2012 AFL Game Notes Wednesday, October 10, 2012 Media Relations: Paul Jensen (480) 710-8201, [email protected] Dylan Higgins (509) 540-4034, [email protected] Nate Rowan (651) 983-5605, [email protected] Sarah Evans (818) 624-6176, [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 1 0 1.000 -- 1-0 0-0 1-0 W1 1-0 Mesa Solar Sox 0 1 .000 1.0 0-0 0-1 0-0 L1 0-1 Scottsdale Scorpions 0 1 .000 1.0 0-0 0-1 0-0 L1 0-1 Wednesday, October 10 Salt River at Mesa, 12:35 PM (L) West Division RHP Chase Anderson (5-4, 2.86 in 2012) @ Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 RHP Mike Wright (10-5, 4.06 in 2012) Peoria Javelinas 1 0 1.000 -- 1-0 0-0 1-0 W1 1-0 Peoria at Surprise, 12:35 PM (F) Phoenix Desert Dogs 1 0 1.000 -- 1-0 0-0 0-0 W1 1-0 RHP Tim Crabbe (8-8, 4.25 in 2012) @ Surprise Saguaros 0 1 .000 1.0 0-0 0-1 0-1 L1 0-1 RHP Boone Whiting (1-0, 2.31 in 2012) Phoenix at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (A) Yesterday’s Games RHP Zeke Spruill (9-11, 3.67 in 2012) @ R H E LOB RHP Zach Nuding (9-3, 3.51 in 2012) Scottsdale 3 8 0 7 W: Heckathorn (MIL) (1-0) L: Betances (NYY) (0-1) Phoenix 4 7 1 6 S: Hellweg (MIL) (1) Thursday, October 11 Desert Dogs 2B Grant Green (OAK) went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI ... DH Edward Salcedo Mesa at Surprise, 12:35 PM (A) (ATL) had a double and two RBI ... SP Shawn Haviland (OAK) allowed one hit over three innings, RHP Dae-Eun Rhee (9-8, 4.81 in 2012) @ walking one and striking out four ... Scorpions SP Chris Gloor (SF) struck out five over\ four innings, RHP Seth Blair (1-3, 4.58 in 2012) surrendering three hits … CF Travis Witherspoon (LAA) collected two hits and scored a run. Phoenix at Peoria, 12:35 PM (A) LHP Brian Flynn (11-5, 3.91 in 2012) @ R H E LOB RHP Kyle Gibson (0-2, 4.13 in 2012) Surprise 2 3 1 7 W: Smith (SEA) (1-0) L: Huntzinger (BOS) (0-1) Scottsdale at Salt River, 6:35 PM (L) Peoria 5 9 3 7 S: Quackenbush (SD) (1) RHP Kyle Kaminska (9-4, 4.19 in 2012) @ Javelinas SP James Paxton (SEA) allowed one hit over three innings, striking out five ... 1B Donald RHP Ryan Perry (3-5, 3.07 in 2012) Lutz (CIN) went 2-for-4 with 1 double, 2 runs and 1 RBI ... RF Rymer Liriano (SD) and CF Zach Collier (PHI) each had two hits and drove in a run... Saguaros SP Justin Marks (KC) worked three no- hit innings, walking and striking out two … RF Bryce Brentz (BOS) tripled and scored. Friday, October 12 Peoria at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (A) R H E LOB RHP Kyle Simon (6-8, 3.04 in 2012) @ Mesa 5 8 1 8 W: Riordan (COL) (1-0) L: Belfiore (LAA) (0-1) RHP Jim Nelson (6-8, 2.83 in 2012) Salt River 6 9 1 7 S: Smith (ARI) (1) Surprise at Mesa, 12:35 PM (L) RHP Joe Van Meter (4-5, 2.71 in 2012) @ Rafters RF Kent Matthes (COL) homered and went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs ... SS Chris RHP Andres Santiago (6-5, 3.69 in 2012) th Owings (ARI) hit the go-ahead RBI triple in the 8 ... Solar Sox SS Javier Baez (CHC) hit the first home Salt River at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (F) run of the league, collected two hits and drove in three runs ... RF Nick Castellanos (DET) and Rafael RHP Andre Rienzo (7-3, 2.53 in 2012) @ Ynoa (LAD) each had two hits and a RBI. RHP Bobby Cassevah (5-1, 5.91 in 2012) AFL Weekly Infield Schedule Team Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. AFL Alum of the Day Mesa X X X Peoria X X X San Francisco reliever Sergio Romo (2007 Phoenix X X X X Scottsdale Scorpions) worked two perfect Salt River X X X X innings to earn the win and catcher Buster Scottsdale X X X Posey (2009 Scottsdale Scorpions) scored Surprise X X X the go-ahead run in the 10th inning as the 12:35 p.m. – HINF: 9:45 a.m., HBP: 10:00 a.m., VBP: 10:50 a.m., VINF: 11:40 a.m. Giants staved off elimination Tuesday night 6:35 p.m. – HINF: 3:45 p.m., HBP: 4:00 p.m., VBP: 4:50 p.m., VINF: 5:40 p.m. in game three of the NLCS against Teams are REQUIRED to take infield and BP every Monday Cincinnati. The Reds still lead the best-of- five series 2-1. UMPIRE ROSTER Crew A – Chad Whitson (CC), Allen Bailey, Will Little, Ben May. Crew F – Jordan Baker (CC), Travis Carlson, Andy Dudones, Quinn Wolcott. Crew L – Chris Segal (CC), Sean Barber, Seth Buckminster, Stu Scheuwater. Today’s Fall League Five 1. Peoria OF/IF Billy Hamilton (CIN) broke the professional record for single -season stolen bases with 155 thefts between the California and Southern League in 2012. For his efforts, he was named California League MVP despite appearing in just 82 games. 