2015 AFL Game Notes Monday, October 26, 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 5 4 .556 -- 3-1 2-3 3-1 W2 5-4 Monday, October 26 Mesa at Glendale - 12:35 p.m. (L) Scottsdale Scorpions 4 5 .444 1.0 3-2 1-3 2-2 L1 4-5 LHP Pierce Johnson CHC (0-0, 7.71 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Mesa Solar Sox 1 9 .100 4.5 0-5 1-4 1-3 L4 1-9 LHP Brian Holmes HOU (0-0, 0.00 ERA in 2015 AFL) Surprise at Peoria - 12:35 p.m. (F) West Division RHP Adrian Houser MIL (1-0, 0.00 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Stk L10 RHP Nick Travieso CIN (0-0, 0.00 ERA in 2015 AFL) Glendale Desert Dogs 6 2 .750 -- 2-1 4-1 2-1 L1 6-2 Scottsdale at Salt River - 12:35 p.m. (A) Surprise Saguaros 7 3 .700 -- 4-1 3-2 2-2 W1 7-3 LHP Adalberto Mejia SF (0-1, 3.72 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Peoria Javelinas 4 4 .500 2.0 3-2 1-2 1-2 W1 4-4 RHP Yoan Lopez ARI (1-1, 5.40 ERA in 2015 AFL) Tuesday, October 27 Saturday’s Games Peoria at Surprise - 12:35 PM (L) R H E LOB RHP Lucas Sims ATL (0-0, 5.40 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Surprise 18 17 2 7 W: Clarkin (NYY) (1-0) L: Rios (PHI) (1-1) RHP Brooks Pounders KC (1-0, 0.00 ERA in 2015 AFL) Glendale 3 10 3 7 Glendale at Mesa - 12:35 PM (F) Saguaros: SP Ian Clarkin (NYY) W, 4.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO … 3B Nate Orf (MIL) RHP Jharel Cotton LAD (0-0, 3.86 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ 4-for-5, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 4 R … C Gary Sanchez (NYY) 2-for-5, 2B, HR, 4 RBI … CF Charlie LHP Sean Manaea OAK (0-0, 4.50 ERA in 2015 AFL) Tilson (STL) 3-for-5, 2 2B, RBI, 5 R … RF Brett Phillips (MIL) 2-for-5, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI. Desert Dogs: SP Yacksel Rios (PHI) L, 3.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO … DH Reese McGuire Salt River at Scottsdale - 6:35 PM (A) (PIT) 2-for-4, RBI … 3B Brandon Trinkwon (LAD) 2-for-4, R. LHP Kyle Freeland COL (0-1, 14.73 in 2015 AFL) @ R H E LOB LHP Taylor Rogers MIN (1-1, 5.63 ERA in 2015 AFL) Mesa 4 12 1 8 W: Estevez (COL) (1-0) L: McCurry (OAK) (0-1) Wednesday, October 28 Salt River 5 11 0 7 Glendale at Scottsdale - 12:35 PM (L) Solar Sox: SP Rob Zastryzny (CHC) ND, 5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 SO … RP Brendan RHP Brandon Brennan CWS (0-0, 3.00 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ McCurry (OAK) L, 0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0BB, 1 SO … CF Chad Hinshaw (LAA) 4-for-5, RHP Aaron Wilkerson BOS (0-0, 7.71 ERA in 2015 AFL) RBI, R … 3B Renato Nuñez (OAK) 2-for-3, 2B, RBI … DH Casey Gillaspie (TB) 2-for-4, 2B, Mesa at Surprise* - 12:35 PM (F) RBI. Rafters: SP Jeremy Gabryszewski (TOR) ND, 3.1 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO … RP Carlos Estevez (COL) W, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO … LF Roemon Fields (TOR) Walk-off RHP Jake Esch LAA (0-0, 1.35 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ 3B, 2-for-5, 3B, 2 RBI … C Spencer Kieboom (WSH) 3-for-4, RBI … CF Raimel Tapia (COL) RHP Alex Reyes STL (0-0, 1.17 ERA in 2015 AFL) 2-for-4, 2B, R Salt River at Peoria - 12:35 PM (A) R H E LOB RHP Mickey Jannis NYM (0-0, 3.38 ERA in 2015 AFL) @ Scottdale 1 15 2 16 W: Paxton (SEA) (1-1) L: Kubitza (DET) (0-1) RHP Ryan Butler SD (1-0, 3.00 ERA in 2015 AFL) Peoria 3 6 1 4 SV: Rollins (SEA) (1) * Surprise Home Games at Salt River Fields Scorpions: All 15 hits were 1Bs … SP Austin Kubitza (DET) L, 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO … RP Ray Black (SF) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO … SS Christian Arroyo (SF) 3-for-3, Umpire Roster RBI … 3B JaCoby Jones (DET) 