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MLB

American League 

Brett Gardner, OF, NY Yankees – 15-Day DL with a sore right elbow. Went 2-3 in a rehab start for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in their 1-0 loss to Columbus. 

Matt Wieters, C, Baltimore Orioles – 1-3 with a walk in a 10-3 loss to Texas. The Stratford alum is batting .300

Justin Smoak, 1B, Seattle Mariners – 1-4 with 2 K's in a 6-4 loss to the Tigers. The Goose Creek native is batting .178

AA

Eastern League

Mike Cisco, P, Reading (Philadelphia Phillies) – Did not pitch in a 5-3 loss to Trenton

Reese Havens, 2B, Binghamton (NY Mets) – 1-4 with a run scored in a 4-3 loss to New Britain. The Bishop England alum is batting .231

John Murrian, C, Erie (Detroit Tigers) – 1-3 with a K in a 1-0 loss to Akron. The Stratford alum is batting .262. He didn't play in game 2 of the doubleheader

Southern League

Justin Greene, OF, Birmingham (Chicago White Sox) – 1-4 with an RBI (10) and a stolen base (12) in a 6-3 win over Tennessee. The Stratford alum is batting .333

Texas League

Chris McGuiness, 1B, Frisco (Texas Rangers) – 1-3 with a HR (7), 2 RBI (17), a walk and 2 runs scored in a 9-3 win over Midland. The James Island native also had an error (4) and is now batting .241

Bryan Altman, IF, San Antonio (San Diego Padres) – 0-1 in a 17-3 loss to Corpus Christi. The Summerville alum is batting .214

High-A

 Florida State League

Asher Wojciechowski, P, Dunedin (Toronto Blue Jays) – Did not pitch in a 16-4 win over St. Lucie

A

Midwest League

Drew Cisco, P, Dayton (Cincinnati Reds) – Did not pitch in doubleheader

South Atlantic League

John Cornely, Rome (Atlanta Braves) – Did not pitch in a 1-0 loss to Greenville

Chris Hanna, Hickory (Texas Rangers) – PPD