2008 Media/Scouts Notes Thursday, October 23, 2008

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American Division Alumnus of the Day Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Division Streak Last 10 Mesa Solar Sox 9 5 .643 - 4-3 5-2 5-1 W5 7-3 Pedro Feliz played in the Fall League in 1998 with the Peoria Saguaros 9 5 .643 - 5-2 4-3 3-2 W1 5-5 Scottsdale Scorpions 5 9 .357 4.0 4-3 1-6 0-5 L2 4-6 Scottsdale Scorpions and in 2000 for the Grand Canyon Rafters representing the San Francisco National Division Giants. Feliz went 2-for-3 last night for the Phillies in Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Division Streak Last 10 oame one of the World Series. The Phillies defeated 9 5 .643 - 5-2 4-3 4-2 W4 6-4 Phoenix Desert Dogs 6 8 .429 3.0 4-3 2-5 3-3 L1 5-5 the Rays, 3-2. Surprise Rafters 4 10 .286 5.0 4-3 0-7 1-3 L3 3-7

Yesterday’s Highlights Mesa Solar Sox 11, Scottsdale Scorpions 3 – WP: Marte (DET) (1-1, 7.88), LP: Buchholz (1-1, 2.92) Mesa pitching struck out 13, including eight strikeouts by starter Luis Marte (DET), for the 11-3 win over the Scorpions … Clay Buchholz (BOS) went 4.1 innings surrendering seven hits and four runs for the loss … Logan Morrison (FLA) went 5-for-5 with five singles … DH Jason Donald (PHI) went 4-for-6 with a run scored … Ryan Rohlinger (SF) hit a off Sergio Escalona … Mark Wagner (BOS) went 2-for-4 with a double.

Peoria Saguaros 8, Surprise Rafters 1 ─ WP: Parnell (NYM) (2-0, 2.84), LP: Cortes (KC) (0-2, 11.42) Saguaros shutout Surprise over the first eight innings for the victory … Peoria’s 2B Tyler Greene (STL) (2), LF Leonard Davis (WAS) (1), and RF Mike Baxter (SD) (1) all homered … Sags’ starter RHP Bobby Parnell (NYM) threw four innings and only allowed one hit while he struck out five for the win … Surprise 1B Justin Smoak (TEX) went 2-for-4 and scored the Rafters only run.

Peoria Javelinas 16, Phoenix Desert Dogs 5 – WP: Townsend (TB) (2-0, 8.44), LP: Brown (ARI) (0-2, 9.39) Javelinas had 21 hits yesterday at Phoenix in the 16-5 win … (TB) went 3-for-5 with 1 double, 1 home run, 3 runs, and 3 RBI … (CIN) went 4-for-6 with three runs and two RBI … Evan Frey (ARI) went 2-for-4 for the Desert Dogs … Desert Dogs pitching struck out 13.

Probable Pitchers October 23, 2008 October 24, 2008 October 25, 2008

Saguaros @ Surprise, 12:35 PM (A) Rising Stars Game @ Surprise, 7:15 PM Scottsdale @ Phoenix, 12:35 PM (L) 43 Jason Vargas (LHP/NYM) 0-0, 0.00 @ 34 Tommy Hanson (RHP/ATL) 2-0, 0.00 @ 65 Nick Green (RHP/LAA) 0-1, 6.23 @ 51 Chad Thall (LHP/BAL) 0-0, 7.11 36 Phil Hughes (RHP/NYY) 1-0, 5.68 13 Chaz Roe (RHP/COL) 0-1, 12.46

Scottsdale @ Mesa, 12:35 PM (F) Mesa @ Surprise, 12:35 PM (F) 59 Kevin Pucetas (RHP/SF) 1-1, 6.48 @ 30 Jesse Estrada (RHP/CHC) 1-0, 3.86 @ 37 Andrew Carpenter (RHP/PHI) 0-1, 10.80 33 Willie Eyre (RHP/TEX) 0-1, 8.00

Phoenix @ Javelinas, 12:35 PM (L) Saguaros @ Javelinas, 12:35 PM (A) 39 Max Scherzer (RHP/ARI) 0-0, 4.24 @ 40 Adam Ottavino (RHP/STL) 0-1, 5.87 @ 32 Gaby Hernandez (RHP/SEA) 0-1, 7.71 31 Jeff Marquez (RHP/NYY) 0-0, 2.70

Umpire Roster Crew A ─ Jake Uhlenhopp (CC), Lance Barrett, David Rackley , Mark Ripperger, Will Robinson Crew F ─ Rob Healey (CC), Cory Blaser, Vic Carapazza, Jon Merry, Alan Porter Crew L ─ David Uyl (CC), Dan Bellino, Manny Gonzalez, DJ Reyburn, John Tumpane

