2015 AFL Game Notes Monday, October 19, 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 2 1 .667 -- 1-0 1-1 1-1 W1 2-1 Monday, October 19 Scottsdale at Mesa - 12:35 p.m. (A) Scottsdale Scorpions 2 1 .667 -- 2-0 0-1 1-1 W2 2-1 RHP Austin Kubitza DET (9-13, 5.79 ERA in 2015) @ Mesa Solar Sox 0 4 .000 2.5 0-2 0-2 0-0 L4 0-4 LHP Rob Zastryzny CHC (0-0, 4.50 ERA in 2015 AFL) Surprise at Salt River - 12:35 p.m. (F) West Division LHP Ian Clarkin NYY (DNP in 2015) @ Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Stk L10 RHP Jeremy Gabryszwski TOR (0-8, 3.77 ERA in 2015) Surprise Saguaros 3 1 .750 -- 2-0 1-1 1-1 W3 3-1 Glendale at Peoria - 6:35 p.m. (L) Glendale Desert Dogs 2 1 .667 0.5 1-0 1-1 0-0 L1 2-1 RHP Yacksel Rios PHI (0-0, 4.50 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Peoria Javelinas 1 2 .333 1.0 1-1 0-1 1-1 L2 1-2 LHP James Paxton SEA (0-0, 0.00 ERA in 2015 AFL) Tuesday, October 20 Friday’s Games Salt River at Surprise* - 12:35 PM (F) R H E LOB RHP Yoan Lopez ARI (1-0, 2.25 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Surprise 20 22 1 10 W: Wolff (TEX) (1-0) L: Etsell (LAA) (0-1) RHP Adrian Houser MIL (0-0, 0.00 ERA in 2015 AFL) Mesa 6 14 1 9 Peoria at Glendale - 12:35 PM (L) Saguaros: SP Sam Wolff (TEX) W, 4.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO … RP Connor Sadzeck RHP Lucas Sims ATL (0-0, 9.00 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ (TEX) 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 SO … 1B Patrick Wisdom (STL) 3-for-5, 2 2B, 3B, 4 RBI … 3B Yadiel LHP Brian Holmes HOU (0-0, 0.00 ERA in 2015 AFL) Rivera (MIL) 3-for-6, 2B, 3B, 4 RBI … CF Bubba Starling (KC) 3-for-5, 2 HR, 2 RBI … SS Ra- Mesa at Scottsdale - 6:35 PM (A) mon Torres (KC) 4-for-7, 2 R, 2 2B, RBI … DH Mike Ohlman (STL) 2-for-4, HR, 3 RBI. Solar RHP Pierce Johnson CHC (0-0, 9.00 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Sox: SP Ryan Etsell (LAA) L, 2.2 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 SO … 3B Jeimer Candelario LHP Adalberto Mejia SF (0-1, 5.79 in 2015 AFL) (CHC) 5-for-5, 3 2B, 2 HR, 2 R, 4 RBI … 1B Willson Contreras (CHC) 2-for-4, HR, RBI. R H E LOB Wednesday, October 21 Glendale 0 0 0 0 Cancelled: Inclement Weather Scottsdale at Surprise* - 12:35 PM (L) Scottsdale 0 0 0 0 LHP Taylor Rogers MIN (1-0, 2.25 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Desert Dogs: None. Scorpions: None. RHP Brooks Pounders KC (0-0, 0.00 ERA in 2015 AFL) Mesa at Peoria - 12:35 PM (A) R H E LOB LHP Sean Manaea OAK (0-0, 2.25 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Peoria 0 0 0 0 Cancelled: Inclement Weather Salt River 0 0 0 0 RHP Andrew Thurman ATL (0-0, 9.00 ERA in 2015 AFL) Salt River at Glendale - 6:35 PM (F) Javelinas: None. Rafters: None. LHP Kyle Freeland COL (0-1, 81.00 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ RHP Jharel Cotton LAD (0-0, 10.80 ERA in 2015 AFL) * Surprise Home Games at Salt River Fields Umpire Roster Crew A – Tom Woodring (CC), Ben May, Ryan Goodman, Nic Lentz 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 -- B X I B Mesa X X -- X B X AFL Alumni of the Day Peoria X X -- X -- B The Kansas City Royals hold a 2-0 advantage over Scottsdale X B X -- -- X the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Championship Series. Royals SS Alcides Salt River X -- X B X -- Escobar (2005 Peoria Javelinas) has set the table Surprise X B -- X -- X at the top of the order with 3 hits (two doubles), 2 runs scored, and 1 RBI. LHP Danny Duffy (2010 12:35 p.m. – HINF: 9:30 a.m., HBP: 9:45 a.m., VBP: 10:50 a.m., VINF: 11:40 a.m. Surprise Rafters) locked down the save in game 6:35 p.m. – HINF: 3:30 p.m., HBP: 3:45 p.m., VBP: 4:50 p.m., VINF: 5:40 p.m. two. RHP Marcus Stroman (2013 Salt River Rafters) starts game three for Toronto. Today’s Fall League Five 1. Glendale’s IF A.J. Reed (HOU) and OF Jacob Scavuzzo (LAD) won the A.L. and N.L. competition respectively at the third annual Bowman Hitting Challenge Saturday evening at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. 