2009 Media/Scouts Notes Thursday, November 12, 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 Today, November 12, 2009 Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Javelinas at Surprise, 12:35 PM (L) Phoenix Desert Dogs 14 11 .560 - 5-8 9-3 7-3 W1 4-6 31 Justin Cassel (RHP/CWS) 2-1, 5.52 @ Mesa Solar Sox 12 12 .500 1.5 6-6 6-6 4-4 W6 7-3 19 Jenrry Mejia (RHP/NYM) 0-3, 12.91 Scottsdale Scorpions 10 14 .417 3.5 4-7 6-6 3-7 L1 4-6 Scottsdale at Saguaros, 12:35 PM (A) 56 Donald Veal (LHP/PIT) 3-0, 0.54 @ Western Division 32 Mike Minor (LHP/ATL) 1-0, 2.31 Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Phoenix at Mesa, 6:35 PM (F) Peoria Javelinas 17 8 .680 - 8-4 9-4 7-3 W4 8-2 43 Ryohei Tanaka (RHP/BAL) 1-1, 5.54 @ Peoria Saguaros 11 14 .440 6.0 5-7 6-7 4-7 L2 4-6 59 Steven Hirschfeld (RHP/MIN) 1-2, 11.17 Surprise Rafters 10 15 .400 7.0 4-9 6-6 4-5 L5 2-8 Friday, November 13, 2009 Surprise at Javelinas, 12:35 PM (F) Once Around the Bases R H E LOB 54 Matt Harrison (RHP/TEX) 1-2, 15.00 @ Rafters 8 11 0 6 WP: Parker (CHC) (2-1) LP: Garr (TEX) (0-1) 39 Scot Drucker (RHP/DET) 1-1, 5.14 Solar Sox 9 15 0 10 SV: None Mesa at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (L) 23 Andrew Miller (LHP/FLA) 0-0, 3.86 @ Mesa’s SS Jose Iglesias (BOS) went 4-for-4 with 2 runs and 2 RBI, including the game-winning RBI 28 Robert Ray (RHP/TOR) 1-1, 4.67 single with two out in the bottom of the ninth … CF Ryan Kalish (BOS) went 2-for-4\ with 2 runs, 1 Saguaros at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (A) home run, and 3 RBI … Surprise’s 1B Ike Davis (NYM), DH Doug Hogan (TEX), and 3B Brandon 15 Mike Leake (RHP/CIN) 0-2, 2.31 @ Laird (NYY) each hit home runs. 54 Joe Martinez (RHP/SF) 1-0, 4.32 R H E LOB Javelinas 8 7 1 9 WP: Schlichting (LAD) (2-1) LP: Putnam (CLE) (0-1) Saturday, November 14, 2009 Scottsdale at Surprise, 12:35 PM (A) Saguaros 1 5 1 7 SV: None 31 Chaz Roe (RHP/COL) 0-2, 4.50 @ Javelinas RF Casper Wells (DET) went 2-for-4 with 1 double, 1 triple, and 4 RBI … LF Andrew 19 Aaron Crow (RHP/KC) 0-2, 7.94 Lambo (LAD) added 3 runs, 2 hits, and 3 RBI … 2B C.J. Retherford (CWS) and 1B Russ Mitchell Saguaros at Desert Dogs, 12:35 PM (F) (LAD) each collected one hit and two runs … five different Saguaros collected Peoria’s five hits … 3B 20 Steve Garrison (LHP/SD) 2-1, 4.11 @ Brandon Hicks (ATL) collected a double. T.B.A. R H E LOB Mesa at Javelinas, 6:35 PM (L) 74 Tommy Mendoza (RHP/LAA) 1-1, 5.06 @ Desert Dogs 12 10 0 6 WP: Gonzalez (TOR) (2-0) LP: Cisco (PHI) (0-2) Scorpions 3 9 4 8 SV: None 12 Nick Hill (LHP/SEA) 0-1, 8.16 ─ Game Played @ Glendale ─ Phoenix’s C Nevin Ashley (TB) went 3-for-5 with 3 runs, 1 double, 2 triples, and 1 RBI … SS Danny Espinosa (WSH) hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning … 3B Brad Emaus (TOR) added 1 run, (A, F, L) – Umpire Roster Key 1 double, and 2 RBI … Scottsdale’s SS Brian Friday (PIT) went 2-for-3 with two runs … CF Jose Tabata (PIT) added two hits and one RBI … RF Domonic Brown (PHI) collected two hits and two RBI. AFL Alumni of the Day AFL Weekly Infield Breakdown Team Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Eight Fall League alumni – 1B Adrian Dogs X X Gonzalez (SD), 2B Orlando Hudson (LAD), Javelinas X X 3B Ryan Zimmerman (WSH), SS Jimmy Rafters X X Rollins (PHI), OF Shane Victorino (PHI), OF Saguaros X X Michael Bourn (HOU), OF Matt Kemp Scorpions X X (LAD), and RHP Adam Wainright (STL) – Solar Sox X X were awarded with 2009 National League 12:35 p.m.: HINF: 10:00 a.m., HBP: 10:15 a.m., VBP: 11:00 a.m., VINF: 11:45 a.m. Rawlings Golden Glove awards at their 6:35 p.m.: HINF: 4:00 p.m., HBP: 4:15 p.m., VBP: 5:00 p.m., VINF: 5:45 p.m. respected positions. 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. Peoria Javelinas (17-8) TODAY’S STARTER: RHP Justin Cassel (CWS) takes the hill for his sixth start … lost his last start on 11/05 at Mesa (3.