2B Thursday, June 15, 2017 The Commercial Appeal In the news MLB DRAFT Christian Brothers University brings aboard new softball coach: Jessie Homesley has been named the softball head coach at Christian Broth- ers University, by Director of Athletics Brian Sum- Darren Baker, Dusty’s son, mers, becoming the seventh head coach in the program's history. Homesley joins CBU after spending the past five seasons at Gulf South Conference rival Short- plucked by Nats on Day 3 er University. She led the Hawks to a 28-23 record and was ranked as high as No. 7 in the South Re- DENNIS WASZAK JR. gion last year—her first as the program's head ASSOCIATED PRESS Players taken with Tennessee ties coach. She brings extensive experience competing at NEW YORK - Darren Baker got Here’s a look at all the baseball players with Tennessee ties who were taken in the 2017 MLB draft: Name, School, Position, Round (Pick), Team the highest levels of NCAA Division II. Her four scooped up by dad’s team again. years as an assistant coach saw the program amass Kyle Wright, Vanderbilt, pitcher, first (5), Atlanta Braves The son of Washington manager Jeren Kendall, Vanderbilt, outfield, first (23), Los Angeles Dodgers an 87-37 record, while winning the 2014 GSC reg- Dusty Baker was drafted by the Na- Brent Rooker, Mississippi St., (Evangelical Chr.), outfield, first (35), Minnesota Twins ular season, 2015 GSC tournament, 2015 NCAA tionals in the 27th round of the Ma- Steven Jennings, DeKalb Co. High School, pitcher, second (42), Pittsburgh Pirates South Region, and 2014 National Christian College jor League Baseball draft Wednes- Wil Crowe, South Carolina (Pigeon Forge), pitcher, second (65), Washington Nationals Athletic Association national championships. The day — 15 years after he first made Will Gaddis, Furman (Brentwood High), pitcher, third (86), Colorado Rockies 2015 squad finished 43-17 and placed third at the headlines on the baseball diamond. Will Toffey, Vanderbilt, third base, fourth (111), Oakland A’s NCAA Division II World Series. She coached 11 The younger Baker, now an 18- Jason Delay, Vanderbilt, catcher, fourth (118), Pittsburgh Pirates All-Americans, 12 National Fastpitch Coaches As- year-old speedy shortstop at Jesuit Michael Gigliotti, Lipscomb University, outfield, fourth (120), Kansas City Royals Jordan Rodgers, Tennessee (Memphis University School), third base, sixth (170), Atlanta Braves sociation scholar athletes, a GSC Freshman of the High School in California, was just 3 Year and a GSC Player of the Year. Ben Breazeale, Wake Forest (Pigeon Forge), catcher, seventh (218), Baltimore Orioles when he was a bat boy for the San Riley Delgado, MTSU, shortstop, ninth (260), Atlanta Braves Agraduate of Furman University, Homesley Francisco Giants, managed by his Chris Carrier, Memphis (Christian Brothers), outfield, ninth (285), Chicago Cubs earned her bachelor's degree in business admini- father, in the 2002 World Series. Kyle Serrano, Tennessee (Farragut), pitcher, 10th (301), Houston Astros stration and played infield for the NCAA Division I During Game 5 against the Angels, Hagen Owenby, ETSU (Powell), catcher, 12th (350), Atlanta Braves Paladins. She earned all-conference honors as a Darren Baker had run to the plate to Hunter Wolfe, Walters State (Dobyns-Bennett), 12th (358), Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop her junior year and as a third baseman pick up a bat when J.T. Snow scored Collin Snider, Vanderbilt (Riverdale), pitcher, 12th (360), Kansas City Royals her senior year. She received a master's degree in —and David Bell was flying down Ricky Karcher, Walters State, pitcher, 13th (377), Cincinnati Reds leadership from Shorter University. the third-base line and heading Reed Hayes, Vanderbilt (Science Hill), pitcher, 13th (398), Baltimore Orioles Zach Warren, Tennessee, pitcher, 14th (413), Philadelphia Phillies Homer-happy Redbirds roll past Sky Sox: The home. Memphis Redbirds used a hitting approach Colton Hathcock, Memphis (Brighton), pitcher, 15th (446), Colorado Rockies Snow quickly plucked Baker out Brady Puckett, Lipscomb University (Riverdale), pitcher, 15th (449), Miami Marlins Wednesday afternoon against Colorado Springs of the way , a moment that instantly Hunter Stratton, Walters State (Sullivan East), pitcher, 16th (478), Pittsburgh Pirates which will make them tough to beat in the Pacific became a part of World Series lore. Aaron Ford, Tennessee Wesleyan, pitcher, 21st (637), New York Mets Coast League. Darren Baker, who has a com- Matt Ruppenthal, Vanderbilt, pitcher, 17th (511), Houston Astros They hit home runs - lots of them. mitment to play at the University of Tim Hardy, Tusculum, pitcher, 18th (541), Houston Astos Memphis continued to strengthen its lead in the California, hit .396 with a .476 on- Hunter Martin, Tennessee (Blackman), pitcher, 20th (601), Houston Astros