2009 Media/Scouts Notes Monday, November 9, 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 Today, November 9, 2009 Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Saguaros at Surprise, 12:35 PM (F) Phoenix Desert Dogs 13 9 .591 - 5-7 8-2 6-2 L1 5-5 20 Steve Garrison (LHP/SD) 1-1, 3.97 @ Mesa Solar Sox 9 12 .429 3.5 4-6 5-6 3-4 W3 5-5 19 Aaron Crow (RHP/KC) 0-1, 7.36 Scottsdale Scorpions 9 12 .429 3.5 4-7 5-5 2-5 W3 3-7 Scottsdale at Mesa, 12:35 PM (L) 31 Chaz Roe (RHP/COL) 0-2, 7.20 @ Western Division 94 Tim Kiely (RHP/LAA) 0-0, 2.08 Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Phoenix at Javelinas, 6:35 PM (A) Peoria Javelinas 14 8 .636 - 6-4 8-4 4-3 W1 7-3 26 Mitch Talbot (RHP/TB) 2-0, 6.75 @ Peoria Saguaros 10 12 .455 4.0 5-6 5-6 3-4 L26 6-4 12 Nick Hill (LHP/SEA) 0-1, 8.74 Surprise Rafters 10 12 .455 4.0 4-7 6-5 4-4 L2 3-7 Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Mesa at Surprise, 12:35 PM (F) 2009 Rising Stars Game 47 Randor Bierd (RHP/BOS) 2-1, 5.60 @ R H E LOB 30 Mike Parisi (RHP/STL) 2-1, 3.50 AFL Eastern 7 12 0 10 WP: Dunn (NYY) (1-0) LP: Storen (WSH) (0-1) Scottsdale at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (L) AFL Western 8 12 2 6 SV: Kimbrel (ATL) (1) 34 Bryan Augenstein (RHP/ARI) 0-3, 6.75 @ T.B.A. C Matt McBride’s (CLE) two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning off of reliever Saguaros at Javelinas, 6:35 PM (A) \ 41 Wilton Lopez (RHP/HOU) 2-0, 1.38 @ Drew Storen (WSH) completed the Western Division rally that overcame a seven-run first- 54 Josh Butler (RHP/MIL) 3-1, 10.13 inning deficit ... 1B Yonder Alonso (CIN) went 3-for-4 with 1 run, 1 double, and 2 RBI … LF Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Chris Heisey (CIN) added 2 runs, 1 double, 1 home run, and 2 RBI … relievers Josh Fields Surprise at Mesa, 12:35 PM (F) (SEA), Javy Guerra (LAD), Mike Leake (CIN), Tanner Scheppers (TEX), Andrew Oliver 22 Ian Kennedy (RHP/NYY) 1-1, 3.98 @ 41 Andrew Cashner (RHP/CHC) 2-2, 2.63 (DET), Danny Gutierrez (TEX), Michael Dunn (NYY), and Craig Kimbrel (ATL) shut out Javelinas at Saguaros, 12:35 PM (L) the Eastern Division’s bats over the final eight frames … SS Carlos Triunfel (SEA) added a 58 Travis Schlichting (RHP/LAD) 1-1, 3.00 @ 32 Mike Minor (LHP/ATL) 1-0, 2.31 solo home run in the third inning … Eastern Division CF Jose Tabata (PIT), SS Starlin Phoenix at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (A) Castro (CHC), and 3B Chase d’Arnaud (PIT) each collected a pair of hits … 1B Brandon 74 James Simmons (RHP/OAK) 1-2, 3.18 @ 44 Joe Martinez (RHP/SF) 1-0, 4.32 Allen (ARI) smashed a three-run home run to center field in the top of the first … Reidier (A, F, L) – Umpire Roster Key Gonzalez (TOR), Matt Gorgen (TB), and Andrew Johnston (COL) tossed a combined 3.1 hitless innings of relief and struck out four. AFL Alumni of the Day AFL Weekly Infield Breakdown Team Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Dogs X X Howard (17), outfielder Raul Ibanez (13), Javelinas X X and outfielder Jayson Werth (13) were Rafters X X among the top five RBI producers during Saguaros X X the 2009 playoffs. Howard played for the Scorpions X X Phoenix Desert Dogs in 2004, Ibanez was a Solar Sox X X member of the Peoria Javelinas in 1996, 12:35 p.m.: HINF: 10:00 a.m., HBP: 10:15 a.m., VBP: 11:00 a.m., VINF: 11:45 a.m. and Werth wore the Mesa Solar Sox 6:35 p.m.: HINF: 4:00 p.m., HBP: 4:15 p.m., VBP: 5:00 p.m., VINF: 5:45 p.m. uniform in 2000. 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. Mesa Solar Sox (9-12) STARTING PITCHER: RHP Tim Kiely (LAA) gets his second start of the season today against Scottsdale ... has not allowed an earned run over his last five appearances (7.2 IP) ... split the 2009 season between High-A Rancho Cucamonga and Double-A Arkansas ... began the season at Rancho Cucamonga, going 5-5 with a 4.44 ERA (36 ER/73.0 IP) in 12 starts ... in his second start of the year, struck out eight and allowed just three hits over seven scoreless innings on 4/16 ... 