2011 AFL Game Notes Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Media Relations: Paul Jensen (480) 710-8201, [email protected] Rob Morse (541) 556-9387, [email protected] Patrick Kurish (480) 628-4446, [email protected] Website: www.mlbfallball.com Twitter: @MLBazFallLeague Facebook: www.facebook.com/mlbfallball East Division Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Probable Starters Salt River Rafters* 22 14 .611 -- 12-6 10-8 10-7 W1 6-4 Mesa Solar Sox 16 19 .457 5.5 10-7 6-12 8-6 L4 4-6 Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Mesa at Surprise, 12:35 PM (A) Scottsdale Scorpions 14 20 .412 7.0 7-8 7-12 5-10 L1 6-4 41 RHP Terry Doyle (CWS) (4-0, 1.85) @ West Division 2 LHP Sean Gilmartin (ATL) (2-1, 4.85) Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Salt River at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (L) Surprise Saguaros*^ 24 10 .706 -- 11-7 13-3 11-4 L1 6-4 46 RHP Stephen Fife (LAD) (1-5, 7.43) @ Peoria Javelinas 15 19 .441 9.0 7-11 8-8 5-10 W2 4-6 37 LHP T.J. McFarland (CLE) (2-0, 3.33) Phoenix Desert Dogs 13 22 .371 11.5 4-14 9-8 6-8 W1 5-5 Peoria at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (F) * - division winner, ^ - home team in AFL Championship Game 21 LHP Jed Bradley (MIL) (0-0, 6.35) @ 48 RHP Jeremy Kehrt (BOS) (2-0, 9.28) Yesterday’s Games Thursday, November 17, 2011 R H E LOB ___ Surprise at Salt River, 12:35 PM (L) Mesa 9 15 0 10 W: McHugh (NYM) (2-3) L: DeVries (MIN) (2-1) 21 LHP M. De Los Santos (TEX) (4-0, 3.91) @ Peoria 11 16 0 5 S: Mikolas (SD) (3) 67 LHP Andy Oliver (DET) (0-0, 5.28) Phoenix at Peoria, 12:35 PM (F) Javelinas DH Scooter Gennett (MIL) tallied his seventh extra-base hit in his last eight by going 3-for-5 with 2 doubles, 1 RBI and 1 run ... C Jason Hagerty (SD) went 3-for-5 with 1 double, 2\ RBI and 2 runs 24 RHP David Phelps (NYY) (2-2, 4.55) @ ... the Solar Sox nearly erased an 11-1 deficit with eight runs in the ninth before stranding two to end the 25 LHP Nick Schmidt (SD) (1-0, 6.20) comeback bid ... CF Aaron Hicks (MIN) had a season-high four hits. Scottsdale at Mesa, 12:35 PM (A) 59 RHP Austin Fleet (SF) (2-1, 3.38) @ R H E LOB ___ 48 RHP Steve Johnson (BAL) (0-0, 2.95) Surprise 8 8 0 9 W: Smith (OAK) (1-2) L: Kelly (TEX) (0-2) Phoenix 12 10 1 6 S: None Friday, November 18, 2011 End of regular season Desert Dogs 1B Yan Gomes (TOR) went 2-for-3 with 1 double, 1 home run, 3 RBI, 2 runs and 1 walk ... RF Grant Green (OAK) and 2B Brodie Greene (CIN) both homered and drove in two ... RHP Murphy (A, F, L) – Umpire Roster Key Smith (OAK) fanned seven to earn his first win ... Sags DH Mike Olt (TEX) continued his RBI streak with a double and two RBI ... RHP Kirby Yates (TB) fanned a season-high six batters. R H E LOB ___ AFL Champ. Game Scottsdale 1 7 3 8 W: Keuchel (HOU) (3-2) L: Cloyd (PHI) (1-4) Salt River 4 14 0 10 S: Crosby (DET) (1) The 2011 AFL Championship Game, featuring the Salt River Rafters and Surprise Saguaros, Rafters 3B Nolan Arenado (COL) went 3-for-4 to extend his league-leading hits total to 46 ... LHP will be televised live on MLB Network and Dallas Keuchel (HOU) fanned a season-high six batters to earn his third win and now owns a 22:1 MLB.tv Saturday at 1 p.m. MT. MLB Network’s K:BB ratio for the season ... DH Ryan Wheeler (ARI) had three hits ... Scorpions LF Bryce Harper (WSH) went 2-for-3 with 1 run, 1 stolen base and 1 walk. Paul Severino and Dave Valle will broadcast the game. AFL Weekly Infield Schedule Team Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Mesa X X AFL Alum of the Day Salt River X X Scottsdale X X Red Sox 1B Adrian Gonzalez (2003 Peoria Peoria X Saguaros) hit his way to his first Louisville Silver Phoenix X X Slugger award in eight major league seasons in Surprise X X 2011. The 29-year-old San Diego native led the American League with 213 hits and hit a career- 12:35 p.m. – HINF: 10:00 a.m., HBP: 10:15 a.m., VBP: 11:00 a.m., VINF: 11:45 a.m. best .338 to go along with 27 home runs and 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. 