2009 Media/Scouts Notes Tuesday, November 10, 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 10, 2009 Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Mesa at Surprise, 12:35 PM (F) Phoenix Desert Dogs 13 10 .565 - 5-7 8-3 6-2 L2 4-6 47 Randor Bierd (RHP/BOS) 2-1, 5.60 @ Mesa Solar Sox 10 12 .455 2.5 5-6 5-6 4-4 W4 6-4 30 Mike Parisi (RHP/STL) 2-1, 3.50 Scottsdale Scorpions 9 13 .409 3.5 4-7 5-6 2-6 L1 3-7 Scottsdale at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (L) 34 Bryan Augenstein (RHP/ARI) 0-3, 6.75 @ Western Division 74 James Simmons (RHP/OAK) 1-2, 3.18 Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Saguaros at Javelinas, 6:35 PM (A) Peoria Javelinas 15 8 .652 - 7-4 8-4 4-3 W2 7-3 41 Wilton Lopez (RHP/HOU) 2-0, 1.38 @ Peoria Saguaros 11 12 .478 4.0 5-6 6-6 4-4 W1 6-4 54 Josh Butler (RHP/MIL) 3-1, 10.13 Surprise Rafters 10 13 .435 5.0 4-8 6-5 4-5 L3 3-7 Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Surprise at Mesa, 12:35 PM (F) Once Around the Bases R H E LOB 22 Ian Kennedy (RHP/NYY) 1-1, 3.98 @ Scorpions 2 7 0 4 WP: Voss (FLA) (1-0) LP: Garcia (PHI) (2-2) 41 Andrew Cashner (RHP/CHC) 2-2, 2.63 Solar Sox 3 5 1 2 SV: Province (BOS) (2) Javelinas at Saguaros, 12:35 PM (L) 58 Travis Schlichting (RHP/LAD) 1-1, 3.00 @ Mesa’s 3B Steve Singleton (MIN) smacked a three-run home run in the fifth inning … CF Bryan 32 Mike Minor (LHP/ATL) 1-0, 2.31 Petersen (FLA) went 2-for-3 … RHP Jay Buente (FLA) struck out five in two innings\ of scoreless Phoenix at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (A) relief … Scottsdale’s SS Hector Gomez (COL) went 2-for-3 with 1 run, 1 home run, and 1 RBI … 24 Brandon Erbe (RHP/BAL) 0-0, 2.00 @ starting RHP Chaz Roe (COL) earned a no-decision after he allowed two hits and struck out four in 35 Michael Cisco (RHP/PHI) 0-1, 3.86 three scoreless innings. R H E LOB Thursday, November 12, 2009 Javelinas at Surprise, 12:35 PM (L) Saguaros 5 11 0 7 WP: Garrison (SD) (2-1) LP: Crow (KC) (0-2) Rafters 2 6 1 5 SV: Scribner (SD) (2) 31 Justin Cassel (RHP/CWS) 2-1, 5.52 @ 19 Jenrry Mejia (RHP/NYM) 0-3, 12.91 Saguaros C Matt McBride (CLE) went 2-for-4 with 2 runs, 1 triple, 1 home run, and 1 RBI … RF Scottsdale at Saguaros, 12:35 PM (A) Jonathan Gaston (HOU) added a three-run home run in the second inning … DH Yonder Alonso 56 Donald Veal (LHP/PIT) 3-0, 0.54 @ (CIN) smacked three hits with one run and one RBI … Rafters RF Colin Curtis (NYY) went 2-for-4 with 49 Zach Putnam (RHP/CLE) 0-0, 3.86 1 run, 1 home run, and 2 RBI. Phoenix at Mesa, 6:35 PM (F) 28 Robert Ray (RHP/TOR) 1-1, 4.67 @ R H E LOB Desert Dogs 3 6 0 7 WP: Santos (CWS) (1-1) LP: Wilkie (WSH) (0-1) 59 Steven Hirschfeld (RHP/MIN) 1-2, 11.17 Javelinas 4 8 0 6 SV: Varvaro (SEA) (2) (A, F, L) – Umpire Roster Key Javelinas RF Joseph Dunigan (SEA) smacked a two-run home run in the seventh inning … C Jonathan Lucroy (MIL) added two hits and two RBI … Phoenix’s 1B Chris Marrero (WSH) and CF Grant Desme (OAK) each collected 1 run, 2 hits, and 1 RBI. AFL Weekly Infield Breakdown AFL Alumni of the Day Team Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Dogs X X Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Garrett Jones Javelinas X X led all rookies with 21 home runs during the Rafters X X Saguaros X X 2009 season. Jones played for the Grand Scorpions X X Canyon Rafters during the 2005 season as Solar Sox X X a member of the Minnesota Twins organization. 12:35 p.m.: HINF: 10:00 a.m., HBP: 10:15 a.m., VBP: 11:00 a.m., VINF: 11:45 a.m. 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. Mesa Solar Sox (10-12) STARTING PITCHER: RHP Randor Bierd (BOS) is 2-1 with a 5.60 ERA (11 ER/17.2 IP) in his first five Fall League starts ... second among starters in opponents batting average at .194 ... batters leading off an inning against him are 1-for-16 in the Fall League ... fourth in the league in innings ... 