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Eastern Division Today, November 12, 2009 Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Javelinas at Surprise, 12:35 PM (L) Phoenix Desert Dogs 14 11 .560 - 5-8 9-3 7-3 W1 4-6 31 Justin Cassel (RHP/CWS) 2-1, 5.52 @ 12 12 .500 1.5 6-6 6-6 4-4 W6 7-3 19 Jenrry Mejia (RHP/NYM) 0-3, 12.91 Scottsdale Scorpions 10 14 .417 3.5 4-7 6-6 3-7 L1 4-6 Scottsdale at Saguaros, 12:35 PM (A)

56 Donald Veal (LHP/PIT) 3-0, 0.54 @ Western Division 32 Mike Minor (LHP/ATL) 1-0, 2.31 Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Phoenix at Mesa, 6:35 PM (F) Peoria Javelinas 17 8 .680 - 8-4 9-4 7-3 W4 8-2 43 Ryohei Tanaka (RHP/BAL) 1-1, 5.54 @ Peoria Saguaros 11 14 .440 6.0 5-7 6-7 4-7 L2 4-6 59 Steven Hirschfeld (RHP/MIN) 1-2, 11.17 Surprise Rafters 10 15 .400 7.0 4-9 6-6 4-5 L5 2-8

Friday, November 13, 2009 Once Around the Bases Surprise at Javelinas, 12:35 PM (F) 54 Matt Harrison (RHP/TEX) 1-2, 15.00 @ R H E LOB Rafters 8 11 0 6 WP: Parker (CHC) (2-1) LP: Garr (TEX) (0-1) 39 Scot Drucker (RHP/DET) 1-1, 5.14 Solar Sox 9 15 0 10 SV: None Mesa at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (L) 23 Andrew Miller (LHP/FLA) 0-0, 3.86 @ Mesa’s SS Jose Iglesias (BOS) went 4-for-4 with 2 runs and 2 RBI, including the game-winning RBI 28 Robert Ray (RHP/TOR) 1-1, 4.67 single with two out in the bottom of the ninth … CF Ryan Kalish (BOS) went 2-for-4\ with 2 runs, 1 Saguaros at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (A) , and 3 RBI … Surprise’s 1B Ike Davis (NYM), DH Doug Hogan (TEX), and 3B Brandon 15 Mike Leake (RHP/CIN) 0-2, 2.31 @ Laird (NYY) each hit home runs. 54 Joe Martinez (RHP/SF) 1-0, 4.32

R H E LOB Javelinas 8 7 1 9 WP: Schlichting (LAD) (2-1) LP: Putnam (CLE) (0-1) Saturday, November 14, 2009 Saguaros 1 5 1 7 SV: None Scottsdale at Surprise, 12:35 PM (A) 31 Chaz Roe (RHP/COL) 0-2, 4.50 @ Javelinas RF Casper Wells (DET) went 2-for-4 with 1 double, 1 triple, and 4 RBI … LF Andrew 19 Aaron Crow (RHP/KC) 0-2, 7.94 Lambo (LAD) added 3 runs, 2 hits, and 3 RBI … 2B C.J. Retherford (CWS) and 1B Russ Mitchell Saguaros at Desert Dogs, 12:35 PM (F) (LAD) each collected one hit and two runs … five different Saguaros collected Peoria’s five hits … 3B 20 Steve Garrison (LHP/SD) 2-1, 4.11 @ Brandon Hicks (ATL) collected a double. T.B.A.

