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Wilmington Blue Rocks
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Tommy Hottovy, SP - Wilmington Blue Rocks: A 2004 Spinner, Hottovy is on fire this year. His 1.54 ERA is fourth-best in the league. He enjoys a 2-1 record after 23 innings pitched.
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The Wilmington Blue Rocks, a Class A minor league team affiliated with the 2004 World Champion Boston Red Sox, plays at the 6,532 seat Daniels S. Frawley Stadium on Madison Street. Racing enthusiasts in Wilmington enjoy the Delaware Park Race Track and Slots Casino, which hosts daytime thoroughbred racing from April to September at one of the nation's most picturesque sporting facilities. A different kind of racing draws Wilmingtonians to the Winterthur Point-to-Point on the first Sunday in May. Five amateur steeplechases are the main event, preceded by pony races and a parade of horse-drawn coaches and carriages. Every June, the du Pont Country Club welcomes the world's best women golfers for the LPGA McDonald's Championship. The First Union Cycling includes Wilmington in its Mid-Atlantic series of venues in May.
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Wilmington, DE – Setting the franchise record for victories in a season was just the beginning for Wilmington Blue Rocks left-hander Rowdy Hardy. On Thursday, August 30, the Carolina League released its year-end All-Star Team with Hardy becoming the third Blue Rock pitcher in the team’s 15-year history to be selected as Pitcher of the Year in the circuit. Along with Hardy, Carolina League managers, general managers, and media ... voted third baseman Mario Lisson and center fielder Jose Duarte to the postseason squad.
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The Blue Rocks (19-11) jumped on Salem starter Brian Bogusevic right away. The first three batters got hits and Wilmington scored two runs on four hits in the first inning and a run on two hits in the next. Bogusevic allowed only one more run -- on a homer by Kiel Thibault -- but gave up a career-high 11 hits and ... walked three batters in six innings.
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Wilmington, DE - Speedy outfielder Mel Stocker became the 90th former Blue Rock to appear in a major league game on Saturday night. A Blue Rock in 2003 and 2004, Stocker went 0-for-1 at the plate as a late substitution for the Milwaukee Brewers in a 12-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Stocker becomes the fourth former Blue Rock to reach the majors this season, joining Zach McClellan (2002-03), Jacoby Ellsbury (2006) and Clay Buchholz (2006), who tossed a no-hitter for the Boston Red Sox last night.
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Based on the popular television game show Let’s Make a Deal, one lucky Blue Rocks fan will be selected to pick a prize from three FirstRecycle recycling containers. Each container will contain one hidden door prize: a container full of recyclables, a FirstRecycle t-shirt or a pair of tickets to a future Blue Rocks baseball game. The promotion will occur during half of the Blue Rocks’ 70
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