Arizona Fall League daily report

Published on November 10, 2008 under Arizona Fall League (AzFL) News Release

Player/Pitcher-of-the-Week

Scottsdale Scorpions OF Chris Pettit (LAA) went 14- for-21 with 7 runs scored, 2 RBI, and 5 stolen bases. Pettit led the AFL in batting average (.667), hits (14), doubles (4), and on-base percentage (.708) last week. Phoenix Desert Dogs RHP Brooks Brown (ARI) went 1-0 last week with a 0.00 ERA in 5.0 innings, surrendering 2 hits, and 3 walks with 4 strikeouts.

Saturday's Highlights

Scottsdale Scorpions 16, Peoria Saguaros 15 ─ WP: Green (LAA) (1-1, 11.74), LP: Carr (CIN) (0-1, 3.97), SV: Sues (PIT) (1)

Scottsdale needed all seven runs it scored in the top of the ninth to hold on and defeat the Saguaros in Peoria ... Scorpions 1B Mark Trumbo (LAA) led the offensive charge, going 4-for-6 with his first home run and four RBI ... SS Drew Sutton (HOU) added three RBI with a three-hit day ... Sags' DH Josh Thole (NYM) went 2-for-5 with 2 runs, 1 home run, and 4 RBI ... five combined home runs hit.

Surprise Rafters 9, Peoria Javelinas 6 - WP: Hayes (KC) (2-0, 5.40), LP: Fisher (CIN) (0-1, 9.39), SV: Laughter (TEX) (1)

Javelinas matched the Rafters in hits (13) but a five-run eighth secured the victory for the Rafters on Saturday afternoon ... six Javelinas doubled-Ryne Hughes (TB), Austin Jackson (NYY), Kevin Russo (NYY), Chris Valaika (CIN), Drew Stubbs (CIN), and Justin Smoak (TEX) ... Jackson went 3-for-4 with three runs scored ... Blake Davis (BAL) went 4-for-5 with three RBI ... Stephen Head (CLE) walked three times and scored two runs.

Mesa Solar Sox 2, Phoenix Desert Dogs 1 - WP: Caridad (CHC) (2-1, 3.21), LP: Ginley (TOR) (1-1, 5.40), SV: Fien (DET) (2)

Mesa pitching struck out 15 and allowed only four hits ... Casper Wells (DET) returned to the lineup after missing 10 games, going 2-for-4 with a double ... Jeff Larish (DET) homered off Kyle Ginley (TOR) in the fourth inning ... Dustin Martin (MIN) accounted for 3-of-4 of the Desert Dogs hits as well as their only run ... Martin was a triple away from the cycle.

Around the Arizona Fall League

2008 AFL Tidbits

- The suspended game between the Phoenix Desert Dogs and Scottsdale Scorpions on Friday, November 7 will resume at 6:15 PM on Wednesday, November 12 at Scottsdale Stadium.

- Jimmy Rollins, shortstop for the 2008 World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies, was inducted into the Arizona Fall League Hall of Fame on Wednesday, November 5 at Scottsdale Stadium prior to the regularly-scheduled game.

- Cleveland Indians manager Eric Wedge was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame on Friday, October 17 at Scottsdale Stadium.

- The AFL held its second annual Pat Tillman Foundation Benefit Night at Scottsdale Stadium on Friday, October 31. The event raised $15,000 for the foundation.

- Former major league umpire Rich Garcia was honored as the 2008 recipient of the Arizona Fall League's Roland Hemond Award prior to the Rising Stars Game on Friday, October 24 at Surprise Stadium.

Player/Pitcher of the Week

Player Pitcher

Week One Saguaros ─ IF Shawn Bowman (NYM) Javelinas ─ RHP Phil Hughes (NYY)

Week Two Scorpions ─ IF Drew Sutton (HOU) Solar Sox ─ RHP Tommy Hanson (ATL)

Week Three Solar Sox ─ C Tyler Flowers (ATL) Saguaros ─ LHP Jason Vargas (NYM)

Week Four Solar Sox ─ IF Logan Morrison (FLA) Desert Dogs ─ RHP Jeff Manship (MIN) Desert Dogs ─ OF Eric Young, Jr. (COL)

Week Five Scorpions ─ OF Chris Pettit (LAA) Desert Dogs ─ RHP Brooks Brown (ARI)

American Division

Mesa Solar Sox (18-10) ─ 11/6: Tommy Hanson (ATL) strikes out game-high 11 batters and leads league in strikeouts (30) ... Hanson has surrendered 1 run, 6 hits and 4 walks in 18.2 innings ... Logan Morrison (FLA) leads the league in batting average (.446) and currently has a 13-game hitting streak ... 11/1: Team-high four home runs by Tyler Flowers (ATL), Van Pope (ATL), Scott Cousins (FLA) and Jason Donald (PHI) ... Cousins and Morrison both went 5-for-5 during week three ... Flowers hit four home runs in week three ... Jeff Larish (DET) leads league in RBI (26) ...11 players have at least 10 hits in road games: Quintin Berry (PHI), Cousins, Donald, Flowers, Morrison, Will Rhymes (DET), Jeremy Slayden (PHI), Nate Spears (CHC), Casper Wells (DET), and Matt Young (ATL) ... John Raynor (FLA) and Morrison hit for the cycle (week one and week four, respectively).

