Media/Scouts Notes • Saturday November 3, 2007 Media Relations Contacts: Paul Jensen (cell 480/710-8201, [email protected]) Ed Collari (cell 770/367-5986, [email protected]) John Meyer (cell 515/770-4190, [email protected]) AFL Standings East Division Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Division Streak Last 10 Phoenix Desert Dogs 12 8 .600 - 9-3 3-5 5-1 W3 4-5 Mesa Solar Sox 11 9 .550 1.0 7-5 4-4 4-1 L1 4-5 Scottsdale Scorpions 8 13 .381 4.5 6-5 2-8 0-7 L1 7-3 West Division Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Division Streak Last 10 Surprise Rafters 13 8 .619 - 7-3 6-5 4-2 W1 5-5 Peoria Javelinas 12 9 .571 1.0 9-3 3-6 4-3 L2 6-4 Peoria Saguaros 7 14 .333 6.0 4-5 3-9 2-5 W1 4-6 International Teams W L Pct. GB Home Away Division Streak Last 10 Team USA 4 2 .667 - 1-1 3-1 0-0 W3 4-2 Team China 1 5 .167 2.5 0-0 1-5 0-0 L4 1-5 Friday’s Results Surprise 10, Mesa Solar Sox 3 — WP: Harrison (4-0). LP: Hammond (1-2). Solar Sox IF Sam Fuld (CHC) went 2-4 with 2 runs … Rafters OF Chris Lubanski (KC) was 2-5 with 2 3B, a run, and 3 RBI … Rafters IF Marc Maddox (KC) went 3-4 with 2 runs and 3 RBI … Solar Sox OF Matt LaPorta (MIL) went 1-4 with a RBI … Rafters DH Micheal Aubrey (CLE) went 2-3 with 2 runs. Peoria Saguaros 11, Peoria Javelinas 5 — WP: Overholt (2-2). LP: Thompson (1-1). Saguaros IF Scott Sizemore (DET) went 3-4 with a home run, 2 runs, and a RBI … Saguaros IF Matt Antonelli (SD) was 2-2 with a 2B, 2 runs, 3 BB, and 2 RBI … Saguaros IF Jeff Larish (DET) was 2-5 with 2 runs … Javelinas IF Juan Miranda (NYY) was 2-3 with 2 home runs, 2 runs, and 2 RBI … Javelinas OF Jordan Schafer (ATL) was 2-4 with a run … Saguaros C Nick Hundley (FLA) was 2-4 with a run and 3 RBI. Phoenix Desert Dogs 3, Scottsdale Scorpions 2 ─ WP: Hernandez (1-0). LP: Muniz (0-1). Desert Dogs IF Chris Getz (CWS) was 2-4 … Desert Dogs IF Jeff Baisley (OAK) had the game-winning single in the 10 th inning and was 1-5 with a 2B and a RBI … Desert Dogs IF Jason Delaney (PIT) was 1- 4 with a RBI … Scorpions DH John Jaso (TB) was 2-4 with a run … Scorpions IF Manny Burriss (SF) was 2-4 … Scorpions IF Sergio Santos (TOR) was 1-4 with a run. Saturday’s Games Monday’s Games Rafters @ Saguaros, 12:35 p.m. Saguaros @ Rafters, 12:35 p.m. Javelinas @ Desert Dogs, 12:35 p.m. Scorpions @ Solar Sox, 12:35 p.m. Solar Sox @ Scorpions, 7:05 p.m. Desert Dogs @ Javelinas, 7:05 p.m AROUND THE LEAGUE East Division Phoenix Desert Dogs – 9-3 at home … 9-0 when leading after eight innings … lowest team batting average in AFL at .241 and a league-low nine home runs … lead league with six saves … 5-6 in one-run games … league-best 2.69 team ERA … have allowed a league low 10 home runs … caught stealing a league- high 13 times … RHP Jake Arrieta (BAL) leads the league with 11 scoreless innings and nine games … IF Jason Delaney (PIT) has an eight-game hitting streak. Mesa Solar Sox – Mesa pitchers have thrown 3 combined shutouts … 7-3 when scoring first … 9-0 when leading after eight innings … OF Sam Fuld (CHC) has reached base safely in 18 of 20 games and leads the league in hits (28), extra-base hits (12), and doubles (8) … Fuld was named week three AFL player-of-the- week after hitting .526 (10-19) last week with 3 runs and 5 RBI … 6 of his 10 hits went for extra bases (5 2B, 3B) … OF Matt LaPorta (MIL) leads the league with 16 RBI and is tied for the lead in home runs (4) … C Dusty Brown (BOS) has thrown out a league leading 4 base runners. Scottsdale Scorpions – Scottsdale is second in the league in average (.269) and home runs (23) … pacing the league with 31 errors resulting in a league-high 26 unearned runs … LHP David Purcey (TOR) leads the league in strikeouts (16) … LHP Adam Bostick (NYM) and RHP Calvin Medlock (TB) are tied for second in strikeouts with (15) … IF Eugenio Velez (SF) leads the league with 14 stolen bases … OF Caleb Stewart (NYM) and IF Sergio Santos (TOR) are tied for the league lead in home runs (4) … RHP Brian Anderson (SF) is tied for second in the league with 2 saves … Santos (TOR) has a seven-game hitting streak and is hitting .345 with 4 home runs and six runs in that span. West Division Surprise Rafters – 10-1 when scoring first … 9-0 when leading after eight innings … committed a league-low 