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Eastern Division Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Probable Pitchers Phoenix Desert Dogs 10 5 .667 - 5-3 5-2 5-1 L1 6-4 Today, October 30, 2009 Scottsdale Scorpions 6 9 .400 4.0 3-5 3-4 1-5 L5 4-6 Javelinas at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (F) Mesa Solar Sox 5 10 .333 5.0 2-5 3-5 3-3 L1 3-7 39 Scot Drucker (RHP/DET) 1-1, 6.43 @ 24 Brandon Erbe (RHP/BAL) 0-0, 1.93 Western Division Surprise at Saguaros, 6:35 PM (L) Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 22 Ian Kennedy (RHP/NYY) 1-1, 3.97 @ Peoria Javelinas 9 6 .500 - 5-3 4-3 3-3 W1 6-4 34 Bradley Boxberger (RHP/CIN) 1-1, 6.00 Surprise Rafters 8 7 .533 1.0 3-4 5-3 4-2 W1 4-6 Mesa at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (A) Peoria Saguaros 7 8 .467 2.0 3-4 4-4 2-4 W6 7-3 47 Randor Bierd (RHP/BOS) 1-1, 1.64 @ 44 Joe Martinez (RHP/SF) 1-0, 0.90 Once Around the Bases Saturday, October 31, 2009 R H E LOB Javelinas at Surprise, 12:35 PM (A) Javelinas 3 6 0 6 WP: Long (CWS) (2-1) LP: Gaub (CHC) (1-1) 31 Justin Cassel (RHP/CWS) 1-0, 5.59 @ Solar Sox 2 5 0 4 SV: Braddock (MIL) (1) 34 Jenrry Mejia (RHP/NYM) 0-2, 10.50 Phoenix at Mesa, 12:35 PM (L) Javelinas CF Lorenzo Cain (MIL) went 2-for-4 with two RBI … DH Andrew Lambo (LAD) added two hits … RHP Matt Long (CWS) and RHP Zach Braddock (MIL) combined for five shutout innings … 28 Robert Ray (RHP/TOR) 0-0, 4.50 @ allowed one hit … Mesa’s RF Rene Tosoni (MIN) went 1-for-3 with one RBI … LHP\ Andrew Miller 59 Steve Hirschfeld (RHP/MIN) 0-1, 20.77 (FLA) allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out four in 4.2 innings pitched. Scottsdale at Saguaros, 12:35 PM (F) 56 Donald Veal (LHP/PIT) 1-0, 1.04 @ R H E LOB 48 Jeff Lyman (RHP/ATL) 0-1, 9.95 Desert Dogs 0 6 3 5 WP: Lopez (HOU) (1-0) LP: Simmons (OAK) (1-1) Game Played at Goodyear Saguaros 4 7 0 7 SV: None Sunday, November 1, 2009 Saguaros 3B Carlos Rivero (CLE) went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two runs … RF Jonathan OFF DAY Gaston (HOU) added one triple and one RBI … SS Zack Cozart (CIN) smacked two hits, including one double, and one RBI … Desert Dogs’ 1B Chris Marrero (WSH) went 2-for-4. (A, F, L) – Roster Key

R H E LOB Rafters 3 9 1 7 WP: Parisi (STL) (1-1) LP: Augenstein (ARI) (0-2) Scorpions 0 5 3 6 SV: Daley (STL) (1)

Surprise’s RHP Mike Parisi (STL) tossed five shutout innings and only allowed two hits while striking out four for the win … 1B Mitch Moreland (TEX) went 2-for-3 with one RBI … CF Jarrod Dyson (KC) added two hits and two runs … Scottsdale RHP Bryan Augenstein (ARI) allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out three … five different Scorpions accounted for the squads five hits.

