Alumni In The Pros: Tuesday In Professional Baseball

In The Majors

LF Brandon Boggs (.248) went 1-for-2 with a triple and twowalks. CF Marlon Byrd (.263) was 3-for-4 with a walk and twostolen bases. CF Jay Payton (.241) went 0-for-3. 1B MarkTeixeira (.240) was 0-for-3 with a walk. C Jason Varitek(.220) went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.

In The Minors

DH Charlie Blackmon (.350) returned to the lineup and went4-for-4 with an RBI double, a triple, two HBPs and a stolen base.Blackmon has had three or more hits in each of his last four games.See story.RHP Kevin Cameron struck out two of the three batters hefaced in a 1-2-3 inning of relief. SS Michael Fisher (.253) was 1-for-5 including a double. SSTyler Greene (.229) extended his latest hitting streak tofive games by going 1-for-4 with an RBI double, an HBP and a stolenbase. CF Garrett Groce (.248) was 0-for-3. 3B Wes Hodges (.290) went 0-for-4 including a walk and astrikeout. RHP Andrew Kown faced 10 batters in relief. His line: 1.1 IP, 5H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 2 HR. LF Matt Murton (.286) was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. 2BEric Patterson (.322) went 0-for-3 with a walk and astrikeout. OF Danny Payne was re-activated from the disabled list. RFJason Perry (.257) went 1-for-4 with an RBI double. RFJeremy Slayden (.290) was 0-for-5 with a strikeout. CMatt Wieters (.363) went 1-for-4 with a strikeout.

Previously: Monday In Professional Baseball (August 4 action)