2015 AFL Game Notes Thursday, October 29, 2015 Media Relations: Paul Jensen (480) 710-8201, [email protected] Dan Acheson (603) 520-4431, [email protected] Brent Drevalas (815) 687-6902, [email protected] Website: www.mlbfallball.com Twitter: @MLBazFallLeague Facebook: www.facebook.com/mlbfallball East Division Probable Starters Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Stk L10 Salt River Rafters 6 6 .500 -- 3-2 3-4 4-2 L1 5-5 Thursday, October 29 Surprise at Mesa - 12:35 p.m. (A) Scottsdale Scorpions 6 6 .500 -- 4-3 2-3 3-3 W1 5-5 RHP Sam Wolff TEX (1-0, 5.40 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Mesa Solar Sox 3 10 .231 4.5 0-6 3-4 1-3 W1 3-7 RHP Ryan Etsell LAA (0-2, 15.19 ERA in 2015 AFL) Scottsdale at Glendale - 12:35 p.m. (L) West Division RHP Austin Kubitza DET (1-0, 2.25 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Stk L10 LHP Steven Brault PIT (0-0, 13.50 ERA in 2015 AFL) Surprise Saguaros 9 4 .692 -- 5-2 4-2 4-2 L1 7-3 Peoria at Salt River - 6:35 p.m. (F) Glendale Desert Dogs 7 4 .636 1.0 2-2 5-2 2-1 L1 6-4 RHP Jason Garcia BAL (0-0, 0.00 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Peoria Javelinas 5 6 .455 3.0 4-3 1-3 1-4 W1 4-6 RHP John Simms WSH (2-0, 2.57 ERA in 2015 AFL) Friday, October 30 Wednesday’s Games Peoria at Glendale - 12:35 PM (A) R H E LOB LHP James Paxton SEA (1-1, 1.74 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Mesa 11 15 3 9 W: Black (CHC) (1-0) L: Kiekhefer (STL)(1-1) RHP Yacksel Rios PHI (1-1, 3.38 ERA in 2015 AFL) Surprise 10 11 3 9 SV: Schreiber (TB) (1) Surprise at Salt River - 12:35 PM (F) Solar Sox: SP Jake Esch (MIA) ND, 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO … RP Corey Black LHP Ian Clarkin NYY (1-0, 4.50 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ (CHC) W, 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 SO … CF Mark Zagunis (CHC) 2-for-4, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R … RHP Jeremy Gabryszwski TOR (0-0, 7.11 ERA in 2015 AFL) DH Jeimer Candelario (CHC) 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI … LF Caleb Adams (LAA) 3-for-5, 2B, RBI, R. Saguaros: SP Alex Reyes (STL) ND, 4.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 SO … RP Dean Kiekhefer Mesa at Scottsdale - 12:35 PM (L) (STL) L, 1.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO … 3B Nate Orf (MIL) 3-for-4, R … 1B Tyler Austin LHP Rob Zastryzny CHC (0-0, 4.91 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ (NYY) 2-for-4, HR, RBI, 3 R … RF Lewis Brinson (TEX) 1-for-3, HR, RBI, 2 R RHP Justin Haley BOS (5-16, 5.15 ERA in 2015) R H E LOB Saturday, October 31 Glendale 4 6 0 9 W: Robertson (DET) (2-1) L: Barlow (LAD) (0-1) Glendale at Peoria - 12:35 PM (L) Scottsdale 5 10 1 6 SV: Reed (MIN) (1) RHP Brian Holmes HOU (0-0, 0.00 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Desert Dogs: SP Jharel Cotton (LAD) ND, 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 SO … RP Scott Barlow RHP Nick Travieso CIN (0-0, 1.29 ERA in 2015 AFL) (LAD) L ,1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO … 1B Andrew Knapp (PHI) 1-for-1, 2 RBI, 3 BB … Salt River at Surprise* - 12:35 PM (F) C Reese McGuire (PIT) 1-for-3, 3B, RBI. Scorpions: RP Montreal Robertson (DET) W, 2.0 RHP Yoan Lopez ARI (1-2, 6.10 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO … RP Jake Reed (MIN) SV, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO … LF Adam RHP Adrian Houser MIL (1-0, 0.90 ERA in 2015 AFL) Brett Walker II (MIN) 3-for-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R … DH Stuart Turner (MIN) 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, R Scottsdale at Mesa - 12:35 PM (A) R H E LOB LHP Adalberto Mejia SF 1-1, 4.61 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Salt River 0 3 0 4 W: Butler (SD) (1-1) L: Jannis (NYM) (0-1) Peoria 2 6 2 6 SV: Yardley (SD) (2) RHP Pierce Johnson CHC (0-0, 6.55 ERA in 2015 AFL) * Surprise Home Games at Salt River Fields Rafters: SP Mickey Jannis (NYM) L, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 2 SO … RF Gabby Guerrero (ARI) 1-for-3 … 2B L.J. Mazzilli (NYM) 1-for-4 … C Chris