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April 11, 2011 action

Monday In The Majors

• Cubs’ CF Marlon Byrd (.349) went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a strikeout.

Monday In The Minors

• PH Charlie Blackmon (.267) flied out in his only at-bat.
• 1B Chase Burnette (.250) was 0-for-4.
• LHP Lee Hyde faced six batters in relief.
  

April 10, 2011 action

Sunday In The Majors

• Cubs’ CF Marlon Byrd (.342) was 2-for-3 with a double and two walks.
• CF Eric Patterson came off the disabled list and went 1-for-3 with a double and a strikeout in his first game for the San Diego Padres.
• Yankees’ 1B Mark Teixeira (.182) walked once and struck out in each of his three other plate appearances.
• Red Sox’ C Jason Varitek (.143) was 1-for-5 with two strikeouts.
• Orioles’ C Matt Wieters (.192) went 0-for-3 with a walk.

Sunday In The Minors

• RF Charlie Blackmon (.286) was 1-for-3 with a solo home run (2), two walks and three runs scored.
• LF Brandon Boggs (.308) went 1-for-4 with a double, two walks, an RBI and two strikeouts.
• C Cole Leonida was 0-for-4 in his South Atlantic League debut for Hagerstown.
• 1B Luke Murton (.357) went 2-for-2 with a double, a sacrifice fly and a walk.
• 1B Tony Plagman (.353) was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer (1).
• RHP Blake Wood faced six batters in relief.
  

April 9, 2011 action

Saturday In The Majors

• Cubs’ CF Marlon Byrd (.314) went 1-for-4 including a double.
• Tech grad Bruce Chen was the winning pitcher as Kansas City topped Detroit 3-1.
  

April 8, 2011 action

Friday In The Majors

• Cubs’ CF Marlon Byrd (.323) went 2-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI and a strikeout.
• 2B Tyler Greene (.250) was 1-for-3 with an RBI single and two strikeouts in his first start of the season for the Cardinals.
• Yankees’ 1B Mark Teixeira (.240) went 0-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts.

Friday In The Minors

• RF Charlie Blackmon (.125) was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and an HBP.
• LF Brandon Boggs (.429) went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• 1B Chase Burnette went 1-for-4 including a walk and a strikeout in his Carolina League debut.
• SS Derek Dietrich (.571) was 3-for-5 with two doubles and a strikeout.
• 1B Wes Hodges (.125) went 1-for-4 including a double.
• LHP Lee Hyde faced three batters in relief in his first outing for Class AAA Syracuse. His line: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.
• 1B Luke Murton (.250) was 0-for-5 with three strikeouts.
• CF Eric Patterson (.000) went 0-for-2 with a walk.
• LF Danny Payne (.500) flied out to left in his only at-bat.
• 1B Tony Plagman (.444) went 3-for-5.
• RHP Andrew Robinson took the loss in his first California League start as High Desert beat Lancaster 6-4.
  

April 7, 2011 action

Thursday In The Majors

• Yankees’ 1B Mark Teixeira (.286) went 0-for-3 with an HBP and a strikeout.
• Orioles’ C Matt Wieters (.250) was 0-for-3 with a walk.

Thursday In The Minors

• RF Charlie Blackmon went 1-for-5 with a two-run homer and a walk along with throwing a runner out at home plate in his Class AAA debut for Colorado Springs.
• LF Brandon Boggs was 2-for-3 including a three-run homer, a walk and a strikeout in his first game for Class AAA Nashville.
• RHP Brandon Cumpton took the loss as Savannah beat West Virginia 8-0.
  

• OF Charlie Blackmon – Class AAA Colorado Springs (Rockies)
• OF Brandon Boggs – Class AAA Nashville (Brewers)
• 1B/OF Chase Burnette – Class A Kinston (Indians)
• RHP Brandon Cumpton – Class A West Virginia (Pirates)
• SS Derek Dietrich – Class A Bowling Green (Rays)
• IF Michael Fisher – Extended Spring Training (Mets)
• RHP Tim Gustafson – Extended Spring Training (Braves)
• RHP Chris Hicks – 7-day Disabled List (Astros)
• 1B Wes Hodges – Class AAA Columbus (Indians)
• LHP Lee Hyde – Class AAA Syracuse (Nationals)
• RHP Andrew Kown – Class AAA Fresno (Giants)
• C Cole Leonida – Class A Hagerstown (Nationals)
• RHP Deck McGuire – Class A Dunedin (Blue Jays)
• 1B Luke Murton – Class A Tampa (Yankees)
• RHP Micah Owings – Class AAA Reno (Diamondbacks)
• OF Danny Payne – Class AAA Tucson (Padres)
• 1B/OF Tony Plagman – Class A Lakeland (Tigers)
• RHP Andrew Robinson – Class A Lancaster (Astros)
• OF Jeff Rowland – Class A West Michigan (Tigers)
• RHP Blake Wood – Class AAA Omaha (Royals)

Season opening notes:

• Brandon Cumpton gets the start tonight as West Virginia hosts Savannah.
• Cole Leonida is starting his season closest to the Tech campus as Hagerstown opens on the road against the Rome Braves.
• Luke Murton and Tony Plagman meet-up on Opening Night in the Florida State League as Tampa visits Lakeland.
• Padres’ 2B/OF Eric Patterson is expected to begin a brief
  

April 6, 2011 action

• Cubs’ CF Marlon Byrd (.308) went 2-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Red Sox’ C Jason Varitek (.000) was 0-for-2 with a walk.
• Orioles’ C Matt Wieters (.294) went 0-for-4 including two strikeouts.

Reminder: The 2011 Minor League seasons open on Thursday.

April 5, 2011 action

• Cubs’ CF Marlon Byrd (.273) went 3-for-4 with an RBI double and a strikeout.
• Mets’ C Mike Nickeas was 0-for-5 with two strikeouts in his first start of the season.
• Yankees’ 1B Mark Teixeira (.333) went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer (4).
• Jason Varitek caught the eighth inning of the Red Sox’ 3-1 loss at Cleveland.

April 4, 2011 action

• Cubs’ CF Marlon Byrd (.167) went 1-for-4.
• Yankees’ 1B Mark Teixeira (.357) was 1-for-2 with a walk, an HBP and a strikeout.
• Orioles’ C Matt Wieters (.385) went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and an RBI single.

April 3, 2011 action

• Cubs’ CF Marlon Byrd (.182) went 1-for-5 with two strikeouts.
• Royals’ LHP Bruce Chen was not involved in the decision in his first start of the season.