2009 Media/Scouts Notes Thursday, November 5, 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 Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Probable Pitchers Phoenix Desert Dogs 12 8 .600 - 5-6 7-2 6-1 L2 6-4 Today, November 5, 2009 Mesa Solar Sox 7 12 .368 4.5 3-6 4-6 3-4 W1 4-6 Javelinas at Mesa, 12:35 PM (L) Scottsdale Scorpions 7 12 .368 4.5 3-7 4-5 1-5 L3 2-8 39 Scot Drucker (RHP/DET) 1-1, 4.09 @ 41 Andrew Cashner (RHP/CHC) 1-2, 3.72 Western Division Surprise at Scottsdale, 12:35 PM (F) Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 22 Ian Kennedy (RHP/NYY) 1-1, 4.11 @ Peoria Javelinas 13 7 .650 - 5-4 8-3 4-3 L1 7-3 44 Joe Martinez (RHP/SF) 1-0, 3.55 Peoria Saguaros 10 10 .500 3.0 5-5 5-5 3-4 W2 8-2 Phoenix at Saguaros, 12:35 PM (A) Surprise Rafters 10 10 .500 3.0 4-6 6-4 4-4 W2 3-7 43 Ryohei Tanaka (RHP/BAL) 1-1, 2.70 @ 34 Bradley Boxberger (RHP/CIN) 1-1, 7.00 Once Around the Bases Friday, November 6, 2009 R H E LOB Saguaros 3 10 1 7 WP: Lopez (HOU) (2-0) LP: Simmons (OAK) (1-2) Mesa at Surprise, 12:35 PM (F) Desert Dogs 2 5 0 9 SV: Scribner (SD) (1) 59 Steve Hirschfeld (RHP/MIN) 0-2, 16.20 @ 34 Jenrry Mejia (RHP/NYM) 0-3, 12.91 Saguaros LF Chris Heisey (CIN) hit a solo home run in the fourth inning … 1B Matt McBride (CLE) Scottsdale at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (L) went 3-for-4 with one double … Peoria used eight pitchers in the game … Phoenix’s SS Shawn 56 Donald Veal (LHP/PIT) 2-0, 0.71 @ O’Malley (TB) went 1-for-2 with one RBI … 3B Brandon Waring (BAL) went 1-for-4\ with one run. 28 Robert Ray (RHP/TOR) 1-0, 4.20 Saguaros at Javelinas, 6:35 PM (A) R H E LOB 49 Zach Putnam (RHP/CLE) 0-0, 0.00 @ Solar Sox 8 11 0 9 WP: Bierd (BOS) (2-1) LP: Schlichting (LAD) (1-1) 31 Justin Cassel (RHP/CWS) 2-0, 5.40 Javelinas 5 6 3 4 SV: Province (BOS) (1) Mesa’s 3B Matt Dominguez (FLA) and DH Michael Brenly (CHC) each hit two-run home runs in the Saturday, November 7, 2009 fourth inning … 2B Steve Singleton (MIN) went 3-for-5 with 2 runs, 1 double, and 1 RBI … Javelinas Rising Stars Game at Surprise, 6:15 PM (A) RF Casper Wells (DET) hit a three-run home run in the third inning, extending his on-base streak to 33 Eastern Division games. 37 Stephen Strasburg (RHP/WSH) 3-1, 5.28 @ Western Division R H E LOB 30 Mike Minor (LHP/ATL) 1-0, 2.31 Scorpions 5 13 2 11 WP: Parisi (STL) (2-1) LP: Augenstein (ARI) (0-3) Rafters 10 13 1 5 SV: None (A, F, L) – Umpire Roster Key Rafters 3B Brandon Laird (NYY) went 2-for-5 with 1 run, 1 home run, and 3 RBI … RF Tyler Henley (STL) added 2 runs, 3 hits, and 1 RBI … CF Marcus Lemon (TEX) went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI … LF Nick Evans (NYM) hit a solo home run in the eighth inning … six Surprise hurlers each collected at least two strikeouts In the game … Scottsdale’s LF Thomas Neal (SF) went 3-for-5 with 1 run, 1 home run, and 2 RBI. AFL Alumni of the Day AFL Weekly Infield Breakdown Team Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter Dogs X X X went 3-for-5 with one double and scored Javelinas X X X two runs as the Yankees defeated the Rafters X X X Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3, in game six of the Saguaros X X X World Series. Jeter, a five-time world Scorpions X X X champion, played for the Chandler Solar Sox X X X Diamondbacks during the 1994 season and 12:35 p.m.: HINF: 10:00 a.m., HBP: 10:15 a.m., VBP: 11:00 a.m., VINF: 11:45 a.m. was named one of the top 10 Fall League 6:35 p.m.: HINF: 4:00 p.m., HBP: 4:15 p.m., VBP: 5:00 p.m., VINF: 5:45 p.m. prospects by Baseball America. 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 (7-12) STARTING PITCHER: RHP Andrew Cashner (CHC) starts today’s game against the Javelinas ... 