Marte Named Tribe's June Player of the Month
July 4, 2012 - International League (IL1)
Indianapolis Indians News Release
INDIANAPOLIS -- Outfielder Starling Marte has been named the Indianapolis Indians Player of the Month for June. Marte will accept the award -- a custom-made watch from Windsor Jewelry -- prior to tonight's game against the Louisville Bats.
Marte paced the Indians and the International League with 25 runs scored during the month, while also tying for the league's best hits total with 39. During the month, the outfielder also ranked second in the IL with 67 total bases, tied for second with 28 RBI and tied for fourth with 15 extra-base hits.
Overall, in 29 games played in June, Marte batted .325 (39-for-120) with six doubles, five triples, four home runs and three stolen bases. With his five triples during the month, Marte now has 10 triples on the season, a total which is currently tied for the best in all of Minor League Baseball.
The No. 4 overall prospect in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization according to Baseball America, Marte finished out the month of June in a big way, posting six straight multi-hit efforts from June 25 to June 30. Marte's multi-hit streak stretched all the way to July 2 and during his historic run the Dominican Republic native collected the second most hits (18) in all of Minor League Baseball and tied for the most RBI (14).
As of July 3, Marte is batting .290 (90-for-310) with 52 runs, 16 doubles, 10 triples, nine home runs, 50 RBI and 17 steals, while ranking among the Top 10 in the IL in seven major offensive categories.
Marte and the Indians are back home at Victory Field to take on the Louisville Bats tonight at 6:05 p.m. Though the special Fourth of July contest is sold out, standing room only tickets will be made available at game-time and plenty of great seats are still available for the Thursday night contest against the Bats, which gets underway at 7:05 p.m.
For all the latest Indianapolis Indians ticket information, fans can go online to IndyIndians.com, call the Indians single game ticket hotline at 317-269-2282 or by visit the Victory Field Box Office, open daily at 501 West Maryland Street.
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