2009 Media/Scouts Notes Thursday, November 19, 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 Thursday, November 19, 2009 Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Scottsdale at Javelinas, 12:35 PM (A) Phoenix Desert Dogs^ 19 12 .613 - 8-8 11-4 10-4 W1 6-4 44 Joe Martinez (RHP/SF) 1-0, 3.92 @ Scottsdale Scorpions 14 16 .467 4.5 7-8 7-8 5-7 W1 6-4 12 Nick Hill (LHP/SEA) 0-2, 9.00 Mesa Solar Sox 13 17 .433 5.5 6-9 7-8 4-8 L1 5-5 Saguaros at Mesa, 12:35 PM (F) Western Division 15 Mike Leake (RHP/CIN) 0-2, 1.72 @ Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 23 Andrew Miller (LHP/FLA) 0-0, 6.35 Peoria Javelinas^* 18 13 .581 - 8-6 10-7 8-6 L1 5-5 Phoenix at Surprise, 12:35 PM (L) Surprise Rafters 15 16 .484 3.0 6-10 9-6 8-5 W3 5-5 28 Robert Ray (RHP/TOR) 2-1, 4.64 Peoria Saguaros 13 18 .419 5.0 7-9 6-9 4-9 L2 3-7 41 Matt Harrison (LHP/TEX) 1-2, 7.50 ^Division champion *Designated home team in championship by virtue of clinching division first. Friday, November 20, 2009 Off Day Once Around the Bases R H E LOB Javelinas 6 10 1 10 WP: Perrault (BAL) (1-1) LP: Wooten (MIL) (1-1) Desert Dogs 7 12 2 10 SV: Storen (WSH) (4) Desert Dogs SS Danny Espinosa (WSH) went 3-for-3 with two runs and one RBI … LF Corey Brown (OAK) added 1 run, 3 hits, and 2 RBI … Javelinas 3B Brent Morel (CWS) went 3-for-5\ with 2 runs, 1 home run, and 2 RBI … RF Jordan Danks (CWS) added two runs and three hits … CF Trayvon Robinson (LAD) smacked a two-run home run in the eighth inning. Saturday, November 21, 2009 R H E LOB Championship Game Rafters 11 19 1 11 WP: Garr (TEX) (1-1) LP: Judy (CLE) (2-2) TV: MLB Network & MLB.TV (Online) Saguaros 9 11 0 8 SV: Gorgen (STL) (1) Phoenix at Javelinas, 12:45 PM 37 Stephen Strasburg (RHP/WSH) 4-1, 4.26 @ Rafters DH Taylor Teagarden (TEX), RF Colin Curtis (NYY), and 1B Mitch Moreland (TEX) each smashed home runs … CF Marcus Lemon (TEX) added 1 run, 3 hits, and 1 RBI … Saguaros RF 26 Anthony Varvaro (RHP/SEA) 1-0, 4.05 Jonathan Gaston (HOU) went 2-for-4 with one run and one triple … 3B Brandon Hicks (ATL) collected 4 runs, 2 hits, and 2 RBI. -- Game played at Scottsdale Stadium -- R H E LOB (A, F, L) – Umpire Roster Key Solar Sox 5 11 2 8 WP: Moskos (PIT) (1-1) LP: Hirschfeld (MIN) (1-3) Scorpions 7 11 2 10 SV: Johnston (COL) (2) Scorpions C Tuffy Gosewisch (PHI) went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI … 2B Chase d’Arnaud (PIT) added two hits and one RBI … CF Jose Tabata (PIT) and 1B Brandon Allen (ARI) each tripled in the first inning … Solar Sox CF P.J. Phillips (LAA) add 1 run, 2 doubles, and 1 RBI … LF Bryan Petersen (FLA) and 3B Steve Singleton (MIN) each tripled. AFL Alumni of the Day AFL Weekly Infield Breakdown Team Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Dogs X X Mike Scioscia was named American Javelinas X X Rafters X X League Manager-of-the-Year after leading Saguaros X X the Angels to a West Division crown and an Scorpions X X ALCS berth. Sciocisca managed for the Solar Sox X X Peoria Javelinas in 1997. 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. Phoenix Desert Dogs (19-12) STARTING PITCHER: RHP Robert Ray (TOR) makes his seventh start of the season today at Surprise ... 2-1 with a 4.64 ERA (11 ER/21.1 IP) ... top five in the league with 22 strikeouts ... retired 18 of 22 leadoff men ... made four starts with the Blue Jays in 2009, including his major league debut on May 2 vs. Baltimore … earned his first career major league win by holding the White Sox to one unearned run on three hits and a walk over eight innings on May 16, 2009 … missed nearly three months of the 2009 season with an injury. OTHERS: OF Corey Brown (OAK) went 3-for-4 with 1 double, 2 RBI, 1 run and 1 walk Wednesday ... tied for the league lead with 27 RBI and tied for second with six home runs ... top five in hits (34) ... second in total bases (62) ... 