1-2 with a 3.72 ERA (4 ER/9.2 IP) in three starts ... did not allow a hit over four shutout innings in his last start 10/28 vs. Scottsdale ... split the 2009 season between High-A Daytona and Double-A Tennessee … 0-0 with a 1.50 ERA in 12 starts with Daytona, finishing his stint there with five scoreless appearances in his last six starts … 3-4 with a 3.39 ERA in 12 starts with Tennessee. OTHERS: IF Starlin Castro (CHC) leads the Fall League with a .429 (24-56) average ... third in the league in hits and on- base percentage (.467) ... IF Steve Singleton (MIN) was 3-for-5 with 1 double, 1 RBI and 2 runs scored Wednesday, his second three- hit game of the season ... IF Josh Vitters (CHC) is batting .371 (13-35) during his current eight-game hit streak ... IF Matt Dominguez (FLA) and C Michael Brenly (CHC) both cracked two-run home runs as part of the Solar Sox’ five-run third inning Wednesday ... for Brenly, it was his first home run of the Fall League ... OF Greg Burns (FLA) owns a .571 on-base percentage and leads the Solar Sox with 11 walks ... IF Chris Parmelee (MIN) drove in his team-high 16th run Wednesday ... tied for fifth in the league in RBI ... OF Bryan Petersen (FLA) is sixth in the league with a .377 (23-61) average ... fourth in the league in hits ... season-opening 12-game hitting streak snapped Wednesday ... top 10 in runs scored (14) ... batting .440 (11-25) when leading off an inning ... OF Ryan Kalish (BOS) went 2-for-3 with 1 double, 1 RBI, 2 walks,1 run and 1 stolen base Wednesday ... batting .500 (7-14) with 10 RBI with runners in scoring position ... Solar Sox bullpen combination of LHP Jay Voss (FLA), RHP Marco Albano (LAA), RHP Jay Buente (FLA) and RHP Chris Province (BOS) held the Javelinas to two hits and a walk with eight strikeouts over the final six frames ... RHP Tim Kiely (LAA) has not allowed an earned run over his last five appearances (7.2 IP) ... RHP Richie Lentz (BOS) owns the league’s fourth- lowest ERA at 0.84 (1 ER/10.2 IP) ... 11:2 K:BB ratio ... league-leading 0.66 WHIP ... RHP Tommy Mendoza (LAA) has 10 strikeouts and no walks in 15.0 innings this season ... LHP John Gaub (CHC) has a league-leading 15.00 K/9 IP ratio (10 K/6.0 IP) ... LHP James Russell (CHC) has posted six straight scoreless outings ... RHP Blake Parker (CHC) is one of four pitchers in the league with two saves. TEAM: The Solar Sox are batting .331 when leading off an inning ... 13 different players have hit the Solar Sox’ 18 home runs ... second in the league with 25 steals. Peoria Javelinas (13-7) TODAY’S STARTER: RHP Scot Drucker (DET) makes his league leading fifth start … earned a no-decision in his last start on 10/30 at Phoenix (4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, and 2 SO) … 8-3 with a 4.78 (60 ER/113.0 IP) ERA, 38 BB, and 77 SO in 29 games (16 starts) with Triple-A Toledo … tweeting his AFL experience @Utbaseball30 … signed by the Tigers as a minor league free agent in 2008 … originally drafted by Oakland in 13th round in 2004 … played collegiately at Tennessee. OTHERS: OF Andrew Lambo (LAD) owns a top five batting average at .386 (22-57) … 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 Jordan Danks (CWS) is second in the Fall League with a .480 on-base percentage, 13 walks, and 20 runs scored … hitting .329 (24-73) with an OBP of .462 during a 21-game on-base streak that began on 11/14 … .462 batting average during 11-game hitting streak (10/14-28) … hitting .438 (7-16)) with one double and 12 RBI with runners in scoring position … scored 10 runs over last 10 games … OF Lorenzo Cain (MIL) tied for fourth with 11 walks … OF Casper Wells (DET) is hitting .336 (40-119) with an OBP of .437 during a 33- game on-base streak that began 10/09/08 … second in AFL with a .761 slugging percentage … third with 18 RBI … averaging one home run every 11.50 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 an 18-game hitting streak from 10/25/08-10/23/09 … C Lucas May (LAD) is tied for third in doubles (6) … .714 (5-7) with 1 run, 1 home run, and 4 RBI over the last two games played … IF Russ Mitchell (LAD) is second in the league in doubles (7), home runs (5), RBI (23), and extra-base hits (12) … third in total bases (43) … tied for third in runs scored (15) … fourth in slugging percentage (.694) … averaging one home run every 12.40 at bats … averaging one RBI per game over the last 10 games … C Jonathan Lucroy (MIL) is batting .667 (4-6) with a slugging percentage of 1.167 leading off an inning … .429 (3-7) with 1 run, 1 home run, and 4 RBI over last five games … RHP Phillippe Aumont (SEA) has struck out five over his last 2.1 innings pitched … 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 … four-way tie for lead in saves (2) … RHP Sergio Santos (CWS) is tied for third in games finished (6) … RHP Anthony Varvaro (SEA) is averaging 8.22 base runners/9.0 IP … RHP Robbie Weinhardt (DET) shares the AFL lead in strikeouts (17) and holds (3) … averaging 13.91 SO/9.0 IP.