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2008 AFL Tidbits

• Two Rising Stars roster changes: RHP Jeremy Jeffress (MIL) has been replaced by fellow Peoria Javelina and Milwaukee Brewer RHP Omar Aguilar on the National Division roster. LHP Ross Detwiler (WAS) was added to the American Division roster to replace RHP Cesar Carrillo (SD). • The third annual Rising Stars game will be played at Surprise Stadium this Friday, October 24th at 7:15 p.m. Each MLB organization will be represented in the American Division vs. National Division contest. • manager Eric Wedge was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame last Friday night at Scottsdale Stadium. • The Arizona Fall League will hold the second annual Pat Tillman Foundation Benefit Night on Saturday, November 1 at Scottsdale Stadium. outfielder Eric Byrnes and other special guests from the Phoenix sports community will participate in the event that will feature a sports memorabilia auction before and during the game. All proceeds from the sports memorabilia auction and one-half of the night’s gate receipts will be donated to the Pat Tillman Foundation.

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)

American Division Mesa Solar Sox (9-5) ─ Solar Sox win streak at five … club hitting .327 … team WHIP 1.27 … Jason Donald (PHI) back-to-back four- hit games … Donald is hitting 1.000 in the fifth inning of games ... Casper Wells (DET) has been hit by pitch three times in two games … Solar Sox 3-0 against Scorpions … John Raynor (FLA) hit for cycle in week one … Raynor has nine RBI with runners on base.

Peoria Saguaros (9-5) ─ Bobby Parnell (NYM) surrendered only one hit in 4.0 innings, striking out five yesterday … team hitting .311 against the Rafters …Tyler Greene hitting .500 with two home runs off Rafters pitching … Kyle Blanks (SD) hitting .450 with eight RBI with runners on base … Cole Armstrong (CWS) has 10 hits in his last five games … hitting .571 with runners on and two outs … Leonard Davis (WAS) 2-for-2 with bases loaded.

Scottsdale Scorpions (5-9) ─ Drew Sutton continues to lead the league in average .571, on-base percentage (.641), slugging percentage (1.036), and is tied for home run lead (3) … Ben Copeland (SF) leads the league with three triples … team has 10 stolen bases at away games … have turned 17 double plays … Emmanuel Burriss (SF) has not struck out against left-handed pitching … Shelby Ford (PIT) is hitting .500 on Thursdays.

National Division Peoria Javelinas (9-5) ─ IF Rhyne Hughes (TB) is batting a robust .536 with 2 triples, 1 home run, and 10 RBI at home … leads the AFL in hits (22) … IF Justin Turner (CIN) has a .615 batting average and driven in four RBI over the past five games … IF Carlos Triunfel (SEA) tied for AFL lead in runs scored (13) … batting .471 with 2 doubles, 1 home run, and 4 RBI against the Desert Dogs … IF Juan Miranda (NYY) is batting .600 with 5 doubles, 1 triple, and 4 home runs during an eight-game home hitting streak … the Javelinas are batting .311 against righties and .343 against lefties … RHP Carlos Fisher’s (CIN) two saves anchor Peoria’s AFL lead in saves (5) … collected a season high 21 hits in yesterday’s game.

Phoenix Desert Dogs (6-8) ─ Starter RHP Max Scherzer (ARI) looks to add to his AFL leading 18 strikeouts today … OF Eric Young, Jr. (COL) is tied with Scottsdale IF Drew Sutton (HOU) with a AFL season high nine-game hitting streak … in three games against the Javelinas, IF Scott Campbell (TOR) is slugging .750 with an OPS of 1.386 … IF Adrian Cardenas (OAK) is batting .600 and has driven in four RBI with runners in scoring position and two out … IF Chris Nelson (COL) leads all AFL second basemen with 27 assists along with a .956 fielding percentage.

Surprise Rafters (4-10) ─ Starter LHP Chad Thall (BAL) has struck out five and has yet to yield a hit in his last 2.2 IP … IF Wes Hodges (CLE) is batting .462 with one home run and six RBI at Surprise Stadium … OF Jamie Hoffmann (LAD) has a 1.400 slugging percentage in addition to driving in three RBI with runners in scoring position … IF Brandon Snyder (BAL) has one homer and two RBI to go with a .625 batting average against left-handers … RHP Andrew Laughter (TEX) has allowed only two earned runs in 7.2 IP … three of the four Rafters victories have been one-run games.