2015 AFL Game Notes Wednesday, November 18, 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 Scottsdale Scorpions 17 11 .607 -- 9-7 8-4 7-5 W1 6-4 Wednesday, November 18 Glendale at Surprise* - 12:35 p.m. (F) Salt River Rafters 15 12 .556 1.5 7-6 8-6 6-5 W1 4-6 RHP Yacksel Rios PHI (2-1, 2.37 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Mesa Solar Sox 8 20 .286 9.0 3-9 5-11 4-7 L1 4-6 LHP Josh Hader MIL (1-0, 0.64 ERA in 2015 AFL) Salt River at Mesa - 12:35 p.m. (L) West Division RHP Yoan Lopez ARI (2-2, 5.18 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Stk L10 RHP Pierce Johnson CHC (0-2, 6.10 ERA in 2015 AFL) Surprise Saguaros* 17 11 .607 -- 8-5 9-6 7-3 L1 7-3 Peoria at Scottsdale - 6:35 p.m. (A) Peoria Javelinas 12 13 .480 3.5 8-6 4-7 4-6 L1 5-5 RHP Lucas Sims ATL (0-0, 1.93 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Glendale Desert Dogs 12 14 .462 4.0 6-7 6-7 4-6 W1 4-6 RHP Justin Haley BOS (1-1, 0.90 ERA in 2015 AFL) * - Clinched Division Thursday, November 19 Tuesday’s Games Scottsdale at Salt River - 12:35 p.m. (L) R H E LOB LHP Adalberto Mejia SF (2-1, 3.33 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Surprise 1 3 0 4 W: Dickson (PIT) (2-1) L: Clarkin (NYY) (2-2) LHP Kyle Freeland COL (3-1, 3.54 ERA in 2015 AFL) Glendale 4 16 1 14 SV: Ramos (PHI) (2) Surprise at Peoria - 12:35 p.m. (A) TBA @ Saguaros: SP Ian Clarkin (NYY) L, 4.1 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO … CF Charlie Tilson RHP Antonio Romero CLE (1-1, 4.66 ERA in 2015 AFL) (STL) 1-for-4, 2B, R … DH Jurickson Profar (TEX) 1-for-4, RBI. Desert Dogs: SP Steven Brault (PIT) ND, 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO … RP Cody Dickson (PIT) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, Glendale at Mesa - 12:35 p.m. (F) 0 BB, 0 SO … RF Derek Fisher (HOU) 3-for-5, 2 RBI, R … SS Drew Stankiewicz (PHI) 3-for-3, LHP Brian Holmes HOU (1-0, 0.69 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ RBI, R, BB … CF Adam Engel (CWS) 2-for-4, RBI, R. LHP Sean Manaea OAK (0-2, 4.71 ERA in 2015 AFL) R H E LOB * Surprise Home Games at Salt River Fields Mesa 2 7 2 3 W: Simms (WSH) (4-0) L: Zastryzny (CHC) (2-2) Salt River 4 6 0 5 SV: Estevez (COL) (5) Saturday, November 19 Solar Sox: SP Rob Zastryzny (CHC) L, 3.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO … CF Chad Hinshaw AFL Championship Game - 1:08 p.m. (LAA) 2-for-4, 2B, R … 1B Eric Aguilera (LAA) 1-for-4, HR, RBI … LF Jake Bauers (TB) 2-for-3, East: TBA @ 3B. Javelinas: SP John Simms (WSH) W, 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO … RP Jeremy Ga- bryszwski (TOR) 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO … 2B Chris Bostick (WSH) 2-for-3, HR, 2B, 2 West: Surprise Saguaros RBI, 3 R … DH Dominic Smith (NYM) 2-for-4, RBI. R H E LOB Scottsdale 8 12 1 8 W: Kubitza (DET) (3-1) L: Butler (SD) (3-1) Umpire Roster Peoria 2 5 3 6 Crew A – Clint Fagan, Ryan Goodman, Nic Lentz Scorpions: SP Austin Kubitza (DET) W, 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO … RP Trevor Hildenberg- Crew F – Ryan Blakney (CC), Chad Whitson, er (MIN) 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO … LF Mac Williamson (SF) 2-for-5, 3 RBI, R … SS Christian Ramon DeJesus, Alex Ortiz Arroyo (SF) 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R … 2B Carlos Asuaje (SD) 1-for-4, HR, RBI, R. Saguaros: SP Ryan Crew L – Carlos Torres (CC), Toby Basner, Travis Butler (SD) L, 2.