3-1 with a 4.55 ERA over 25 games (seven starts) at Triple-A Pawtucket in 2009 ... made the Orioles’ 2008 Opening Day roster as a reliever, posting an 0-2 record with a 4.91 ERA over 29 appearances. OTHERS: IF Starlin Castro (CHC) had his multi-hit streak end at five games though he singled and stole a base in four at bats Monday ... second in the Fall League with a .414 (29-70) average ... third in the league in hits ... swiped his sixth base of the season Monday, ranking him third in the league ... OF Bryan Petersen (FLA) went 2-for-3 with a walk Monday ... third in the league with a .400 (28-70) average ... fourth in the league in hits ... hit safely in 14 of 15 games, including a season-opening 12-game hitting streak ... top 10 in runs scored (15) ... batting .464 (13-28) when leading off an inning ... IF Steve Singleton (MIN) cracked a two-run homer to get the Solar Sox on the board Monday ... RBI in seven of his last eight games ... IF Chris Parmelee (MIN) knocked in the go-ahead run with a sac fly Monday, giving him a team-high 17 RBI, eighth in the league ... IF David Cooper (TOR) went 1-for-3 Monday and has hit safely in eight of his last nine games ... IF Josh Vitters (CHC) is seventh in hitting at .360 (18-50) and has a current eight-game hit streak ... OF Greg Burns (FLA) owns a .571 on-base percentage and ranks fourth in the league with 12 walks despite playing in just eight games ... C Hank Conger (LAA) scored three times Friday ... IF Matt Dominguez (FLA) posted a season- high in RBI Friday, driving in four while doubling twice in three at-bats ... OF Ryan Kalish (BOS) is batting .500 (8-16) with 11 RBI with runners in scoring position ... IF Jose Iglesias (BOS) knocked in a season-high five runs Friday ... RHP Jay Buente (FLA) doubled his season total by striking out five batters over two scoreless innings Monday ... RHP Richie Lentz (BOS) owns the league’s second- lowest ERA at 0.77 (1 ER/11.2 IP) ... 13:2 K:BB ratio ... second with 0.77 WHIP ... RHP Andrew Cashner (CHC) has struck out eight over eight scoreless innings in his last two starts to pick up two wins ... RHP Steve Hirschfeld (MIN) retired nine of the 10 men he faced Friday to earn his first Fall League win ... RHP Tim Kiely (LAA) had not allowed an earned run in his last 7.2 innings before allowing one earned run over two innings in a spot start Monday ... LHP John Gaub (CHC) ranks fifth with a 14.14 K/9 IP ratio (11 K/7.0 IP) ... LHP James Russell (CHC) has posted seven straight scoreless outings to climb into the top 10 in ERA at 1.80 (2 ER/10.0 IP) ... RHP Tommy Mendoza (LAA) has 10 strikeouts and no walks in 15.0 innings this season ... RHP Chris Province (BOS) notched his second save Monday, matching him with RHP Blake Parker (CHC) for second in the league. TEAM: The Solar Sox have won five of six while yielding just 13 runs (2.2 per game) ... issued just one walk in their last two games ... second in hitting at .290 ... batting .340 when leading off an inning and holding opponents to .224 in the same situation ... 14 different players have accounted for the Solar Sox’ 21 home runs. Peoria Javelinas (15-8) TODAY’S STARTER: RHP Josh Butler (MIL) is on the hunt for his fourth win … won his last start on 11/03 at Scottsdale (.30 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, and 4 SO) … fourth among starters with a 9.28 SO/9.0 IP ratio … saw action at four levels of the Brewers’ minor league system in 2009 … 9-3 with a 2.97 (39 ER/118.1 IP) ERA, 43 BB, and 93 SO … 0-0 with a 9.00 (4 ER/4.0 IP) ERA, 6 BB, and 3 SO in three relief appearances with the Brewers.