Three Tulsa Drillers Given Texas League End of Season All-Star Team Honors
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 12:57PM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com – Three
Tulsa Drillers were named to the Texas League's End of Season All-Star
Team that was announced on Monday. Outfielders Dexter Fowler and Matt
Miller were joined on the team by Eric Young Jr.
The elite
19-player team includes the top players from both divisions of the
Texas League. The squad is determined through voting by the league's
managers and media members.
Fowler and Miller were outfielders on the team, while Young was named to the utility spot.
Tulsa's three members matched Springfield and Midland for the most players on the team.
Kila
Ka'aihue of Northwest Arkansas was named the Texas League's Player of
the Year, and Vince Mazzaro was chosen the Pitcher of the Year. Scott
Little of Frisco was named the Manager of the Year.
Fowler and
Miller have been two of the league's top offensive performers this
season. Miller, who was promoted to Triple A at the end of July, is a
good bet to win the TL's batting title. He leads the league with a
.344 average, with his closest rivals being teammates Fowler and Tony
Blanco. Miller's 87 runs batted in were also near the top of the
league at the time of his promotion.
Fowler has missed the
entire month of August because of his participation in the Olympic
Games, but he still has put together an impressive season. He leads
all active Drillers with a .337 batting average. Fowler has 9 homers,
61 runs batted in and 20 stolen bases.
Like Miller and Fowler,
Young has enjoyed a successful season despite missing an extended
period of time. He did not play at all during the month of May because
of a broken wrist, but is still second in the league with 46 stolen
bases. For the year, Young is hitting .286 with 28 extra-base hits
while playing second base and outfield.
The complete Texas League All-Star Team is listed below.
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2B Drew Sutton, Corpus Christi
3B Allen Craig, Springfield
SS Elvis Andrus, Frisco
UT Eric Young, Jr., Tulsa
C Ben Johnson, Arkansas
C Max Ramirez, Frisco
OF Aaron Cunningham, Midland
OF Dexter Fowler, Tulsa
OF Matt Miller, Tulsa
DH Kyle Blanks, San Antonio
DH Tommy Everidge, Midland
P Matt Buschmann, San Antonio
P Dan Cortes, Northwest Arkansas
P Will Inman, San Antonio
P Vince Mazzaro, Midland
P Fernando Salas, Springfield
P James Simmons, Midland
P Jess Todd, Springfield
Manager of the Year Scott Little, Frisco
Pitcher of the Year Vince Mazzaro, Midland
Player of the Year Kila Ka'aihue, Northwest Arkansas
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