R H E LOB Mesa at Javelinas, 6:35 PM (L) Desert Dogs 12 10 0 6 WP: Gonzalez (TOR) (2-0) LP: Cisco (PHI) (0-2) 74 Tommy Mendoza (RHP/LAA) 1-1, 5.06 @ Scorpions 3 9 4 8 SV: None 12 Nick Hill (LHP/SEA) 0-1, 8.16 ─ Game Played @ Glendale ─ Phoenix’s C Nevin Ashley (TB) went 3-for-5 with 3 runs, 1 double, 2 triples, and 1 RBI … SS Danny Espinosa (WSH) hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning … 3B Brad Emaus (TOR) added 1 run, (A, F, L) – Umpire Roster Key 1 double, and 2 RBI … Scottsdale’s SS Brian Friday (PIT) went 2-for-3 with two runs … CF Jose Tabata (PIT) added two hits and one RBI … RF Domonic Brown (PHI) collected two hits and two RBI. AFL Alumni of the Day AFL Weekly Infield Breakdown Team Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Eight Fall League alumni – 1B Adrian Dogs X X Gonzalez (SD), 2B Orlando Hudson (LAD), Javelinas X X 3B Ryan Zimmerman (WSH), SS Jimmy Rafters X X Rollins (PHI), OF Shane Victorino (PHI), OF Saguaros X X Michael Bourn (HOU), OF Matt Kemp Scorpions X X (LAD), and RHP Adam Wainright (STL) – Solar Sox X X were awarded with 2009 National League 12:35 p.m.: HINF: 10:00 a.m., HBP: 10:15 a.m., VBP: 11:00 a.m., VINF: 11:45 a.m. Rawlings Golden Glove awards at their 6:35 p.m.: HINF: 4:00 p.m., HBP: 4:15 p.m., VBP: 5:00 p.m., VINF: 5:45 p.m. respected positions. 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. Peoria Javelinas (17-8) TODAY’S STARTER: RHP Justin Cassel (CWS) takes the hill for his sixth start … lost his last start on 11/05 at Mesa (3.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO) … 10-4 with a 3.11 (57 ER/165.0 IP) ERA, 57 BB, and 104 SO in 28 starts for Double-A Birmingham … attended UC-Irvine … younger brother of Matt, starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, and Jack, pitcher in the organization. OTHERS: IF Russ Mitchell (LAD) is tied for the AFL lead in RBI (24) and doubles (8) … second in total bases (52) and extra- base hits (14) … third in runs (20) … tied for third in home runs (5) … fifth in hits (27) … hit .383 (23-60) with 15 runs, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 5 home runs, 21 RBI, and an OPB of .486 during two-year 17-game Fall League on-base streak (10/11/08-10/27/09) … OF Jordan Danks (CWS) is second in the league with 21 runs scored and walks (15) … tied for fourth in on-base percentage (.449) … hit .329 (24-73) with an OBP of .462 during a two-year, 21-game Fall League on-base streak (11/14/08-11/04/09) … .462 batting average during 11-game hitting streak (10/14-28) … hitting .350 (7-20) with one double and 12 RBI with runners in scoring position … OF Casper Wells (DET) has a top 10 batting average (.362) … tied for the league lead in RBI (24) … second in AFL with a .759 … third in RBI (20) … tied for fourth in on-base percentage (.449) … averaging one home run every 14.50 at bats … hit .339 (43-127) with an OBP of .439 during a two-year 35-game on-base streak (10/09/08-11/10/09) … .405 (30-74) batting average with 20 runs, 19 extra-base hits (8 doubles, 2 triples, 9 home runs), and 30 RBI during a two-year, 18-game hitting streak from 10/25/08- 10/23/09 … OF Andrew Lambo (LAD) hit .449 (22-for-49) with 8 runs, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, and 11 RBI during an 11-game hitting streak (10/15-11/02) … batting .500 (3-6) with two home runs and nine RBI while slugging 1.000 with runners in scoring position and two outs … owns two of the Pigs’ three grand slams … IF Taylor Green (MIL) hit .353 (12-34) with 6 runs, 2 doubles, 1 home run, and 3 RBI during 11-game Fall League hitting streak (10/09/08-10/20/09) … OF Lorenzo Cain (MIL) shares the stolen bases lead with eight … stole three bases in one game (11/06) … tied for fifth with 13 walks … RHP Zach Braddock (MIL) has a top 10 ERA at 0.93 … leads in saves (3) … holding the opposition to a .171 batting average … RHP Thad Weber (DET) has allowed one walk in 9.0 IP … RHP Sergio Santos (CWS) is tied for second in saves (2) … fourth in games finished (6) … RHP Josh Fields (SEA) holding the opposition to a .154 batting average … RHP Anthony Varvaro (SEA) is averaging 8.31 base runners/9.0 IP … holding opposition to a .182 average … third in WHIP (0.83) … RHP Robbie Weinhardt (DET) leads the AFL in holds (4) … holds the top spot with 25 … only reliever to be in the top four … averaging 15 SO/9.0 IP. TEAM: Pigs’ pitching staff leads Fall League with 217 strikeouts … averaging 8.69 strikeouts per game … bats are second with 169 runs … third in the AFL with 26 home runs … third with a .288 (250-869) average … team is batting .389 (14-36) with 4 doubles, 3 grand slams, and 45 RBI with the bases loaded … pitching staff holding the opposition to a .232 (29-125) batting average with runners in scoring position and two outs … own a 5-1 record in one-run games. vs. Surprise Rafters (10-15) TODAY’S STARTER: RHP Jenrry Mejia (NYM) makes his fifth start and is looking for his first win … trying to buck a three- game losing skid … lost last start on 10/31 vs. Javelinas (1.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO) … 4-6 with a 3.14 (33 ER/94.2 IP), 39 BB, and 91 SO in 19 starts between High-A St. Lucie and Double-A Binghamton … selected to the 2009 Florida State League All-Star Game. OTHERS: OF Colin Curtis (NYY) is third in batting average (.393) … fifth in slugging percentage (.672) … .419 (13-31) batting average with 3 doubles, 3 home runs, and 11 RBI with runners on base … 12-game on-base streak (10/13-29) … .388 (19-49) with 11 runs, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, and 8 RBI during the streak … 1B Ike Davis (NYM) is fourth in the Fall League with six doubles … .500 (6-12) with 2 doubles, 2 home runs, and 12 RBI with runners in scoring position … .667 (2-3) with one double and six RBI with the bases loaded ….304 (7-23) with 3 runs, 1 double, 1 home run, and 4 RBI during the streak … hit a and collected six RBI on Opening Day … IF Brandon Laird (NYY) is second with 6 home runs … averaging one home run every 13 at bats … fourth with 23 RBI and 49 total bases… .375 (3-8) batting average with one home run and six RBI with runners in scoring position and two outs … .319 (9-29) with 6 runs, 3 home runs, and 9 RBI over the last 10 games … IF Daniel Descalso (STL) and OF Tyler Henley (STL) are batting .444 (4-9) with a .500-plus OBP when leading off an inning … Descalso is batting .417 (5-12) with two runs over the last three games … OF Mitch Moreland (TEX) is batting .333 (5-15) with a .643 slugging percentage, 1 double, 1 home run, and 6 RBI with runners in scoring position … OF Marcus Lemon (TEX) has a .478 (11-23) batting average with 4 runs, 1 home run, and 4 RBI over his last seven games … LHP Michael Dunn (NYY) is averaging a league high for relievers of 16.20 SO/9.0 IP … OF Daryl Jones (STL) shares the Fall League lead with six stolen bases … hit by pitch a league-high four times … RHP Grant Duff (NYY) is tied for second in the league with two saves … RHP Tanner Scheppers (TEX) has a WHIP of 0.78 … holding the opposition to a .167 batting average … averaging seven base runners per 9.0 IP … 3B Mike Moustakas (KC) is averaging one home run every 14.75 at bats … 12 RBI and a .800 slugging percentage with runners in scoring position … seven RBI on 10/15 vs. Mesa. TEAM: Top defensive team with a .984 fielding percentage … only 15 errors in 25 games … third in the league with 133 RBI … hitters have been hit by a pitch 10 times … boast a .310 (63-203) batting average and .381 on-base percentage when leading off an inning as a team … three-way tie with Javelinas and Phoenix for most runs in a game (17).