1 HR per 17 at bats ... multiple RBI in five of his last six games ... extra-base hit in six straight games (Oct. 21-27) ... IF Danny Espinosa (WSH) 3-for-3 with 1 RBI, 2 runs and 1 walk yesterday ... six hits in his last seven at bats ... third with 24 runs scored ... ninth in hitting (.353) ... top 10 in walks (15) ... OF Grant Desme (OAK) leads the league with 11 home runs and 30 runs scored ... tied for the league lead in RBI (27) and extra-base hits (16) ... second in slugging percentage (.699) ... tied for fourth in hits (34) ... best HR/AB ratio at 1/9.82 ... hit .511 (23-45) with 10 homers and 22 RBI during an 11-game hitting streak from Oct. 14-28 ... homered in eight of 10 games (Oct. 15-28) ... C Nevin Ashley (TB) is fifth in the league in hitting at .366 (26-71) and slugging percentage (.648) ... tied for the league lead with the Saguaros’ Jonathan Gaston and teammate IF Jemile Weeks (OAK) with four triples ... one of three players this season to leg out two triples in one game (Scottsdale OF Jose Tabata, Mesa OF Bryan Petersen) ... hit safely in his first 17 games before going 0-for-4 yesterday ... shares the league lead for hit by pitches with Surprise OF Daryl Jones with four ... Weeks hit .366 (15-41) with 4 doubles, 3 triples, 6 RBI, 12 runs scored and 3 stolen bases over his 10-game hitting streak (10/21-11/5) ... IF Shawn O’Malley (TB) drew two more walks yesterday ... walked in each of his last eight games, totaling 13 walks in that span ... fourth in the league with 17 walks ... IF Josh Bell (BAL) extended his hitting streak to 11 games yesterday with a double in four at bats ... doubles in each of his last four games ... tied for second in the league with nine two-baggers ... IF Chris Marrero (WSH) was 2-for-5 with two RBI yesterday ... has seven two-hit games in his last nine contests ... OF Matt Angle (BAL) is top 10 in stolen bases (7) ... RHP Stephen Strasburg (WSH) leads the league with four wins ... 23:7 K:BB ratio ... fourth in strikeouts ... named week four pitcher-of-the-week after earning his third win with a five-inning, one-run, six-strikeout performance on 11/2 ... tied for second among starters with a .217 opponent average ... second among starters with a 10.89 K/9.0 IP ratio ... RHP Drew Storen (WSH) tied for the league lead with a 0.66 ERA (1 ER/13.2 IP) ... leads the league with four saves ... RHP Toshiyuki Yanuki (NPB) shares the league lead with a 0.66 ERA (1 ER/13.2 IP) ... RHP Jeff Mandel (WSH) is tied for the league lead in WHIP (0.98) ... leads the league with a 0.00 BB/9 IP (0 BB/14.1 IP) ... RHP Mitch Talbot (TB) is fifth in innings (22.2) ... RHP Mickey Storey (OAK) has seven strikeouts in his last three outings (5.1 IP) ... RHP James Simmons (OAK) is fourth in innings pitched (24.0) ... RHP Justin Friend (OAK) is tied for second in the league with three wins ... RHP Ryohei Tanaka (BAL) leads all starters in BB/9 IP at 0.71 (1 BB/12.2 IP). TEAM: The Desert Dogs beat the Javelinas Wednesday with a six-run eighth inning that erased a 6-1 deficit ... league’s best hitting (.297) and pitching (4.26) team ... league leader in runs scored (219) and runs allowed (158) ... hitting .459 (17-37) with 43 RBI with the bases loaded ... only team with fewer than 120 walks issued (93). vs. Surprise Rafters (15-16) TODAY’S STARTER: LHP Matt Harrison (TEX) takes the bump for his fourth start and fifth appearance … received a no-decision in last start on 11/13 at Javelinas (3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, and 0 SO) … tossed one inning of shutout relief to earn first win on 10/23 at Phoenix … 4-5 with a 6.11 (43 ER/63.1 IP) ERA, 23 BB, and 34 SO in 11 starts with TEXAS … 0-1 with 3.00 (3 ER/9.0 IP), 4 BB, and 7 SO in three starts with Double-A Frisco.