AFL Alumni of the Day AFL Weekly Infield Breakdown Team Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. New York first baseman Mark Teixeira went Dogs X X X 1-for-3 with 1 run, 1 , and 1 RBI Javelinas X X X as the Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Rafters X X X Phillies, 3-1, in game two of the World Saguaros X X X Series. Teixeira played for the Peoria Scorpions X X X Javelinas during the 2002 season and was Solar Sox X X X named one of America’s top 12:35 p.m.: HINF: 10:00 a.m., HBP: 10:15 a.m., VBP: 11:00 a.m., VINF: 11:45 a.m. prospects in the . 6:35 p.m.: HINF: 4:00 p.m., HBP: 4:15 p.m., VBP: 5:00 p.m., VINF: 5:45 p.m. 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 Eastern Division Rundown Mesa Solar Sox (5-10) STARTING PITCHER: RHP Randor Bierd (BOS) is 1-1 with a 1.64 ERA (2 ER/11.0 IP) in his first three Fall League starts ... pitched a league season-high five innings in his last start at Surprise on Oct. 24, yielding one run on two hits and two walks and striking out two ... leads the league in opponents batting average at .111 ... batters leading off an inning against him are 0-for-10 with a walk ... 3-1 with a 4.55 ERA over 25 games (seven starts) at Triple-A Pawtucket in 2009 ... made the Orioles’ 2008 Opening Day roster as a reliever, posting an 0-2 record with a 4.91 ERA over 29 appearances ... acquired by the Red Sox on Jan. 19, 2009 from Baltimore in exchange for RHP David Pauley. OTHERS: IF Starlin Castro (CHC) ranks second in the league in hitting at .419 (18-43) ... also top 10 in hits ... OF Bryan Petersen (FLA) is tied for second in the league with 19 hits, including at least one in all 10 games ... fourth in hitting (.404) ... top 10 in runs scored (12) ... batting .526 (10-19) when leading off an inning ... IF Chris Parmelee (MIN) has driven in a run in six straight games and leads the team with 12 RBI this season ... OF Ryan Kalish (BOS) is batting .545 (6-11) with eight RBI with runners in scoring position ... OF P.J. Phillips (LAA) had three stolen bases Monday, the most in one game by a Fall Leaguer ... OF Rene Tosoni (MIN) has a seven-game hitting streak ... OF Greg Burns (FLA) has a .625 on-base percentage thanks to a team-high seven walks in only four games ... RHP Richie Lentz (BOS) is tied for the league’s sixth-best ERA at 1.04 (1 ER/8.2 IP) and has struck out nine batters while walking just one ... league-leading 0.58 WHIP ... LHP Andrew Miller (FLA) had his best Fall League outing Thursday, lasting 4.2 innings, allowing only one run and striking out four ... since allowing three runs (two earned) in his first appearance, LHP James Russell (CHC) has posted four straight scoreless outings ... RHP Blake Parker (CHC) leads the league with two saves. TEAM: The Solar Sox are batting .347 when leading off an inning ... 11 different players have hit the Solar Sox’ 13 home runs ... tied for the league lead with three saves. Phoenix Desert Dogs (10-5) STARTING PITCHER: RHP Brandon Erbe (BAL) faces the Javelinas today ... 0-0 with a 1.93 ERA (1 ER/4.2 IP) in two Fall League starts ... split the 2009 season between Class A Aberdeen and Double-A Bowie ... combined 5-4 record with a 2.70 ERA ... in his Aug. 6 win at New Hampshire, pitched eight no-hit innings, fanning five and walking three, before relievers blew the shutout ... in his final start of the season, tossed a seven-inning, one-hit complete game against Harrisburg. OTHERS: OF Grant Desme (OAK), the league’s week two player-of-the-week, had his 11-game hitting streak snapped Thursday with an 0-for-4 ... hit .511 (23-45) during the span ... had homered in eight of his previous 10 games ... leads the league in all three Triple Crown categories - - .434 with 10 home runs and 22 RBI -- as well as runs (19), slugging percentage (1.057) and hits (23) ... 18 RBI over seven games (Oct. 20-28) ... sits only four homers shy of Brandon Wood’s (LAA) 2005 Arizona Fall League record of 14 ... OF Corey Brown (OAK) has three RBI in each of his last two games ... hit safely in his last seven games and 11 of his 12 games this season ... had an extra-base hit in six straight games (Oct. 21-27) ... tied for fourth in the league with 14 RBI ... tied for second in the league in total bases (37) ... C Nevin Ashley (TB) has hit safely in all eight games this season and ranks ninth in the league with a .375 average (12-32) ... seven RBI in his last three games ... IF Brandon Snyder (BAL) ranks third in the league with 15 RBI ... OF Matt Angle (BAL) is tied with Surprise’s Daryl Jones for the league lead with six steals ... IF Shawn O’Malley (TB) has two three-hit games in his last three contests ... RHP Josh Wilkie (WSH) is tied for the league lead with a 0.00 ERA (0 ER/7.0 IP), despite surrendering six unearned runs ... RHP James Simmons (OAK) took his first loss Thursday, surrendering two runs (one earned) on four hits and two walks in 4.2 innings ... RHP Paul Phillips (TB) has allowed two hits and no runs in five games (6.0 IP) this season ... LHP Hiroshi Katayama (NPB) has allowed just one hit over 4.2 innings and has seven strikeouts this season. TEAM: The Desert Dogs own a league-best 10-5 record ... league’s best hitting (.322) and pitching (4.60 ERA) team ... league leader in runs (120) and home runs (26) ... hitting .524 (11-21) with the bases loaded ... pitchers have walked only 47 batters (second in league is 64) ... also plunked a league-low three batters. Scottsdale Scorpions (6-9) STARTING PITCHER: RHP Joe Martinez (SF) gets the nod against the Solar Sox tonight at home ... leads all Fall League starters and is fifth overall with a 0.90 ERA (1 ER/10.0 IP) ... in his last start on Oct. 24, shut the Desert Dogs out for four innings, yielding two hits and a walk and fanning three ... missed over two months of the 2009 season after a line drive hit him in the head in his second career big league appearance … earned a win at Houston in his first MLB appearance (Aug. 5, 2009) after the injury. OTHERS: The Scorpions were five-hit by the Rafters on Thursday ... IF Chase d’Arnaud (PIT) has a six-game hitting streak ... IF Pedro Ciriaco (ARI) owns the league’s third-highest average at .412 (14-34) ... OF Domonic Brown (PHI) is tied for third on the circuit with five doubles ... OF Jose Tabata (PIT) had a Scorpions season-high six RBI on Tuesday ... leads the club with 11 RBI and is tied with IF Brandon Crawford (SF) and OF Thomas Neal (SF) with a team-high nine runs scored ... Neal got a hit and scored a run in each of his first seven games ... third in the league with five stolen bases ... IF Brandon Allen (ARI) has played in all 15 games this season ... leads the league with 13 walks ... RHP Bryan Augenstein (ARI) took the loss Thursday despite allowing just one run over three innings and striking out three ... RHP Steve Edlefsen (SF) has pitched in a league-high seven games, six of which were scoreless outings ... LHP Donnie Veal (PIT) is fourth in the league with a 0.81 WHIP ... also tied for sixth in the Fall League with a 1.04 ERA (1 ER/8.2 IP) ... third among starting pitchers with .172 opponent batting average ... RHP Scott Mathieson (PHI) has not allowed a run this season (5 games, 6.2 innings). TEAM: Scorpions pitchers have yielded a league-low eight home runs in 15 games ... the next fewest is 13 ... lead the league with 122 strikeouts ... hitting .300 against left-handed pitching.