Scottsdale Scorpions (10-14) STARTING PITCHER: LHP Donnie Veal (PIT) makes his sixth start today seeking to become the league’s first 2009 four- game winner ... 3-0 with a 0.54 ERA (1 ER/16.2 IP) ... second in WHIP (0.72) ... leads starters in ERA and opponent batting average (.172, 10-for-58) ... tied for fourth in the league with 17 strikeouts ... AFL pitcher-of-the-week for week three ... split the 2009 season between Double-A Altoona, Triple-A Indianapolis and the Pirates after being selected from the Cubs in the 2008 Rule 5 Draft … made his major league debut at St. Louis on April 7, 2009. OTHERS: OF Jose Tabata (PIT) added two more hits Wednesday to push his league-leading total to 33 ... hit safely in 12 of his last 13 games ... top 10 average (.355) ... hit .422 (19-45) with four three-hit games during his 10-game hitting streak, 10/27-11/6 ... Scorpions season-high six RBI on Oct. 27 ... IF Brian Friday (PIT) went 2-for-3 with a walk and scored twice Wednesday ... IF Hector Gomez (COL) has an 11-game hitting streak ... doubles in five of his last six games, tallying six two-baggers over that span ... tied for the league lead with Javelinas’ Russ Mitchell and OF Domonic Brown (PHI) with eight doubles ... Brown went 2-for-4 with 1 triple and 2 RBI Wednesday ... tied for fourth in extra-base hits (12) ... C Wilin Rosario (COL) was named week four player-of-the-week after hitting 3 home runs, knocking in 4 and scoring 6 runs ... owns Scorpions’ only multi-homer game ... IF Chase d’Arnaud (PIT) has hit safely in 11 of 14 games this season ... OF Thomas Neal (SF) is tied for the league lead in stolen bases (8) ... IF Brandon Allen (ARI) leads the league with 19 walks ... IF Brandon Crawford (SF) is top 10 in the league with 12 walks ... hitting .462 (6-13) against left- handed pitching ... OF Cole Gillespie (ARI) is the second-toughest Fall Leaguer to strike out, fanning just four times in 66 plate appearances (16.50 TPA/SO) ... C Tuffy Gosewisch (PHI) had his season-opening seven-game hitting streak snapped Tuesday ... RHP Bryan Augenstein (ARI) tossed four scoreless innings to earn his first win Tuesday ... RHP Steve Edlefsen (SF) is tied for the league lead with 10 appearances, nine of them scoreless ... tied for seventh in ERA (1.80) ... RHP Scott Mathieson (PHI) has had scoreless outings in seven of his nine appearances ... LHP Matt Reynolds (COL) is second in the league with a .162 opponent average ... fifth in WHIP (0.90) and tied for seventh in ERA (1.80) ... RHP Joe Martinez (SF) is tied for fourth with 17 strikeouts ... tied for fifth among starters with a 9.18 K/9 IP ratio ... LHP Tom Layne (ARI) is sixth in ERA at 1.74 (2 ER/10.1 IP) ... RHP Michael Cisco (PHI) has the second-lowest opponents batting average among starters, at .228 (13-57). TEAM: The Scorpions are second in ERA (4.70) ... surrendered a league-low 21 home runs ... second with two shutouts ... allowed the fewest hits in the league (231) ... only team that has yet to commit a balk or issue an intentional walk. vs. Peoria Saguaros (11-14) TODAY’S STARTER: LHP Mike Minor (ATL) makes his sixth start for the Cacti which will tie for the league lead … no- decision in his last two starts … last start on 11/02 at Mesa: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO … top 10 in ERA (2.31) … 0-1 with a 0.64 ERA (1 ER/14.0 IP), 0 BB, 17 SO in four starts for Class-A Rome … selected by the Braves with the seventh overall in the 2009 draft from Vanderbilt University. OTHERS: C Matt McBride (CLE) holds the league lead in on-base percentage (.529) … tied for second with 15 walks … third in slugging percentage (.722) … fourth in league with a .389 batting average … .476 (10-21) with 7 runs, 2 home runs, and 2 RBI over the last 10 games … .500 (3-6) batting average with four RBI with runners in scoring position and two outs … 15-game on-base streak (10/14-11/10) … hit .500 (21-54) with 12 runs, 2 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs, and 14 RBI during the streak … OF Chris Heisey (CIN) is in the top five in slugging percentage (.694), extra-base hits (13), total bases (50), and triples (3) … averaging one home run every 14.40 at bats … OF Cedric Hunter (SD) hit .311 (14-45) with 4 runs, 2 doubles, and 5 RBI during a 12-game hit streak (10/20- 11/08) … possesses a SO/TPA ratio of 1/12.84 … hitting .371 (13-35) with runners on base ... RHP Josh Judy (CLE) has a top five ERA (0.84) … IF Jose Vallejo (HOU) is in a three-way tie for third in stolen bases (6) … hitting .421 (8-19) with 3 runs, 1 home run, and 5 RBI over the last five games … IF Brandon Hicks (ATL) owns a .455 (5-11) batting average with four RBI with runners in scoring position and two outs … RHP Logan Ondrusek (CIN) has yet to allow a one walk in 9.2 innings pitched … OF Jonathan Gaston (HOU) leads the league in triples (4) … .500 (9-18) batting average with 2 triples, 3 home runs, and 16 RBI with runners in scoring position … boasts Cacti’s only grand slam (10/26 at Scottsdale) … 1B Yonder Alonso (CIN) is fourth in lowest TPA/SO ratio at 9.25 … leads AFL with three sacrifice flies … .346 (9-26) with two home runs and 15 RBI with runners in scoring position … RHP Evan Scribner (SD) leads the AFL in games finished with 10 … tied for the lead with 10 appearances … holding the opposition to a .187 batting average … LHP Lee Hyde (ATL) tied for second in appearances with eight appearances … tied for third in league lead in holds (3). TEAM: Cacti pitching staff had a 23.1 IP consecutive scoreless innings streak (10/27-29) … back-to-back shutouts on 10/28- 29 … staff owns three of the six 2009 shutouts … second with 205 strikeouts … averaging 8.2 strikeouts per game… Cacti bats are second in the Fall League with 110 walks … lead in stolen bases (38) … own league’s only victory when trailing after eight innings (10/20 at Phoenix).

Phoenix Desert Dogs (14-11) STARTING PITCHER: RHP Ryohei Tanaka (BAL) starts at Mesa tonight ... 1-1 with a 5.54 ERA (8 ER/13.0) and 10 strikeouts in five games (two starts) ... 4-4 with a 3.00 ERA in 21 games (12 starts) with Double-A Bowie in 2009 ... began the season as a reliever before starting 12 of his final 13 appearances ... opened his career in the U.S. with 17 straight scoreless innings and did not allow a run as a reliever (9 games, 13.0 IP). OTHERS: C Nevin Ashley (TB) went 3-for-5 with 1 double, 2 triples, 1 RBI and 3 runs scored Wednesday ... became the second player this season to leg out two triples in one game (Scottsdale OF Jose Tabata) ... became the fifth player to log three extra-base hits in one game (Mesa’s Bryan Petersen, Saguaros’ Chris Heisey, Surprise’s Ike Davis and Mike Moustakas) ... second in the league in hitting at .400 (20-50) ... fourth in slugging (.700) ... hit safely in all 13 games this season ... IF Danny Espinosa (WSH) cracked his first home run of the fall Wednesday ... fourth in the league with 18 runs ... IF Brad Emaus (TOR) went 2-for-4 with 1 double, 2 RBI, 1 run and 1 walk Wednesday ... toughest hitter in the league to at one strikeout per 19.00 plate appearances ... OF Grant Desme (OAK) leads the league with 10 home runs, 26 runs, .774 slugging percentage and 15 extra-base hits ... third in hits (30) and tied for first in RBI (24) ... eighth in average at .357 (30-84) ... third in on-base percentage (.455) ... hit .511 (23-45) with 10 homers and 22 RBI during an 11-game hitting streak from Oct. 14-28 ... homered in eight of 10 games, Oct. 15-28 ... sits four home runs shy of Brandon Wood’s (LAA) 2005 record of 14 ... IF Chris Marrero (WSH) has six two-hit games in his last eight contests ... OF Corey Brown (OAK) is tied for second in the league with five home runs ... top 5 in RBI (18) ... extra-base hit in six straight games (Oct. 21-27) ... IF Jemile Weeks (OAK) hit .366 (15-41) with 4 doubles, 3 triples, 6 RBI, 12 runs scored and 3 stolen bases over his 10-game hitting streak that ended Monday ... OF Matt Angle (BAL) singled, walked, drove in one and scored twice Wednesday ... third in the league with seven steals ... RHP Stephen Strasburg (WSH) was named week four pitcher-of-the-week after earning his third win with a five-inning, one-run, six-strikeout performance ... tied for the league lead with three wins and tied for fourth with 17 strikeouts ... RHP Mickey Storey (OAK) struck out five of six batters he faced Monday ... RHP Drew Storen (WSH) is tied for second in the league with two saves ... RHP Toshiyuki Yanuki (NPB) pitched 2.1 scoreless innings Wednesday to qualify for the league ERA leaders where he ranks first at 0.00 (0 ER/10.2 IP) ... RHP Mitch Talbot (TB) is fifth with 18.2 innings pitched ... RHP James Simmons (OAK) is fourth with 21.0 innings pitched ... RHP Jeff Mandel (WSH) leads relievers with a 0.00 BB/9 IP (0 BB/10.1 IP) ... RHP Robert Ray (TOR) is third with 18 strikeouts. TEAM: The Desert Dogs throttled the Scorpions 12-3 Wednesday to snap a string of three straight losses and losses in five of six ... the league’s best hitting (.295) team ... tied for league’s best ERA at 4.50 ... league leader in runs (176) and home runs (30) ... hitting .424 (14-33) with 37 RBI with the bases loaded ... only team with fewer than 100 walks (75). vs. Mesa Solar Sox (12-12) STARTING PITCHER: RHP Steven Hirschfeld (MIN) starts tonight against the Desert Dogs ... 1-2 with a 11.17 ERA (12 ER/9.2 IP) in seven games (two starts) ... in his last start, allowed one hit over three shutout innings to earn the win at Surprise ... spent the 2009 season with High-A Fort Myers ... 7-7 with a 2.23 ERA in 32 games (17 starts) ... pitched a three-hit shutout at Sarasota on July 15 ... worked out of the bullpen until June 9, when he became a fixture in the starting rotation ... did not allow an earned run in nine of his 17 starts ... led the Florida State League with a .215 opponent batting average and ranked second in ERA. OTHERS: IF Jose Iglesias (BOS) had a season-high four hits in four at bats Wednesday, adding 1 double, 2 RBI, 1 walk, 2 runs scored and 1 ... final hit of the day was a walk-off single that gave the Solar Sox a 9-8 victory over Surprise ... seven RBI in his last three games ... OF Ryan Kalish (BOS) was 2-for-4 with 1 home run, 3 RBI, 1 walk and 2 runs scored ... batting .500 (9-18) with 14 RBI with runners in scoring position ... RBI in six of eight ... IF David Cooper (TOR) had a season-high three hits in four at bats Wednesday, logging 1 double, 1 RBI, 1 walk and 1 run scored ... hit safely in nine of his last 10 ... IF Josh Vitters (CHC) went 2-for-5 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored Wednesday, boosting his average to .364 (20-55) and climbing to sixth in the league in hitting ... riding a nine-game hitting streak ... OF Rene Tosoni (MIN) went 2-for-5 with one RBI and one run while adding his third triple of the season ... tied for second in the league in three-baggers ... OF Bryan Petersen (FLA) leads the league in average and is the only player above the .400 mark (.419, 31-74) ... second in hits ... hit safely in 15 of 16 games, including a season- opening 12-game hitting streak ... top 10 in runs scored (16) ... batting .483 (14-29) when leading off an inning ... over his last three games, is batting .615 (8-13) ...IF Starlin Castro (CHC) saw his hitting streak end at six games Tuesday ... fifth in the Fall League with a .387 (29-75) average ... fourth in the league in hits ... tied for fourth in the league with six stolen bases ... IF Ryan Mount (LAA) went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI, 1 run and his first stolen base of the season Tuesday ... IF Steve Singleton (MIN) has driven in a run in seven of his last eight games ... C Michael Brenly (CHC) had two hits for the second straight game Tuesday and is 5-for-12 this season ... IF Chris Parmelee (MIN) knocked in the go-ahead run with a sac fly Monday, giving him a team-high 17 RBI, eighth in the league ... OF Greg Burns (FLA) is tied for fifth in the league with 13 walks in only nine games this season ... RHP Richie Lentz (BOS) owns the league’s third-lowest ERA at 0.71 (1 ER/12.2 IP) ... league-leading 0.71 WHIP ... 13:2 K:BB ratio ... RHP Randor Bierd (BOS) is tied for the league lead with three wins ... LHP John Gaub (CHC) ranks third among relievers with a 14.09 K/9 IP ratio (12 K/7.2 IP) ... RHP Alex Burnett (MIN) worked a two-inning save Tuesday, allowing no runs on no hits and two walks while fanning three ... leads all relievers with a .138 opponent batting average ... LHP James Russell (CHC) has posted eight straight scoreless outings ... fifth in ERA at 1.59 (2 ER/11.1 IP) ... RHP Tommy Mendoza (LAA) walked his first batter of the season Wednesday ... 11 strikeouts and one walk in 16.0 innings this season ... Burnett, RHP Chris Province (BOS) and RHP Blake Parker (CHC) are tied for second in the league with two saves ... RHP Tim Kiely (LAA) had not allowed an earned run in his last 7.2 innings before allowing one earned run over two innings in a spot start Monday ... RHP Jay Buente (FLA) doubled his season total by striking out five batters Monday ... RHP Andrew Cashner (CHC) has 16 strikeouts in 16.2 innings. TEAM: The Solar Sox have won seven of eight to pull within 1.5 games of the East-leading Desert Dogs ... before allowing eight runs Wednesday, had allowed just 17 runs over their previous seven games ... have allowed the second-fewest hits in the league (237) ... batting .333 when leading off an inning and holding opponents to .230 in the same situation ... 15 different players have accounted for the Solar Sox’ 23 home runs.

