2008 Media/Scouts Notes Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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American Division Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Division Streak Last 10 Player of the Day Peoria Saguaros 20 10 .667 - 11-4 9-6 7-5 L1 6-4 Mesa Solar Sox 19 11 .633 1.0 8-7 11-4 9-3 W1 5-5 Scottsdale Scorpions SS Emmanuel Burriss (SF) Scottsdale Scorpions 12 17 .414 7.5 8-6 4-11 2-10 W3 6-4 went 4-for-6 with four runs scored and two RBI. Burriss also hit his first off Erik Stiller National Division Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Division Streak Last 10 (CLE). Burriss is hitting .352 with 25 hits, 7 stolen Phoenix Desert Dogs 17 12 .586 - 11-4 6-8 9-3 W1 6-4 bases, and 8 RBI. Peoria Javelinas 12 18 .400 5.5 6-9 6-9 5-8 L1 2-8 Surprise Rafters 9 21 .300 8.5 5-10 4-11 4-7 L2 5-5

Yesterday’s Highlights Scottsdale Scorpions 14, Surprise Rafters 4 ─ WP: Crotta (PIT) (1-1, 3.65), LP: Tomlin (CLE) (2-3, 7.13) Seven-run seventh inning locked down the third win in a row for the Scorpions … Scottsdale SS Emmanuel Burriss (SF) went 4-for-6 with 4 runs, 1 home run, and 2 RBI … Scorps LF Chris Pettit (LAA) added one while driving in four and scoring twice … Rafters 3B Brandon Snyder (BAL) went 2-for-3 with 1 , 1 home run, 1 run, and 2 RBI.

Mesa Solar Sox 8, Peoria Javelinas 4 – WP: Marek (ATL) (2-0, 0.00), LP: Reid (TB) (0-2, 6.43) Solar Sox scored four runs in the top of the ninth inning for the win in Peoria … with one runner on, Ryan Reid (TB) intentionally walked Logan Morrison (FLA) only to have Casper Wells (DET) hit a three-run home run … Austin Jackson (NYY) went 3-for-4 with a double and 2 RBI … (MIL) went 2-for-4 with one run scored … Van Pope (ATL) and Jeff Larish (DET) went 1-for-4 with a double and one run scored.

Phoenix Desert Dogs 6, Peoria Saguaros 5 – WP: Delaney (MIN) (1-1, 7.04), LP: Kunz (NYM) (1-2, 10.95), S: Carignan (OAK) (6) Desert Dogs pitching struck out 13, including seven by starter Shane Lindsay (COL) … Adrian Cardenas (OAK) went 3-for-3 with two runs scored … Mike McKenry (COL) and (COL) homered for the Desert Dogs … Sean Doolittle (OAK) went 1-for-2 with a double and three RBI … Gordon Beckham (CWS) went 3-for-4 with 1 double, 2 runs scored, and 2 RBI … Josh Thole (NYM) went 2-for-4 with one RBI … Andrew Carignan (OAK) collected his league-leading sixth save.

Probable Pitchers November 12, 2008 November 13, 2008 November 14, 2008

Surprise @ Mesa, 12:35 PM (A) Mesa @ Surprise, 12:35 PM (A) Surprise @ Javelinas, 12:35 PM (A) 33 Willie Eyre (RHP/TEX) 0-2, 5.23 @ 30 Jesse Estrada (RHP/CHC) 3-0, 3.66 @ 31 Dan Cortes (RHP/KC) 0-3, 7.84 @ 34 Tommy Hanson (RHP/ATL) 3-0, 0.48 47 (RHP/LAD) 2-2, 6.63 36 (RHP/NYY) 1-0, 4.50

Javelinas @ Saguaros, 12:35 PM (F) Scottsdale @ Phoenix, 12:35 PM (L) Mesa @ Phoenix, 12:35 PM (F) 31 Jeff Marquez (RHP/NYY) 1-1, 4.00 @ 17 Jared Hughes (RHP/PIT) 0-2, 10.80 @ 19 Sean West (LHP/FLA) 2-2, 5.75 @ 40 Adam Ottavino (RHP/STL) 2-1, 6.75 36 Jeff Manship (RHP/MIN) 2-1, 5.04 37 Kyle Ginley (RHP/TOR) 1-1, 5.40

