2009 Media/Scouts Notes Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Media Relations: Paul Jensen (480/710-8201, [email protected]) Adam C
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2009 Media/Scouts Notes Tuesday, October 20, 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 5 1 .833 - 1-1 4-0 3-1 W5 5-1 Today, October 20, 2009 Scottsdale Scorpions 3 3 .500 2.0 1-1 2-2 0-2 W1 3-3 Mesa at Javelinas, 12:35 PM (A) Mesa Solar Sox 2 4 .333 3.0 1-3 1-1 1-1 L1 2-4 37 Mike McCardell (RHP/MIN) 0-0, 0.00 @ 31 Justin Cassel (RHP/CWS) 0-0, 6.00 Western Division Saguaros at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (L) Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 49 Zach Putnam (RHP/CLE) 0-0, N/A @ Peoria Javelinas 4 2 .667 - 2-1 2-1 2-2 W4 4-2 28 Robert Ray (RHP/TOR) 0-0, 3.00 Surprise Rafters 4 2 .667 - 2-2 2-0 2-0 L2 4-2 Surprise at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (F) Peoria Saguaros 0 6 .000 4.0 0-3 0-3 0-2 L6 0-6 34 Jenrry Mejia (RHP/NYM) 0-0, 27.00 @ 56 Donnie Veal (LHP/PIT) 0-0, 0.00 Once Around the Bases Wednesday, October 21, 2009 R H E LOB Surprise at Saguaros, 12:35 PM (A) Javelinas 8 9 0 8 WP: Drucker (DET) (1-0) LP: Bierd (BOS) (1-1) 33 Danny Gutierrez (RHP/TEX) 1-0, 0.00 @ Solar Sox 1 10 2 9 SV: None 15 Mike Leake (RHP/CIN) 0-0, 0.00 Peoria’s 2B Scott Sizemore (DET) went 3-for-4 with 1 run, 2 doubles, and 4 RBI … pinch-hitter Javelinas at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (F) Jordan Danks (CWS) cracked a solo home run in the eighth inning … right-handed relievers Mark 12 Nick Hill (LHP/SEA) 0-0, 3.00 @ Rogers (MIL), Anthony Varvaro (SEA), and Andrew Oliver (DET) shutout Mesa\ over the final five 26 Mitch Talbot (RHP/TB) 0-0, 6.75 frames … Solar Sox 1B Chris Parmelee (MIN) collected three hits and scored Mesa’s lone run. Mesa at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (L) R H E LOB 74 Tommy Mendoza (RHP/LAA) 0-0, 9.00 @ 35 Michael Cisco (RHP/PHI) 0-0, 0.00 Desert Dogs 6 14 0 11 WP: Friend (OAK) (2-0) LP: Boxberger (CIN) (0-1) Saguaros 2 6 2 5 SV: None Thursday, October 22, 2009 Desert Dogs’ DH Josh Bell (BAL) went 4-for-5 with 3 runs, 1 double, 1 triple, and 1 RBI … CF Grant Scottsdale at Mesa, 12:35 PM (A) Desme (OAK) added three hits … LF Adam Loewen (TOR) smashed a three-run home run in the 31 Chaz Roe (RHP/COL) 0-0, N/A @ sixth inning … Saguaros’ LF Nick Weglarz (CLE) had three hits … CF Chris Heisey (CIN) hit a solo 41 Andrew Cashner (RHP/CHC) 0-1, 13.50 homer in the fourth inning. Phoenix at Javelinas, 12:35 PM (L) 37 Stephen Strasburg (RHP/WSH) 1-0, 0.00 @ R H E LOB 12 Josh Butler (RHP/MIL) 1-0, 13.50 Scorpions 7 11 0 7 WP: Martinez (SF) (1-0) LP: Kennedy (NYY) (1-1) Saguaros at Surprise, 6:35 PM (F) Rafters 3 8 2 9 SV: None 20 Steve Garrison (LHP/SD) 0-1, 18.00 @ Scottsdale’s trio of DH Pedro Ciriaco (ARI), RF Domonic Brown (PHI), and 1B Brandon Allen (ARI) 44 Blake Wood (RHP/KC) 1-0, 9.00 each collected two hits … Brown added a solo home run in the ninth inning … starting RHP Joe (A, F, L) – Umpire Roster Key Martinez (SF) tossed three innings and allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out three … Surprise 2B Ruben Tejada (NYM) had a pair of doubles. AFL Alumni of the Day AFL Weekly Infield Breakdown Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim’s catcher Jeff Team Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Mathis hit the game-winning double off the left- Dogs X X X X center field wall that allowed fellow AFL alum, Javelinas X X X X Howie Kendrick, to score as the Angels Rafters X X X X defeated the New York Yankees, 5-4, in the 11th Saguaros X X X X inning of game three of the ALCS. Mathis Scorpions X X X X played in the AFL during the 2003 season with Solar Sox X X X X the Scottsdale Scorpions, where he was named 12:35 p.m.: HINF: 10:00 a.m., HBP: 10:15 a.m., VBP: 11:00 a.m., VINF: 11:45 a.m. one of Baseball America’s Top 10 Arizona Fall 6:35 p.m.: HINF: 4:00 p.m., HBP: 4:15 p.m., VBP: 5:00 p.m., VINF: 5:45 p.m. League Prospects. 