Western Division Rundown

Peoria Javelinas (9-6) TODAY’S STARTER: RHP Scot Drucker (DET) looks to rebound from a defeat suffered in his last start vs. the Saguaros on 10/24 … first Fall League win occurred on 10/19 at Mesa … 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, and 1 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 … played collegiately at Tennessee. OTHERS: Boasts a trio of the top 10 AFL leaders in batting average -- OF Jordan Danks (CWS) at .400 (18-for-45), OF Andrew Lambo (LAD) at .395 (17-for-43), and OF Casper Wells (DET) at .371 (13-for-35) … Danks leads the Fall League with a .518 on-base percentage … second in runs (15) … tied for fifth with 18 hits … .526 (10-for-19) batting average with 10 RBI over the last five games … .462 batting average during 11-game hitting streak from 10/14-28 … Lambo is batting .425 (17-for-40) with 7 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, and 10 RBI during a nine-game hitting streak … tied for third in the AFL in strikeout to total plate appearances ratio 1:14.00 … hitting .750 (3-for-4) with two home runs and nine RBI while slugging 2.250 with runners in scoring position and two outs … Wells is hitting .343 (37 -108) with an OBP of .438 during a 30- game on-base streak that began 10/09/08 … second in AFL with a .800 slugging percentage … averaging one home run every 11.67 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 Jonathan Lucroy (MIL) is batting .800 (4-for-5) when leading off an inning … IF Russ Mitchell (LAD) is tied for the league lead in doubles (6) … second in the league in RBI (16) … tied for second with four home runs and extra-base hits (10) … averaging one home run every 9.5 at bats … third in slugging percentage (.786) … tied for third with 13 runs… fourth with 33 total bases … RHP Matt Long (CWS) has issued one walk in 10.1 IP … RHP Anthony Varvaro (SEA) has the AFL’s second-lowest WHIP at 0.71 … averaging 6.35 base runners/9.0 IP … RHP Andrew Oliver (DET) and RHP Robbie Weinhardt (MIL) are tied for second with 11 strikeouts … averaging 14.14 SO/9.0 IP … RHP Sergio Santos (CWS) is second in games finished (5). TEAM: Pigs’ pitching staff is second the Fall League with 120 strikeouts … bats are second in the AFL with a .296 (154-520) average and 110 runs … team is batting .440 (11-25) with 33 RBI with the bases loaded … IF Brent Morel (CWS) added to the roster on 10/26, replacing IF Dayan Viciedo (CWS). Peoria Saguaros (7-8) TODAY’S STARTER: RHP Bradley Boxberger (CIN) makes his first start after three relief appearances … won his last start on 10/23 vs. Mesa … 2.0 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 SO … selected by the Reds with the 43rd selection in the 2009 season from the University of Southern California … earned all-Pac-10 Conference honors in his final season at USC. OTHERS: OF Chris Heisey (CIN) has a top 10 batting average (.396) … tied for second in hits (19), extra-base hits (10), doubles (5), and total bases (37) … tied for third in runs (13) … top five slugging percentage (.771) … RHP Chia-Jen Lo (HOU) is second in strikeouts (12) … team- high WHIP of 0.87 … two walks in 10.1 IP … RHP Craig Kimbrel (ATL) has held the opposition to a league-low .105 batting average … RHP Josh Judy (CLE) is averaging 14.29 strikeouts per 9.0 innings … RHP Logan Ondrusek (CIN) has yet to allow a walk in five appearances … OF Cedric Hunter (SD) is batting .333 (9-27) with 2 runs, 2 doubles, and 5 RBI during seven-game hitting streak … second in the league with a SO/TPA ratio of 1/24.59 … hitting .458 (11-22) with runners on base .. OF Jonathan Gaston (HOU) leads the league in triples (3) … .625 (5-for-8) with eight RBI with runners in scoring position … IF Freddie Freeman (ATL) is batting .467 (7-15) with 4 runs, 1 home run, and 3 RBI in the last five games … C Matt McBride (CLE) has eliminated 42.9% (3-7) of base stealers ….500 (3-6) batting average with four RBI with runners in scoring position and two outs … RHP Evan Scribner (SD) is leading the AFL in games finished with six … IF Brandon Hicks (ATL) has a .500 (3-6) batting average when leading off an inning … 1B Yonder Alonso (CIN) has a .316 (6-19) batting average with two home runs and 12 RBI when batting with runners in scoring position. TEAM: Cacti pitching staff is riding a 20.2 IP consecutive scoreless innings streak … back-to-back shutouts on 10/28 and 10/29 … Five earned runs charged to the Sags arms over the last five games … Cacti bats lead the Fall League with 76 walks … pitching staff possesses a pair of the lowest ERA’s (Mike Leake (CIN) at 1.04, and Mike Minor (ATL) at 1.17) … third in the Fall League with 118 strikeouts. Surprise Rafters (8-7) TODAY’S STARTER: RHP Ian Kennedy (NYY) makes his fourth start of the season … received a no-decision in his last start on 10/24 vs. Mesa where he allowed one earned run on two hits and one walk while striking out five in four innings pitched … leads the Fall League with 11.1 innings pitched and 13 strikeouts … 10.32 SO/9.0 IP … 0.79 BB-IBB/9.0 IP … holding opposition to a .227 batting average … 1-0 with a 1.59 (4 ER/22.2 IP) ERA, 7 BB, and 25 SO in four starts … tossed one scoreless inning of relief with the Yankees in 2009 … OTHERS: OF Colin Curtis (NYY) has a top 10 batting average (.388) … tied for third in the league with 18 hits … .455 (5-for-11) with one home run and five RBI when batting with runners in scoring position … 1B Ike Davis (NYM) is tied for the Fall League lead with six doubles … tied for fifth with eight extra-base hits … .444 (4-9) with 1 double, 1 home run, and 8 RBI with runners in scoring position … IF Brandon Laird (NYY) is batting .600 (3-5) with one home run and six RBI with runners in scoring position and two outs … IF Daniel Descalso (STL) is batting .571 (4-7) with a .625 OBP when leading off an inning … RHP Aaron Hartsock (KC) is averaging 7.11 base runners/9.0 IP … possesses a WHIP of 0.79 … LHP Grant Duff (NYY) is holding the opposition to a .125 batting average … OF Daryl Jones (STL) leads the Fall League with six stolen bases … has been hit by a pitch a league-high four times … RHP Danny Gutierrez (KC) holding opposition to a .091 batting average … and the third fewest base runners per 9.0 innings pitched for starters (8.10) … IF Mitch Moreland (TEX) is batting .455 (5-for-11) with 1 double, 1 home run, and six RBI … 3B Mike Moustakas (KC) collected seven RBI on 10/15 vs. Mesa. TEAM: Top defensive team in the AFL with a .991 fielding percentage … only five errors in 15 games … third in the league with 86 a team RBI … staff has seen the fewest total batters faced (583) … C Taylor Teagarden (TEX) was added to the Rafters roster on 10/26. . 2009 Arizona Fall League Tidbits • The Arizona Fall League has teamed with the Joe Niekro Foundation this week to raise money for awareness of brain aneurysms. During the week of October 26-31, every strikeout by pitchers of the seven teams (Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, , New York Yankees, and ) that Joe Niekro played for during his 22-year career will be tallied and for each punch-out, four committed sponsors will each contribute $36 dollars to the Joe Niekro Foundation. • The Arizona Fall League will have two games -- the Rising Stars Game on November 7 and the AFL Championship on November 21 – televised live-nationally on the MLB Network and MLB.TV. • Twitter and Facebook have infiltrated the Arizona Fall League; check out the latest informative tweets @MLBazFallLeague and Arizona Fall League on Facebook.

