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Lexington Legends vs. Augusta GreenJackets

What: Four-game series

When: Sunday through Wednesday (5:35 p.m. Sunday, 7:05 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, 12:05 p.m. Wednesday)

Where: Lake Olmstead Stadium (Augusta, Ga.)

Major League affiliates: Houston Astros (Legends), San Francisco Giants

Quevedo

Sogard

Alaniz

Foltynewicz

Probable pitchers (Legends listed first): Sunday, RH Carlos Quevedo (4-3, 5.10) vs. RH Justin Schumer (2-2, 6.19); Monday, LH Alex Sogard (1-1, 3.48) vs. RH Taylor Rogers (5-6, 2.52); Tuesday, RH Mike Foltynewicz (2-6, 4.90) vs. LH Mike Kickham (1-3, 4.11); Wednesday, RH Ruben Alaniz (4-4, 5.23) vs. LH Gaspar Santiago (1-2, 5.06).

Gabriel Garcia

Legend to watch: LHP Gabriel Garcia (5-foot-11, 164 pounds, from Charallave, Venezuela) has made 12 relief appearances, going 1-1 with one save and a 3.29 ERA over 27 1/3 innings. Signed as a non-drafted free agent on May 18, 2007, a week after his 18th birthday, Garcia spent two seasons with the Venezuelan Summer League Astros, followed by two years with the Greeneville Astros of the Appalachian League. With the VSL Astros, Garcia fashioned back-to-back 3-3 seasons with ERAs of 3.58 and 3.46, combining for 64 strikeouts to 13 walks. With the Tennessee team, Garcia went 0-4, 7.91, followed by 0-1, 3.86. With 30 strikeouts and six walks this season, his career totals are 143 whiffs and 28 bases on balls. He has held opponents to a .202 batting average this season

Adam Duvall

GreenJacket to watch: All-star 3B Adam Duvall (6-1, 205, from Louisville) is batting .254 with 14 homers, 44 RBI and 34 runs over 59 games through Friday. A Butler High School graduate and a 2010 11th-round draft pick out of the University of Louisville, Duvall began his collegiate career at Western Kentucky and transferred to Chipola Junior College before landing at U of L. He is batting .328 against left-handers, .229 against righties. Duvall broke into pro ball last summer with Salem-Keizer of the Northwest League, batting .245 with four homers, 18 RBI and 30 runs over 54 games.

Radio: WLXG AM-1300

This entry was posted on June 11, 2011 at 2:29 pm and is filed under Appalachian League, Augusta GreenJackets, Baseball, Butler High School, Chipola Junior College, Greeneville Astros, Houston Astros, Lexington Legends, Northwest League, Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, San Francisco Giants, South Atlantic League, University of Louisville, Venezuelan Summer League Astros, Western Kentucky University. Tagged: Adam Duvall, Alex Sogard, Carlos Quevedo, Gabriel Garcia, Gaspar Santiago, Justin Schumer, Mike Foltynewicz, Mike Kickham, Ruben Alaniz, Taylor Rogers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.