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 (2-4) Peoria Javelinas (4-2) RHP Mike McCardell (MIN) split the 2009 season between High-A OF Casper Wells (DET) has the longest hitting streak in the Fall Fort Myers and Double-A New Britain … 9-6 with a 3.93 ERA in 17 League at 16 games, spanning from 10/25/08 … hitting .403 with starts at Fort Myers before earning his promotion in mid-July … tied 17 extra-base hits (7 doubles, 2 triples, and 8 home runs) and 25 for seventh among all minor leaguers with 14 wins ... struck out four RBI … also has an active 25-game on-base streak … IF Taylor batters over two scoreless innings in his first start (last Wed. vs. Green (MIL) has the second-longest hitting streak at nine games Phoenix) ... after an 0-for-10 start to the Fall League, IF Chris that began on 10/09/08 … two of IF C.J. Retherford’s (CWS) hits Parmelee (MIN) collected three hits, including a pair of doubles, on are triples … OF Trayvon Robinson (LAD) is second in the Fall Monday vs. the Javelinas ... OF Ryan Kalish (BOS) picked up two League with three stolen bases … IF Scott Sizemore (DET), hits in four at-bats Monday and drove in his fourth run of the Detroit’s no. 7 prospect and “Best Hitter for Average” by Baseball season, matching IF Jose Iglesias (BOS) for the team lead ... RHP America, leads the AFL with three home runs and tied for most RBI Marco Albano (LAA) struck out two and retired all six batters he with nine … week one AFL co-player-of-the-week with Rafters IF faced Monday ... RHP Randor Bierd (BOS) fell to 1-1 on the Brandon Laird, IF Russ Mitchell (LAD) leads the AFL in extra-base season, allowing two runs (1 earned) on two hits and two walks and hits (6) … second in home runs with two … Dodgers’ no. 1 prospect struck out four over three innings ... OF Rene Tosoni (MIN) hit the by Baseball America OF Andrew Lambo (LAD) has the Javelinas Solar Sox’s first triple of the season Monday ... Mesa pitchers have top batting average at .471 (8-for-17) … LHP Aaron Miller (LAD) issued the fewest number of walks this season (23 in six games). and RHP Travis Schlichting (LAD) have yet to allow a hit in four combined innings pitched … second in the league with a team Phoenix Desert Dogs (5-1) batting average of .326 (71-for-218) … continues to lead the AFL RHP Justin Friend (OAK) became the first Fall League pitcher to with 11 home runs on the season. record his second victory on 10/19 at the Saguaros … IF Josh Bell (BAL) leads the AFL In batting with a .533 (8-for-15) average … Peoria Saguaros (0-5) also leads the AFL with a .611 on-base percentage … four-hit game Cleveland’s RHP Zach Putnam made 38 appearances including at the Saguaros on 10/19 … OF Grant Desme (OAK) has a top 10 five starts between High-A Kinston and Double-A Akron … earned batting average at .429 (9-for-21) and is second in home runs with a 6-2 record with a 4.13 (37ER/80.2IP) … played collegiately at the two … IF Brandon Snyder (BAL) is riding a five-game hitting University of Michigan where he was named a Louisville Slugger streak where he is hitting .409 (9-for-22) with 7 runs, 1 double, 1 Freshman All-American … OF Chris Heisey (CIN) has five-game home run, and 2 RBI … tied for the league lead with seven runs hitting streak where he is batting .474 (9-for-19) with 6 runs, 2 scored ... after losing their first game, the Desert Dogs have reeled doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, and 4 RBI … third in the AFL with a off five straight victories ... Phoenix leads the Fall League in ERA at .533 (8-for-15) batting average … five of his nine hits are for extra- 2.67 which is nearly 2.5 runs lower than Surprise at 5.00 ERA … bases … the nine hits rank tied for second with Desert Dogs OF and has walked a league-low 19 batters ..