Phoenix @ Scottsdale, 6:15 & 7:05PM (L) Saguaros @ Javelinas, 7:05 PM (F) Saguaros @ Scottsdale, 7:05PM (L) Game Two Starters 38 Lucas Harrell (RHP/CWS) 3-1, 7.98 @ 26 Cory Van Allen (LHP/WAS) 1-1, 9.19 @ 13 Chaz Roe (RHP/COL) 1-2, 9.33 @ 23 Pedro Viola (LHP/CIN) 2-2, 9.82 54 Brad James (RHP/HOU) 0-1, 8.00 62 Ryne Lawson (RHP/BOS) 0-3, 6.48

Umpire Roster Crew A ─ Jake Uhlenhopp (CC), Lance Barrett, David Rackley , Mark Ripperger, Will Robinson Crew F ─ Rob Healey (CC), Cory Blaser, Vic Carapazza, Jon Merry, Dan Bellino Crew L ─ David Uyl (CC), Manny Gonzalez, Alan Porter, DJ Reyburn, John Tumpane

Around the Arizona Fall League

2008 AFL Tidbits • The suspended game between the Phoenix Desert Dogs and Scottsdale Scorpions on Friday, November 7 will resume at 6:15 PM tonight at Scottsdale Stadium. • Jimmy Rollins, shortstop for the 2008 champion , was inducted into the Arizona Fall League Hall of Fame on Wednesday, November 5 at Scottsdale Stadium prior to the regularly-scheduled game. • Cleveland Indians manager Eric Wedge was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame on Friday, October 17 at Scottsdale Stadium. • The AFL held its second annual Pat Tillman Foundation Benefit Night at Scottsdale Stadium on Friday, October 31. The event raised $15,000 for the foundation. • Former major league umpire Rich Garcia was honored as the 2008 recipient of the Arizona Fall League’s Roland Hemond Award prior to the Rising Stars Game on Friday, October 24 at Surprise Stadium.

Player/Pitcher of the Week Player Pitcher Week One Saguaros ─ IF Shawn Bowman (NYM) Javelinas ─ RHP Phil Hughes (NYY) Week Two Scorpions ─ IF Drew Sutton (HOU) Solar Sox ─ RHP Tommy Hanson (ATL) Week Three Solar Sox ─ C Tyler Flowers (ATL) Saguaros ─ LHP Jason Vargas (NYM) Week Four Solar Sox ─ IF Logan Morrison (FLA) Desert Dogs ─ RHP Jeff Manship (MIN) Desert Dogs ─ OF Eric Young, Jr. (COL) Week Five Scorpions ─ OF Chris Pettit (LAA) Desert Dogs ─ RHP Brooks Brown (ARI)

American Division Mesa Solar Sox (19-11) ─ Casper Wells (DET) homered in consecutive games (10/10-11) … Casey Fien (DET) and Tim Wood (FLA) have not yielded a walk … 11/11: Jason Donald (PHI) has a nine-game road hitting streak … 11/6: Tommy Hanson (ATL) strikes out game-high 11 batters and leads league in (30) … Hanson has surrendered only 1 run, 6 hits and 4 walks in 18.2 innings … Logan Morrison (FLA) leads the league in batting average (.434) and currently has a 15-game hitting streak … also leads team in hits (36) ... 11/1: Team-high four home runs by Tyler Flowers (ATL), Van Pope (ATL), Scott Cousins (FLA) and Donald … Cousins and Morrison both went 5-for-5 during week three … Flowers hit four home runs in week three … Jeff Larish (DET) leads league in RBI (27) …11 players have at least 10 hits in road games: Quintin Berry (PHI), Cousins, Donald, Flowers, Morrison, Will Rhymes (DET), Jeremy Slayden (PHI), Nate Spears (CHC), Wells, and Matt Young (ATL) … John Raynor (FLA) and Morrison hit for the cycle (week one and week four, respectively).

