Dukes’ Donnels Has Home-Run Flurry
Albuquerque Duke first baseman Chris Donnels recently went on a home-run tear. He hit seven in an eight-game span, connecting in six consecutive games before his streak ended Tuesday.
He fell one short of the Pacific Coast League record for consecutive games with a home run.
Donnels, 34, is batting .360 with 17 homers and 54 runs batted in. Donnels played parts of five seasons in the majors with the New York Mets, Houston and Boston.
... Twelve Dodger minor leaguers have been selected to play in midseason all-star games.
San Antonio pitchers Adrian Burnside and Luke Prokopec and catcher Geronimo Gil are on the double-A Texas League team that will play the Mexican League all-stars today in El Paso and Tuesday in Monterrey, Mexico.
San Bernardino pitchers Carlos Garcia and Lance Caraccioli, first baseman Pete Paciorek, infielder Joe Thurston and outfielder Lamont Matthews are on the Class-A California League all-star team that will play the Carolina League Tuesdayin Kinston, N.C.
Three Vero Beach players--pitcher Max Regalado, catcher Ryan Kellner and infielder Ismael Gallo--were selected for the Class-A Florida State League game that was played on Saturday.
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