Five Thunder Players Named to Eastern League All Star Game
June 30, 2016 - Eastern League (EL1)
Trenton Thunder News Release
The Thunder, Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, in conjunction with the Eastern League are proud to announce that five members of the team have been selected to the Eastern League All Star Game, taking place at Canal Park in Akron, OH on Wednesday, July 13.
Pitchers Jordan Montgomery and Dietrich Enns will head up the Eastern Division pitching staff and will be joined by position players Kyle Higashioka, Tyler Wade and Dustin Fowler.
Jordan Montgomery was selected in the fourth round of the 2014 draft out of the University of South Carolina and has turned in his finest professional season with the Thunder in 2016. The 23-year-old left-hander from Sumter, SC is 6-3 this season with a 2.88 ERA. Montgomery leads the Thunder staff with 75.0 innings pitched, he has allowed 69 hits, 26 walks and struck out 70. The All Star selection is the first of Jordan's professional career.
Lefty Dietrich Enns was the Eastern League's Player of the Month in April when he began the season with 23.2 scoreless innings pitched. The league leader in ERA with a sparkling 1.93, Enns has struck out 74 batters in his 70.0 innings with the Thunder. Dietrich was selected in the 19th round of the 2012 draft by the Yankees out of Central Michigan University. He has held opponents to a .221 batting average against, the second best mark in the league. The All Star recognition for Enns is his second as a professional after he was named to the South Atlantic League's mid-season All Star team in 2013.
Catcher Kyle Higashioka is the Eastern League's reigning Player of the Week as part of a career-best season at the plate. Between Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and the Thunder, Higashioka has a career-high 12 home runs and has driven in 52 runs in 53 games. With the Thunder, Higashioka, is batting .305 with seven home runs and 35 RBI in 40 games. Higashioka was a Florida State League mid-season All Star in 2015.
Tyler Wade leads the Thunder with 75 games played and ranks second on the team with four triples. For the season, Wade is batting .271 with a .373 on-base percentage, three home runs and 14 stolen bases. Wade's most recent home run was a walk-off inside-the-park home run to complete a 10-9 comeback victory for the Thunder over the Portland Sea Dogs on June 28. The 21-year-old from Murrieta, Calif. has been named an All Star for the second straight season following his 2015 selection to the Florida State League's mid-season All Star roster.
Outfielder Dustin Fowler leads the Thunder with seven triples, 18 doubles and 38 runs batted in. Fowler has hit safely in 24-of-his-last 29 games and is batting .274 for the year. The 21-year-old outfielder has been named to the first All Star team of his professional career. Fowler entered the season as the No. 10 prospect in the New York Yankees season, according to Baseball America, and was selected by the Yankees in the 18th round of the 2013 draft.
The Thunder continue their seven-game homestand at ARM & HAMMER Park tonight at 7:00pm vs the Richmond Flying Squirrels (San Francisco Giants). Tickets are available by calling 609-394-3300 or online at www.trentonthunder.com.
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