Texas A&M-Corpus Christi juniots Matt Holland and Caleb Marx
will compete for the Islanders in the 2010 Baseball
America Home Run Derby Thursday night at Whataburger
Field.
The derby is part of BA's Team Workout Day, during which all
four Whataburger College Classic teams practice for an hour on the
playing surface. Gates open at 4 p.m. and admission is free.
Oklahoma's Drew Harrison and Ross Hubbard, Ryan Duffy and Connor
Powers of Mississippi State and the UCLA tandem of Dennis Holt and
Matt Mosher round out the field. There will be two rounds of five
outs. If a winner has not been determined after two rounds,
finalists meet in a three-out tiebreaker, then two-ball sudden
death if necessary.
Past Baseball America Home Run Derby winners are Chad
Huffman (TCU 2006) and Doug Thennis (Texas Tech 2007). The event
was cancelled in 2008 due to stormy conditions and last year's
Whataburger College Classic began on Thursday night, so there was
no derby event.
The Islanders open play in the Classic on Friday against UCLA at
6 p.m. They host Oklahoma at 1 p.m. on Saturday and close out the
weekend with a Sunday doubleheader against Mississippi State at 3
p.m.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (pitcher Chris
Ramirez)
21 Matt Holland, OF-LHP, 6-3, 210, L-L, Junior, Watkins, Iowa
26 Caleb Marx, 1B, 6-1, 235, R-R, Junior, Corsicana
Oklahoma (pitcher Tim Tadlock)
45 Drew Harrison, INF, 6-4, 238, R-R, Freshman, Waxahachie
28 Ross Hubbard, C-INF, 6-3, 222, L-R, Senior, Denton
Mississippi State (pitcher Lane Burroughs)
14 Ryan Duffy, OF, 6-0, 218, L-R, Senior, Malabar, Fla.
25 Connor Powers, INF, 6-2, 242, R-R, Senior, Naperville, Ill.
UCLA (pitcher P.C. Shaw)
17 Dennis Holt, OF-LHP, 6-2, 185, L-L, Freshman, Yorba Linda,
Calif.
44 Matt Mosher, 1B, 6-5, 235, L-R, Freshman, Menlo Park, Calif.
