Sam Fuld and Matt LaPorta each collected three hits and knocked in a run to lead visiting Mesa past Surprise, 4-3.

The Arizona Fall League, featuring six teams playing at five stadiums across the Valley, two in the East Valley, begins its 16th season today.

Arizona Fall League 2009 schedule:

When Susie Steckner was a kid, she always looked forward to going to spring training games at Phoenix Municipal Stadium with her father, an ardent San Francisco Giants fan.

It’s been 10 years since the Arizona Fall League thought it had its drawing card, the kind of player that could introduce the league to the public and fill seats in the process.

Travis Snider, a Toronto Blue Jays product, smacked a two-run homer and Aaron Cunningham (Diamondbacks) scored three times as the Scottsdale Scorpions pounded the Peoria Saguaros, 10-1, in Arizona Fall League action Monday at Scottsdale Stadium.

The Arizona Fall League championship will be a rematch of last season’s title-game pairing. The championship game, scheduled for 12:35 p.m. Saturday at Scottsdale Stadium, pits the East Division champion Phoenix Desert Dogs against the West Division champ Surprise Rafters.

Stephen Strasburg is going to stick with the same plan he employed throughout college when he makes his first appearance in the prospect-rich Arizona Fall League on Friday.

August 8, 2004

1 Will fans be happy now that Arizona State is calling its base defense a 4-3?

The last time Travis Buck put on a jersey bearing an Arizona name, he was leading the Arizona State baseball team to the College World Series.

The last time Travis Buck put on a jersey bearing an Arizona name, he was leading the Arizona State baseball team to the College World Series.

Seattle Mariners prospect Yung Chi Chen matched a career high with five RBIs as the Peoria Javelinas beat the visiting Phoenix Desert Dogs, 9-5, in Arizona Fall League action Wednesday.

Ryne Sandberg thought once he stopped playing baseball, that would be it.

Jermaine Dye of the Chicago White Sox, Torii Hunter of the Minnesota Twins, Derrek Lee of the Chicago Cubs, and former major league player and manager Ken Macha comprise the Arizona Fall League’s 2007 Hall of Fame induction class.

The Phoenix Desert Dogs, comprised of prospects from the Athletics, Blue Jays, Devil Rays, Reds, and Tigers, earned their third consecutive Arizona Fall League championship with a 6-2 victory over the Grand Canyon Rafters on Saturday at Scottsdale Stadium.

For the fourth year in a row, the Phoenix Desert Dogs won the Arizona Fall League title, pulling away in the later innings to beat the Surprise Rafters 7-2 on Saturday afternoon in front of 1,433 at Scottsdale Stadium.

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Arizona State nearly pulled off a miracle Thursday night.

For three years, Sam Lovetro coaxed friends and classmates to form the state’s first high school water polo league.

Esther Choe has played a round of golf with LPGA star Annika Sorenstam. Taylore Karle owns the record for best qualifying rounds in the U.S. Girls Junior Amateur.

Esther Choe has played a round of golf with LPGA star Annika Sorenstam. Taylore Karle owns the record for best qualifying rounds in the U.S. Girls Junior Amateur.

The Cactus League’s future seemed as bright as could be after it set a record for attendance in 2005, but shadows hang over the 12-team league this year.

The Cactus League’s future seemed as bright as could be after it set a record for attendance in 2005, but shadows hang over the 12-team league this year.