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Published on July 3, 2007 under Eastern League (EL1) News Release


Eastern League All-Star Game Rosters Announced

The Eastern League, in conjunction with the Connecticut Defenders, have announced the rosters for the 2007 Eastern League All-Star Game. The game will be played at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut on Wednesday, July 11 and will feature the brightest stars in the league as a collection of the top players in the Northern Division square off against the All-Stars from the Southern Division. The game will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be televised on Comcast (CN8) and SportsNet New York (SNY) starting at 7:00 p.m.

Each roster consists of 24 players, with every Eastern League club being represented by at least three players on their respective rosters. As part of the selection process, one position player and one pitcher from every team was selected through fan balloting. The balloting was done via text messaging through Fan Text Mobile and online voting on the Eastern League website.

The complete rosters for both the Northern Division and Southern Division teams are listed below.

Northern Division Roster

Pitchers

Clay Buchholz (Portland)*

Geno Espineli (Connecticut)*

Alex Hinshaw (Connecticut)

Alan Horne (Trenton)

Timothy Lahey (New Britain)*

Jeffrey Marquez (Trenton)*

Jose Mijares (New Britain)

Kevin Mulvey (Binghamton)*

Tracy Thorpe (New Hampshire)*

Charlie Zink (Portland)

Catchers

Robinzon Diaz (New Hampshire)

Steve Holm (Connecticut)

Infielders

Rob Cosby (New Hampshire)

Brett Harper (Binghamton)

Luke Hughes (New Britain)*

Mark Kiger (Binghamton)

Jed Lowrie (Portland)*

Sergio Santos (New Hampshire)

Eugenio Velez (Connecticut)

Outfielders

John Bowker (Connecticut)*

Matt Carson (Trenton)*

Jeff Corsaletti (Portland)

Aaron Mathews (New Hampshire)*

Caleb Stewart (Binghamton)*

Southern Division Roster

Pitchers

Collin Balester (Harrisburg)*

Jair Jurrjens (Erie)

Dan Kolb (Harrisburg)

Radhames Liz (Bowie)*

Matthew Maloney (Reading)*

Luis Munoz (Altoona)

Randy Newsom (Akron)*

Matt Peterson (Altoona)*

Reid Santos (Akron)

Dallas Trahern (Erie)*

Catchers

Jason Hill (Reading)

Wyatt Toregas (Akron)

Infielders

Jordan Brown (Akron)*

Asdrubal Cabrera (Akron)

Michael Costanzo (Reading)*

Jesus Merchan (Reading)

Steven Pearce (Altoona)*

Oscar Salazar (Bowie)*

Neil Walker (Altoona)

Josh Whitesell (Harrisburg)*

Outfielders

Brian Barton (Akron)

Greg Jacobs (Reading)

Val Majewski (Bowie)

Jackson Melian (Erie)*

* - Denotes Eastern League Fan Selection

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New Hampshire Primaries To Take The Field On August 25th

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats will take the field at Merchantsauto.com Stadium for one night only as the New Hampshire Primaries on Saturday, August 25. The team is going to wear specially-designed game worn jerseys for this unique game, which will be played against the Portland Sea Dogs at 7:05 p.m.

The New Hampshire franchise was originally named the Primaries on November 6, 2003, but within days, a petition that asked for a name change led to a ‘Name The Team' contest that brought the New Hampshire Fisher Cats into existence on December 3, 2003.

"New Hampshire's primaries have played a major role in shaping our country's history," said New Hampshire Fisher Cats President and General Manager Rick Brenner. "In keeping with our franchise's proud history, we can't wait to bring our fans what they have never been able to see before - the New Hampshire Primaries take the field."

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Trenton Draws Over 7,000 Fans For Five Straight Games

With Saturday's attendance of 7,841, the Trenton Thunder drew at least 7,000 fans over a stretch of five straight home games making it the first time since the 2003 season that the team has accomplished that feat.

The Thunder last drew 7,000 fans in five consecutive home games in the 2003 season, when they achieved this mark twice. The first occurrence was from May 7-11 during Derek Jeter's rehab appearance and the second took place June 27-29 and July 4-5 during a rehab appearance by Bernie Williams.

