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Solar Sox Aim For AFL Title

Hey, another championship game!

The Mesa Solar Sox — whose roster includes nine Phillies prospects and minor leaguers — will play the Phoenix Desert Dogs in today’s Arizoa Fall League championship. The game is at 2:35 p.m. and can be seen on MLB.com.

Phils infield prospect Jason Donald has led the Solar Sox all AFL season, hitting .407 with five home runs and 17 runs batted in. The roster also includes catchers Lou Marson and Tuffy Gosewich, outfielders Quintin Berry and Jeremy Slayden, and pitchers Andrew Carpenter, Tyson Brummett, Pat Overholt and Sergio Escalona.

The Solar Sox also include players from the Braves, Tigers, Cubs and Marlins.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.