2008 Media/Scouts Notes Tuesday, November 4, 2008

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American Division Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Division Streak Last 10 Player-of-the-Day

Mesa Solar Sox 16 7 .696 - 7-4 9-3 9-2 L1 8-2 Peoria Saguaros 16 7 .696 - 7-3 9-4 5-3 W1 8-2 Peoria Saguaros 3B Brett Wallace (STL) went 4-for- Scottsdale Scorpions 7 16 .304 9.0 5-6 2-10 0-9 L2 2-8 5 yesterday against the Scottsdale Scorpions with a double, home run, and six RBI. He is tied for the National Division Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Division Streak Last 10 team RBI lead (15) with Mike Baxter (SD) and Phoenix Desert Dogs 14 9 .609 - 9-3 5-6 8-3 W2 8-2 Shane Robinson (STL). Peoria Javelinas 10 13 .435 4.0 6-7 4-6 4-6 L6 2-8 Surprise Rafters 6 17 .261 8.0 4-8 2-9 2-5 W2 2-8

Saturday’s Highlights Peoria Saguaros 11, Scottsdale Scorpions 7 ─ WP: Van Allen (WAS) (1-1, 9.24), LP: Buchholz (BOS) (1-2, 3.86) Peoria capitalized on three Scottsdale errors for the four-run victory … Saguaros 3B Brett Wallace (STL) went 4-for-5 with a run scored and six RBI … Wallace was a triple shy of the cycle … Peoria C Cole Armstrong (CWS) went 2-for-3 with one RBI and two runs scored … Scottsdale DH Jamie Romak (PIT) was a triple shy of the cycle, too, as he went 3-for-5 with one RBI and two runs scored.

Phoenix Desert Dogs 5, Mesa Solar Sox 2 – WP: Harang (TOR) (1-1, 10.38), LP: Caridad (CHC) (1-1, 3.75), S: Carignan (OAK) (4) In a matchup of the division leaders, the Desert Dogs defeated the Solar Sox 5-2 at home … J.P. Arencibia (TOR) went 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored … Mike McKenry (COL) hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning off Esmailin Caridad (CHC) … Eric Young, Jr. (COL) stole two more bases to add to his league lead (16) … Jason Donald (PHI) went 2-for-3 with a home run off Kyle Ginley (TOR).

Surprise Rafters 5, Peoria Javelinas 3 – WP: Jones (TEX) (1-0, 6.35), LP: Wlodarczyk (TB) (1-2, 3.24), S: Schlichting (LAD) (1) Phil Hughes (NYY) threw 5.0 innings, allowing one hit and striking out eight in the no-decision … Javelinas did not yield a walk … Carlos Triunfel (SEA) went 3-for-4 with one run and two doubles … Chris McConnell (KC), Lucus May (LAD), and Beau Mills (CLE) all doubled for the Rafters for their first back-to-back win of the season.

Probable Pitchers November 4, 2008 November 5, 2008 November 6, 2008

Mesa @ Saguaros, 12:35 PM (L) Surprise @ Javelinas, 12:35 PM (F) Javelinas @ Surprise, 12:35 PM (F) 37 Andrew Carpenter (RHP/PHI) 0-1, 4.50 @ 53 Josh Tomlin (RHP/CLE) 1-2, 9.00 @ TBD @ 35 Cesar Carillo (RHP/SD) 0-0, 3.86 54 Alex Periard (RHP/MIL) 0-1, 9.00 33 Willie Eyre (RHP/TEX) 0-1, 6.75

Surprise @ Phoenix, 12:35 PM (A) Mesa @ Phoenix, 12:35 PM (A) Scottsdale @ Saguaros, 12:35 PM (L) 27 Brian Matusz (LHP/BAL) 1-1, 3.60 @ 18 Jesse Estrada (RHP/CHC) 2-0, 4.30 @ 62 Ryne Lawson (RHP/BOS) 0-3, 6.75 @ 15 Brooks Brown (RHP/ARI) 1-2, 5.84 23 Shane Lindsay (RHP/COL) 2-0, 3.18 40 Adam Ottavino (RHP/STL) 2-1, 5.27

Javelinas @ Scottsdale, 7:05PM (F) Saguaros @ Scottsdale, 7:05PM (L) Phoenix @ Mesa, 7:05 PM (A) 32 Gaby Hernandez (RHP/SEA) 0-3, 6.92 @ 30 Bobby Parnell (RHP/NYM) 3-0, 2.89 @ 13 Chaz Roe (RHP/COL) 1-2, 11.93 @ 59 Kevin Pucetas (RHP/SF) 2-1, 4.15 30 Sergio Perez (RHP/HOU) 0-1, 2.77 34 Tommy Hanson (RHP/ATL) 3-0, 0.00