The last time the Thunder drew 7,000 fans in five straight home games without a Major League rehabilitation assignment was August 4 and August 11-14 during the 2000 season.

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Eastern League All-Star Game Umpires Announced

The umpire crew for the 2007 Eastern League All-Star Game has been announced. The umpires that have been selected to work the game are Cory Blaser, Alan Porter, Robert Price and Mark Ripperger.

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Eastern league Team News and Notes

For the week ending 8/30/99

Akron Aeros

Akron finished the month of June with a league-best 19-9 record and are currently in first place in the Southern Division standings. The Aeros were led during the month by 1B/OF Jordan Brown, who hit .352 (38-for-108) with 13 doubles, one triple, three home runs, 33 RBI and 13 runs scored in 27 games and SS Asdrubal Cabrera, who batted .355 (39-for-110) with seven doubles, two triples, 23 runs scored and 19 RBI in 27 games.

Altoona Curve

1B/OF Jason Delaney, the Carolina League's leading hitter with a .340 average, was promoted from Class-A Lynchburg to Altoona on June 27. The 24-year old was also leading the Carolina League with a .432 on-base percentage at the time of his promotion. 1B Steven Pearce batted .404 (40-for-99) with eight home runs and 34 RBI in 27 games during the month of June.

Binghamton Mets

On Saturday Brett Harper became the 9th player to play left field for the B-Mets this season, joining Jamar Hill, Nic Jackson, Caleb Stewart, Corey Coles, Robinson Cancel, J.E. Cruz, Mark Kiger and Corey Ragsdale. Binghamton starters have posted a 3.61 ERA in the last 18 games, giving up 40 earned runs in 99.2 innings while tossing six or more innings 10 times.

Bowie Baysox

In six starts during the month of June RHP Radhames Liz was 2-2 with 42 strikeouts and a 3.63 ERA in 34.2 innings pitched. Among the six starts was a no-hitter against Harrisburg on June 1. Bowie has won just three times in their last 13 games to fall to 40-41 on the season. The Baysox matched their season-high losing streak last week, dropping five straight games from June 25-29.

Erie SeaWolves

The SeaWolves won a season-high seven games from June 23-29. 1B Jeff Larish currently leads the league in RBI (65) and is tied for the league lead in home runs (15). OF Andres Torres currently has an 11-game hitting streak and he is tied for the lead in all of Minor League Baseball with 10 triples on the season. The Erie pitching staff has given up a league-low 210 walks this season.

Harrisburg Senators

With the recent player moves last week, the Senators have had 48 different players appear in a Senators uniform this season. The Senators used 55 different players each of the past two seasons, which were the most the team had ever used. In his last 12 at bats INF Seth Bynum has five hits, including a homer and four RBI.

New Britain Rock Cats

1B Brock Peterson hit .407 (11-for-27) last week with two home runs, eight RBI, seven runs scored and a .741 slugging percentage. Peterson has a team-high 11 home runs on the season. The Rock Cats hit grand slams in consecutive games for the first time in the history of the franchise when OF Matt Allegra and INF Matt Moses did so last Wednesday and Thursday.

New Hampshire Fisher Cats

OF Aaron Mathews has collected a hit in 22 of his last 23 games and he hit .375 (30-for-80) with six doubles, two homers, 16 runs scored and 10 RBI in 20 games during the month of June. RHP Ismael Ramirez won his first start for New Hampshire this season on Sunday in Portland. Ramirez now has 16 career wins with the Fisher Cats, moving into a tie for first place on the all-time list with Mike MacDonald and Gustavo Chacin.

Connecticut Defenders

The Connecticut pitching staff posted a league-best 3.47 ERA in 31 games during the month of June. The Defenders were paced offensively during the month by OF John Bowker, who batted .345 with 12 doubles, five homers, 27 RBI and 19 runs scored in 31 games.

Portland Sea Dogs

E.L. Pitcher of the Week Clay Buchholz struck out 15 batters in 11.1 innings last week to push his strikeout total on the season to 115, which leads all of Minor League Baseball. On Friday night Charlie Zink tied Kason Gabbard and Chris Smith for the most career wins as a Red Sox affiliate with 21. It is tied for third on the all-time list. The knuckleballer also leads all Red Sox farmhands with eight victories this season.

