2009 Media/Scouts Notes Saturday, November 14, 2009 Media Relations: Paul Jensen (480/710-8201, [email protected]) Adam C
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2009 Media/Scouts Notes Saturday, November 14, 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 Today, November 14, 2009 Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Scottsdale at Surprise, 12:35 PM (A) Phoenix Desert Dogs 16 11 .593 - 6-8 10-3 9-3 W3 5-5 31 Chaz Roe (RHP/COL) 0-2, 4.50 @ Mesa Solar Sox 12 14 .462 3.5 6-7 6-7 4-6 L2 7-3 19 Aaron Crow (RHP/KC) 0-2, 7.94 Scottsdale Scorpions 11 15 .423 4.5 5-8 6-7 3-7 W1 4-6 Saguaros at Desert Dogs, 12:35 PM (F) 20 Steve Garrison (LHP/SD) 2-1, 4.11 @ Western Division 37 Stephen Strasburg (RHP/WSH) 3-1, 5.28 Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Mesa at Javelinas, 6:35 PM (L) Peoria Javelinas 17 10 .630 - 8-5 9-5 7-5 L2 6-4 74 Tommy Mendoza (RHP/LAA) 1-1, 5.06 @ Peoria Saguaros 12 15 .444 5.0 6-7 6-8 4-7 L1 4-6 12 Nick Hill (LHP/SEA) 0-1, 8.16 Surprise Rafters 12 15 .444 5.0 5-9 7-6 6-5 W2 4-6 ─ Game Played @ Glendale ─ Sunday, November 15, 2009 Once Around the Bases Off Day R H E LOB Rafters 5 7 1 9 WP: Hartsock (KC) (1-0) LP: Santos (CWS) (1-2) Javelinas 4 7 2 7 SV: None Rafters CF Jarrod Dyson (KC) went 3-for-4 with one run … DH Colin Curtis (NYY) added one triple and one RBI … 1B Mitch Moreland (TEX) went 1-for-2 with 1 run, 1 RBI, and 3 walks\ … Javelinas LF Dustin Ackley (SEA) hit a two-run shot in the seventh inning for his first professional home run. R H E LOB Solar Sox 7 13 3 7 WP: Friend (OAK) (3-1) LP: Province (BOS) (0-2) Desert Dogs 9 11 0 6 SV: Gamboa (BAL) (1) Monday, November 16, 2009 Phoenix’s 2B Jemile Weeks (OAK) collected 2 runs, 1 home run, and 3 RBI … DH Grant Desme Javelinas at Surprise, 12:35 PM (F) (OAK) went 2-for-4 with 2 runs, 1 home run, and 2 RBI … 1B Brad Emaus (TOR)) added three hits and 54 Josh Butler (RHP/MIL) 3-1, 11.37 @ 1 RBI … Mesa’s 2B Steve Singleton (MIN) went 2-for-4 with 2 runs, 1 home run, and 3 RBI … CF 30 Mike Parisi (RHP/STL) 2-2, 5.06 Bryan Petersen (FLA) added 2 runs, 3 hits, and 1 RBI. Scottsdale at Saguaros, 12:35 PM (L) R H E LOB 34 Bryan Augenstein (RHP/ARI) 1-3, 4.73 @ Saguaros 2 7 6 9 WP: Edlefsen (SF) (3-0) LP: Kimbrel (ATL) (0-1) 41 Wilton Lopez (RHP/HOU) 2-1, 4.70 Scorpions 9 9 0 6 SV: None Phoenix at Mesa, 12:35 PM (A) 26 Mitch Talbot (RHP/TB) 2-0, 5.30 @ Scorpions 3B Chase d’Arnaud (PIT) went 3-for-4 with 1 run, 2 RBI, and 2 stolen bases … LF Thomas 47 Randor Bierd (RHP/BOS) 3-1, 5.40 Neal (SF) added a 2 runs, 1 triple, and 2 RBI … Saguaros Lance Zawadzki (SD) added two hits and one RBI … starter Mike Leake (CIN) allowed one unearned run on 1 hit, 1 walk, and 2 strikeouts in (A, F, L) – Umpire Roster Key four innings. AFL Alumni of the Day AFL Weekly Infield Breakdown Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Team Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Fielder and New York Yankees first Dogs X X baseman Mark Teixeira swept RBI titles in Javelinas X X Rafters X X their respected leagues. Fielder played for Saguaros X X the Peoria Javelinas during the 2005 Scorpions X X season and Teixeira also donned the Javs Solar Sox X X jersey while a member of the Texas Rangers organization in 2000. 12:35 p.m.: HINF: 10:00 a.m., HBP: 10:15 a.m., VBP: 11:00 a.m., VINF: 11:45 a.m. 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. Scottsdale Scorpions (10-15) STARTING PITCHER: RHP Chaz Roe (COL) makes his fifth start today at Surprise ... 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA (4 ER/8.0 IP) ... in his last start, threw three shutout innings while allowing two hits and striking out four, Monday at Mesa ... pitched the 2009 season with Double-A Tulsa in the Texas League … 7-3 with a 3.15 ERA over 20 starts, including a nine-inning complete game at Northwest Arkansas on Aug. 4. OTHERS: IF Chase d’Arnaud (PIT) went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI, 1 run, 1 walk and 2 stolen bases last night ... tied for the league lead with eight steals, all in his last seven games ... five hits in his last nine at bats ... hit safely in 13 of 16 games ... OF Jose Tabata (PIT) was 1- for-4 with 1 run, 1 hit by pitch and 1 stolen base Friday ... league leader with 36 hits ... hit safely in 14 of his last 15 games ... sixth in average (.356) ... 