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Durrington named to PCL All-Star Team

June 23, 2005 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


Infielder Trent Durrington has been named to the Pacific Coast League All-Star team and will represent the Sounds on the 28-man squad that takes on the International League stars in the 2005 Triple-A All-Star Game on Wednesday, July 13 at Raley Field in Sacramento, California. He was selected to the team as a reserve by the PCL office.

Durrington, 29, is batting .290 (65-for-224) with four home runs and 24 RBIs in a team-high 70 games for Nashville this season. The speedy infielder has started games at six different positions for Nashville (1B, 2B, SS, 3B, LF, RF), currently ranks third among Pacific Coast League batters with 20 stolen bases, and is tied for fourth among all minor league hitters with a league-leading 11 sacrifice bunts.

In addition, the Broadbeach Waters, Australia native currently leads the Sounds with 44 runs scored and is third on the club with 35 walks.

Durrington - who is in his second season with the Milwaukee Brewers organization after opening his career with an 11-year stint in the Angels chain - is currently riding a 14-game hitting streak, which matches the longest by a Sounds player this season (previously accomplished by Kevin Orie). Durrington is batting .351 (20-for-57) over that 14-game stretch.

The All-Star nod is the first selection of Durrington's 13-year pro career.

Durrington is the first Nashville position player to garner a mid-season All-Star bid since infielder Mendy Lopez during the 2002 campaign. Current Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Dave Williams represented the Sounds in last season's All-Star Game and Mark Corey, the Sounds' all-time saves leader, participated in the 2003 contest.

Nashville is one of six PCL clubs with one player named to the squad. Memphis (AAA-Cardinals) and Tucson (AAA-Diamondbacks) each had three players selected to lead the circuit.

The 2005 Triple-A All-Star Game will be broadcast on television on ESPN2 as well as locally on the radio on WAMB 98.7 FM & 1160 AM at 9:00 p.m. CDT.

Three former Sounds players have been selected to participate in the contest: Omaha outfielder Adrian Brown (Sound in 1998-2000, '02), Indianapolis relief pitcher Mark Corey (2003-04), and Memphis starting pitcher Kevin Jarvis (2004). Former Sounds manager Marty Brown (2001-02) will serve as the skipper for the International League squad in the contest. Brown is in his third season as the manager of the Buffalo Bisons (AAA-Indians) and was tabbed IL Manager-of-the-Year in 2004.

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