2011 AFL Game Notes
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2011 AFL Game Notes Tuesday, November 1, 2011 Media Relations: Paul Jensen (480) 710-8201, [email protected] Rob Morse (541) 556-9387, [email protected] Patrick Kurish (480) 628-4446, [email protected] Website: www.mlbfallball.com Twitter: @MLBazFallLeague Facebook: www.facebook.com/mlbfallball East Division Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Probable Starters Salt River Rafters 15 9 .625 -- 7-6 8-3 7-3 L1 5-5 Mesa Solar Sox 12 12 .500 3.0 6-6 6-6 6-5 W3 7-3 Tuesday, November 1, 2011 Salt River at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (F) Scotts dale Scorpions 7 15 .318 7.0 3-6 4-9 3-8 L2 3-7 55 RHP Joe Gardner (COL) (2-0, 3.60) @ West Division 29 LHP Travis Webb (CIN) (1-0, 8.00) Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Mesa at Surprise, 12:35 PM (A) Surprise Saguaros 17 6 .739 -- 7-5 10-1 7-2 W2 6-4 44 RHP Trey McNutt (CHC) (0-0, 6.00) @ Peoria Javelinas 11 12 .478 6.0 4-8 7-4 5-7 W1 5-5 47 RHP Nate Adcock (KC) (1-2, 7.15) Phoenix Desert Dogs 8 16 .333 9.5 1-11 7-5 4-7 L2 4-6 Peoria at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (L) Yesterday’s Games 54 RHP Anthony Bass (SD) (1-0, 3.94) @ 35 RHP Brock Huntzinger (BOS) (0-1, 7.20) R H E LOB ___ Salt River 0 3 1 1 W: Hultzen (SEA) (1-0) L: Keuchel (HOU) (1-2) Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Salt River at Peoria, 12:35 PM (F) Peoria 8 14 0 8 S: None 34 RHP Charles Brewer (ARI) (1-0, 6.16) @ Javelinas 1B Matt Adams (STL) went 2-for-4 with 1 double, 1 home run and a season-high 5 RBI ... 3B 34 LHP Tyler Lyons (STL) (0-2, 7.36) Jedd Gyorko (SD) was 3-for-4 with 1 double, 1 home run, 3 RBI and 3 runs scored to reclaim the lead Mesa at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (A) in the AFL batting race (.415) ... LHP Danny Hultzen (SEA) and four relievers combined\ on the Javs’ 41 RHP Terry Doyle (CWS) (4-0, 0.92) @ first combined shutout of the season ... Hultzen yielded just two hits in four innings and struck out five. 28 RHP Murphy Smith (OAK) (0-2, 12.64) Surprise at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (L) R H E LOB __________________________________________ 26 RHP Shane Dyer (TB) (1-1, 4.58) @ Mesa 3 5 1 5 W: Jacobson (MIN) (1-2) L: Burawa (NYY) (1-4) 43 RHP Tyler Cloyd (PHI) (1-2, 5.50) Phoenix 1 5 2 7 S: Watts (MIN) (2) Solar Sox SS Brian Dozier (MIN) hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the eighth inning ... RHP Gerrit Thursday, November 3, 2011 Cole (PIT) yielded one run on three hits and struck out three in three innings ... Desert Dogs RHP David Scottsdale at Surprise, 12:35 PM (L) Phelps (NYY) pitched five innings of one-hit, shutout baseball and struck out three ... 3B Ronnier 48 RHP Jeremy Kehrt (BOS) (0-0, 14.29) @ Mustelier (NYY) hit his second home run while extending his hitting streak to six games. 2 LHP Sean Gilmartin (ATL) (2-0, 3.43) Phoenix at Mesa, 12:35 PM (F) R H E LOB __________________________________________ 37 LHP T.J. McFarland (CLE) (2-0, 3.94) @ Surprise 8 14 1 10 W: Liberatore (TB) (1-0) L: Fleet (SF) (2-1) 26 RHP Cole DeVries (MIN) (2-0, 3.18) Scottsdale 5 9 1 6 S: Reed (FLA) (1) Peoria at Salt River, 6:35 PM (A) Saguaros SS Tim Beckham (TB) and C Christian Bethancourt (ATL) each hit two-run homers ... CF 57 RHP Cody Scarpetta (MIL) (0-2, 11.57) @ Kevin Mattison (FLA) went 3-for-4 with 1 double, 1 RBI, 1 run, 1 walk and 1 stolen base ... RHP Adam 46 RHP Stephen Fife (LAD) (0-5, 9.60) Liberatore (TB) struck out four over two hitless, scoreless innings to earn his first win ... Scorpions LF (A, F, L) – Umpire Roster Key Bryce Harper (WSH) drove in multiple runs for the fourth straight games with two hits and two RBI. AFL Alum of the Day AFL Weekly Infield Schedule Kansas City Royals 1B Eric Hosmer (2010 Team Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Rafters) was named both American League Mesa X X rookie-of-the-month and Royals player-of-the- Salt River X X X Scottsdale X X X month for July and September. Peoria X X X Phoenix X X AFL Rising Stars Game Surprise X X X The sixth-annual AFL Rising Stars Game will 12:35 p.m. – HINF: 10:00 a.m., HBP: 10:15 a.m., VBP: 11:00 a.m., VINF: 11:45 a.m. take place this Saturday at 