Alumni In The Pros: Friday In Professional Baseball

In The Majors:

LF Marlon Byrd (.333) went 1-for-4 with an RBI. DHNomar Garciaparra (.188) was 1-for-4 with a strikeout. 1BMark Teixeira (.240) went 2-for-5 with an RBI and astrikeout. C Jason Varitek (.233) was 1-for-4 with astrikeout.

In The Minors:

CF Charlie Blackmon (.281) extended his hitting streak to 11games while going 2-for-5 with two RBI. 2B Michael Fisher (.242) went 1-for-4 with a strikeout. SSTyler Greene (.293) was 1-for-2 with two walks. RHPTim Gustafson faced 12 batters in relief. His line: 3 IP, 2H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO. 3B Wes Hodges (.246) went 3-for-5 with a strikeout.Jeff Kindel (.372) struck out as a pinch-hitter. RHPJared Hyatt made his first Class AAA start of the seasonand took the loss as Omaha shutout Oklahoma City 3-0. His line:(L,0-1) 5.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO. See story. RFMatt Murton extended his hitting streak to 10 games bygoing 1-for-5 with a walk, an RBI and a strikeout. LF Eric Patterson (.327) was 2-for-4 with a double. DHJason Perry (.500) went 2-for-4 including a strikeout. 1BWhit Robbins (.211) went 0-for-3 with a walk and astrikeout. RF Jeremy Slayden (.207) was 0-for-5 including a strikeout. CMatt Wieters (.267) went 0-for-2 with two walks. RHPBlake Wood got the win as NW Arkansas blanked Arkansas 2-0.His line: (W,1-0) 6.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO.

Previously: Thursday In Professional Baseball (April 23 action).