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Orange County Flyers Acquire LHP Cline from Scorpions

July 15, 2010 - Golden Baseball League (GBL)
Orange County Flyers News Release


FULLERTON, Calif. (July 15, 2010) - The Orange County Flyers have acquired left-handed pitcher Zachary Cline from the Yuma Scorpions to help bolster the pitching staff for the second half of the season. Flyers manager Paul Abbott and Executive VP of Player Personnel Harris Tulchin pulled the trigger at the league meeting in Tucson during the All-Star break, working with Yuma's General Manager Peter Young to finalize the deal.

Cline, who turns 27 on Saturday, has started six games this season with the Scorpions and appeared in 14 games total during 2010. The southpaw is 2-2 this year with a 4.87 ERA and 1.55 WHIP, helping to lead the Scorpions to their best start in the franchise's six-year history. The addition of Cline gives Orange County a strong left- handed pitcher who can work either out of the bullpen or take the ball every fifth day as a starter.

A former Big East Conference All-Star pitcher at West Virginia in 2004, the Philadelphia Phillies drafted Cline in the 15th round (452 overall) of the 2004 MLB draft. That year he went 5-1 with a 2.98 ERA with the Lakewood BlueClaws of the Single-A South Atlantic League. Cline went 7-3 with Lakewood in 14 starts in 2006, and he also made three starts with the High-A Clearwater Threshers of the Florida State League. He has spent the last three seasons playing in the independent leagues, and he has a professional career record of 36-25 with a 4.10 ERA over 74 starts and 98 games pitched.

The Orange County Flyers return from the GBL All-Star break today, beginning a four-game series against the St. George RoadRunners. The Flyers will finish out their first half with three games against St. George before beginning their second-half of the season with game 46 in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader. The Flyers will play eight games in seven days this week, with a four game series against the Chico Outlaws beginning Sunday. For ticket information, please call (714) 526-8326 or visit the team's website at www.OrangeCountyFlyers.com .

NOTES: Cline faced Orange County twice this season, including a start on June 24 in San Luis, Rio Colorado, Mexico. In that outing, Cline tossed 6.2 innings, allowing two runs on five hits with five strikeouts and one walk in a no decision.

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