Five Railroaders named All-Stars, Brothers homers in debut as Cleburne goes 1-6 last week
Five Railroaders named All-Stars, Brothers homers in debut as Cleburne goes 1-6 last week
Railroaders sit in second place in the Eastern Division a week from the All-Star Game after going 1-6 last week
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CLEBURNE, Texas – Five Cleburne Railroaders have been named to the 2023 American Association All-Star Game roster as the team sits in second place more than halfway through the season.
Jose Sermo, league-leading 17 home runs, Zach Nehrir, league-leading 54 RBIs, Hill Alexander, Mark Karaviotis and Joe Corbett will represent Cleburne for the East Division All-Stars.
Cleburne rookie Blaze Brothers went 2-for-5 with a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored in his American Association debut Thursday as the Sioux City Explorers beat Cleburne 6-5.
Brothers went 6-for-17 with the lone home run, two RBIs and five runs scored in four games last week.
Cleburne lost two of three games to the Lincoln Saltdogs last week in Cleburne before being swept in four games in Sioux City.
Cleburne’s lone win came on a two-out walk-off single from Alexander in the bottom of the ninth inning against Lincoln Tuesday. Alexander is batting .286 with 13 homers and 43 RBIs in 2023.
Kevin Hilton (3-2) was the only Cleburne starting pitcher to pitch at least six innings in a game last week. He allowed one run on seven hits and no walks and struck out three batters through seven innings pitched Tuesday.
Kasey Kalich (2-2) came within an out of pitching six innings as he allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks and struck out eight batters through five and 2/3 innings pitched as Sioux City beat Cleburne 1-0 Saturday. Kalich leads Cleburne with a 3.56 ERA in 2023.
Alex Jackson went 9-for-25 with five RBIs last week. Jackson is batting .243 with 25 RBIs and a team-leading 13 stolen bases in 2023.
At 5.5 games behind the Milwaukee Milkmen for first place in the East Division, Cleburne will begin a six-game series against the league-worst Winnipeg Goldeyes Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in Winnipeg, Canada before the four-day All-Star break.
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