Baseball
South Atlantic
League
UPDATED ROTATIONS (Monday p.m.)
Lexington Legends vs. Hagerstown Suns
What: Four-game series
When: Monday through Thursday (7:05 each night)
Where: Municipal Stadium (Hagerstown, Md.)
Affiliations: Houston Astros (Legends), Washington Nationals
Note: After four games at Hagerstown, the Legends move to Salisbury, Md., for five games against the Delmarva Shorebirds.
Jose Cisnero
Luis Cruz
Zach Grimmett
Tanner Bushue
Probable pitchers (Legends listed first): Monday, RH Jose Cisnero (5-5, 4.03) vs. RH Paul Demny (6-3, 3.58); Tuesday, LH Luis Cruz (5-2, 3.25) vs. LH Graham Hicks (1-4, 4.85); Wednesday, RH Zach Grimmett (4-1, 4.00) vs. RH Garrett Mock (rehab start, from Nationals); Thursday, RH Tanner Bushue (5-6, 4.32) vs. LH Josh Smoker (3-10, 7.38).
Justin Bloxom
Sun to watch: 1B Justin Bloxom (6-foot-1, 205 pounds, from Phoenix) ranks fifth or better in SAL batting (.310), RBI (68), hits (126), doubles (29) and total bases (193) through Saturday’s games. He’s also among the top 10 in runs (65), slugging (.474) and OPS (.829). Bloxom also has 10 homers, four triples and 10 stolen bases over 101 games. A 2009 11th-round draft pick of the Washington Nationals, out of Kansas State University, Bloxom broke in as a pro last year with the Vermont Lake Monsters of the New York-Penn League, hitting .228 with three homers, 24 RBI and 31 runs scored over 67 games.
Jimmy Paredes
Legend to watch: 2B Jimmy Paredes (6-1, 178, from Haina, Dominican Republic) joined the Legends on Saturday, moving from the Charleston RiverDogs as part of the Houston Astros’ trade of Lance Berkman to the New York Yankees. (The Astros also got pitching prospect Mark Melancon.) Paredes takes over for all-star 2B Jose Altuve, who has been promoted to High-A Lancaster of the California League. Paredes made his first start for the Legends on Sunday, contributing an RBI double. He played 99 games with the RiverDogs, hitting .282 with five homers, 48 RBI, 59 runs, 24 doubles, six triples and 36 stolen bases. Paredes signed as a non-drafted free agent with the Yankees on July 2, 2006. He spent 2007 with the Dominican Summer League Yankees, 2008 with the Gulf Coast League Yankees and last year Staten Island of the New York-Penn League. With the DSL Yankees, he led the club with 42 RBI over 64 games, ranking second in hits (69) and doubles (14). A year later, he led the GCL Yanks in hits (45) and stolen bases (6). He earned NYPL all-star honors last year, batting .302 with two homers, 17 RBI, 36 runs and 23 stolen bases over 54 games.
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