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Akron Will Have Six Players In EL All-Star Game

Published on July 3, 2007 under Eastern League (EL1)
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AKRON -- The Eastern League All-Star rosters were released Monday with six of the players on the Southern Division team being representatives from the Akron Aeros, the highest number of players from any team in either the Southern and Northern Division this season. Randy Newsom, Reid Santos, Brian Barton, Jordan Brown, Wyatt Toregas and Asdrubal Cabrera are all having All-Star seasons and were rightfully were chosen for the team.

Randy Newsom is 3-0 on the season with 12 saves. He has a 2.28 ERA and has been outstanding in the month of June and so far into July picking up his ninth save of his last ten appearances. He was second in the Eastern League in saves with eight for the month of June, pitching 15.1 innings and striking out seven and this past week (6/25-7/1) he led the Eastern League in saves with five. In an outing on June 10, Newsom was given the win as he faced three batters in the top of the tenth and struck out the side allowing his teammates to score in the bottom of the tenth for the win. In his last ten outings he has pitched 10.2 innings striking out five, walking three, allowing only one earned run and acquiring nine saves. He is sixth overall in the Eastern League with 12 saves on the season.

Reid Santos made his first 16 appearances of the season as a reliever. He was 2-0 with a 1.46 ERA and two saves. He pitched 24.2 innings giving up only four earned runs on 14 hits. He struck out 19 and walked only 6. Hitters combined to hit only .149 off of him in those appearances. In 12 of his 16 games he did not allow a run, including five times pitching two or more innings. Since becoming a starter on May 30 he has gone 3-1 in six starts and his ERA is 2.43. He has pitched 29.2 innings, giving up eight earned runs on 24 hits. He has struck out 25 and walked 8. In his last two starts, Santos flirted with a no-hitter through 5.2 innings. He ended up going six innings allowing just the one hit. In the next start he went five innings giving up one run on five hits. He struck out 11 and had one walk. On the season he is 5-1 with two saves and a 1.99 ERA. He has 44 K's and only 14 walks. Hitters are hitting just .190 off of him this season. He is about eight innings from being eligible for the ERA leaders - which he would currently rank second overall. In the month of June, he is 3-0 with a 2.16 ERA in five starts, with 22 K's and 7 walks.

Brian Barton is batting .301 on the year and he has been hit by a pitch 24 times this season, leading the team. He is third in the Eastern League with an on base percentage of .415 and defensively has only one error this season. In the May 15th game vs. Bowie he went 3 for 5 with four RBI, his season high for a game individually, with a solo home run. June 2 at Trenton was also a great performance for Barton as he went 3 for 4 scoring two runs and stealing a base. He batted .323 in the month of June with 30 hits, 13 RBI, and two home runs in 26 games. He has reached base safely 28 times in the past 35 games.

Jordan Brown is in the top ten in the Eastern League in five different categories: hits (1st, 95), doubles (1st, 25), RBI (2nd, 54), batting average (6th, .321) and runs (8th, 48) while he leads the team in hits, doubles, and RBI. He was named the Eastern League Player of the Week for the week ending April 29th. He had a stand-out game on June 26 as he went three for four against Binghamton at home with an RBI and a double. His monthly batting average jumped 48 points in May from .304 up to .352 in June. He has hit safely in 12 of his last 16 games with seven doubles and scoring 15 RBI. On the season he has a .480 slugging percentage with 296 at bats to date.

Wyatt Toregas is .988 defensively in 52 games this season. He has been superb at throwing out the opposition catching 13 base stealers and picking off two on the year. Offensively, he has had some great performances this year as well. On June 25 he went two for four with two RBI and a 2-run home run that put the Aeros ahead of Bowie and helped secure the win for Akron. He also put up big numbers on May 29 against Altoona going three for three with two doubles, two RBI and a walk. He scored the winning run in the sixth and the Aeros won 6-4. He was placed on the Disabled List from June 9-21 but on the year is averaging .234 with 41 hits, nine doubles and 25 RBI.

Asdrubal Cabrera has been hot all season as his batting average has not dropped below .300 since opening day. He leads the team with 21 stolen bases and a .338 batting average while he is in the top three in the Eastern League in four different categories: runs (1st, 64), stolen bases (3rd, 21), hits (3rd, 92), and batting average (3rd, .338). His 92 hits puts him in second place on the team while he has 41 RBI and 17 doubles on the season thus far. Cabrera had an outstanding performance on July 1 going three for four with two runs, a home run and a walk. Another stellar performance occurred on June 5 when he went two four with three RBI and two doubles. He currently has an eight game hitting streak (6/23-7/2) in which he has had 12 runs recorded.

Akron manager Tim Bogar will manage the Southern Division as Akron is the defending Southern Division Champions. This is his second season as the Aeros skipper and he led them to a league-best 87-55 record last year. He is on pace to do the same in the 2007 season as the Aeros have the best record in the Eastern League at 51-31 (as of 7/2).

The 2007 Eastern League All-Star game is hosted by the Connecticut Defenders and will be held on Wednesday, July 11 at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut.

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