Rising seniors Ian Campbell and Trey Hernandez have become the
lastest Texas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball players chosen to
represent their summer league teams and the Islanders in each
league's all-star game.
Pitching for the Eau Claire (Wisc.) Express, Campbell has been
one of the top pitchers in the Northwoods League all season. The
righty shares the team lead with three wins and has posted a
team-best 0.80 ERA in 33-2/3 innings of work. His ERA is second in
the league.
Hernandez has been selected to compete in the Coastal Plains
League All-Star Game on July 20 in Forest City, N.C., representing
the Florence (S.C.) RedWolves. The Islander slugger is also one of
16 players to be chosen for the league's home run derby the night
before. The Robstown native is first on his team and tenth in the
league with a .325 batting average. He is third in the league with
33 RBI, while his four home runs are second on his team and
11th in the CPL.
Other Islanders have already competed in their leagues all-star
games.
Marc Damon, who leads his team with five saves, tossed a perfect
inning of relief with two strikeouts in the California Collegiate
league earlier this week. Bobby Buckner also played in the game
going 0-for-1.
Roman Madrid tossed an inning of relief in the Texas Collegiate
League All-Star game that ended in a 7-7 tie. He is 3-1 with two
saves and a 2.41 ERA for the Victoria Generals. He is fourth in the
league in wins and fourth in saves. While not selected for the
all-star game, Jeramie Marek is currently batting .306 for the
Generals.
Several of the teams the Islanders are playing for this summer
are receiving national rankings in the PerfectGame Crosschecker Top
30. Campbell's Eau Claire was ranked fifth nationally entering the
week, while Hernandez's RedWolves are 11th. Victoria is the lone
Texas Collegiate League team in the rankings coming at
22nd.
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