Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Area baseball products ...

Mother Nature interfered with today's trip to Bowling Green for the Kentucky-Western Kentucky baseball game, which would have given us a chance to catch up with the three Heath products on the UK roster — true freshman Chad Wright is starting in the outfield for the Bat 'Cats, and Clint Tilford is one of the key members of the bullpen.

Let's take a look at how some area products are faring on the Division I level:

Chad Wright is hitting .310 for UK while splitting time between the outfield corners. Brother Brock Wright had played sparingly, going hitless in two at-bats this spring. Clint Tilford is 1-2 with a 3.76 ERA, primarily being used in relief.

Gabriel Shaw is one of the bullpen stalwarts at Louisville, going 2-0 with a 3.70 ERA in 12 appearances.

His former St. Mary teammates, brothers Jonathan and Eric Roof, are regulars at Michigan State. Jonathan Roof, the Spartans' shortstop, is hitting .273 in 28 games. Eric Roof, the starting catcher, is hitting .311 with one homer and 18 RBI.

Former Reidland pitcher Chad Edwards is 4-0 with a 5.23 ERA at Middle Tennessee.

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