2009 Media/Scouts Notes Friday, October 23, 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 3 .667 - 2-2 4-1 3-1 L1 6-3 Today, October 23, 2009 Scottsdale Scorpions 5 4 .556 1.0 2-2 3-2 1-3 W1 5-4 Mesa at Saguaros, 12:35 PM (L) Mesa Solar Sox 3 6 .333 3.0 1-4 2-2 2-2 L1 3-6 23 Andrew Miller (LHP/FLA) 0-0, 4.50 @ 41 Wilton Lopez (RHP/HOU) 0-0, 0.00 Western Division Surprise at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (F) Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 30 Mike Parisi (RHP/STL) 0-1, 1.80 @ Peoria Javelinas 6 3 .667 - 4-1 2-2 2-2 W1 6-3 74 James Simmons (RHP/OAK) 1-0, 0.00 Surprise Rafters 6 3 .667 - 3-2 3-1 4-0 W2 6-3 Javelinas at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (A) Peoria Saguaros 1 8 .111 5.0 0-4 1-4 0-4 L2 1-8 53 Mark Rogers (RHP/MIL) 0-0, 0.00 @ 34 Bryan Augenstein (RHP/ARI) 0-1, 21.60 Once Around the Bases R H E LOB Saturday, October 24, 2009 Desert Dogs 6 12 1 9 WP: Butler (MIL) (2-0) LP: Strasburg (WSH) (1-1) Mesa at Surprise, 12:35 PM (A) Javelinas 9 11 0 4 SV: None 47 Randor Bierd (RHP/BOS) 1-1, 1.50 @ 22 Ian Kennedy (RHP/NYY) 1-1, 4.91 Javelinas’ DH Casper Wells (DET) went 2-for-3 with 1 run, 1 grand slam, and 5 RBI … 3B/2B C.J. Saguraros at Javelinas, 12:35 PM (F) Retherford (CWS) went 2-for-4 with 2 runs, 1 home run, and 1 RBI … 1B Russ Mitchell (LAD) hit a 32 Mike Minor (LHP/ATL) 0-0, 1.93 @ two-run home run in the first inning … Phoenix’s 1B Chris Marrero (WSH) went 3-for-5\ with 2 runs, 1 34 Scot Drucker (RHP/DET) 1-0, 1.80 double, 1 home run, and 2 RBI. Scottsdale at Phoenix, 6:35 PM (L) R H E LOB 24 Brandon Erbe (RHP/BAL) 0-0, 0.00 @ Scorpions 11 19 0 9 WP: Garcia (PHI (2-1) LP: Cashner (CHC) (0-2) 44 Joe Martinez (RHP/SF) 1-0, 1.50 Solar Sox 1 8 3 5 SV: None Sunday, October 25, 2009 OFF DAY Scottsdale’s 2B Pedro Ciriaco (ARI) and CF Cole Gillespie (ARI) each collected three hits … 1B Brandon Allen (ARI) went 2-for-5 with 1 run, 1 double, 1 home run, and 3 RBI … every Scorpion in the (A, F, L) – Umpire Roster Key lineup collected a hit in the game … Mesa’s RF Mike Stanton (FLA) led the Solar sox with three hits. R H E LOB Saguaros 2 7 0 6 WP: Reed (TEX) (1-0) LP: Scribner (SD) (0-1) Rafters 3 5 0 7 SV: None Surprise’s SS Ruben Tejada (NYM) hit a game-winning RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning … 1B Mitch Moreland (TEX) went 2-for-4 with 2 runs, 1 home run, and 1 RBI … Saguaros C Matt McBride (CLE) went 1-for-3 with 1 run, 1 home run, and 2 RBI … 2B Lance Zawadzki (SD) went 2- for-4. AFL Alumni of the Day AFL Weekly Infield Breakdown Team Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1B Kendry Dogs X X X X Morales went 2-for-4 with two RBI as the Javelinas X X X X Angels defeated the New York Yankees, 7- Rafters X X X X 6, in game five of the ALCS. Morales Saguaros X X X X played for the Scottsdale Scorpions during Scorpions X X X X the 2005 season and went 1-for-3 in AFL Solar Sox X X X X championship game against the Phoenix 12:35 p.m.: HINF: 10:00 a.m., HBP: 10:15 a.m., VBP: 11:00 a.m., VINF: 11:45 a.m. Desert Dogs. 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 (3-6) Peoria Javelinas (6-3) TODAY’S STARTER: LHP Andrew Miller (FLA) makes his second TODAY’S STARTER: RHP Mark Rogers (MIL) is making his first start start of the Fall League season ... in his first start, allowed one run on of the Fall League season … 0-0 with a 9.00 ERA (3 ER/3.0 IP) in two one hit and three walks in two innings against the Saguaros, Oct. 17 ... appearances in relief appearances … 1-3 with a 1.67 ERA (12 ER/64.2 pitched at five different levels in the Marlins system this season, IP) and 67 strikeouts in 23 games (22 starts) with High-A Brevard recording a 5+ strikeout game