Umpire Roster Crew A ─ Jake Uhlenhopp (CC), , , DJ Reyburn, Will Robinson Crew F ─ Rob Healey (CC), , , Jon Merry, Mark Ripperger Crew L ─ David Uyl (CC), , , ,

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Around the Arizona Fall League

2008 AFL Tidbits • In a pre-game ceremony at Scottsdale Stadium prior to the Wednesday, November 5 night game between the Saguaros and Scorpions, 2008 World Series champion and Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins will be inducted into the Arizona Fall League Hall of Fame. • With Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Eric Byrnes and infielder Orlando Hudson in attendance, the AFL held its second annual Pat Tillman Foundation Benefit Night at Scottsdale Stadium on Friday, October 31 • Former major league 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. • Cleveland Indians manager Eric Wedge was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame on Friday, October 17 at Scottsdale 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)

American Division Mesa Solar Sox (16-6) ─ Jason Donald (PHI) leads the league in average (.459), extra-base hits (13), and doubles (t-8) …11/1: Team-high four home runs: Tyler Flowers (ATL), Van Pope (ATL), Scott Cousins (FLA) and Donald … Donald, Flowers, and Logan Morrison (FLA) hitting over .400 … Cousins and Morrison both went 5-for-5 during week three … Flowers hit four home runs in week three … Solar Sox had 82 hits in week three … nine players have at least 10 hits in road games: Quintin Berry (PHI), Cousins, Donald, Flowers, Jeff Larish (DET), Morrison, Will Rhymes (DET), Casper Wells (DET), and Matt Young (ATL) … John Raynor (FLA) and Morrison hit for the cycle (week one and week four).

Peoria Saguaros (15-7) ─ 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: Steven Hill (STL), Baxter, Cole Armstrong (CWS), Danks, and Kyle Blanks (SD) … Saguaros have 142 hits on the road … Saguaros have at least one two-out RBI in every game except one (10/18) … 12-5 record in games under three hours … Saguaros pitching did not allow a home run in 12 games … four players with four-hit games: Daniel Murphy (NYM), 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 … first three-game winner.

Scottsdale Scorpions (7-15) ─ 11/4: Three consecutive games with 10 hits or more … 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) … Drew Sutton (HOU) had an extra-base hit in six consecutive games … team has one stolen base or more in all but five games (10/15, 10/18, 10/22, 10/29, 10/30) … Emmanuel Burriss (SF) and Kevin Fransden (SF) only Scorpions to have four-hit games (10/16 and 10/20, respectively). National Division Peoria Javelinas (10-13) ─ IF Rhyne Hughes (TB) is tied for the AFL lead in triples (3) and tied for second in hits (29) along with a top-10 batting average (.420) … IF Sean Henry (CIN) is third in the league in stolen bases (6) … RHP Kevin Whelan (NYY) is fifth in the league in ERA (0.90) … Javelinas are tied for the league lead in saves (6) … RHP Carlos Fisher’s (CIN) three saves and is second in the AFL … 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 .438 with 21 hits and owns the Javelinas longest active hitting streak at 13 games … 10/16: All 18 players in starting lineup between Mesa and Peoria collected at least one hit.

Phoenix Desert Dogs (14-9) ─ Since 10/11, OF Eric Young, Jr. (COL) has 32 hits with 25 runs and 13 RBI during his AFL-leading 18-game hitting streak … Young leads the league in stolen bases (16), runs scored (28), and hits (33) … C Michael McKenry (COL) owns the league lead in home runs (7) … OF Sean Doolittle (OAK) is tied for fourth in the league in extra-base hits (10) … C John Hester (ARI) leads league in fielding percentage for catchers (1.000) … IF Steve Tolleson (MIN) is third in the AFL with a .439 batting average and is tied for second in hits (29) … 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 (6-17) ─ Rafters pitching staff leads the AFL in strikeouts (195), led by RHP Willie Eyre (TEX), who is second in the AFL with 23 whiffs … RHP Justin Orenduff (LAD) ranks fifth (18) … 10 pitchers have reached double digits in strikeouts … RHP Andrew Laughter (TEX) has a top-10 ERA (1.80) … IF Wes Hodges (CLE) leads the AFL in RBI (20) and rates fourth in home runs (5)… IF Brandon Snyder (BAL), C Matt Wieters (BAL), and Hodges all have an OPS over 1.000 … 10/28: Hodges drives in a team-high four RBI … 10/14: IF Beau Mills (CLE) scores team-high three runs … two players have collected four hits in a game 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 Wade Townsend (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 Clay Buchholz (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