Seminoles Update In Milb Part 2

James Ramsey outfielder for the Palm Beach Cardinals:  James has had an up and down year for the Cardinals.  He was not placed into the short season affiliate as most college players are but instead he skipped to the high A team.  Since joining, James has batted .227 with 42 hits and scored 33 runs.  The Cardinals are 4.5 games out of 1st with two weeks to go.

Jayce Boyd infielder for the Brooklyn Cyclones:  Jayce has played in 45 games for the Cyclones since joining the team in July.  During those games he has batted .230 with 38 hits.  He has racked up 11 extra base hits with 7 being double.  The Cyclones are leading the wild-card by 2.5 games.

Devon Travis infielder for the Connecticut Tigers:  Devon was having a great year for the Tigers until an injury has sidelined him since the start of August.  Before the injury he was batting .280 in 25 games while collecting 26 hits.  On August 2nd, Devon was 4 for 5 with 3 runs and 2 RBIs while hitting a double and a HR.

Seminoles Update In Milb

Hunter Scantling relief pitcher for the Connecticut Tigers:  Hunter has had a stellar year for the Tigers pitching in ten games.  He has thrown 17 innings and only allowed two earned runs with opposing batters only hitting 0.075.  During those innings he has collected 15 strikeouts and gave up three walks.  The Tigers only have 10 games left in the season so Hunter may only pitch 1 to 2 more times.

Robert Benincasa relief pitcher for the Auburn Doubledays:  Robert has pitched great for the Doubledays during his first season.  He has pitched in 14 games throwing a total of 15.1 innings.  Only allowing five earned runs while giving up 19 hits.  Robert has forced 22 strikeouts and batters are hitting .302 against him. Right now he is on the 7-day DL and should be back around the 29th or 30th of this month.

Sherman Johnson infielder for the Orem Owlz:  Sherman has played in 44 games for the Owlz since turning pro back in June.  During those games he is batting .262 with 39 hits.  He has scored 31 runs and batted in 17 runners.  Johnson has been very consistent in the box taking what he can get.  He has drawn 37 base on balls while only striking out 30 times.  His on base percentage is a .413 almost 200 points better than his batting average.  Right now the Owlz are in first place trying to get a spot in the playoffs.

Check back tomorrow for the rest of the Seminoles in the Milb update.

Great Year for Mike McGee

Mike McGee has had an awesome year for the High Desert Mavericks, the Class A Advance affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.  He has played in 103 games this seasons and is currently batting .273 with 108 hits, 24 of which are double and 13 are home runs.

McGee has been all over the bases scoring 76 runs which is fourth best on the team.  He has played left field and batted 8th for the Mavericks who are currently in first place in the California League South.  The Mavericks also won the first half of the season.  

Caroline Westrup Finishes T-34

During the Ladies Irish Open at Killeen Castle on August 3rd - 5th, Caroline Westrup finished tied for 34th.  She had one round under par for the tournament and it was her opening round shooting 70, two under.  Caroline ended up shooting a 77 and 75 for her final two rounds giving her a +6 overall.  In her 54 holes of golf she had six birdies, 12 bogeys and 36 were pars.  Only six players shot under par for the weekend on the difficult course.

Caroline hit over 90% of her fairways in regulation for the tournament showing that she had total control of her driver.

Currently she is playing in the Ladies British Masters shooting a first round of 73, 1 over par.  Caroline is in the middle of her second round.  Check back later to see how she finishes her round.

Rafael Lopez Strong For Daytona Cubs

Since being called up to the Daytona Cubs, the Class A Advance minor league team of the Chicago Cubs, Rafael Lopez has played in 23 games.  During those games he is batting .298 with 84 plate appearances while collecting 25 base hits.  Lopez also hit his first two home runs of the season giving him 10 extra base hits since the call up.

 Lopez has played for two other minor league teams this year, the Arizona League Cubs and the Peoria Cubs.  During his time with the Peoria Cubs he was voted to the All-Star team.  For the season he is batting .292 scoring 33 runs and driving in 27 runs.  He has 63 base hits with 21 being extra base hits.

Tyler Holt Keeps Scoring Runs

Tyler Holt started off the year with the Carolina Mudcats, the advance class A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians.  He played in 81 games for the Mudcats scoring 48 runs on 83 hits and maintaining a batting average of .263.

Holt was moved up to double-A ball with the Akron Aeros on July 5th.  Since joining the new club he has played in 26 games batting .231 with 16 runs scored on 24 hits.  He has scored a total of 64 runs this season and is on his way to breaking his career best of 66 runs a season ago.

Tyler has showed off his speed this year collecting 21 stolen bases and also having eight triples.  He is a great lead off hitter able to get on base and make things happen for his team.

Hunter Scantling Still Rolling

Although Hunter Scantling gave up his first earned run on July 26th, he still has been light outs for the Connecticut Tigers.  The earned run didn't really hurt his ERA which now stands at a 1.00 for his nine innings of relief pitching.  Hunter is striking out a batter an inning during his stretch of outstanding relief work.  Batters have only gotten two hits against him which came during the July 26th game for an average of .071.

In last nights game against the Brooklyn Cyclones, Hunter threw one inning of scoreless relief with one strikeout.  His strikeout was against his former Seminole teammate Jayce Boyd.  The Tigers were unable to get the win as they could not comeback losing 3-2.