Peoria Saguaros (20-10) ─ Fifteen Saguaros have hit home runs, led by Cole Armstrong (CWS) with six ... Kyle Blanks (SD) leads the team in walks (17) and has 17-game on base streak …11/6-7: Saguaros scored in nine consecutive innings ... 11/7: Saguaros pitching does not yield a walk ... 11/6: Scored team-high in runs (20), hits (T/17), and RBI (18) …11/6: Gordon Beckham (CWS) went 5-for-5 and tied for AFL season-high seven RBI while accounting for 12 runs … 11/4: Game- high seven doubles by Shane Robinson (STL) (3), Bill Rhinehart (WAS) (2), Tyler Greene (STL), and Daniel Murphy (NYM) … Mike Baxter (SD) went 5-for-5 and Jordan Danks (CWS) went 4-for-4 during week four … 10/29: Team-high five home runs by Steven Hill (STL), Baxter, Armstrong, Danks, and Blanks … Saguaros have 158 hits on the road … Saguaros have at least one two-out RBI in every game except three (10/18, 11/5, 11/11) … Beckham leads team with five-hit game and four players have four-hit games -- Murphy, Armstrong, Sean Kazmar (SD) and Danks … Bobby Parnell (NYM) has not allowed a run or walk at home, striking out seven in 5.0 innings.

Scottsdale Scorpions (12-17) ─ Scorpions lead the league with 16 triples ... 11/10: Kevin Pucetas (SF) the AFL’s first four-game winner … Chris Pettit (LAA) and Drew Sutton (HOU) have active 13-game road on-base streaks … 11/10: Tenth consecutive game with 10 hits or more … 11/8: Team-high hits (20) … 11/7: Kevin Fransden (SF) had an 18-game on-base streak … 11/5: Team stole a game-high seven bases ─ Brian Bogusevic (HOU) (2), Pettit (3), and Fransden (2) … 10/31: Scorpions scored team-high in runs (16), triples (2), home runs (2), and RBI (13) … Shelby Ford (PIT) homered in consecutive games (10/28-10/29) … Chris Johnson (HOU) homered in consecutive games (10/30-10/31) … Sutton had an extra-base hit in six consecutive games … team has one stolen base or more in all but seven games (10/15, 10/18, 10/22, 10/29, 10/30, 11/5, 11/10) … Emmanuel Burriss (SF) (10/16, 11/11), Fransden (10/20), Bogusevic (11/4), and Mark Trumbo (LAA) (11/8) all have four-hit games. National Division Peoria Javelinas (12-18) ─ IF Rhyne Hughes (TB) is tied for the AFL lead in triples (3) and ranks third in hits (36) along with a top-10 batting average (.396) … Hughes has an 13-game home hitting streak … RHP Kevin Whelan (NYY) is second in the league in ERA (0.68) … RHP Carlos Fisher (CIN) ranks second in the AFL in saves (3) … OF Lorenzo Cain (MIL) is batting .583 with 4 runs, 2 home runs, and 6 RBI … IF Justin Smoak (TEX) is batting .714 in the past five games … 10/07: OF Austin Jackson (NYY) drove in a team-high four RBI … 10/18: IF Kevin Russo (NYY) went 5-for-5 (all singles) … Russo is hitting .389 with 28 hits and owns the AFL’s longest active hitting streak at 19 games … 10/16: All 18 players in starting lineup between Mesa and Peoria collected at least one hit.

Phoenix Desert Dogs (17-12) ─ OF Eric Young, Jr. (COL) leads the league in stolen bases (18), and runs scored (31) … also ranks second in hits (37) and batting average (.420) … C Michael McKenry (COL) lead leads the AFL in home runs (8) and slugging percentage (.869)… OF Sean Doolittle (OAK) ranks second in home runs (7) and RBI (26) … IF Danny Valencia (MIN) leads all third basemen with a 1.000 fielding percentage and 37 assists … IF Steve Tolleson (MIN) has a top-10 batting average (.383) … RHP Jeff Manship (MIN) ranks third in strikeouts (25) … Desert Dogs lead AFL in saves (9) … RHP Andrew Carignan (OAK) anchors relief core with a league-high six saves … 10/11 ─ 11/6: Young 21-game hitting streak … 10/28: Young inside-the-park grand slam against Surprise … 11/1: Young hits second grand slam home run of the week … 10/27: McKenry hits three home runs and drives in seven RBI … 10/21: Every player in the Desert Dogs starting lineup posts at least one hit.

Surprise Rafters (9-21) ─ OF Julio Borbon (TEX) is batting .405 during his nine-game hitting streak and in last 10 games has driven in five RBI and scored seven runs … RHP Willie Eyre (TEX) is second in the AFL with 28 whiffs … 11 pitchers have reached double digits in strikeouts … RHP Andrew Laughter (TEX) ranks third in ERA (1.50) … IF Wes Hodges (CLE) ranks fourth in RBI (24) and is tied for fifth in home runs (6) … OF Jamie Hoffmann (LAD) is batting .375 at home … RHP Travis Schlichting (LAD) has a 1.59 ERA at home … 10/28: Hodges drives in a team-high four RBI … 10/18-11/06: OF Nolan Reimold (BAL) collects 16 runs and 20 hits during team-high 11-game hitting streak … 11/08: OF Jamie Hoffmann (LAD) ties team high in runs (3) … 10/14: IF Beau Mills (CLE) scores team-high three runs … three players have collected four hits in a game ─ IF Blake Davis (BAL) 11/8, C Matt Wieters (BAL) 10/09, and IF Ivan De Jesus, Jr. (LAD) 10/13.

Transaction Log 10/10/08 --- OF Desmond Jennings (TB) added to the Peoria Javelinas roster (taxi squad) 10/13/08 --- P David Patton (COL) added to the Phoenix Desert Dogs roster 10/17/08 --- C Lou Palmisano (MIL) moved from Solar Sox to Javelinas roster 10/17/08 --- OF Quintin Berry (PHI) active off taxi squad 10/20/08 --- Remove P Casey Weathers (COL) off Phoenix Desert Dogs roster 10/20/08 --- Remove OF Tyler Colvin (CHC) off Mesa Solar Sox roster 10/23/08 --- Remove OF Stefan Gartrell (CWS) off Peoria Saguaros roster 10/23/08 --- OF Mike Baxter (SD) temporarily active off taxi squad 10/25/08 --- C Tuffy Gosewisch (PHI) added to Mesa Solar Sox roster 10/27/08 --- P (TB) off Peoria Javelinas roster 10/27/08 --- P Chris Blazek (HOU) off the Scottsdale Scorpions roster 10/27/08 --- P Max Scherzer (ARI) off the Phoenix Desert Dogs roster 10/27/08 --- P Reid Mahon (ARI) activated off taxi squad 10/28/08 --- OF John Raynor (FLA) off the Mesa Solar Sox roster 10/28/08 --- OF Jordan Danks (CWS) added to the Peoria Saguaros roster 10/28/08 --- OF Mike Baxter (SD) added back to the taxi squad 10/28/08 --- OF Shawn Bowman (NYM) off the Peoria Saguaros roster 10/29/08 --- IF Taylor Greene (MIL) off the Peoria Javelinas roster 10/29/08 --- OF Mike Baxter (SD) permanently active off taxi squad 10/30/08 --- IF Justin Smoak (TEX) moved from Rafters to Javelinas roster 10/31/08 --- IF Brent Brewer (MIL) added to Peoria Javelinas roster 11/1/08 --- P Eammon Portice (BOS) added to the Scottsdale Scorpions roster 11/1/08 --- OF Ben Copeland (SF) off the Scottsdale Scorpions roster 11/3/08 --- OF Darren Ford (SF) added to the Scottsdale Scorpions roster 11/4/08 --- P (BOS) off Scottsdale Scorpions roster 11/4/08 --- P Eammon Portice (BOS) activated from taxi squad 11/4/08 --- P Bob McCrory (BAL) removed from Surprise Rafters roster 11/5/08 --- IF Aaron Bates (BOS) removed from the Scorpions roster 11/5/08 --- IF Blake Davis permanently active off taxi squad 11/5/08 --- C Tuffy Gosewisch (PHI) moved to the taxi squad 11/6/08 --- C Angel Salome (MIL) off the Peoria Javelinas roster 11/6/08 --- C Lou Palmisano (MIL) permanently active off taxi squad 11/6/08 --- IF Mark Ori (HOU) permanently active off taxi squad 11/11/08 --- IF Shelby Ford (PIT) removed from Scottsdale Scorpions roster 11/11/08 --- IF Ryan Rohlinger (SF) activated from Scottsdale Scorpions taxi squad 11/12/08 --- RHP Brae Wright (MIL) removed from Peoria Javelina roster