2. Mesa IF Jeimer Candelario (CHC) gathered five hits, including a pair of home runs and four RBI, in the Solar Sox loss to Surprise on Friday. 3. Surprise OF Bubba Starling (KC) clubbed two home runs and scored three runs Friday afternoon in the Saguaros 20-6 win over Mesa. 4. Surprise IFs Yadiel Rivera (MIL) and Patrick Wisdom (STL) both collected four RBI in the Saguaros 20-6 win on Friday with Wisdom accounting for eight runs total with four more scored. 5. Texas Rangers right-handed pitchers Sam Wolff and Connor Sadzeck combined to strike out seven Solar Sox in six innings of work on Friday. Wolff earned his first AFL win. Former Fall Leaguers on Championship Series Rosters ALCS NLCS Kansas City Royals (16) Toronto Blue Jays (14) Chicago Cubs (12) New York Mets (12) Drew Butera (2007) Josh Donaldson (2008) Jake Arrieta (2007) Michael Cuddyer (1999, 2001) Lorenzo Cain (2008-09) Ryan Goins (2012) Javier Baez (2012) Lucas Duda (2009) Christian Colon (2011) LaTroy Hawkins (1995) Quintin Berry (2008) Jeurys Familia (2013) Danny Duffy (2010) Aaron Loup (2011) Kris Bryant (2013) Curtis Granderson (2004) Jarrod Dyson (2009) Russell Martin (2004) Starlin Castro (2009) Kelly Johnson (2003) Alcides Escobar (2005) Roberto Osuna (2014) Chris Coghlan (2007) Juan Lagares (2011) Alex Gordon (2005) Cliff Pennington (2007) Chris Denorfia (2005) Daniel Murphy (2008) Luke Hochevar (2006) Dalton Pompey (2014) Dexter Fowler (2007) Kirk Nieuwenhuis (2010) Eric Hosmer (2010) Ben Revere (2010) Austin Jackson (2008) Matt Reynolds (2014) Ryan Madson (2003) Aaron Sanchez (2013) Tommy La Stella (2013) Hansel Robles (2013) Kris Medlen (2008) Justin Smoak (2008) Miguel Montero (2005) Ruben Tejada (2009) Kendrys Morales (2005) Marcus Stroman (2013) Jorge Soler (2013) David Wright (2003) Mike Moustakas (2009) Ryan Tepera (2012) Salvador Perez (2010) Troy Tulowitzki (2006) Chris Young (2003) Ben Zobrist (2006) Bowman Hitting Challenge Winners AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE 1. A.J. Reed (GLE/HOU) 1. Jacob Scavuzzo (GLE/LAD) 2. Ramon Torres (SUR/KC) 2. Austin Dean (MES/MIA) 3. Rowdy Tellez (SRR/TOR) 3. Patrick Wisdom (SUR/STL) GLENDALE DESERT DOGS (2-1) STARTING PITCHER – Yacksel Rios (PHI), RHP: 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA in one appearance with Glendale … 6-5 with a save and a 2.75 ERA in 26 games (10 starts) with High-A Clearwater … 71 strikeouts in 88.1 innings pitched … native of Caguas, Puerto Rico. TEAM – Steven Brault (PIT), LHP: 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. 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. Jharel Cotton (LAD), RHP: Went 6-2 with a 2.45 ERA across four levels in 2015 … trying to become second U.S Virgin Islands-born pitcher (St. Thomas) to reach the major leagues (Al McBean). J.P. Crawford (PHI), SS: MLB.com’s No. 5 overall prospect, No. 2 overall shortstop prospect and No. 1 Phillies prospect … two-time Futures Game participant (2014-15). J.D. Davis (HOU), IF: Home run vs. Mesa on 10/13 … drove in 101 runs with 26 homers for High-A Lancaster in 2015. Nicky Delmonico (CWS) IF: Solo home run and 2 RBI at Mesa 10/14.Brandon Dixon (LAD), IF: 2-for-4 with a HR, 2 RBI vs. Mesa on 10/13 … member of 2012 University of Arizona College World Series championship team. Adam Engel (CWS), OF: Speedster from the University of Louisville stole 65 bases for High-A Winston-Salem this season. Kyle Farmer (LAD), C: Delivered walk-off, 2-R single against Mesa on opening day … went 2-for-5, HR, 4 RBI vs. Mesa on 10/13. Derek Fisher (HOU), OF: MLB.com’s No. 8 Astros prospect. Adam Frazier (PIT) IF/OF: Went 3-for-4 with 2 3B and 2 RBI at Mesa 10/14.