. 2009 Arizona Fall League Tidbits • Long-time front-office executive and member of the Arizona Fall League oversight committee member, Terry Ryan, was honored as the 2009 recipient of the Roland Hemond Award in a pre-game ceremony prior to the start of the November 3 game at Scottsdale Stadium. • The Arizona Fall League teamed with the Joe Niekro Foundation last week to raise $11,088 for awareness of brain aneurysms. Every strikeout by pitchers of the seven teams (Atlanta Braves, , Detroit Tigers, , Minnesota Twins, , and ) that Joe Niekro played for during his 22-year career was tallied and for 77 punch-outs, four committed sponsors contributed $36 dollars to the Joe Niekro Foundation. The Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros also made donations to the foundation on behalf of their former player. • The Arizona Fall League will have two games -- the Rising Stars Game on November 7 and the AFL Championship on November 21 – televised nationally on the MLB Network and online at MLB.TV. • Twitter and Facebook have infiltrated the Arizona Fall League; check out the latest informative tweets @MLBazFallLeague and the Arizona Fall League on Facebook.

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) Week Two PDD OF Grant Desme (OAK) SUR RHP Danny Gutierrez (TEX) PES RHP Chia-Jen Lo (HOU) Week Three PDD IF Jemile Weeks (OAK) SCO LHP Donald Veal (PIT) Week Four SCO C Wilin Rosario (COL) PDD RHP Stephen Strasburg (WSH)