5:10 p.m. at Surprise 6:35 p.m. – HINF: 4:00 p.m., HBP: 4:15 p.m., VBP: 5:00 p.m., VINF: 5:45 p.m. Stadium and will be televised live on MLB Teams are REQUIRED to take infield and BP every Monday during the season. Network and MLB.tv. UMPIRE ROSTER Crew A – Clint Fagan (CC), Chris Ward, Hal Gibson, Kellen Levy. Crew F – Mark Lollo (CC), Eric Loveless, Adam Hamari, Chris Segal. Crew L – Barry Larson (CC), Stephen Barga, Jordan Baker, Chad Whitson. The Fall League Five 1. Peoria LHP Danny Hultzen (SEA) tossed four innings of two-hit, shutout baseball and struck out five before four relievers completed the combined 8-0 shutout win over Salt River Monday. Hultzen lowered his ERA to 1.62 and ranks fifth in the category; he will make his next start in Saturday’s AFL Rising Stars Game. 2. Phoenix RHP David Phelps (NYY) held Mesa to one hit and one walk over five shutout frames Monday while striking out three in the no- decision. 3. Peoria 3B Jedd Gyorko (SD) went 3-for-4 with 1 double, 1 home run, 3 RBI and 3 runs scored Monday, claiming a 20-point lead in the AFL batting race with a .415 average. It was Gyorko’s first multi-hit game since his AFL season-high 5-for-5 day Oct. 20. 4. Peoria 1B Matt Adams (STL) belted a three-run homer on his way to a five-RBI day in Peoria’s 8-0 win Monday. 5. At 17-6 (.738), the Surprise Saguaros are on pace to break the AFL win percentage record (.705, 1999 Mesa Solar Sox). The Sags need to go 10-4 or better in their final 14 games to accomplish the feat. 2011 Arizona Fall League Tidbits • The official rosters for the sixth-annual AFL Rising Stars Game will be released today via the AFL Twitter account (@MLBazFallLeague). • Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp (2005 Phoenix Desert Dogs) was given the 2011 Hank Aaron Award last week, being recognized as the most outstanding offensive performer in the National League. Kemp led the NL in home runs (39), RBI (126) and runs scored (115) while finishing third in batting average (.324). • Chicago White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko (1996 Sun Cities Solar Sox) became the 27th member of the Arizona Fall League Hall of Fame following his Oct. 22 induction at Salt River Fields. The Scottsdale resident and Chaparral High School alum owns seven 30-homer seasons and six 100-RBI seasons during his illustrious 15-year career. • A total of 99 Arizona Fall League alumni graced the rosters of the eight teams in the MLB playoffs, representing nearly 50% of the 200 players on post-season rosters. • Three of the last four no. 1 overall picks in the MLB First-Year Player Draft are playing in this year’s Arizona Fall League: RHP Gerrit Cole (Mesa) was drafted first by the Pirates in 2011, OF Bryce Harper (Scottsdale) was taken first by the Nationals in 2010 and IF Tim Beckham (Surprise) was made the first overall selection by the Rays in 2008. Additionally, RHP Stephen Strasburg, the no. 1 pick of the Nationals in 2009, played for Phoenix in 2009, meaning the last four no. 1 overall picks have played in the AFL. Since 1992, the year the Arizona Fall League started, 13 of the 20 no. 1 overall picks in the MLB draft will have played in the AFL. The current streak of four straight no. 1 picks (2008-11) is the second-longest streak, following a five-year stretch (1997-2001) that saw Matt Anderson (1997), Pat Burrell (1998), Josh Hamilton (1999), Adrian Gonzalez (2000) and Joe Mauer (2001) all participate in the AFL. • The Arizona Fall League will have three games televised nationally on the MLB Network and online at MLB.TV this season: the Rising Stars Game on Nov. 5, the United Concordia Dental Military Appreciation Day Nov. 11 and the AFL Championship Game on Nov. 19. • Get up-to-the-minute updates from the Arizona Fall League through the league’s social media efforts, on Twitter (@MLBazFallLeague) and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/arizonafallleague. 34 First-Round Picks in the 2011 Arizona Fall League 2011 2009 2007 RHP Gerrit Cole (1st, Pittsburgh) OF Grant Green (13th, Oakland) IF/OF Josh Vitters (3rd, Chicago Cubs) LHP Danny Hultzen (2nd, Seattle) LHP Matt Purke (14th, Texas)* RHP Casey Weathers (8th, Colorado) LHP Jed Bradley (15th, Milwaukee) OF Mike Trout (25th, L.A.