SAL1 Jersey Shore BlueClaws

Buchanan Promoted to Clearwater

August 1, 2011 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Jersey Shore BlueClaws News Release


RHP David Buchanan, who led the South Atlantic League in wins with 11, has been promoted from Lakewood to Clearwater, it was announced Monday.

LHP Austin Wright has been promoted to Lakewood from Williamsport to take his place on the roster.

Buchanan (11-5, 3.38), was first in the South Atlantic League in wins with 11 and 10th in the league in ERA through Sunday. He was the Northern Division starting pitcher in the All-Star Game, when he threw a scoreless inning on June 21st.

On May 7th, he threw a nine-inning complete game in a 5-1 win at Charleston, becoming the first BlueClaws pitcher to throw a nine-inning complete game since Carlos Monasterios in 2007 (Lisalberto Bonilla threw nine innings vs Hagerstown on July 6th).

Buchanan won his last two starts and allowed just one ER in his last 15 innings with Lakewood.

He was a 7th round pick in 2010 from Georgia State University who spent two years at Chipola Junior College. He is slated to start on Tuesday for Clearwater.

Wright, 21, joins the BlueClaws from Williamsport and will make his debut on Tuesday. He was 2-1, 3.38 in eight starts with the Crosscutters after being drafted in the 8th round of the 2011 draft out of Ole Miss. Prior to going to Ole Miss, he spent two years at Chipola Junior College where, in 2009, he was a teammate of Buchanan.

Wright joins Ryan Duke (25th round, Oklahoma) as the second 2011 draft pick with Lakewood.

He last pitched on Thursday, allowing one run in five innings with three walks and eight strikeouts in beating Vermont.

A native of Schaumberg, Illinois, Wright is scheduled to make his BlueClaws debut on Tuesday at Delmarva.

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