Reading Phillies

C/1B Jason Hill currently has a 13-game hitting streak during which he is batting .313 (15-for-48). LHP Matt Maloney struck out a season best 10 batters without allowing a walk in seven innings of work on Saturday against New Britain. The R-Phils fell to 0-6 at home on Sundays this season with their 10-9 loss against New Britain on July 1.

Trenton Thunder

In his last six starts RHP Alan Horne is 3-1 with 33 strikeouts and a 1.82 ERA in 34.2 innings pitched. OF Brett Gardner batted .385 with six doubles, one triple, 16 runs scored, 13 RBI and seven steals in 22 games during the month of June.

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Transactions

Akron Aeros

Activated RHP Cliff Politte from the DL

Sent RHP Scott Roehl to Kinston (A)

Received C/INF Chris Gimenez from Kinston (A)

Sent C Armando Camacaro to Kinston (A)

Altoona Curve

Placed OF Brett Roneberg on the DL

Activated OF Matt Meath from the DL

Placed OF Matt Meath on the DL

Received OF Jason Delaney from Lynchburg (A)

Activated OF Vic Buttler from the DL

Released RHP Alay Soler

Sent RHP Kip Bouknight to Indianapolis (AAA)

Binghamton Mets

Placed OF Fernando Martinez on the DL

Received OF Jamar Hill from St. Lucie (A)

Bowie Baysox

Sent SS Luis Hernandez to Norfolk (AAA)

Received SS Blake Davis from Frederick (A)

Activated RHP Beau Hale from the DL

Sent LHP Richard Salazar to Frederick (A)

Erie SeaWolves

None

Harrisburg Senators

Sent OF Roger Bernadina to Columbus (AAA)

Traded C John Suomi to Philadelphia

Released RHP TJ Nall

Released RHP Dan Foli

Received RHP Jim Magrane from Columbus (AAA)

Received INF Marcos Yepez from Potomac (A)

Received C Luke Montz from Potomac (A)

Received OF Sheldon Fulse from Hagerstown (A)

Sent INF Melvin Dorta to Columbus (AAA)

Received C Brett Logan from Vermont (A)

Released INF Brandon Larson

Sent C Brett Logan to Hagerstown (A)

Received INF Ofilio Castro from Potomac (A)

New Britain Rock Cats

Placed RHP Tristan Crawford on the DL

Received RHP Anthony Swarzak from Ft. Myers (A)

Received C Korey Feiner from Rochester (AAA)

Sent C Jeff Christy to Ft. Myers (A)

New Hampshire Fisher Cats

Received LHP Ricky Romero from Dunedin (A)

Received RHP Ismael Ramirez from Syracuse (AAA)

Placed C John Schneider on the Temporary Inactive List

Sent RHP Orlando Trias to Dunedin (A)

Placed SS Sergio Santos on the Temporary Inactive List

Activated C John Schneider from the Temporary Inactive List

Connecticut Defenders

Sent C Todd Jennings to Fresno (AAA)

Received C Dayton Buller from Augusta (A)

Received 1B Tyler Von Schell from San Jose (A)

Portland Sea Dogs

Sent RHP Barry Hertzler to Pawtucket (AAA)

Received OF Bryan Pritz from Pawtucket (AAA)

Sent RHP Chris Smith to Pawtucket (AAA)

Signed RHP TJ Nall and assigned to Portland (AA)

Reading Phillies

Sent 1B/OF Randy Ruiz to Ottawa (AAA)

Sent RHP Ryan Cameron to Ottawa (AAA)

Received INF/OF Joey Hammond from Ottawa (AAA)

Received OF Javon Moran from Clearwater (A)

Received LHP Corey Willey from Clearwater (A)

Sent RHP Landon Jacobsen to Ottawa (AAA)

Sent C/1B Chris Coste to Philadelphia

Received C Tim Gradoville from Ottawa (AAA)

Trenton Thunder

Placed C Jason Brown on the DL

Activated C J.T. LaFountain from the DL

Received RHP Gerardo Casadiego from Tampa (A)

Received SS Alberto Gonzalez from Scranton-Wilkes/Barre (AAA)

Sent LHP Zach Kroenke to Tampa (A)

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