4-3 with a 4.85 ERA (51 ER/94.2 IP) over 15 starts with Arkansas ... his first start at Double-A, fanned 13 batters in a nine-inning, complete-game win vs. Springfield (6/15). OTHERS: IF Starlin Castro (CHC) logged his fifth straight two-hit game Friday ... leads the Fall League with a .424 (28-66) average ... tied for second in the league in hits and is fourth in on-base percentage (.451) ... swiped his fifth base of the season Friday, putting him in a tie for the club lead with OF P.J. Phillips (LAA) ... Phillips collected his second straight multi-hit game Friday, going 2- for-4 with 1 walk, 2 runs scored and 1 stolen base ... IF Jose Iglesias (BOS) knocked in a season-high five runs Friday, including a three-run homer and two RBI groundouts ... IF Matt Dominguez (FLA) also posted a season-high in RBI, driving in four while doubling twice in three at-bats ... IF Josh Vitters (CHC) is seventh in hitting at .360 (18-50) and has a eight-game hit streak ... OF Greg Burns (FLA) owns a .571 on-base percentage and ranks fourth in the league with 12 walks in only eight appearances ... IF Chris Parmelee (MIN) has a team-high 16 RBI, top 10 in the league ... OF Bryan Petersen (FLA) went 3-for-6 with an RBI Friday ... third in the league with a .388 (26-67) average ... fourth in the league in hits ... hit safely in 13 of 14 games, including a season-opening 12-game hitting streak ... top 10 in runs scored (15) ... batting .444 (12-27) when leading off an inning ... C Hank Conger (LAA) scored three times to go along with his 2-for-4 effort Friday ... OF Ryan Kalish (BOS) is batting .500 (8-16) with 11 RBI with runners in scoring position ... RHP Andrew Cashner (CHC) has struck out eight over eight scoreless innings in his last two starts to earn two wins ... RHP Steve Hirschfeld (MIN) retired nine of the 10 men he faced Friday to earn his first Fall League win ... LHP John Gaub (CHC) ranks fifth with a 14.14 K/9 IP ratio (11 K/7.0 IP) ... LHP James Russell (CHC) has posted seven straight scoreless outings to climb into the top 10 in ERA at 1.80 (2 ER/10.0 IP) ... RHP Richie Lentz (BOS) owns the league’s second-lowest ERA at 0.77 (1 ER/11.2 IP) ... 13:2 K:BB ratio ... second with 0.77 WHIP ... RHP Tommy Mendoza (LAA) has 10 strikeouts and no walks in 15.0 innings... RHP Blake Parker (CHC) is tied for second with two saves. TEAM: The Solar Sox have won four of five while yielding just 11 runs (2.2 per game) ... did not walk a batter in Friday’s 11-1 win over Surprise ... second in hitting at .293 ... batting .339 when leading off an inning and holding opponents to .219 in the same situation ... 14 different players have accounted for the Solar Sox’ 20 home runs. Peoria Javelinas (14-8) TODAY’S STARTER: LHP Nick Hill (SEA) makes his fifth start and is still in search for his first Fall League victory … no- decision on 11/02 at Scottsdale (3.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, and 2 SO ) … 5-6 with a 3.10 (33 ER/95.2 IP) ERA, 24 BB, 100 SO in 36 games (nine starts) for Double-A West Tennessee … first U.S. Military Academy player since Steve Reich in 1993 to play for Team USA. OTHERS: OF Jordan Danks (CWS) is second in the Fall League with 21 runs scored … third in walks (13) and on-base percentage (.452) … 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 .412 (7-17)) with one double and 12 RBI with runners in scoring position … scored 10 runs over last 10 games … OF Andrew Lambo (LAD) has a top 10 batting average (.361) … 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 … OF Casper Wells (DET) has a top 10 batting average (.358) … hitting .341 (43-126) with an OBP of .440 during a 35- game on-base streak that began 10/09/08 … third in AFL with a .735 slugging percentage … tied for fourth in RBI (20) … averaging one home run every 13.25 at bats … .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 … 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) is second in stolen bases (7) … stole three bases in one game (11/06) … tied for fifth with 12 walks … C Lucas May (LAD) is tied for third in doubles (6) … batting .714 (5-7) with 1 run, 1 home run, and 4 RBI over the last two games … IF Russ Mitchell (LAD) shares the AFL lead in RBI (23) … second in the league in doubles (7) … tied for second in home runs (5) … third in extra-base hits (12) … fourth in total bases (44) … averaging one home run every 13.20 at bats … averaging one RBI per game over the last 10 games …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) … C Jonathan Lucroy (MIL) is batting .571 (4-7) with a slugging percentage of 1.000 leading off an inning … RHP Josh Butler (MIL) shares the league lead in wins (3) … fourth among starters with a 9.28 SO/9.0 IP ratio … RHP Zach Braddock (MIL) has a top 10 ERA at 1.04 … leads in saves (3) … holding the opposition to a .171 batting average … RHP Sergio Santos (CWS) is tied for fourth in games finished (6) … RHP Josh Fields (SEA) holds the opposition to a .154 batting average … RHP Anthony Varvaro (SEA) is averaging 8.31 base runners/9.0 IP … RHP Robbie Weinhardt (DET) leads the AFL in holds (3) … shares the top spot with 19 strikeouts … only reliever to be in the top four … averaging 14.25 SO/9.0 IP.