at each stop (GCL Marlins, High-A County. OTHERS: Boast three of the Top 10 AFL leaders in batting Jupiter, Double-A Jacksonville, Triple-A New Orleans, and Florida) … average – OF Casper Wells (DET) at .476 (10-for-21), Dodgers’ no. 1 pitched at the lower levels of the organization while rehabbing an prospect by Baseball America OF Andrew Lambo (LAD) .444 (12-for- oblique injury that he suffered on April 20 at Pittsburgh … 3-5 with a 27), and IF Russ Mitchell (LAD) at .440 (11-for-25) … Mitchell has an 4.84 ERA in 20 games (14 starts) with the Marlins. OTHERS: Three 11-game hitting streak spanning from 11/01/08 … leads the Fall Solar Sox rank in the top five in hitting: IF Starlin Castro (CHC) (.481), League in RBI (13), runs (12), and slugging percentage (1.120) … tied OF Bryan Petersen (FLA) (.480), and OF Mike Stanton (FLA) (.478) for the lead in extra-base hits (9) … second in the AFL with 11 RBI, 5 ... Stanton collected three hits Thursday but was caught stealing for the doubles, and 8 extra-base hits … Wells has the longest hitting streak in first two times this season ... OF Rene Tosoni (MIN) went 2-for-4 with the Fall League at 17 games spanning from 10/25/08 … hitting .414 his second triple in as many games Thursday ... in his second start of with 18 extra-base hits (7 doubles, 2 triples, and 9 home runs) and 30 the season Thursday, RHP Andrew Cashner (CHC) lasted 3.1 RBI … also has an active 26-game on-base streak … RHP Josh innings, allowing a run on three hits and no walks. Butler (MIL) shares the league-lead with two wins … averages 9.64 SO/9.0 IP… IF C.J. Retherford (CWS) and Wells are in a five-way tie Phoenix Desert Dogs (6-3) for the league lead with two triples. TEAM: Leads the Fall League in TODAY’S STARTER: RHP James Simmons (OAK) earned the win in team batting average at .332 (108-for-325) … runs with 82 … walks his first start, tossing three scoreless innings at Surprise on Oct. 17 ... with 47. played on the Desert Dogs’ 2007 Arizona Fall League championship squad … played in the 2007 AFL Rising Stars Game … 2.89 ERA in Peoria Saguaros (1-8) nine games during the 2007 Fall League season … spent the entire TODAY’S STARTER: RHP Wilton Lopez (HOU) earned a no-decision 2009 season with the Pacific Coast League Pacific Conference after he tossed three scoreless innings in his first AFL start of the ’09 Champion Triple-A Sacramento River Cats … 7-7 with a 5.72 ERA season on 10/17 at Mesa … 0-2 with an 8.38 ERA (18 ER/19.1 IP) in over 23 games (22 starts). OTHERS: OF Grant Desme (OAK), the eight games with Houston … 29 appearances (15 starts) with Double-A minors’ only 30-homer, 30-steal player in 2009, is off to a scorching Corpus Christi. OTHERS: OF Chris Heisey (CIN) leads the league in start to the 2009 Arizona Fall League season, batting .400 with six hits (16) … tied for lead with nine extra-base hits … ranks second in homers and 12 RBI in his first eight games ... hit his sixth homer with a .500 (16-for-32) batting average, 31 total bases, and .556 on- Thursday against the Javelinas and, extending his hit streak to seven base percentage … second in runs scored (10) … San Diego’s no. 6 games ... has homered four times in the last three games ... IF Josh prospect by Baseball America, OF Cedric Hunter, is hitting .385 (5-for- Bell (BAL) leads the league in batting at .600 ... IF Chris Marrero 13) with two doubles and two RBI with runners on base … relief RHP (WSH) went 3-for-5 with 1 double, 1 home run, 2 RBI and 2 runs Chia-Jen Lo (HOU) and RHP Josh Judy (CLE) are in a six-way tie for Thursday and has reached base via hit or walk at least twice in all six the league lead in strikeouts with eight … Lo possesses a WHIP of games this season ..