14 errors … lead the league with a .982 fielding percentage … leading the AFL with 29 home runs … LHP Matt Harrison (TEX) was named the week three AFL pitcher-of-the week after going 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in two starts … Harrison leads the league in wins (4) … OF Chris Dickerson (CIN) is tied for the league lead with 4 home runs … IF Marc Maddox (KC) leads the league in average (.455), on-base percentage (.519), and slugging percentage (.705) … OF Chris Lubanski (KC) leads the league in triples (3). Peoria Javelinas – 9-3 at home … 10-0 when leading after 7 innings … league-leading .294 team batting average, 139 runs and 206 hits … lead the league with 41 stolen bases … OF Dexter Fowler (COL) has reached base in 16 straight games … OF Brett Gardner (NYY) leads the league in hits (28) … OF Jordan Schafer (ATL) leads the league in runs scored (18) … IF Yung Chi Chen (SEA) has reached base in 12 consecutive games and is hitting .419 with a home run and 11 runs during that span … Schafer (ATL) has an eight-game hitting streak … hitting league leading .316 with runners in scoring position and .330 with runners in scoring position and 2 outs. Peoria Saguaros – Ten stolen bases but have been caught eight times … outscored 123-95 for the season … league worst ERA (5.77) … Saguaros IF Blake Dewitt (LAD) has reached base in 10 consecutive games … Dewitt is hitting .361 with seven runs and 13 hits during that span. … RHP Neal Jamison (SD) is tied for second in the league with 2 saves … OF Xavier Paul (LAD) has a seven-game hitting streak. Upcoming 2007 Fall League Events Saturday, November 3……. Hall of Fame Night – Scottsdale Stadium Monday, November 5…….. MLB-TV begins 10-game webcast schedule Wednesday, November 7…..Ken Macha Hall of Fame Recognition – Scottsdale Stadium Thursday, November 8…….Roy Halladay Recognition Ceremony – HoHokam Park Saturday, November 17……Championship Game – Scottsdale Stadium AFL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Batter Pitcher Week 1 Javelinas OF Jordan Schafer (ATL) N/A Week 2 Scottsdale IF Evan Longoria (TB) Phoenix RHP Bob McCrory (BAL) Week 3 Mesa OF Sam Fuld (CHC) Surprise LHP Matt Harrison (TEX) 2007 Arizona Fall League Hall of Fame Two members of the 2007 Arizona Fall League Hall of Fame induction class — Jermaine Dye (RF, Chicago White Sox) and Torii Hunter (CF, Minnesota Twins) — will be honored at Scottsdale Stadium on Saturday night in pre- game ceremonies. Jermaine Dye The two-time major-league all-star (2000 with Kansas City, 2006 with Chicago White Sox), 2005 World Series most valuable player, 2000 American League Gold Glove recipient, and 2006 American League Silver Slugger Award winner played for the Sun Cities Solar Sox in 1995. The 12-year major leaguer has played for four clubs — Atlanta Braves (1996), Kansas City Royals (1997–2001), Oakland A’s (2001–04), and Chicago White Sox (2005- present). He hit .254 with 28 home runs and 78 runs batted in for the White Sox in 2007. Dye’s .438 batting average in the 2005 World Series led the White Sox to their first championship since 1917, a title Dye clinched with his game-winning RBI single in Chicago’s 1–0 game-four victory at Houston. Dye also appeared in the 1996 World Series with Atlanta. In all, Dye has played in nine postseason series (5 LDS, 2 LCS, and 2 World Series). Dye’s Silver Slugger Award in 2006 was the result of 44 home runs and 120 RBI, both career bests. As a Brave in 1996, Dye homered in his first major-league at bat. Dye owns six 100-RBI seasons and eight campaigns with 20 or more home runs, including the past four. He also posted back-to-back 30-homer seasons in 2005–06 to lead major league right fielders both years. The 33-year-old Vacaville, California native also was the White Sox 2006 Roberto Clemente Award recipient Torii Hunter The free-agent center fielder played for the Phoenix Desert Dogs in 1998. A Gold Glove winner the past six seasons for the Twins, Hunter led Minnesota to division titles in four of the past six years. A two-time all-star (2002, ’07), Hunter made a trademark catch in the 2002 All-Star Game at Milwaukee when he leaped above the center-field fence to rob National League slugger Barry Bonds of an apparent home run.