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CLEARWATER, Fla. – Three Hickory Crawdads and Hickory native Zach Jarrett are headed to play in the South Atlantic League (SAL) All-Star Game in Greensboro on June 19.
League officials announced the Northern and Southern Division rosters on Tuesday, with catchers Sam Huff and Yohel Pozo and pitcher Tyler Phillips of the Crawdads on the North roster, as well as Delmarva (Md.) outfielder Zach Jarrett.
Jarrett played high school baseball at Hickory and college baseball at Charlotte.
The game on June 19 begins at 7:05 p.m. and it’s the 59th for the SAL (http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20180223&content_id=267015590&fext=.jsp&sid=t477&vkey=team1).
Huff and Pozo are reserve catchers selected for the game. They have split time at catcher this season for Hickory but also played first base and been designated hitters. They’ve each caught 20 games.
PHILLIPS
POZO
Huff paces the Crawdads with 18 runs scored through Monday night. He’s also second on the team in home runs 95) and has thrown out 27 percent of runners trying to steal a base.
Pozo has a team-best 39 hits with 10 doubles through Monday, and he leads the active roster players with 19 RBIs. He has struck out just 19 times and his strikeout ratio (plate appearances/strikes out) is 9.05, second-lowest in the SAL.
Phillips is a right-hander with an ERA of 3.54 in 10 starts. He leads Hickory’s pitching staff in innings pitched (56), strikeouts (54) and leads starting pitchers with a 1.16 WHIP. In half of his starts, he has allowed no more than one run.
Phillips has walked just six this season and been especially effective at L.P. Frans Stadium (1.16 ERA in five starts, opponents hitting .221).
Jarrett had played in 51 games through Monday with a batting average .287 with 10 home runs 29 RBIs. He was tied for 18th among SAL) hitters, a league that has 12 hitting .300 or better, led by .354 by Kannapolis’ Laz Rivera through Monday.
Jarrett’s one of five SAL players with 10 or more home runs – Seuly Matias of Lexington (Ky.) has 17, Asheville’s Chad Spanberger has 14, Asheville’s Casey Golden has 12 and Jarrett and Seamus Curran of Delmarva each have 10.
2018 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME
(June 19 at Greensboro)
NORTHERN DIVISION
PITCHERS
Will Stewart — LHP, Lakewood
Blake Battenfield — RHP, Kannapolis
Kyle Dohy — LHP, Lakewood
Jake Elliott — RHP, Kannapolis
Tyler Johnson — RHP, Kannpolis
Ryan Lillie — RHP, Greensboro
Tyler Phillips — RHP, Hickory
Nick Raquet — LHP, Hagerstown
Ramon Rosso — RHP, Lakewood
Addison Russ — RHP, Lakewood
CATCHERS
Deon Stafford — West Virginia
Sam Huff — Hickory
Yohel Pozo — Hickory
INFIELDERS
Seamus Curran — 1B, Delmarva
Tate Blackman — 2B, Kannapolis
Trevor Craport — 3B, Delmarva
Laz Rivera — SS, Kannapolis
Nick Maton — INF, Lakewood
Jake Scheiner — INF, Lakewood
OUTFIELDERS
Calvin Mitchell — West Virginia
Luis Gonzalez — Kannapolis
Zach Jarrett — Delmarva
Nick Banks — Hagerstown
Craig Dedelow — Kannapolis
DESIGNATED HITTER
Lazaro Alonso — Greensboro
SOUTHERN DIVISION
PITCHERS
Joey Marciano — LHP, Augusta
Walter Borkovich — RHP, Rome
Joe Cavallaro — RHP, Columbia
Kutter Crawford — RHP, Greenville
John Gavin — LHP, Augusta
David Peterson — LHP, Columbia
Denyi Reyes — RHP, Greenville
Kelvin Rodriguez — LHP, Rome
Freddy Tarnok — RHP, Rome
Bruce Zimmermann — LHP, Rome
CATCHERS
M.J. Melendez — Lexington
Scott Manea — Columbia
Sebastian Rivero — Lexington
INFIELDERS
Chad Spanberger — 1B, Asheville
Bret Boswell — 2B, Asheville
Chris Hess — 3B, Charleston
Manuel Geraldo — SS, Augusta
Riley Delgado — INF, Rome
Jeremy Vasquez — INF, Columbia
OUTFIELDERS
Seuly Matias — Lexington
Drew Waters — Rome
Casey Golden — Asheville
Victor Acosta — Greenville
Steven Sensley — Charleston
DESIGNATED HITTER
Nick Pratto — Lexington
MORE COVERAGE: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/south-atlantic-league-announces-2018-all-star-rosters/