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a third time July 5…went 16 for 51 (.314) with four home runs and seven RBI in 13 games during his
final stay with the River Cats from Aug. 10 to 23.
CAREER
2009—Spent the entire regular season with Triple-A Sacramento before making his Major League debut
with Oakland in September…hit .286 with a home run and five RBI in 10 games with the A’s…
was 3 for 6 (.500) with runners in scoring position…appeared in eight games in right field and one in
left field…made all six of his starts in right…was selected by Oakland Sept. 18 and made his debut
that night against Cleveland with a start in right field…went 0 for 3…singled off the Indians’ Tomo
Ohka in the fifth inning Sept. 19 for his first hit…had a pinch hit RBI single in the eighth inning Sept.
20 against Cleveland for his first RBI…hit his first big league home run Sept. 21 against Texas, a tworun
shot off Eddie Guardado in the ninth inning…went 5 for 12 (.417) with a home run and four RBI
over his first six games and 1 for 9 (.111) with one RBI over his final four…batted .264 with 25 home
runs and 77 RBI in 118 games with the River Cats…had minor league career-highs in home runs, RBI,
walks (38) and extra base hits (57)…finished third in the A’s farm system in home runs…led the River
Cats in home runs, RBI, extra base hits, slugging (.514), strikeouts (94) and games played…was named
Sacramento’s offensive and defensive player of the year…batted .239 with 12 home runs and 42 RBI in
74 games before the All-Star Break and then hit .304 with 13 home runs and 35 RBI in 44 games after
the break…hit .301 at home…led PCL outfielders in fielding percentage, as he did not commit an error
in 267 chances…had seven assists…appeared in 81 games in center field, 18 in right field and seven
in left field…also made his professional debut as a pitcher and compiled a 10.50 ERA (6.0 ip, 11 h, 8
r, 7 er, 3 bb, 1 so, 2 hr, 3 wp) and .379 opponents batting average in six appearances…got off to a slow
start, batting .197 with four home runs and 14 RBI over his first 30 games through May 17…then went
18 for 57 (.316) over his next 16 games from May 18 to June 4…capped that stretch June 4 at Salt Lake
with a three-homer game…had his first of three four-hit games that day…had a season-high five RBI at
Las Vegas June 27…recorded his lone strikeout as a pitcher July 22 at Tacoma (Jerry Owens)…had a
grand slam July 23 at Tacoma…hit .356 with 10 home runs, 26 RBI and eight stolen bases in 26 games
in August…matched his season-high with five RBI Aug. 8 against Oklahoma City…had seven straight
multiple hit games from Aug. 19 to 26 (16 for 31, .516) and had seven home runs and 12 RBI over an
eight-game span from Aug. 19 to 27…hit two home runs and drove in five runs Aug. 25 against Portland
and then went 4 for 4 with four runs scored the next day against Fresno…was named PCL Batter of the
Week for the week of Aug. 24 to 30 after hitting .455 (10 for 22) with four home runs, seven RBI and
10 runs scored in six games…then batted .259 (7 for 27) with three doubles, a home run and three RBI
in six postseason games for the River Cats…played for Aguilas in the Dominican Winter League and hit
.229 with a home run and four RBI in 25 games.
2008—Spent his seventh professional season with Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes
Barre in the New York Yankees organization…combined to hit .285 with 17 doubles, 10 triples, 15 home
runs and 64 RBI in 111 games…began the year at Trenton, but was promoted to Scranton-WB May 3
and finished second on the Yankees Triple-A affiliate in triples (6) and hit by pitches (8), while ranking
third in batting (.289)…with both clubs, he combined to bat .316 against left-handed pitching and .271
against right-handers…his average slipped to .270 with runners in scoring position…hit .322 when
leading off an inning…appeared in 50 games in right field, 42 in center field and eight in left field…had
13 assists in 96 total games in the outfield…committed just one error in 223 chances for a .996 fielding
percentage…hit .277 with five home runs and 26 RBI in 27 games with Trenton…batted .333 at home
and .333 during the day…had a season high five RBI April 6 at Binghamton…put together a season
best 14-game hitting streak from April 12 to 27 and hit .381 (24 for 63) with five doubles, three triples,
four home runs and 20 RBI during the streak…had at least one RBI in each of the final 12 games of
the streak…capped the hitting streak April 27 against New Britain when he went 4 for 5 with a triple, a
home run and five RBI…was promoted to Scranton-WB May 3 and hit .289 with 10 home runs and 38
RBI in 84 games…went 4 for 6 and scored a season high four runs in his Triple-A debut May 3 against
Durham…was on the disabled list from May 25 to June 1 with a strained left calf…had his lone two
home run game June 14 at Norwich and drove in four runs…finished June with a .351 batting average in
20 games…batted .154 (4 for 26) with one RBI in seven postseason games for Scranton-Wilkes Barre as
the Yankees won the International League Championship…played for Aguilas in the Dominican Winter
League following the season and hit .273 with six home runs and 19 RBI in 20 games.
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