2009 Media/Scouts Notes Thursday, October 22, 2009 Media Relations: Paul Jensen (480/710-8201, [email protected]) Adam C
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2009 Media/Scouts Notes Thursday, October 22, 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 6 2 .750 - 2-2 4-0 3-1 W1 6-2 Today, October 22, 2009 Scottsdale Scorpions 4 4 .500 2.0 2-2 2-2 0-3 L1 4-4 Scottsdale at Mesa, 12:35 PM (A) Mesa Solar Sox 3 5 .375 3.0 1-3 2-2 2-1 W1 3-5 31 Chaz Roe (RHP/COL) 0-0, N/A @ 41 Andrew Cashner (RHP/CHC) 0-1, 13.50 Western Division Phoenix at Javelinas, 12:35 PM (L) Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 37 Stephen Strasburg (RHP/WSH) 1-0, 0.00 @ Peoria Javelinas 5 3 .625 - 3-1 2-2 2-2 L1 5-3 12 Josh Butler (RHP/MIL) 1-0, 13.50 Surprise Rafters 5 3 .625 - 2-2 3-1 3-0 W1 5-3 Saguaros at Surprise, 6:35 PM (F) Peoria Saguaros 1 7 .125 4.0 0-4 1-3 0-3 L1 1-7 20 Steve Garrison (LHP/SD) 0-1, 18.00 @ 44 Blake Wood (RHP/KC) 1-0, 9.00 Once Around the Bases Friday, October 23, 2009 R H E LOB Mesa at Saguaros, 12:35 PM (L) Rafters 10 12 0 8 WP: Gutierrez (TEX) (2-0) LP: Leake (CIN) (0-1) 23 Andrew Miller (LHP/FLA) 0-0, 4.50 @ Saguaros 9 12 1 7 SV: None 41 Wilton Lopez (RHP/HOU) 0-0, 0.00 Surprise at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (F) Rafters OF Daryl Jones (STL) reached base safely five times Wednesday as he hit a solo homer, walked three times and was hit by a pitch ... OFs Mitch Moreland (TEX), Colin Curtis (NYY) and 30 Mike Parisi (RHP/STL) 0-1, 1.80 @ Tyler Henley (STL) hit two-run home runs ... Curtis and IF Ike Davis (NYM) tallied\ three hits apiece ... 74 James Simmons (RHP/OAK) 1-0, 0.00 Saguaros OF Chris Heisey (CIN) collected two doubles and a triple among his four hits. Javelinas at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (A) 58 Travis Schlichting (RHP/LAD) 1-0, 0.00 @ R H E LOB 34 Bryan Augenstein (RHP/ARI) 0-1, 21.60 Javelinas 4 10 1 6 WP: Talbot (TB) (1-0) LP: Hill (SEA) (0-1) Desert Dogs 17 17 0 6 SV: None Saturday, October 24, 2009 Mesa at Surprise, 12:35 PM (A) Phoenix’s 1B Brandon Snyder (BAL) went 4-for-5 with 3 runs, 1 double, 2 home runs, and 7 RBI … 47 Randor Bierd (RHP/BOS) 1-1, 1.50 @ LF Grant Desme (OAK) smashed two home runs and had three RBI … 3B Josh Bell (BAL) went 4- for-5 with three RBI … Javs’ 1B Russ Mitchell (LAD) went 3-for-3 with 2 runs, 1 double, and 1 RBI. 22 Ian Kennedy (RHP/NYY) 1-1, 4.91 Saguraros at Javelinas, 12:35 PM (F) R H E LOB 32 Mike Minor (LHP/ATL) 0-0, 1.93 @ Solar Sox 5 11 0 11 WP: Mendoza (LAA) (1-0) LP: Cisco (PHI) (0-1) 34 Scot Drucker (RHP/DET) 1-0, 1.80 Scorpions 4 7 2 6 SV: Parker (CHC) (2) Scottsdale at Phoenix, 6:35 PM (L) 24 Brandon Erbe (RHP/BAL) 0-0, 0.00 @ Solar Sox IF Josh Vitters (CHC) was 3-for-5, including a two-run double in the first inning ... C 44 Joe Martinez (RHP/SF) 1-0, 1.50 Welington Castillo (CHC) chipped in with three hits ... OF Greg Burns (FLA) hit an RBI triple ... RHP Tommy Mendoza (LAA) pitched four solid innings, surrendering a run on three hits and fanning three (A, F, L) – Umpire Roster Key ... Scorpions C Buster Posey (SF) was 2-for-4 with an eighth-inning, two-run double. AFL Alumni of the Day AFL Weekly Infield Breakdown Team Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Philadelphia Phillies first baseman and 2009 NLCS MVP Ryan Howard hit .333 (5-for-15) Dogs X X X X Javelinas X X X X with 5 runs, 1 double, 1 triple, 2 home runs, and Rafters X X X X 8 RBI as the Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Saguaros X X X X Dodgers in five games for the National League Scorpions X X X X pennant. Howard played for the 2004 Fall Solar Sox X X X X League champion Phoenix Desert Dogs and was named one of the top 10 Arizona Fall 12:35 p.m.: HINF: 10:00 a.m., HBP: 10:15 a.m., VBP: 11:00 a.m., VINF: 11:45 a.m. League Prospects by Baseball America. 