyle Simon (PEO/PHI) 10/12 @PHX 3B 1 multiple players R 8 Kyle Simon (PEO/PHI) 10/12 @PHX HR 1 multiple players ER 7 Kyle Simon (PEO/PHI) 10/12 @PHX RBI 4 multiple players SO 8 Kyle Gibson (PEO/MIN) 10/11 PHX R 3 multiple players BB 3 multiple players SB 3 Kevin Kiermaier (PHX/TB) 10/10 @SCO HR 2 Mike Wright (MES/BAL) 10/10 SRR

5+ Games 4+ RBI Games Date Pitcher Team Opp. Ks Type Date Hitter Team Opp. RBI Hits _ 10/11 K. Gibson PEO/MIN PHX 8 SP 10/12 N. Ahmed PHX/ATL PEO 4 2 1Bs, 2B 10/9 T. Chatwood SRR/COL MES 6 SP 10/10 M. Davidson SRR/ARI @MES 4 1B, HR 10/11 S. Blair SUR/STL MES 5 SP 10/12 G. Springer MES/HOU SUR 4 3B, HR 10/9 C. Gloor SCO/SF @PHX 5 SP 10/12 M. Stassi PHX/OAK PEO 4 10/9 J. Paxton PEO/SEA SUR 5 SP 10/12 A. Rienzo SRR/CWS @SCO 5 SP