Baseball Update
posted by Scott Hood on Friday, June 29, 2007
On the baseball alumni front, former catcher Landon Powell has been promoted by the Oakland A's to Tripe-A Sacramento of the Pacific Coast League. Powell played his first game for Sacramento last night, smacking a game-tying solo homer in the bottom of the ninth inning against Fresno. But the visitors eventually won, 8-7, in 16 innings. Powell was 2-for-7.
Powell's promotion to AAA increases the number of former Gamecock players at the highest minor league level to seven. Three are with Sacramento. In addition to Powell, pitcher Steven Bondurant and second baseman Kevin Melillo are also playing baseball in the capital city of California. Billy Buckner (Omaha), Brian Buscher (Rochester, N.Y.), Lee Gronkiewicz (Syracuse) and Drew Meyer (Oklahoma City) are also one step away from the major leagues.
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As some of you know, USC first baseman Justin Smoak is spending the summer touring with the U.S. National team. The club recently completed a six-game swing through New England to start the summer. Smoak, batting primarily in the cleanup spot, is off to an impressive start with a .368 batting average, three home runs and eight RBI. He has two hits, a homer, and two RBI in each of the last two games. The USA team faces Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) tonight in the opener of a five-game series at Burlington, N.C.
On the baseball alumni front, former catcher Landon Powell has been promoted by the Oakland A's to Tripe-A Sacramento of the Pacific Coast League. Powell played his first game for Sacramento last night, smacking a game-tying solo homer in the bottom of the ninth inning against Fresno. But the visitors eventually won, 8-7, in 16 innings. Powell was 2-for-7.
Powell's promotion to AAA increases the number of former Gamecock players at the highest minor league level to seven. Three are with Sacramento. In addition to Powell, pitcher Steven Bondurant and second baseman Kevin Melillo are also playing baseball in the capital city of California. Billy Buckner (Omaha), Brian Buscher (Rochester, N.Y.), Lee Gronkiewicz (Syracuse) and Drew Meyer (Oklahoma City) are also one step away from the major leagues.
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