FIRST TIME ON NATIONAL STAGE
Wilmington, DE - Wilmington Blue Rocks starting pitcher DANNY DUFFY (pictured here in this photo by MIKE COLLINS) may have missed his scheduled spot in the rotation on Sunday in Salem, but the 20-year-old southpaw had a pretty good excuse. He was busy pitching on national television for the U.S. team in the XM All-Star Futures Game.
Duffy entered the game in the fifth frame. He allowed two men to reach, one on a walk and the other on a single, but also managed to retire two batters before being replaced by Arizona farmhand Jarrod Parker.
Duffy's appearance made him the first ever active Wilmington Blue Rock to appear in the 11th annual edition of baseball's sneak peak into the future. Former Blue Crewers Dee Brown, Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury and Rubén Gotay played in the game after finishing their tenure in Wilmington. Zack Greinke and Anibal Sanchez were selected to play in the game while on the Riverfront, but were promoted before the contest took place.
The contest was held in St. Louis (site of Tuesday's Major League All-Star game) and was shortened to seven innings thanks to rain, which also caused a four-hour delay.
The World Team staged a late rally to beat the U.S. squad, 7-5. The announced attendance was 36,311, but thanks to the wet weather, there were not nearly that many fans in Busch Stadium.
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CHRIS WHITE'S BLAZING WEEK
In Lakeland, Florida CHRIS WHITE added a 2-for-3 game Wednesday night against Dunedin to his two-hit game on Sunday against Brevard County. In his last three games the Lompoc centerfielder is 5-for-9 and has lifted his batting average to .240 in the Florida State League.
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