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EADES, KATZ SELECTED TO PLAY IN CAPE COD LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME
LSU Baseball Report
BATON ROUGE,
La. – Ryan Eades and Mason Katz of LSU have been selected to play
in the 49th annual Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game at 7 p.m. ET
on Friday, July 29 at Fenway Park in Boston.
For the third straight season, the top college baseball players in the
country will be showcasing their talent at Fenway, the most historic
and recognizable ballpark in the world.
Eades, a sophomore right-hander from Slidell, La., will be the starting
pitcher for the West squad in the All-Star Game. Eades, pitching this
summer for the Bourne (Mass.) Braves, is second in the Cape Cod League
with a 0.86 ERA. Eades has a 3-0 mark, recording seven walks and 22
strikeouts in 31.1 innings.
Katz, a junior outfielder/first baseman from Harahan, La., will
represent the Yarmouth-Dennis (Mass.) Red Sox on the East All-Star
team. Katz, a 2011 second-team all-SEC selection, is hitting .282
(31-for-110) this summer in the wooden-bat league with nine doubles,
one triple, three homers and 16 RBI.
For the first time, Comcast SportsNet New England will televise the CCL
All-Star Game. The telecast will also be carried on Comcast SportsNet
Chicago, Comcast SportsNet California, Comcast SportsNet MidAtlantic,
The Mountain and CSS, reaching an estimated 34 million homes. Eric
Frede and Lou Merloni return to handle play-by-play and analyst duties.
Air time will be 7 p.m. ET with first pitch set for 7:07.
The CCL All-star Game will be also be broadcast on WCAI, the Cape and
Islands NPR station, with former major league announcer Jerry Trupiano
and John Garner of the CCL providing commentary.
Tickets are general admission and priced at only $10. To purchase
tickets, fans can log on to www.redsox.com/capecod or call (877)
REDSOX-9. Fans with disabilities may call (877) REDSOX-9 to purchase
accessible seating (while supplies last). The Red Sox’ TTY number
for hearing-impaired fans is (617) 226-6644.
The Cape League, founded in 1885, is celebrating its 127th season. The
league traces its roots to July 4, 1885, when a “base ball”
game was played in Sandwich between teams representing Sandwich and
Barnstable (proclaimed on a poster in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown).
The league’s so-called “modern era” began in 1963
with the merger of the former Upper Cape and Lower Cape leagues and the
appointment of Daniel J. Silva as commissioner.
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