Athletes Beyond Bartow: Local minor leaguers continue second half schedules
July 29, 2024 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com
The three local Minor League Baseball players returned to action recently following baseball’s All-Star break with the two pitchers making a pair of starts each in the past week.
MiLB
MASON BARNETT — Northwest Arkansas Naturals (3rd-yr. pro; Kansas City Royals Double-A affiliate; Texas League; Auburn; Cartersville HS) … made home pitching starts July 23 and this past Sunday against the Arkansas Travelers working six innings in each appearance. On Sunday he scattered two hits and two walks and kept the visitors off the scoreboard earning his fifth win of the season. Northwest eventually won 8-6 to go 3-3 for the week. On the 23rd he allowed two earned runs on two hits and four walks and was tagged with the loss as the Naturals fell 6-1. The 23-year-old right-hander struck out eight in each start. Barnett is 5-6 in 18 starts in 2024 with a 4.91 ERA in 91-⅔ innings pitched. Northwest Arkansas is 13-13 in the Texas League second-half standings and trails the Springfield Cardinals by 3-½ games. The Naturals (48-47 overall) play a six-game series this week at the Wichita Wind Surge.
LOGAN MARTIN — Columbia Fireflies (2nd-yr. pro; Kansas City Royals Single-A affiliate; Carolina League; Kentucky; Cartersville HS) … made pitching starts this past Sunday and Tuesday (July 23) in a home series with the Lynchburg Hillcats. He worked five innings on the 23rd and yielded just one run on three hits in an eventual 13-1 victory. He issued no walks and struck out seven to collect his second win of the year. In a no-decision start on Sunday, the 22-year-old pitched 3-⅔ innings and allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk with five Ks. Martin (2-3) has made 18 appearances (12 starts) this season covering 70-⅔ innings. He has a 4.33 ERA and 69 strikeouts with three saves out of the bullpen. Columbia is 15-13 in the Carolina League’s second-half standings and trails the Charleston RiverDogs by 3 games in the South Division. The Fireflies (50-43 overall) play six games at the Fayetteville Woodpeckers this week.
ANTHONY SEIGLER — Somerset Patriots (7th-yr. pro; NY Yankees Double-A affiliate; Eastern League; Cartersville HS) … in nine home games since the All-Star break, Seigler is just 2-for-20 at the plate appearing in three against the Altoona Curve and six against the Portland Sea Dogs. He added four walks, a stolen base, two RBI, and scored two runs. In 239 official at-bats this season, the 25-year-old has a .209 batting average with seven homers and 31 RBI. He has swiped 18 bases and scored 34 runs with a .320 on-base percentage. Somerset is 16-11 in the Eastern League’s second-half standings trailing the Hartford Yard Goats by one-half game in the Northeast Division. The Patriots (48-48 overall) visit the Bowie Baysox this week for a six-game series.
PGA CHAMPIONS TOUR
JASON BOHN — Champions Senior Tour (Acworth, 51, 33-yr. pro; Cartersville CC member) … shot 80-83 last Thursday and Friday and missed the cut at The Senior British Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Club in Scotland. K.J. Choi won the title by two shots over Richard Green with a four-day, 10-under-par total (69-69-70-70). The PGA Champions Tour schedule moves to the Boeing Classic August 9-11 in Snoqualmie, Washington.
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