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO … 1B D.J. Peterson (SEA) 1-for-4, 2B, RBI … C Egger, Roberto Ortiz Chance Sisco (BAL) 2-for-3, RBI… DH Fernando Perez (SD) 2-for-4. AFL Alumni of the Day Team Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America Glendale X -- B -- -- AFL announced its annual Manager of the Year Mesa X -- -- -- -- Champ award recipients Tuesday night on MLB Network. Peoria X -- B -- -- Game Texas Rangers manager, and former AFLer Scottsdale X -- B -- -- Scottsdale Jeff Bannister took home the honors in the Salt River X -- -- -- -- Stadium American League. Bannister (2009 Scottsdale Surprise X B B B -- 1:08 p.m. Scorpions) turned the Rangers around from a 67- 95 record in 2014 to a 88-74 slate in 2015, a 21-win 12:35 p.m. – HINF: 9:30 a.m., HBP: 9:45 a.m., VBP: 10:50 a.m., VINF: 11:40 a.m. difference, which led to the A.L. West title. In 2009, 6:35 p.m. – HINF: 3:30 p.m., HBP: 3:45 p.m., VBP: 4:50 p.m., VINF: 5:40 p.m. Bannister skippered the Scorpions to a 15-16 Today’s Fall League Five 1. Salt River IF Chris Bostick (WSH) went 2-for-3 with a 1 home run, 1 double, 2 RBI, 1 walk and 3 runs scored in the Rafters 4-2 win over Mesa on Tuesday. Bostick is MLB.com’s No. 23 prospect. 2. Glendale OF Derek Fisher (HOU) went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI and 1 run scored on Tuesday in the Desert Dogs 4-1 win over Surprise. Fisher, the 37th overall pick in the 2014 draft, is MLB.com’s No. 8 Astros prospect. 3. Scottsdale IF Christian Arroyo (SF) went 2-for-5 with 1 double, 2 RBI and 1 run scored on Tuesday in the Scorpions 8-2 win over Peoria. Arroyo, a first round (25th overall) in 2013, is MLB.com’s No. 2 Giants prospect. 4. Scottsdale OF Mac Williamson (SF) went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI and 1 run scored on Tuesday. Williamson, MLB.com’s No. 13 Giants prospect, made his major league debut on September 23, 2015 and is 7-for-32 in 10 big-league games. 5. Glendale IF Drew Stankiewicz (PHI) went 3-for-3 with 1 RBI, 1 walk and 1 run scored on Tuesday. Stankiewicz, drafted by the Phillies out of Arizona State University, is 12-for-25 (.480) with 3 doubles in 7 games since making his AFL debut on 11/2. AFL Championship Game – Saturday, November 21 Please note that Saturday’s AFL Championship game has been scheduled for 1:08 p.m. to accommodate the MLB Network. The game will be televised live on MLB Network and MLB.com beginning at 3:08 p.m. ET (1:08 p.m. MT). As a result, the pre-game schedule has been altered by a half hour as follows: Home Infield: 10 a.m. Home Batting Practice: 10:15 a.m. – Visiting Batting Practice: 11:20 a.m. Visiting Infield: 12:10 p.m. AFL Fall Stars Game Summary West Division East Division RHP Jacob Barnes SUR/MIL IF D.J. Peterson PEO/SEA IF Christian Arroyo SCO/SF C Oscar Hernandez SRR/ARI IF Alex Blandino PEO/CIN IF Jurickson Profar SUR/TEX OF Jake Bauers MES/TB LHP Greg Mahle MES/LAA RHP Ralston Cash GDD/LAD RHP Edubray Ramos GDD/PHI RHP Corey Black MES/CHC LHP Sean Manaea MES/OAK IF J.D. Davis GDD/HOU RHP Alex Reyes SUR/STL RHP Ray Black SCO/SF IF Renato Nuñez MES/OAK OF Adam Engel GDD/CWS LHP David Rollins PEO/SEA RHP Nick Burdi SCO/MIN IF Chad Pinder MES/OAK OF Phillip Ervin PEO/CIN C Gary Sanchez SUR/NYY OF Austin Dean MES/MIA RHP Adam Ravenelle SCO/DET OF Derek Fisher GDD/HOU OF Jacob Scavuzzo GDD/LAD RHP Abel De Los Santos SRR/WSH IF Daniel Robertson MES/TB LHP Donnie Hart PEO/BAL RHP Lucas Sims PEO/ATL RHP Carlos Estevez SRR/COL OF Raimel Tapia SRR/COL LHP Chaz Hebert SUR/NYY IF Ramon Torres SUR/KC OF Clint Frazier SCO/CLE IF Rowdy Tellez SRR/TOR IF Andrew Knapp GDD/PHI IF Patrick Wisdom SUR/STL LHP Kyle Freeland SRR/COL IF Sam Travis SCO/BOS RHP Robinson Leyer GDD/CWS RHP Eric Yardley PEO/SD RHP Perci Garner SCO/CLE OF Adam Brett Walker II SCO/MIN RHP Damien Magnifico SUR/MIL C Mitch Garver SCO/MIN C Reese McGuire GDD/PIT Bowman Vote-In: OF Mike Gerber SCO/DET Bowman Vote-In: OF Austin Meadows GDD/PIT IF Yadiel Rivera SUR/MIL LHP Chad Girodo SRR/TOR IF Jeimer Candelario MES/CHC R H E LOB West 8 11 1 9 W: LHP Chaz Hebert NYY (1-0, 0.00) East 3 7 2 4 L: RHP Abel De Los Santos (0-1, 9.00) Time: 3:01 Attendance: 6,793 West: C Gary Sanchez (NYY) 1-for-3, HR, 2 RBI (Bowman Star of the Game) … RF Austin Meadows (PIT) 1-for-2, HR, 2 RBI … CF Adam Engel (CWS) 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI.