Alumni In The Majors
CF Marlon Byrd (.316) went 1-for-5. Micah Owings (.214) struck out as a pinch-hitter. 1BMark Teixeira (.229) went 1-for-5 with two strikeouts. CJason Varitek (.258) was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. CMatt Wieters (.237) went 1-for-3 with a strikeout. RHPBlake Wood faced four batters in relief. His line: 1 IP, 1H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR.
Alumni In Japan
CF Matt Murton (.352) was 1-for-4 with a walk and asstrikeout.
Alumni In The Minors
LF Brandon Boggs (.273) went 0-for-3 with two walks and astrikeout. 1B/LF Chase Burnette (.324) extended his hitting streak to fivegames while going 1-for-4 with an RBI double, a walk and astrikeout. SS Derek Dietrich (.258) was 1-for-4 with a double and astrikeout, 1B Michael Fisher (.375) went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.SS Tyler Greene (.302) extended his hitting streak to 10 gameswhile going 1-for-6 with a double and three strikeouts. DHWes Hodges (.263) was 0-for-4 with a sacrifice fly, two RBIand a strikeout. LHP Lee Hyde faced 11 batters in relief. His line: 3 IP, 2 H, 0R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO. RHP Andy Mitchell worked a 1-2-3 inningin relief. 3B Thomas Nichols (.360) was 1-for-5 with a double and twostrikeouts. CF Danny Payne (.285) went 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI.Jay Payton (.321) delivered a pinch-hit RBI single. CFJeff Rowland (.333) extended his career-opening hittingstreak to 10 games while going 1-for-3 with two walks.
Previously: Saturday In Professional Baseball (June 26 action)