AFL Player and Pitcher-of-the-Week Player-of-the-Week Pitcher-of-the-Week Week One SUR IF Brandon Laird (NYY) N/A PEJ IF Russ Mitchell (LAD) Week Two PDD OF Grant Desme (OAK) SUR RHP Danny Gutierrez (TEX) SCO RHP Chia-Jen Lo (HOU)

AFL Single Game-Highs 1st Round Picks in the AFL

Thirty-seven former first-round draft picks will play in the 2009 Arizona Offensive Pitching Fall League. The 15 top 10 selections are listed below. Runs: 4 – Desme (PDD/OAK) IP: 5.0 – Bierd (MSS/BOS) OF Adam Loewen (4th in 2002, Baltimore) RHP Mark Rogers (5th in 2004, Milwaukee) Hits: 5 – Laird (SUR/NYY) Hits: 8 – Mendoza (MSS/LAA) LHP Andrew Miller (6th in 2006, Detroit) IF Mike Moustakas (2nd in 2007, Kansas City) 2B: 2 – Multiple R: 8 – Multiple IF Josh Vitters (3rd in 2007, Chicago Cubs) LHP Danny Moskos (4th in 2007, Pittsburgh) C Buster Posey (5th in 2008, San Francisco) 3B: 2 – Tabata (SCO/PIT) ER: 8 – Hill (PEJ/SEA) IF Yonder Alonso (7th in 2008, Cincinnati) RHP Aaron Crow (9th in 2008, Washington)* HR: 2 – Multiple SO: 5 – Multiple C Jason Castro (10th in 2008, Houston) RHP Stephen Strasburg (1st in 2009, Washington) RBI: 7 – Multiple BB: 6 – Graham (PES/CLE) OF Dustin Ackley (2nd in 2009, Seattle) LHP Mike Minor (7th in 2009, Atlanta) SB: 3 – Phillips (MSS/LAA) HR: 3 – Strasburg (PDD/WSH) RHP Mike Leake (8th in 2009, Cincinnati) RHP Drew Storen (10th in 2009, Washington)

* -- did not sign Arizona Fall League Totals Offensive AVG: .291 H: 922 RBI: 539 BB: 387 CS: 39 G: 90 TB: 1466 SAC: 4 IBB; 4 GIDP: 77 TPA: 3642 2B: 180 SF: 38 SO: 691 SLG: .462 AB: 3172 3B: 38 HBP: 41 SB: 99 OBP: .371 R: 573 HR: 96

Pitching W: 45 GS: 90 IP: 795.0 ER: 499 BB: 387 L: 45 CG: 0 H: 922 HR: 96 IBB: 4 PCT: .500 SHO 4 AB: 3172 SH: 4 SO: 691 ERA 5.65 GF: 90 TBF: 3642 SF: 38 WP: 46 G: 90 SV: 13 R: 573 HB: 41 BK: 6

AFL Alumni in the MLB Postseason

The 2009 postseason is comprised of 99 players (49 percent) who are alums of the Arizona Fall League. Leading the way are the Minnesota Twins and St. Louis Cardinals with 16 ex-Fall Leaguers. To round out the rest of the National League, the are second with 15 alums while have 12 and have eight. In the , the L.A. Angels of Anaheim boast 12 alums and the Boston Red Sox have 11 on their squad while the New York Yankees have only nine.