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Eastern Division Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Probable 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 @ 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 , 2 doubles, and 4 RBI … pinch-hitter Javelinas at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (F) Jordan Danks (CWS) cracked a solo 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 , 1 , 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 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 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 , 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 ’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 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 … 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 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 ... OF Corey Brown (OAK) Grant Desme (OAK) and IF Brandon Snyder (BAL) … C Matt 3-for-5 on Saturday at Surprise and has hit safely in all four games McBride (CLE) is batting .429 (3-for-7) with four RBI with runners in which he has played … C Nevin Ashley (TB) also has a four- in scoring position … hitting .600 (3-for-5) against right-handers … game hit streak and is hitting .353 (6-for-17) during that span. two of the Cacti’s five starters, former Arizona State University standout RHP Mike Leake (CIN) and RHP Wilton Lopez (HOU) Scottsdale Scorpions (3-3) have an ERA of 0.00 … team had a four stolen bases on 10/17. RHP Donnie Veal (PIT) split the 2009 season between Double-A Altoona, Triple-A Indianapolis and the Pirates after being selected Surprise Rafters (4-2) from the Cubs in the 2008 Rule 5 Draft … major-league debut at St. RHP Ian Kennedy (NYY) paces Rafters pitching and the Fall Louis on April 7, 2009 … in his first start in the 2009 Fall League, League with eight … Surprise leads the Fall League with pitched two perfect innings at the Saguaros, fanning three ... IF a .339 (75-for-221) team batting average … second-lowest team Brandon Allen (ARI), who went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI, ERA (5.00) … top defensive team in the AFL with a .991 fielding logged his first multi-hit game and first multi-RBI game of the percentage while only committing two errors in six games … season in Monday’s 7-3 win over Surprise ... OF Domonic Brown reliever LHP Michael Dunn (NYY) is among gthe league-leaders in

(PHI) also went 2-for-5 and hit his second home run of the season, saves (1) … OF Daryl Jones (STL) has the lead with a solo shot in the ninth ... Brown has five of the Scorpions’ 15 extra- four … former Arizona State standout OF Colin Curtis (NYY) is base hits so far in the 2009 Fall League ... OF Thomas Neal (SF) hitting .333 (7-for-21) with 5 runs, 2 doubles, 1 home run, and 4 RBI had a double and two RBI and has hit safely in all four games in … riding a five-game hitting streak … boast three of the top five which he has played ... RHP Joe Martinez (SF) earned his first win RBI men in the AFL: IF Mike Moustakas (KC) (9), IF Ike Davis with three solid innings, giving up a run on three hits and a walk and (NYM) (8), and IF Brandon Laird (NYY) (7) … Laird leads the AFL striking out three ... RHP Michael Schwimer (PHI) struck out three with 10 hits … was selected as the Fall League’s co-player-of-the- over two scoreless innings. week for Oct. 13-19 with Javelinas IF Russ Mitchell and was

selected to the Florida State League Post-Season All-Star Team

after helping the High-A Tampa Yankees to the FSL Championship, had a five-hit game on 10/15 … Moustakas, a 2009 Carolina League Mid-Season All-Star, drove in seven RBI on 10/15 vs. Mesa … Davis, a batboy for the former Triple-A Phoenix Firebirds and son of former major leaguer Ron Davis, smashed a 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) N/A PEJ IF Russ Mitchell (LAD)

AFL 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 Mark Rogers (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 Buster Posey (5th in 2008, SF), IF Yonder Alonso (7th in 2008, CIN), C Jason Castro (10th HR: 2 – Sizemore (PEJ) (DET) SO: 4 – Multiple in 2008, HOU), RHP Stephen Strasburg (1st in 2009, WSH), OF (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 Casey Kelly (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 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 and St. Louis Cardinals with 16 ex-Fall Leaguers. To round out the rest of the National League, the are second with 15 alums while have 12 and have eight. In the American League, the L.A. Angels of Anaheim boast 12 alums and the have 11 on their squad while the New York Yankees have only nine.