Rabago (COL) 1-for-3. Javelinas: Umpire Roster SP Ryan Butler (SD) W, 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 2 SO … RP Eric Yardley (SD) SV, 1.0 IP, 1 Crew A – Tom Woodring (CC), Ben May, Ryan H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO … RF Tyler O’Neill (SEA) 3-for-4, 2B, HR, RBI … CF Connor Lien (ATL) Goodman, Nic Lentz 1-for-3, RBI. Crew F – Ryan Blakney (CC), Chris Segal, Ramon DeJesus, Alex Ortiz Crew L – Carlos Torres (CC), Sean Barber, Travis Egger, Roberto Ortiz Team Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Glendale X -- I B -- X AFL Alums of the Day Mesa X B X B X B The Kansas City Royals took a commanding 2-0 series Peoria X X -- X -- B lead with a 7-1 victory in game two of the World Series. Royals 1B Eric Hosmer (2010 Surprise Rafters) went Scottsdale X B -- X -- X 2-for-4 with two RBI, and drove home the deciding run Salt River X X I B -- -- for the second straight game. Alcides Escobar (2005 Surprise X B -- X X -- Peoria Javelinas) turned in another two-hit, two-RBI performance and Mike Moustakas (2009 Surprise 12:35 p.m. – HINF: 9:30 a.m., HBP: 9:45 a.m., VBP: 10:50 a.m., VINF: 11:40 a.m. Rafters) reached base three times and tallied an RBI. 6:35 p.m. – HINF: 3:30 p.m., HBP: 3:45 p.m., VBP: 4:50 p.m., VINF: 5:40 p.m. Today’s Fall League Five 1. Mesa OF Mark Zagunis (CHC) hit a game-winning, three-run homer in the top of the ninth in the Solar Sox’s wild 11- 10 win against Surprise on Monday. Zagunis, the Cubs No. 9 prospect, was 2-for-4 with 4 RBI, 2 runs scored and 1 walk. 2. Scottsdale OF Adam Brett Walker II (MIN) went 3-for-4 against Glendale, including a mammoth three-run homer to the back of the left-field berm at Scottsdale Stadium and two runs scored in the team’s 5-4 win. 3. Surprise RHP Alex Reyes (STL) threw four shutout innings and tallied three strikeouts in the Saguaros loss to Mesa. Through three starts, MLB.com’s No. 16 overall prospect now has a 0.77 ERA. 4. Glendale IF/C Andrew Knapp (PHI) reached base four times on Monday with a single and three walks to go along with a pair of RBI against the Scorpions. 5. Surprise DH Jurickson Profar (TEX) went 1-for-3 with 1 double, 2 walks and 2 RBI on Monday against the Solar Sox. Through five games, Profar is hitting 8-for-20 with 4 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, and 8 RBI. Former Fall Leaguers on World Series Rosters American League National League Umpires Kansas City Royals (17) New York Mets (12) Major League Baseball (5) Drew Butera (2007) Michael Cuddyer (1999, 2001) Mark Carlson (1998) Lorenzo Cain (2008-09) Lucas Duda (2009) Mike Everitt (1995-97) Christian Colon (2011) Jeurys Familia (2013) Alfonso Marquez (1998) Danny Duffy (2010) Sean Gilmartin (2011) Bill Welke (1997-98) Jarrod Dyson (2009) Curtis Granderson (2004) Jim Wolf (2000) Alcides Escobar (2005) Kelly Johnson (2003) Alex Gordon (2005) Juan Lagares (2011) Luke Hochevar (2006) Daniel Murphy (2008) Eric Hosmer (2010) Kirk Nieuwenhuis (2010) Ryan Madson (2003) Hansel Robles (2013) Kris Medlen (2008) Juan Uribe (2000) Raul Mondesi (2014) David Wright (2003) Kendrys Morales (2005) Mike Moustakas (2009) Salvador Perez (2010) Chris Young (2003) Ben Zobrist (2006) GLENDALE DESERT DOGS (7-4) STARTING PITCHER – Steven Brault (PIT), LHP: 0-0 with a 13.50 ERA in one AFL appearance … 13-4 with a 2.43 ERA in 28 starts across two levels in 2015 … advanced to Double-A Altoona and went 9-3 with a 2.00 ERA in 15 starts … acquired by Pittsburgh from Baltimore in trade that yielded OF Travis Snider (2007 Scottdale Scorpion). TEAM – Brandon Brennan (CWS), RHP: Three strikeouts in 3.0 IP at Scottsdale on 10/15 … 3-4 with a 3.55 ERA in 12 starts with High-A Winston-Salem … drafted by the White Sox in the fourth round of the 2012 draft out of Orange Coast (CA) College. Ralston Cash (LAD), RHP: Save at Surprise on 10/23. Chris Cotton (HOU), LHP: Save at Peoria on 10/19. Jharel Cotton (LAD), RHP: Six strikeouts at Salt River on 10/22 … 0-0 with a 2.35 ERA in one AFL start … 6-2 with a 2.45 ERA across four levels in 2015 … trying to become second U.S Virgin Islands-born pitcher (St.