PCL American Southern Division by belting six base percentage as a senior. Justin Morhardt, Bryan College, catcher, 22nd (650), Atlanta Braves homers, including two by first baseman Luke Voit, The Nationals took another play- Riley Echols, Freed-Hardeman (Harding Academy), pitcher, 24th (732), Cleveland Indians Drew Crosby, Memphis, pitcher, 26th (785), Detroit Tigers in a 10-4 victory over the visiting Sky Sox at Auto- er with a familiar name earlier in Zone Park. Nick Hutchins, Southern Illinois (Franklin), catcher, 27th (810), Kansas City Royals the day, selecting Penn right-han- Alex Robles, Austin Peay, pitcher, 30th (886), Minnesota Twins Voit got the onslaught started with a three-run der Jake Cousins — cousin of Wash- Cody Puckett, Middle Tennessee State, pitcher, 30th (891), Oakland Athletics shot in the bottom off the first inning. That was ington Redskins quarterback Kirk Jeff Moberg, Tennessee, second base, 30th (896), Colorado Rockies followed two batters later by Harrison Bader belt- Cousins — in the 20th round. Ian McWilliams, Beech, pitcher, 30th (907), New York Mets ing his 10th of the season - a two-run homer to left. “Congrats to my cousin, Jake, be- Tyler Walsh, Belmont, pitcher, 33rd (985), Los Angeles Angels In the third inning, the Redbirds (40-25) went ing drafted by the Washington Na- Ro Coleman, Vanderbilt, outfield, 34th (1,025), Detroit Tigers back to work. Voit's 12th of the year was hit to left tionals today!” Kirk wrote on Twit- Spencer Strider, CAK, pitcher, 35th (1,062), Cleveland Indians center, while Paul DeJong also added a solo shot to ter. “There’s room for another Cous- Jeffrey Passantino, Lipscomb, pitcher, 40th (1,215), Chicago Cubs give him 13. Rounding out the impressive inning ins in DC!” was Patrick Wisdom, who registered his 12th of the Jake Cousins was 7-2 with a 3.15 season with a two-run blast to left. ERA in 11 starts this season for the And just for good measure, Randal Grichuk Quakers, and his 20 career wins ed to not draft him. » UNC Charlotte outfielder Zach went deep in the sixth inning to complete the Mem- rank him third in program history. Heimlich, originally projected Jarrett, son of NASCAR Hall of phis scoring. Detroit took Mississippi infield- as a third- or fourth-round pick, was Fame driver Dale Jarrett, was All that swinging was music to the ears of John er Colby Bortles, the brother of 11-1 with a 0.76 ERA this season. picked by Baltimore in the 28th Flaherty, who won his first Triple-A game by strik- Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Several other notable names round after hitting a career-best ing out 10 Colorado Springs batters in his six in- Blake Bortles, in the 22nd round af- were selected during the final day .342 with 13 homers and 45 RBIs. nings of work. ter the infielder hit .269 with a team- of the draft: » New York high school third The Redbirds, which began the day with a six- leading 10 homers and 42 RBIs. » Arizona high school right-han- baseman Daniel Alfonzo, son of for- game lead over second-place Nashville, will go for The three-day draft concluded der Cole Bellinger, son of former re- mer infielder Edgardo Alfonzo, was three in a row over the Sky Sox (37-26) Thursday at Wednesday night with 1,215 players liever Clay Bellinger and brother of taken by the Mets in the 38th round. 7:05 p.m. selected over 40 rounds, but Oregon the Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger, went University of Texas red-shirt Area golfer wins golf event at National Sen- State left-hander Luke Heimlich in the 15th round to San Diego. sophomore shortstop Kody Clem- ior Olympics event in Alabama: Ed McDugle won was not among them. » Georgia high school lefty Pey- ens, son of Roger Clemens, went un- the gold medal at the National Senior Olympics in The ace of College World Series- ton Glavine, son of Hall of Famer drafted a day after older brother the golf competition in Birmingham. McDugle shot bound OSU asked to be excused Tom Glavine, was a 37th-round se- Kacy was taken in the eighth round 75-70-73 (218) to win the three-day event. He was from the team last weekend after a lection of the Angels. by Toronto. the low score for the entire field of approximately story detailing his criminal history » Seminole State Junior College The draft began Monday night 300 golfers from around the country. was reported by The Oregonian/ right-hander/shortstop Gunner with Minnesota taking California Federer comeback halted by Haas in Stutt- Oregon Live. He pleaded guilty as a Halter, son of former infielder high school shortstop Royce Lewis gart: Roger Federer was beaten on his return from teenager five years ago to molest- Shane Halter, was drafted in the with the No. 1 overall pick. atwo-month break, losing 2-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4 to Ger- ing a 6-year-old girl, and teams opt- 22nd round by Toronto.