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Former R-MC Standout Travis Beazley Earns Cal League Weekly Honors
Aug 07, 2007
Press Release posted by Randolph-Macon Permalink
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Contact: Chris Kilcoyne, R-MC Sports Information Director
Former Randolph-Macon Standout Travis Beazley Named California League Pitcher of the Week
ASHLAND, VA -- Former Randolph-Macon College All-American pitcher Travis Beazley has been named the California League Pitcher-of-the-Week after picking up a pair of wins over the last seven days.
A member of the Lancaster JetHawks which is the Advanced Class-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, Beazley has been making his presence known in the Cal League after being promoted in mid-July.
In one of the worst parks to be a pitcher in the Minor Leagues, the JetHawks' Clear Channel Stadium, Beazley pitched four-hit ball across seven innings to propel Lancaster to a 7-4 victory over Rancho Cucamonga Tuesday. The right-hander led the JetHawks to a 7-0 blanking of Lake Elsinore later in the week, surrendering five hits and a walk in his seven innings on the mound, but remaining undefeated on the road, where he is now 2-0 since his promotion to the Cal League.
Beazley earned the called up after posting six victories in 15 starts with the Greenville Drive of the South Atlantic League. At the time of his call up, Beazley led the Drive in wins, innings pitched with 101.2 , and his 92 strikes out was tops on the team and ranked fifth in the league.
2007 marks Beazley’s second season in professional baseball after being taken in the 38th-round of the 2006 Major League Draft by the Sox. A native of Beaverdam Va. and a graduate of Patrick Henry High School, Beazley made 14 appearances with 13 starts on the mound last season for the for the short-season Lowell Spinners squad, recording a 3-2 record with a 2.39 ERA in 67.2 innings pitched. Beazley struck out a team best 59 batters while walking just 19 during the season. Beazley’s ERA and strike outs ranked eighth and 17th, respectively among pitchers in the New York-Penn League last season.
Contact: Chris Kilcoyne, R-MC Sports Information Director
Former Randolph-Macon Standout Travis Beazley Named California League Pitcher of the Week
ASHLAND, VA -- Former Randolph-Macon College All-American pitcher Travis Beazley has been named the California League Pitcher-of-the-Week after picking up a pair of wins over the last seven days.
A member of the Lancaster JetHawks which is the Advanced Class-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, Beazley has been making his presence known in the Cal League after being promoted in mid-July.
In one of the worst parks to be a pitcher in the Minor Leagues, the JetHawks' Clear Channel Stadium, Beazley pitched four-hit ball across seven innings to propel Lancaster to a 7-4 victory over Rancho Cucamonga Tuesday. The right-hander led the JetHawks to a 7-0 blanking of Lake Elsinore later in the week, surrendering five hits and a walk in his seven innings on the mound, but remaining undefeated on the road, where he is now 2-0 since his promotion to the Cal League.
Beazley earned the called up after posting six victories in 15 starts with the Greenville Drive of the South Atlantic League. At the time of his call up, Beazley led the Drive in wins, innings pitched with 101.2 , and his 92 strikes out was tops on the team and ranked fifth in the league.
2007 marks Beazley’s second season in professional baseball after being taken in the 38th-round of the 2006 Major League Draft by the Sox. A native of Beaverdam Va. and a graduate of Patrick Henry High School, Beazley made 14 appearances with 13 starts on the mound last season for the for the short-season Lowell Spinners squad, recording a 3-2 record with a 2.39 ERA in 67.2 innings pitched. Beazley struck out a team best 59 batters while walking just 19 during the season. Beazley’s ERA and strike outs ranked eighth and 17th, respectively among pitchers in the New York-Penn League last season.