3-for-5. Javelinas: SP James Paxton (SEA) W, 4.0 IP, 6 H, Crew A – Tom Woodring (CC), Ben May, Ryan 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO … RP David Rollins (SEA) SV, 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO … 1B D.J. Goodman, Nic Lentz Peterson (SEA) 2-for-3 … C Chance Sisco (BAL) 2-for-3, R … 2B Fernando Perez (SD) Crew F – Ryan Blakney (CC), Chris Segal, 1-for-3 R, 2B. Ramon DeJesus, Alex Ortiz Crew L – Carlos Torres (CC), Sean Barber, Travis Egger, Roberto Ortiz Team Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Glendale X -- I B -- X AFL Alums of the Day Mesa X B X B X B Major League Baseball announced the umpiring Peoria X X -- X -- B crew assigned to work the 111th World Series. Five of the seven are former Fall Leaguers – Mark Scottsdale X B -- X -- X Carlson (1998), Mike Everitt (1995-97), Salt River X X I B -- -- Alfonso Marquez (1998), Bill Welke (1997-98), Surprise X B -- X X -- and Jim Wolf (2000). Game one is scheduled for Tuesday night in Kansas City. 12:35 p.m. – HINF: 9:30 a.m., HBP: 9:45 a.m., VBP: 10:50 a.m., VINF: 11:40 a.m. 6:35 p.m. – HINF: 3:30 p.m., HBP: 3:45 p.m., VBP: 4:50 p.m., VINF: 5:40 p.m. Today’s Fall League Five 1. Salt River OF Roemon Fields (TOR) hit a two-run walk-off triple in the Rafters’ 5-4 win against the Mesa Solar Sox. Fields went 2-for-5 with the two RBI. 2. Surprise OF Charlie Tilson (STL) went 3-for-5 with two doubles and a walk and scored five runs for the Saguaros out of the leadoff spot in the team’s 18-3 rout of Glendale on Saturday. 3. Surprise IF Nate Orf (MIL) went 4-for-5 with 2 doubles, 1 walk and 4 runs scored in the Saguaros win over the Desert Dogs on Saturday. 4. Surprise C Gary Sanchez (NYY) went 2-for-5 with four RBI, including a three-run homer, on Saturday. Sanchez leads the league with four home runs and 14 RBI. 5. Mesa OF Chad Hinshaw (OAK) went 4-for-5 with a run scored and a RBI out of the leadoff spot on 10/24 for the Solar Sox. AFL Broadcast Note Today’s game featuring the Scottsdale Scorpions at Salt River Rafters will be broadcast live on MLB.com. Dan Acheson will provide the play-by-play commentary and Jim Callis, senior writer at MLB.com, offers color commentary. The game begins at 12:35 p.m. MST/3:35 p.m. EST. Former Fall Leaguers on World Series Rosters American League National League Umpires Kansas City Royals (16)* New York Mets (12)* Major League Baseball (5) Drew Butera (2007) Michael Cuddyer (1999, 2001) Mark Carlson (1998) Lorenzo Cain (2008-09) Lucas Duda (2009) Mike Everitt (1995-97) Christian Colon (2011) Jeurys Familia (2013) Alfonso Marquez (1998) Danny Duffy (2010) Sean Gilmartin (2011) Bill Welke (1997-98) Jarrod Dyson (2009) Curtis Granderson (2004) Jim Wolf (2000) Alcides Escobar (2005) Kelly Johnson (2003) Alex Gordon (2005) Juan Lagares (2011) Luke Hochevar (2006) Daniel Murphy (2008) Eric Hosmer (2010) Kirk Nieuwenhuis (2010) Ryan Madson (2003) Matt Reynolds (2014) Kris Medlen (2008) Hansel Robles (2013) Kendrys Morales (2005) David Wright (2003) Mike Moustakas (2009) Salvador Perez (2010) Chris Young (2003) Ben Zobrist (2006) *Based on LCS Rosters GLENDALE DESERT DOGS (6-2) STARTING PITCHER – Brian Holmes (HOU), LHP: 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA in the 2015 AFL … 4 strikeouts in 3 innings vs. Salt River on 10/21 … 8-7 with a save and a 4.26 ERA across two levels … struck out 115 hitters in 101.1 innings. TEAM – Steven Brault (PIT), LHP: 0-0 with a 13.50 ERA in one AFL appearance … 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 (2007 Scottdale Scorpion). 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. Ralston Cash (LAD), RHP: Save at Surprise on 10/23. Chris Cotton (HOU), LHP: Save at Peoria on 10/19.