Taiwan Easterling With The Peoria Chiefs

Taiwan Easterling has played in 62 games as an outfielder for the Peoria Chiefs, the MiLB class A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.  He is currently batting .237 with 25 runs scored and 23 RBIs.  While at Florida State he was a two sport athlete, also playing football as a wide receiver.  He could have played another year but decided to sign his MLB contract.
The Chiefs will start a series against the Dayton Dragons on Wednesday July 11, as Taiwan looks to extend his hitting streak.  In his past three games he has four hits with two being doubles.

Sherman Johnson Gets First Hit

The former Seminole had his break out game as a Major League player last night for the Orem Owlz.  Sherman Johnson was 3 for 5 with a run, three RBIs and also had two stolen bases.  Johnson came up to bat in the bottom of the third and got his first career hit on a hard hit double to right field.  He then stole third base and scored on an error by the Idaho Falls Chukars.  Johnson had a RBI single to right field in the fourth inning and in the fifth.  Then in the sixth he had a sacrifice fly to right field which scored a runner.

Although he got his first career hit in this game, Johnson had still been a major contributor to his team.
In the previous four games he had seven walks with three runs and a RBI.  After last nights game he has an on base percentage of .400 with only three hits.  

James Ramsey Update

After playing his first full week with the Palm Beach Cardinals, James Ramsey has had a pretty good start to his career.  Ramsey came out of the gate hot in his first game going 3 for 5, but in his next three games was unable to record a hit, going 0 for 12.  In his fourth game of the year, against the Bradenton Marauders, he gets his first career RBI on a single to end his mini slump.  Since then he has gone 4 for 10 with two runs and a RBI.
James Ramsey and the Cardinals will try and take the final game of the series tonight against the Charlotte Stone Crabs.

Stephen Drew Trying to Catch Up

Since returning from injury, Stephen Drew has played in eight games for the Arizona Diamondbacks and six of them have been starts.  His surgically repaired right ankle has not seemed to bother him as much as his managers expected it to.  It is more about his timing than his ankle.  Here is what Drew said about his recovery back.

"It's hard to say right now. The ankle's fine. It's just about getting back into the swing of things. Missing a year and not having spring training like these guys, they're four months ahead of me already. That part's probably a little tougher, but for me, I know what I have and it's just a matter of time. When it starts to kick back in, it will be like normal."

The former Seminole has batted  5 for 25 with one double, two RBI's, and three runs scored.  The Diamondback will play tonight against the LA Dodgers.

Devon Travis Made First Start

On Thursday evening the former Seminoles' second baseman made his first ever start with the Connecticut Tigers, the short season affiliate of the Detroit Tigers.  Travis got his first ever hit when he led off the top of the second and hit a ground ball single to center field.  He was left on base as the next three batters were unable to move him around.  Travis also had a good night in the field helping convert on three force outs at second base, one in the second and two in the eighth.

Travis went 1 for 4 with a single and 2 strikeouts and his other at-bat was a hard hit ball to left field.  The Connecticut Tigers will play again tonight against Batavia Muckdogs where they will try and avoid the sweep.

Walk-off For Jayce Boyd

In his first career MLB game, Jayce Boyd hit a walk-off sacrifice fly to right field for the Brooklyn Cyclones. This gave his team a 7-6 victory over the Hudson Valley Renegades in the eleventh inning.  Boyd was 3 for 5 with two doubles, one triple, two RBIs, and a run scored.

In the bottom half of the fourth Boyd came up to bat and hit a double to left field scoring a runner from second.  He ended up being stranded on third base to end the inning.  Then in the the fifth he hit a ground-rule double to right field moving a runner to third.  Both were left on base as the Cyclones were unable to produce a run.  Boyd was the lead off hitter in the bottom of the eighth when he hit his first career triple to deep center field.  He finally scores when third basemen Leonardo Reginatto of the Renegades makes a fielding error.
Here is the post game interview with Jayce Boyd.

Ramsey Gets Off To Hot Start

James Ramsey signed his major league contract this past Friday at Busch Stadium with the St. Louis Cardinals and on Monday got his first start with their advance class A affiliate the Palm Beach Cardinals.  In his first game Ramsey went 3 for 5 with a double and a run scored batting third in the lineup.  He had a perfect night going until the seventh inning when he reached base on a fielder's choice, but he then stole second base and scored on a single by Rainel Rosario.  The Beach Birds were leading going into the ninth inning but allowed three runs to the Jupiter Hammerheads falling 5 to 4.  Ramsey and the Beach Birds will try and take the final game of the series tonight at 6:35 p.m.