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Peoria Saguaros Outslug Phoenix Desert Dogs In Arizona Fall League

Published by admin on November 13, 2008

USA - 2008 Rookies-Of-The-Year winners Geovany Soto (CHC) and Evan Longoria (TB) became the 17th and 18th former Fall League players to win the prestigious award. Soto hit .285 with 141 hits, 23 HR, and 86 RBI this season. Soto played for the Mesa Solar Sox in 2004. Longoria was the unanimous American League selection and finished 2008 season by hitting .272 with 122 hits, 27 HR and 85 RBI. Longoria played for the Scottsdale Scorpions and Team USA in 2007.

Yesterday’s Highlights

Peoria Saguaros 13, Phoenix Desert Dogs 11
Seven-run eighth inning secured the comeback victory for the Saguaros in Peoria … Sags’ 3B Brett Wallace (STL) collected four hits while he knocked in three RBI and scored three runs … Peoria SS Ian Desmond (WAS) hit his third home run of the season and drove in three RBI … Phoenix RF Sean Doolittle (OAK) and C Michael McKenry (COL) each hit their eighth home run of the season.

WP: Zinicola (WAS) (1-0, 4.05), LP: Lahey (MIN) (1-2, 3.86), SV: W. Lopez (SD) (1)

Scottsdale Scorpions 7, Surprise Rafters 5
Player-of-the-Week, Chris Pettit (HOU) went 3-for-4 with 2 doubles, 1 home run, 2 RBI with an outfield assist … Mark Wagner (BOS) went 2-for-2 with one RBI … Chris McConnell (KC) went 2-for-3 with a run scored … Kevin Pucetas (SF) became the league’s first four-game winner, throwing 5.0 innings and allowing two hits and one run with four strikeouts … Scorpions struck out eight and did not yield a walk.

WP: Pucetas (SF) (4-1, 3.29), LP: Matusz (1-3, 4.50), S: Vaughan (BOS) (1)

Peoria Javelinas 13, Mesa Solar Sox 9
Lorenzo Cain (MIL) went 4-for-4 with three runs scored and five RBI … four Javelinas hit five home runs - Juan Miranda (NYY), Cain (2), Lou Palmisano (MIL) and Rhyne Hughes (TB) … every Javelina in the starting lineup had a hit … Jeremy Slayden (PHI) went 3-for-5 with three RBI and one run scored … Casper Wells (DET) homered off Mike Wlodarczyk (TB) in the sixth inning … Logan Morrison (FLA) went 2-for-5 with three RBI.

WP: Hernandez (SEA) (1-4, 7.52), LP: Carpenter (PHI) (0-2, 6.86)

Player/Pitcher of the Week

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 (18-11) Casey Fien (DET), Stephen Marek (ATL), and Tim Wood (FLA) have yet to issue a walk … 11/11: Jason Donald (PHI) has a nine- game road hitting streak … 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 (.443) and currently has a 14-game hitting streak … 11/1: Team-high four home runs by Tyler Flowers (ATL), Van Pope (ATL), Scott Cousins (FLA) and Donald … Cousins and Morrison went 5-for-5 during week three … Flowers hit four home runs in week three … Jeff Larish (DET) leads league in RBI (27) …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 (20-9) 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) … 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.

Scottsdale Scorpions (11-17) 11/10: Kevin Pucetas (SF) first four-game winner … Chris Pettit (LAA) and Drew Sutton (HOU) have active 12-game road on- base streak …11/10: Ninth consecutive game with 10 hits or more … 11/8: Team-high hits (20) … 11/7: Kevin Frandsen (SF) had an 18-game on-base streak … 11/5: Team stole a game-high seven bases Brian Bogusevic (HOU) (2), Pettit (3), and Frandsen (2) … 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 seven games (10/15, 10/18, 10/22, 10/29, 10/30, 11/5, 11/10) … Emmanuel Burriss (SF) (10/16), Frandsen (10/20), Bogusevic (11/4), and Mark Trumbo (LAA) (11/8) all have four-hit games.

National Division

Peoria Javelinas (12-17) IF Rhyne Hughes (TB) is tied for the AFL lead in triples (3) and ranks third in hits (36) along with a top-10 batting average (.396) … Hughes has an 13-game home hitting streak … RHP Kevin Whelan (NYY) is second in the league in ERA (0.68) … … SS Chris Valiaka (CIN) leads all shortstops with 47 assists … IF Justin Smoak (TEX) is batting .667 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 .386 with 27 hits and owns the AFL’s longest active hitting streak at 18 games … 10/16: All 18 players in starting lineup between Mesa and Peoria collected at least one hit.

Phoenix Desert Dogs (16-12) OF Eric Young, Jr. (COL) leads the league in stolen bases (18), runs scored (31), ranks second in hits (37), and batting average (.420) … C Michael McKenry (COL) and OF Sean Doolittle (OAK) are tied for the league lead in home runs (8) … IF Danny Valencia (MIN) leads all third basemen with a 1.000 fielding percentage and 34 assists … IF Steve Tolleson (MIN) has a top-10 batting average (.383) … RHP Jeff Manship (MIN) ranks third in strikeouts (25) … Desert Dogs lead AFL in saves (8) … RHP Andrew Carignan (OAK) anchors relief core with a league-high 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 (9-20) OF Julio Borbon (TEX) is batting .405 during his nine-game hitting streak and in last 10 games has driven in five RBI and scored seven runs … RHP Willie Eyre (TEX) is second in the AFL with 28 whiffs … 11 pitchers have reached double digits in strikeouts … RHP Andrew Laughter (TEX) ranks third in ERA (1.50) … IF Wes Hodges (CLE) ranks second in RBI (24) and tied for fourth in home runs (6) … OF Jamie Hoffmann (LAD) is batting .375 at home … RHP Travis Schlichting (LAD) has yet to allow a run in his five appearances at home … 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.

Media Release: Arizona Fall League

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