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Legends home for four games vs. Augusta

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                           South Atlantic League

Lexington Legends vs. Augusta GreenJackets

What: Four-game series

When: Wednesday through Saturday (7:05 each night)

Where: Whitaker Bank Ballpark

Tickets: Call (859) 422-7867

Major League affiliates: Houston Astros (Legends), San Francisco Giants

Bushue

Bushue

Foltynewicz

Foltynewicz

Cruz

Cruz

Alaniz

Alaniz

Probable pitchers (Legends listed first): Wednesday, RH Tanner Bushue (6-3, 3.72) vs. RH Taylor Rogers (7-9, 3.27); Thursday, RH Mike Foltynewicz (5-8, 4.28) vs. LH Mike Kickham (3-7, 4.81); Friday, RH Ruben Alaniz (6-9, 4.43) vs. LH Ryan Bradley (1-1, 4.41); Saturday, LH Luis Cruz (3-2, 4.18) vs. LH Gaspar Santiago (3-6, 4.17).

Adam Duvall

Adam Duvall

GreenJacket to watch: All-star 3B Adam Duvall (6-foot-1, 205 pounds, from Louisville) ranks third in the league in homers (20), RBI (76), total bases (192), slugging (.547) and in homer-to-at-bat ratio (1/17.55). He leads Augusta in OPS (.938), ranks second in runs (59), walks (49) and on-base percentage (.391), and is third in batting average (.291). In eight games against the Legends, Duvall has four homers and six RBI. A Butler High School graduate and a 2010 11th-round draft pick out of the University of Louisville, Duvall began his collegiate career at Western Kentucky and transferred to Chipola Junior College before landing at U of L. He is batting .330 against left-handers, .276 against righties. Duvall broke into pro ball last summer with Salem-Keizer of the Northwest League, batting .245 with four homers, 18 RBI and 30 runs over 54 games.

Mike Foltynewicz (Herald-Leader/Mark Cornelison)

Mike Foltynewicz (Herald-Leader/Mark Cornelison)

Legend to watch: Thursday starting pitcher Mike Foltynewicz (6-4, 200, from Minooka, Ill.) has knocked nearly 2.5 runs off his ERA since May 11, when he stood at 6.63. Now at 4.28, the right-hander has won five of his last seven decisions. His 22 starts lead the staff and 115.2 innings pitched rank second on the team. He is fourth on the team with 72 strikeouts. In two outings against the GreenJackets, Foltynewicz is 1-1 with a 4.63 ERA over 11.2 innings. Selected by the Astros in the first round (19th overall) of the 2010 draft out of Minooka Community High School, he passed up a scholarship to Texas and signed for a bonus of $1.305 million. He made 12 starts for the Greeneville Astros of the Appalachian League last season, going 0-3 with a 4.03 ERA over 44.2 innings. Coming into this season, Baseball America rated him the fourth-best prospect in the Astros system and wrote that he “has the best raw arm in the system and flashes three plus pitches” — a 96 mph fastball, changeup and a slurvy breaking ball. 

Quevedo

Quevedo

Quevedo honored: Legends RH Carlos Quevedo is the SAL Pitcher of the Week for Aug. 1-7. Quevedo made one start, throwing seven scoreless innings in a 5-1 victory over the Kannapolis Intimidators. He struck out seven and did not walk a batter while earning his team-leading seventh victory. Quevedo (7-4) has walked only 12 batters all season, spanning 124.2 innings. Said Andy Shea, general manager of the Legends: “Carlos has been consistently strong this season and his control has been excellent. It’s great to see him receive this league-wide recognition.”

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