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO) … 10-4 with a 3.11 (57 ER/165.0 IP) ERA, 57 BB, and 104 SO in 28 starts for Double-A Birmingham … attended UC-Irvine … younger brother of Matt, starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, and Jack, pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization. OTHERS: IF Russ Mitchell (LAD) is tied for the AFL lead in RBI (24) and doubles (8) … second in total bases (52) and extra- base hits (14) … third in runs (20) … tied for third in home runs (5) … fifth in hits (27) … hit .383 (23-60) with 15 runs, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 5 home runs, 21 RBI, and an OPB of .486 during two-year 17-game Fall League on-base streak (10/11/08-10/27/09) … OF Jordan Danks (CWS) is second in the league with 21 runs scored and walks (15) … tied for fourth in on-base percentage (.449) … hit .329 (24-73) with an OBP of .462 during a two-year, 21-game Fall League on-base streak (11/14/08-11/04/09) … .462 batting average during 11-game hitting streak (10/14-28) … hitting .350 (7-20) with one double and 12 RBI with runners in scoring position … OF Casper Wells (DET) has a top 10 batting average (.362) … tied for the league lead in RBI (24) … second in AFL with a .759 slugging percentage … third in RBI (20) … tied for fourth in on-base percentage (.449) … averaging one home run every 14.50 at bats … hit .339 (43-127) with an OBP of .439 during a two-year 35-game on-base streak (10/09/08-11/10/09) … .405 (30-74) batting average with 20 runs, 19 extra-base hits (8 doubles, 2 triples, 9 home runs), and 30 RBI during a two-year, 18-game hitting streak from 10/25/08- 10/23/09 … OF Andrew Lambo (LAD) hit .449 (22-for-49) with 8 runs, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, and 11 RBI during an 11-game hitting streak (10/15-11/02) … batting .500 (3-6) with two home runs and nine RBI while slugging 1.000 with runners in scoring position and two outs … owns two of the Pigs’ three grand slams … IF Taylor Green (MIL) hit .353 (12-34) with 6 runs, 2 doubles, 1 home run, and 3 RBI during 11-game Fall League hitting streak (10/09/08-10/20/09) … OF Lorenzo Cain (MIL) shares the stolen bases lead with eight … stole three bases in one game (11/06) … tied for fifth with 13 walks … RHP Zach Braddock (MIL) has a top 10 ERA at 0.93 … leads in saves (3) … holding the opposition to a .171 batting average … RHP Thad Weber (DET) has allowed one walk in 9.0 IP … RHP Sergio Santos (CWS) is tied for second in saves (2) … fourth in games finished (6) … RHP Josh Fields (SEA) holding the opposition to a .154 batting average … RHP Anthony Varvaro (SEA) is averaging 8.31 base runners/9.0 IP … holding opposition to a .182 average … third in WHIP (0.83) … RHP Robbie Weinhardt (DET) leads the AFL in holds (4) … holds the top spot with 25 strikeouts … only reliever to be in the top four … averaging 15 SO/9.0 IP. TEAM: Pigs’ pitching staff leads Fall League with 217 strikeouts … averaging 8.69 strikeouts per game … bats are second with 169 runs … third in the AFL with 26 home runs … third with a .288 (250-869) average … team is batting .389 (14-36) with 4 doubles, 3 grand slams, and 45 RBI with the bases loaded … pitching staff holding the opposition to a .232 (29-125) batting average with runners in scoring position and two outs … own a 5-1 record in one-run games. vs. Surprise Rafters (10-15) TODAY’S STARTER: RHP Jenrry Mejia (NYM) makes his fifth start and is looking for his first win … trying to buck a three- game losing skid … lost last start on 10/31 vs. Javelinas (1.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO) … 4-6 with a 3.14 (33 ER/94.2 IP), 39 BB, and 91 SO in 19 starts between High-A St.