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 Arizona Fall League Rundown Mesa Solar Sox (3-5) Peoria Javelinas (5-3) RHP Andrew Cashner (CHC) took the loss against Surprise in his Leads the Fall League in team batting average at .332 (97-for-292) first Fall League start Oct. 16, allowing three runs on three hits and … boast three of the Top 10 AFL leaders in batting average – IF a walk over two innings ... split the 2009 season between High-A Russ Mitchell (LAD) at .476 (10-for-21), Dodgers’ no. 1 prospect Daytona and Double-A Tennessee … 0-0 with a 1.50 ERA in 12 by Baseball America OF Andrew Lambo (LAD) .444 (12-for-27), starts with Daytona, finishing his stint there with five scoreless and OF Casper Wells (DET) at .444 (8-for-18) … Mitchell, week appearances in his last six starts … 3-4 with a 3.39 ERA in 12 one AFL co-player-of-the-week with Rafters IF Brandon Laird, leads starts with Tennessee … IF Josh Vitters (CHC) and C Welington the Fall League in doubles (5) and slugging percentage (1.143) … Castillo (CHC) each collected three hits in Wednesday’s win over second in the AFL with 11 RBI and extra-base hits (8) … Wells has Scottsdale ... Vitters hit a two-run double in the first inning to drive the longest hitting streak in the Fall League at 16 games spanning in his first two runs of the season ... OF Greg Burns (FLA) hit an from 10/25/08 … hitting .403 with 17 extra-base hits (7 doubles, 2 RBI triple and scored in the second inning to put the Solar Sox up triples, and 8 home runs) and 25 RBI … also has an active 25- 4-0 early ... RHP Richie Lentz (BOS) pitched two scoreless game on-base streak … IF C.J. Retherford (CWS) and Wells are innings, his third straight outing of two innings ... OF Bryan tied with Scorpions OF Jose Tabata (PIT) and Saguaros OF Chris Petersen (FLA) tallied two more hits to give him 12 in five games Heisey (CIN) for league lead with two triples … Detroit’s no. 7 this season, good for tied for fourth in the league ... Petersen’s .480 prospect and “Best Hitter for Average” by Baseball America, IF batting average ranks fifth in the Fall League ... IF Starlin Castro Scott Sizemore is tied for second in the AFL with three home runs (CHC) is third in batting at .522, though he was caught stealing as a … top five slugging percentage at .947… RHP Zach Braddock pinch-runner in Wednesday’s win. (MIL) tied for the league-lead in ERA at 0.00 (0 ER/3.2 IP) … LHP Aaron Miller (LAD) and RHP Travis Schlichting (LAD) have yet to Phoenix Desert Dogs (6-2) allow a hit in four combined innings pitched. RHP Stephen Strasburg (WSH) earned his first professional win Peoria Saguaros (1-7) last Friday, tossing 3.1 scoreless innings while allowing three base OF Chris Heisey (CIN) has a season-high seven-game hitting … runners, who didn’t reached second base ... no. 1 overall pick out of 16 hits leads the Fall League … tied for the lead in doubles with five San Diego State University in the 2009 MLB Draft … 2009 Dick and triples with two … ranks second with a .571 (16-for-28) batting Howser Player-of-the-Year and National Pitcher-of-the-Year by the average, on-base percentage (.625), and slugging percentage College Baseball Foundation … first Mountain West Conference (1.107) … OPS of 1.732 … San Diego’s no. 6 prospect by Baseball player to win the Golden Spikes Award, accomplishing the feat in America, OF Cedric Hunter, is hitting .417 (5-for-12) with two 2009 ... the Desert Dogs Wednesday became the first team to doubles and two RBI with runners on base … relief RHP Chia-Jen defeat all five of the other teams in the league, beating the Lo (HOU) is in a three-way tie for the league lead in strikeouts with Javelinas 17-4 ... IF Brandon Snyder (BAL) went 4-for-5 with 1 eight … IF Carlos Rivero (CLE) has a five-game hitting streak double, 2 home runs, 7 RBI, 3 runs scored and 1 stolen base ..