2. Mesa OF Nick Castellanos (DET) was named MVP of the Futures Game in July after going 3-for-4 with a three-run home run. He also scored three times. 3. Surprise OF Bryce Brentz (BOS) was named International League outstanding postseason offensive player after batting .333/.385/.792 in seven games to help Pawtucket to their first IL title since 1984. 4. Salt River IF Matthew Skole (WSH) was the South Atlantic League MVP in 2012 after hitting .286/.438/.574 in 101 games. The former fifth- round selection out of Georgia Tech hit 27 home runs and drove in 92 runs. 5. Peoria C Mike Zunino (SEA) had a year to remember in 2012, winning the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award, the Dick Howser Trophy and the Johnny Bench Award as a junior at Florida. After being drafted third overall in June, the former Gator hit .360/.447/.689 between two minor league levels and was named offensive player of the postseason in the Southern League, hitting a league-high three home runs. 2012 Arizona Fall League Tidbits A total of 96 Arizona Fall League alumni dotted the rosters of the eight teams in the divisional round of the MLB playoffs, representing nearly 50 percent of the 200 players on postseason rosters. Leading the way is the Oakland Athletics who have 14 former Fall Leaguers on their 25-man roster for the ALDS. Since 1992, the year the Arizona Fall League started, 13 of the 21 no. 1 overall picks in the MLB draft will have played in the AFL. Thirty-four first-round draft choices fill the rosters in 2012, including Tim Beckham (Phoenix Desert Dogs), the only no. 1 overall pick in the league this season. The 2012 Arizona Fall League features 22 of MLB.com's Top 100 prospects, including the #1 ranked players from the Angels (IF Kaleb Cowart), Astros (IF Jonathan Singleton), Cubs (IF Javier Baez), Giants (OF Gary Brown), Marlins (OF Christian Yelich), Nationals (IF Anthony Rendon), Padres (OF Rymer Liriano), Rays (IF Hak-Ju Lee), Reds (OF Billy Hamilton), Tigers (OF Nick Castellanos) and White Sox organizations (OF Trayce Thompson). Players from 11 foreign countries are represented in the Arizona Fall League in 2012, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea, and Taiwan, Venezuela, in addition to the territory of Puerto Rico. Get up-to-the-minute updates from the Arizona Fall League through the league’s social media on Twitter (@MLBazFallLeague) and Facebook at www.facebook.com/arizonafallleague. 34 First-Round Picks in the 2012 Arizona Fall League 2012 2010 2008 C Mike Zunino (3rd, Seattle) RHP Deck Mcguire (11th, Toronto) IF Tim Beckham (1st, Tampa Bay) IF Richie Shaffer (25th, Tampa Bay) IF Kaleb Cowart (18th, L.A. Angels) RHP Ryan Perry (21st, Washington) C Kellin Deglan (22nd, Texas) OF Zach Collie (34th, Philadelphia) 2011 OF Christian Yelich (23rd, Miami) IF Anthony Rendon (6th, Washington) OF Gary Brown (24th, San Francisco) 2007 IF Javier Baez (9th, Chicago Cubs) OF Bryce Brentz (36th, Boston) RHP James Simmons (26th, Oakland) IF Cory Spangenberg (10th, San Diego) OF Nick Castellanos (44th, Detroit) OF George Springer (11th, Houston) RHP Seth Blair (46th, St. Louis) 2006 IF Kolten Wong (22nd, St. Louis) RHP Cory Rasmus (38th, Atlanta) IF Joe Panik (29th, San Francisco) 2009 OF Brian Goodwin (29th, San Francisco) IF Grant Green (13th, Oakland) IF Bobby Borchering (16th, Houston) IF Jiovanni Mier (21st, Houston) RHP Kyle Gibson (22nd, Minnesota) OF Randal Grichuk (24th, L.A. Angels) IF Nick Franklin (27th, Seattle) OF Slade Heathcott (29th, N.Y. Yankees) IF Matt Davidson (35th, Arizona) LHP James Paxton (37th, Seattle) IF Chris Owings (41st, Arizona) RHP Mike Belfiore (45th, Baltimore) RHP Kyle Heckathorn (47th, Milwaukee) MESA SOLAR SOX (0-1) STARTING PITCHER: Mike Wright (Orioles) ... 10-5 with a 4.06 ERA in 20 starts between the Carolina League and Eastern League in 2012 ..