10 multi-hit games ... hit .422 (19-45) with four three-hit games during his 10-game hitting streak (10/27-11/6) ... Scorpions season- high six RBI on Oct. 27 ... IF Hector Gomez (COL) went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI, 2 runs and 1 stolen base Friday to extend his hitting streak to 12 games ... two hits in four straight games and six of 12 during his hitting streak ... doubled in five of his last seven games, tallying six two- baggers over that span ... third in the league with eight doubles ... OF Thomas Neal (SF) was 1-for-3 with 1 triple, 2 RBI, 2 runs scored and 1 walk Friday ... tied for the league lead in stolen bases (8) ... OF Cole Gillespie (ARI) is the second-toughest Fall Leaguer to strike out, fanning just five times in 70 plate appearances (14.00 TPA/SO) ... OF Domonic Brown (PHI) is tied for the league lead with nine doubles ... tied for third in extra-base hits (13) ... C Wilin Rosario (COL) named week four player-of-the-week after hitting 3 home runs, knocking in 4 and scoring 6 runs ... owns Scorpions’ only multi-homer game this season ... IF Brandon Allen (ARI) leads the league with 19 walks ... IF Brandon Crawford (SF) is top 10 in the league with 12 walks ... hitting .400 (6-15) against left-handed pitching ... LHP Donnie Veal (PIT) allowed more than one run for the first time this season Thursday, raising his ERA to 1.89 (4 ER/19.0 IP), seventh in the league ... tied for the league lead with three wins ... 18 strikeouts rank fifth ... .217 opponent batting average is best among starters ... RHP Joe Martinez (SF) struck out a league-best seven hitters on Friday while allowing just one run on three hits and a walk over four innings ... second on the circuit with 24 punch-outs ... leads all starters with a 10.45 K/9.0 IP ratio (24 K/20.2 IP) ... RHP Steve Edlefsen (SF) earned his third win of the season Friday, putting him in a tie for the league lead ... tied for the league lead with 11 appearances, nine of them scoreless ... fourth among qualifying pitchers with a .179 opponent batting average ... RHP Scott Mathieson (PHI) has had scoreless outings in seven of his nine appearances ... LHP Matt Reynolds (COL) is tied for second among qualifying pitchers with a .171 opponent average ... tied for fourth in WHIP (0.91) and seventh in ERA (1.64) ... RHP Craig Baker (COL) tossed a perfect eighth inning Friday and is tied for fourth in WHIP (0.91) ... LHP Tom Layne (ARI) is sixth in ERA at 1.59 (2 ER/11.1 IP) ... RHP Michael Cisco (PHI) has the second-lowest opponent batting average among starters, at .228 (13-57) ... RHP Edgar Garcia (PHI) has the fifth-lowest BB/9.0 IP ratio among relievers at 1.29 (2 BB/14.0 IP) ... LHP Tony Watson (PIT) is tied for second among relievers in opponent batting average (.162). TEAM: The Scorpions are second in ERA (4.63) ... second lowest in home runs allowed with 23 ... second with two shutouts ... allowed the fewest hits in the league (248) ... only team yet to commit a balk or issue an intentional walk. vs. Surprise Rafters (12-15) TODAY’S STARTER: RHP Aaron Crow (KC) toes the rubber in Surprise for his fourth start … lost in last start on 11/09 vs. Saguaros (4.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, and 4 SO) … third among starters in lowest BB/9.0 ratio (1.59) … 2009 first-round selection signed late … pitched for the independent American Association’s Fort Worth Cats after not signing with Washington following the 2008 draft … 12-0 with a 2.56 ERA during final season at the University of Missouri … 2008 Louisville Slugger first-team all-America.