6/28/10 Yakima Bears update
June 28, 2010 by Roger Underwood
Next game
Opponent: Vancouver Canadians.
When, where: 7:05 p.m. today, Yakima County Stadium.
Radio: KUTI (1460).
Website: www.yakimabears.com.
Probable pitchers: Yakima RHP Andrew Wolcott (1-1, 2.77) vs. Deyvi Jimenez (0-1, 2.45).
Notes
NEW ARRIVALS: Yakima got three new players over the weekend, with pitchers Cody Wheeler and Michael Bolsinger arriving Saturday night and infielder Raoul Torrez hitting town Sunday.
Neither pitcher be immediately available, however, as manager Bob Didier said each must first pass a physical examination. Pitching coach Doug Drabek will then evaluate each pitcher’s status, and will then determine when and how much each player can work.
Wheeler, a left-hander, was a fifth-round draft pick earlier this month from Coastal Carolina. He was 12-0 with a 3.64 earned run average as a junior for the Chanticleers of Myrtle Beach, S.C., who lost to South Carolina in the NCAA Super Regionals. In 17 starts and 1111/3 innings, the 6-foot, 170-pounder from Spotsylvania, Pa. struck out 113 and walked 41.
Bolsinger, 6-2 and 212, was drafted in the 15th round after going 6-5 with a 4.81 ERA for a Razorbacks team that defeated Washington State in the Fayetteville Regional before falling to Arizona State in the Super Regional. In 13 starts and 86 innings, the McKinney, Texas native fanned 114 and walked 36.
Torrez was a 21st-round selection from the Sun Devils, who finished 52-10 with a loss to South Carolina in the College World Series. The 5-10, 180-pounder hit .268 with three homers and 45 RBI.
PARENTAL SUPPORT: There probably weren’t many Bears fans in the Memorial Stadium stands late Friday night in Everett when Yakima’s Michael Weber stepped to the plate in the top of the 11th inning.
But one who was, and who no doubt cheered loudly when Weber singled home two runs to help the Bears win 11-5 was his mother.
“She was still there,” the O’Dea High School and Washington State University product said Saturday. “She’s not a fair-weather fan. It felt good to contribute like that, especially since I was having a bad game (0 for 5 to that point).”
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