117 RBI. UMPIRE ROSTER Crew A – Clint Fagan (CC), Chris Ward, Hal Gibson, Kellen Levy. Crew F – Mark Lollo (CC), Eric Loveless, Adam Hamari, Chris Segal. Crew L – Barry Larson (CC), Stephen Barga, Jordan Baker, Chad Whitson. The Fall League Five 1. Surprise 3B Mike Olt (TEX) went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI Tuesday, his ninth straight game with an RBI. Olt, who leads the AFL with 13 home runs and 42 RBI, needs one home run to tie the AFL record of 14 set by Brandon Wood in 2005 and two RBI to match Orlando Miller’s RBI record of 44 from 1993. Olt’s 42 RBI are the second-most in league history. 2. Peoria 2B Scooter Gennett (MIL) collected his seventh multi-hit game in his last eight by going 3-for-5 with 2 doubles Tuesday. Gennett has raised his average 107 points over the stretch to .434 and is just three points behind teammate 3B Jedd Gyorko (SD) for the batting title. The AFL batting champion has come from the Peoria Javelinas in five of the last six seasons. 3. Salt River LHP Dallas Keuchel (HOU) fanned six and allowed one run over four innings for his third win Tuesday. Keuchel boasts a league- best 22:1 K:BB ratio in 28.1 innings this season. 4. The Surprise Saguaros dropped a 12-8 decision to Phoenix on Tuesday and must win their final two games to set the league winning percentage record. Only two teams since 2002 have compiled more wins than the Sags’ 24 victories in 2011. 5. The Mesa Solar Sox nearly erased an 11-1 ninth-inning deficit in Tuesday’s 11-9 loss at Peoria, scoring a league-high eight runs in the final frame before stranding the tying run on first base. 2011 Arizona Fall League Tidbits • A total of nine former Fall Leaguers won 2011 Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Awards. The six National League winners include 1B Prince Fielder (2005 Peoria Javelinas), 2B Brandon Phillips (2001 Scottsdale Scorpions/2002 Phoenix Desert Dogs), SS Troy Tulowitzki (2006 Grand Canyon Rafters), LF Ryan Braun (2006 Scottsdale Scorpions), CF Matt Kemp (2005 Phoenix Desert Dogs) and C Brian McCann (2004 Grand Canyon Rafters). The American League boasted three Fall League alumni: 1B Adrian Gonzalez (2003 Peoria Saguaros), CF Curtis Granderson (2004 Grand Canyon Rafters) and CF Jacoby Ellsbury (2006 Peoria Javelinas). • A total of 11 former Fall Leaguers took home 2011 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards last week. The five National League winners include 1B Joey Votto (2005 Mesa Solar Sox), 2B Brandon Phillips (2001 Scottsdale Scorpions/2002 Phoenix Desert Dogs), SS Troy Tulowitzki (2006 Grand Canyon Rafters), CF Matt Kemp (2005 Phoenix Desert Dogs) and RF Andre Ethier (2005 Phoenix Desert Dogs). The six in the American League are C Matt Wieters (2008 Surprise Rafters), 1B Adrian Gonzalez (2003 Peoria Saguaros), 2B Dustin Pedroia (2004 Scottsdale Scorpions), LF Alex Gordon (2005 Surprise Scorpions), CF Jacoby Ellsbury (2006 Peoria Javelinas) and RF Nick Markakis (2005 Peoria Javelinas). • A total of 99 Arizona Fall League alumni graced the rosters of the eight teams in the MLB playoffs, representing nearly 50% of the 200 players on post-season rosters. • Three of the last four no. 1 overall picks in the MLB First-Year Player Draft are playing in this year’s Arizona Fall League: RHP Gerrit Cole (Mesa) was drafted first by the Pirates in 2011, OF Bryce Harper (Scottsdale) was taken first by the Nationals in 2010 and IF Tim Beckham (Surprise) was made the first overall selection by the Rays in 2008. Additionally, RHP Stephen Strasburg, the no. 1 pick of the Nationals in 2009, played for Phoenix in 2009, meaning the last four no. 1 overall picks have played in the AFL. Since 1992, the year the Arizona Fall League started, 13 of the 20 no. 1 overall picks in the MLB draft will have played in the AFL. The current streak of four straight no. 1 picks (2008-11) is the second-longest streak, following a five-year stretch (1997-2001) that saw Matt Anderson (1997), Pat Burrell (1998), Josh Hamilton (1999), Adrian Gonzalez (2000) and Joe Mauer (2001) all participate in the AFL. • The Arizona Fall League has three games televised nationally on the MLB Network and online at MLB.TV this season: the Nov. 5 Rising Stars Game, the Nov. 11 AFL Military Appreciation Game and the AFL Championship Game on Sat., Nov.