Athletes Beyond Bartow: Barnett evens MiLB career mark
July 31, 2023 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com
This week's edition of 'Athletes Beyond Bartow' provides an update on the two local Minor League Baseball prospects and a local golfer competing on the PGA Champions Tour.
MASON BARNETT — Quad Cities River Bandits (KC Royals High A affiliate; 2nd-yr. pro; Auburn; Cartersville HS) … notched his fourth pitching win of the season last Tuesday (July 25) with a five-inning home start to beat the Lansing Lugnuts. He scattered six hits, did not issue a walk, and fanned ten of the 18 batters he faced. Barnett’s season record improved to 4-5 with his fifteenth start and it evened his MiLB career record at 5-5. The 22-year-old has now worked 75 innings in 2023 with a 3.24 ERA and 89 strikeouts. Quad Cities was 3-3 in their series with Lansing last week. The River Bandits (12-18 Midwest League second half / 44-52 overall) play a six-game stretch at the Peoria Chiefs Tuesday through Sunday.
ANTHONY SEIGLER — Somerset Patriots (NY Yankees Double-A affiliate; 6th-yr. pro; Cartersville HS) … returned to see action in three games last week after spending just over a month on the injured list. He was 1-for-9 at the plate with a pair of walks and scored four runs in home games against the Bowie Baysox last Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. Seigler’s hit was his fifth double of the season Sunday in a 6-5 win. He started twice at catcher and once at DH while the Patriots won five of the six games in last week’s series. The 24-year-old has a .169 batting average this season in 142 official at-bats. He has one homer and 14 RBIs appearing in 44 games. Somerset (16-10, Eastern League second half) travels to Akron for a six-game set with the Rubber Ducks Tuesday through Sunday. The Patriots (58-36 overall) already clinched a playoff berth by winning the East Division’s first-half race and currently lead Portland by ½ game in the second half.
JASON BOHN — PGA Champions Tour … the Acworth resident and Cartersville Country Club member of the PGA’s senior tour fired rounds of 75-73 and missed the cut at The Senior Open Championship played at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Bridgend, Wales last Thursday through Sunday. After turning 50 in April, the senior tour rookie has now played in nine senior events and ranks 78th on the Charles Schwab Cup money list. He had top-20 performances in April at the Insperity Invitational and in June at the American Family Insurance Championship.
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