Arizona Fall League Totals Single-Game Offensive Highs AVG: .281 H: 1483 RBI: 825 BB: 599 CS: 59 G: 150 TB: 2327 SAC: 10 IBB; 5 GIDP: 122 Offensive TPA: 6005 2B: 281 SF: 63 SO: 1174 SLG: .441 AB: 5273 3B: 61 HBP: 58 SB: 171 OBP: .357 Runs: 4 – Multiple

R: 882 HR: 147 Hits: 5 – Laird (SUR/NYY) Pitching 2B: 2 – Multiple W: 74 GS: 150 IP: 1333.1 ER: 769 BB: 599 L: 74 CG: 0 H: 1483 HR: 147 IBB: 5 3B: 2 – Multiple

PCT: .500 SHO 6 AB: 5273 SH: 10 SO: 1174 HR: 2 – Multiple ERA 5.19 GF: 150 TBF: 6005 SF: 63 WP: 95 RBI: 7 – Multiple G: 150 SV: 30 R: 882 HB: 58 BK: 9 SB: 3 – Multiple st 1 Round Picks in the AFL Pitching

Thirty-seven former first-round draft picks will play in the 2009 Arizona Fall League. The 15 top 10 IP: 5.0 – Multiple selections are listed below. Hits: 8 – Mendoza (MSS/LAA)

OF Adam Loewen (4th in 2002, Baltimore) RHP Mark Rogers (5th in 2004, Milwaukee) R: 8 – Multiple LHP Andrew Miller (6th in 2006, Detroit IF Mike Moustakas (2nd in 2007, Kansas City) IF Josh Vitters (3rd in 2007, Chicago Cubs) LHP Danny Moskos (4th in 2007, Pittsburgh) ER: 8 – Hill (PEJ/SEA) C Buster Posey (5th in 2008, San Francisco) IF Yonder Alonso (7th in 2008, Cincinnati) SO: 6 – Strasburg (PDD/WSH) RHP Aaron Crow (9th in 2008, Washington)* C Jason Castro (10th in 2008, Houston) RHP Stephen Strasburg (1st in 2009, Washington) OF Dustin Ackley (2nd in 2009, Seattle) BB: 6 – Graham (PES/CLE) LHP Mike Minor (7th in 2009, Atlanta) RHP Mike Leake (8th in 2009, Cincinnati) RHP Drew Storen (10th in 2009, Washington) HR: 3 – Strasburg (PDD/WSH)

* did not sign AFL Alumni in the MLB Postseason

The 2009 Major League postseason is comprised of 99 players (49 percent) who are alums of the Arizona Fall League. Leading the way are the Minnesota Twins 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.