27 July 2006

Cotuit, Y-D each place eight on all-stars

The division-leading Cotuit Kettleers and Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox each had eight players selected for Saturday's Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star game, while the Falmouth Commodores and Brewster Whitecaps each had six.

Shaun Seibert (4-0, 0.00 ERA, 30 SO) of Brewster will be the starting pitcher for the East, while Charlie Furbush (2-1, 1.85 ERA, 31 SO) of the Hyannis Mets gets the nod for the West.

The starting lineup for the West includes first baseman Justin Smoak (.288, 6 HR, 19 RBI) of Cotuit, second baseman Eric Farris (.330, 0 HR, 12 RBI) of Cotuit, shortstop Reese Havens (.286, 2 HR, 12 RBI) of Cotuit, third baseman Matt Mangini (.310, 1 HR, 13 RBI) of Hyannis, catcher Mitch Canham (.344, 2 HR, 8 RBI) of Falmouth, DH Brett Wallace (.270, 4 HR, 13 RBI) of Falmouth, left fielder Jeffrey Rea (.291, 0 HR, 18 RBI) of Cotuit, center fielder Brad Chalk (.296, 0 HR, 7 RBI) of Falmouth and right fielder David Cash (.300, 0 HR, 5 RBI) of Bourne.

West reserves include catchers Joel Collins (.258, 1 HR, 3 RBI) of Wareham and Sean Gaston (252, 2 HR, 14 RBI) of Cotuit, infielder Brett Bartles (.279, 1 HR, 16 RBI) of Bourne and outfielder Warren McFadden (.263, 6 HR, 15 RBI) of Falmouth. Reserve pitchers include Jeremy Bleich (1-1, 1.60 ERA, 26 SO) of Wareham, Travis Banwart (2-1, 0.90 ERA, 16 SO) of Wareham, Connor Graham (2-0, 2.81 ERA, 20 SO) of Wareham, Andrew Carignan (3 SV, 0.00 ERA, 14 SO) of Bourne, Tom Farmer (1-2, 1.56 ERA, 26 SO) of Bourne, Daniel Latham (7 SV, 1.69 ERA, 15 SO) of Hyannis, James Simmons (4-1, 1.24 ERA, 33 SO) of Cotuit, Jay Brown (3-0, 0.00 ERA, 17 SO) of Cotuit, Cory Gearrin (6 SV, 1.80 ERA, 27 SO) of Cotuit, David Kopp (2-2, 0.66 ERA, 16 SO) of Falmouth and Sam Demel (8 SV, 1.56 ERA, 25 SO) of Falmouth.

Starters for the East squad include first baseman Matt LaPorta (.273, 4 HR, 15 RBI) of Brewster, second baseman Chris Carrara (.282, 0 HR, 3 RBI) of Chatham, shortstop Buster Posey (.299, 2 HR, 15 RBI) of Y-D, third baseman Reid Fronk (.319, 0 HR, 8 RBI) of Chatham, catcher Josh Donaldson (.324, 4 HR, 18 RBI) of Harwich, designated hitter Matt Wieters (.330, 5 HR, 15 RBI) of Orleans, left fielder Luke Sommer (.276, 2 HR, 13 RBI) of Y-D, center fielder Justin Snyder (.248, 2 HR, 10 RBI) of Brewster and right fielder Antone DeJesus (.242, 0 HR, 3 RBI) of Harwich.

East reserves include infielders Josh Satin (.266, 0 HR, 17 RBI) of Orleans, Brad Emaus (.230, 3 HR, 20 RBI) of Y-D and Matt Cusick (283, 1 HR, 9 RBI) of Brewster and catcher Danny Lehmann (.254, 1 HR, 5 RBI) of Y-D. Joining Seibert on the mound are Ricky Hargrove (2-0, 0.76 ERA, 27 SO) of Chatham, Brett Cecil (8 SV, 1.52 ERA, 31 SO) of Orleans, Joshua Fields (9 SV, 1.98 ERA, 20 SO) of Y-D, Terry Doyle (4-1, 3.32 ERA, 43 SO) of Y-D, Tony Watson (4-1, 2.25 ERA, 40 SO) of Harwich, Dan Merklinger (3-0, 1.04 ERA, 38 SO) of Harwich, Clayton Shunick (4-3, 1.37 ERA, 30 SO) of Orleans, Nate Boman (2-1, 1.54 ERA, 27 SO) of Y-D, Will Atwood (2-0, 1.61 ERA, 20 SO) of Brewster, Donnie Hume (3-0, 2.52 ERA, 34 SO) of Y-D and Scott Maine (3-1, 1.80 ERA, 19 SO) of Brewster.

Harvey Shapiro (Bourne) will manage the West, assisted by Mike Roberts (Cotuit), Jeff Trundy (Falmouth), Greg King (Hyannis) and Cooper Farris (Wareham).

Kelly Nicholson (Orleans) will manage the East, assisted by Bob Macaluso (Brewster), John Schiffner (Chatham), Steve Englert (Harwich) and Scott Pickler (Y-D).

Taking part in the 2006 Home Run Hitting Contest for the West will be Steffan Wilson (Harvard) of Wareham, Mitch Moreland (Mississippi St.) of Bourne and Justin Smoak (South Carolina) of Cotuit. For the East, Matt Rizzotti (Manhattan) of Chatham, Matt LaPorta (Florida) of Brewster and Josh Donaldson (Auburn) of Harwich will aim for the fences at Red Wilson Field.

(All statistics are through games of July 24.)