Peoria Saguaros (19-9) ─ 11/6-7: Saguaros scored in nine consecutive innings ... 11/7: Saguaros pitching does not yield a walk ... 11/6: Scored team-high runs (20), hits (T/17), and RBI (18) ...11/6: Gordon Beckham (CWS) went 5-for-5 and tied for AFL season-high seven RBI while accounting for 12 runs...11/4: Game- high seven doubles by Shane Robinson (STL) (3), Bill Rhinehart (WAS) (2), Tyler Greene (STL), and Daniel Murphy (NYM) ... Mike Baxter (SD) went 5-for-5 and Jordan Danks (CWS) went 4-for-4 during week four ...10/29: Team-high five home runs by Steven Hill (STL), Baxter, Cole Armstrong (CWS), Danks, and Kyle Blanks (SD) ... Saguaros have 149 hits on the road ... Saguaros have at least one two-out RBI in every game except two (10/18, 11/5) ... Saguaros pitching did not allow a home run in 12 games ... Beckham leads team with five-hit game and four players tied with four-hit games -- Murphy, Armstrong, Sean Kazmar (SD) and Danks ... Bobby Parnell (NYM) has not allowed a run or walk at home, striking out seven in 5.0 innings ... first three-game winner.

Scottsdale Scorpions (10-17) ─ Chris Pettit (LAA) and Drew Sutton (HOU) have active 12-game road on-base streak ... 11/8: Team-high hits (20) ... 11/7: Kevin Fransden (SF) has an 18-game on-base streak ... 11/5: Team stole a game-high seven bases ─ Brian Bogusevic (HOU) (2), Pettit (3), and Fransden (2) ... 11/7: Sixth consecutive game with 10 hits or more ... 10/31: Scorpions scored team-high in runs (16), triples (2), home runs (2), and RBI (13) ... Shelby Ford (PIT) homered in consecutive games (10/28-10/29) ... Chris Johnson (HOU) homered in consecutive games (10/30-10/31) ... Sutton had an extra-base hit in six consecutive games ... team has one stolen base or more in all but six games (10/15, 10/18, 10/22, 10/29, 10/30, 11/5) ... Emmanuel Burriss (SF) (10/16), Fransden (10/20), Bogusevic (11/4), and Mark Trumbo (LAA) (11/8) all have four-hit games.

National Division

Peoria Javelinas (11-17) ─ IF Rhyne Hughes (TB) is tied for the AFL lead in triples (3) and third in hits (34) along with a top-10 batting average (.395) ... Hughes has an 12-game home hitting streak ... RHP Kevin Whelan (NYY) is third in the league in ERA (0.68) ... ... SS Chris Valiaka (CIN) leads all shortstops with 45 assists ... IF Justin Smoak (TEX) is batting .545 and has scored twice in the past five games ... 10/07: OF Austin Jackson (NYY) drove in a team-high four RBI ... 10/18: IF Kevin Russo (NYY) went 5-for-5 (all singles) ... Russo is hitting .406 with 26 hits and owns the Javelinas longest active hitting streak at 17 games ... 10/16: All 18 players in starting lineup between Mesa and Peoria collected at least one hit.

Phoenix Desert Dogs (16-11) ─ OF Eric Young, Jr. (COL) leads the league in stolen bases (18), runs scored (31), tied for first in hits (37), and second in batting average (.420) ... C Michael McKenry (COL) and OF Sean Doolittle (OAK) have a three-way tie for the league lead in home runs (7) ... IF Danny Valencia (MIN) leads all third basemen with a 1.000 fielding percentage and 33 assists ... IF Steve Tolleson (MIN) has a top-10 batting average (.397) ... RHP Jeff Manship (MIN) ranks third in strikeouts (25) ... Desert Dogs lead AFL in saves (8) ... RHP Andrew Carignan (OAK) anchors relief core with five saves ... 10/11 - 11/6: Young 21- game hitting streak ... 10/28: Young inside-the-park grand slam against Surprise ... 11/1: Young hits second grand slam home run of the week ... 10/27: McKenry hits three home runs and drives in seven RBI ... 10/21: Every player in the Desert Dogs starting lineup posts at least one hit.

Surprise Rafters (9-19) ─ OF Julio Borbon (TEX) is batting .424 during his eight-game hitting streak and in last 10 games has driven in five RBI ... RHP Willie Eyre (TEX) is second in the AFL with 28 whiffs ... 11 pitchers have reached double digits in strikeouts ... RHP Andrew Laughter (TEX) has a top-five ERA (1.50) ... IF Wes Hodges (CLE) ranks second in RBI (23) and tied for fourth in home runs (6) ... 10/28: Hodges drives in a team-high four RBI ... 11/08: OF Jamie Hoffmann (LAD) ties team-high in runs (3) ... 10/14: IF Beau Mills (CLE) scores team-high three runs ... three players have collected four hits in a game ─ IF Blake Davis (BAL) 11/8, C Matt Wieters (BAL) 10/09, and IF Ivan De Jesus, Jr. (LAD) 10/13.

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