Pro Baseball: James A. Loney, Los Angeles Dodgers

published Jul. 2, 2011

James A. Loney went 0 for 5 in the Los Angeles Dodgers's 5-0 loss at the Los Angeles Angels on Friday. Loney graduated from Fort Bend Elkins High School.

Loney is a 2002 graduate of Elkins High School where he was a first-team high-school all-American utility player during his senior season in 2002. The Los Angeles Dodgers made him their first-round pick (19th overall) of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft. Loney played in 431 minor league games during his first four professional seasons before making his Major League debut with LA on April 4, 2006. Loney appeared in 96 games for the Dodgers with a .331 batting average, 15 home runs and 67 RBIs to finish sixth in National League rookie of the year voting. Loney hit at least 10 runs and drive in at least 88 runs each of the next three seasons (2008 to 2010) in LA. Loney was born May 7, 1984 in Houston. Read more...

Pro Baseball: Matthew James Albers, Boston Red Sox

published Jul. 2, 2011

Matthew James Albers went 0 for 0 in the Boston Red Sox's 7-5 loss at the Houston Astros on Friday. Albers graduated from Fort Bend Clements High School.

Albers is a 2001 graduate of the Clements School. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 23rd round (686th overall) of the 2001 Major League Baseball draft. Albers began his professional career in 2002 and spent six seasons (2002 to 2007) in the Astros' system. During 2006 he went a combined 12-3 with a 2.49 ERA in 23 starts with Corpus Christi of the Texas League (double-A) and triple-A Round Rock of the Pacific Coast League. Albers was 10-2 with a 2.17 ERA at Corpus Christi to be named Texas League pitcher of the year. He made his Major League debut with Houston on July 25 2006 and went 0-2 with a 6.00 ERA in 15 innings for the Astros that season. Albers split 2007 between Houston and Round Rock before being traded after the season to Baltimore as part of the six-player trade that sent Miguel Tejada to Houston. He spent three seasons (2008 to 2010) with Baltimore going 11-12 with a 4.60 ERA in 146 games for the Orioles before signing as a free agent with Boston prior to the 2011 season. Albers was born Jan. 20 1983 in Sugar Land. Read more...

Pro Baseball: James Anthony Comerota, Yakima Bears

published Jul. 2, 2011

James Anthony Comerota went 0 for 4 in the Yakima Bears's 11-3 loss to the Boise Hawks on Friday. Comerota graduated from Fort Bend Hightower High School.

Comerota graduated from Hightower High School in 2005 before going on to play four seasons (2007 to 2010) at Rice University. He appeared in 196 games in his career for the Owls posting a batting average of .302 with seven home runs and 101 RBIs. He was drafted in the 18th round (541st overall) off the 2010 Major League Baseball draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Comerota began his pro career in 2010 with Arizona's short-season class A affiliate Yakima of the Northwest League. He batted .202 with five RBIs in 53 games while going nine for 10 in stolen base attempts. He was born Dec. 1, 1986 in San Antonio. Read more...

Pro Baseball: Matthew Martin Lee Carpenter, Memphis Redbirds

published Jul. 2, 2011

Matthew Martin Lee Carpenter went 0 for 2 and scored a run in the Memphis Redbirds's 5-2 loss to the Oklahoma City Redhawks on Friday. Carpenter graduated from Fort Bend Elkins High School.

Carpenter is a 2004 graduate of Elkins High School. He played five seasons (2005 to 2009) of college baseball as Texas Christian University posting a career batting average of .312 with 24 home runs and 159 RBIs. Carpenter hit .349 in 241 at-bats as a sophomore (2006) before receiving a medical redshirt in 2007 after appearing in only eight games. He posted back-to-back 11 home-run seasons in 2008 and 2009, which hit also hit 23 doubles and six triples while hitting .333. Carpenter was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round (399th overall) of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. He quickly advanced through the St. Louis system making it to double-A Springfield of the Texas League by the end of 2010, his first full pro season. He was named a Texas League all-star DH after hitting .316 with 12 home runs and 53 RBIs in 105 games with Springfield. Carpenter was born Nov. 26, 1985 in Sugar Land. Read more...

Pro Baseball: Michael Rockett, Lakeland Flying Tigers

published Jul. 2, 2011

Michael Rockett went 0 for 3 in the Lakeland Flying Tigers's 6-0 loss at the Dunedin Blue Jays on Friday. Rockett graduated from Fort Bend Austin High School.

Rockett graduated from Austin High School in 2005 and went on to play college baseball at the University of Texas-San Antonio. He spent four seasons (2005 to 2009) in a Roadrunners' uniform appearing in 223 games and batting .359 over his college career. As a junior in 2008, Rockett was named the Southland Conference player of the year and a league all-star after batting .360 with 25 doubles, 10 home runs and 68 RBIs. The following year as a senior he hit .394 with 15 home runs and 58 RBIs to be named a conference all-star for the second-straight season. Rockett was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 13th round (390th overall) of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. He appeared in 171 games in the Tigers' system during his first two pro seasons (2009 and 2010) hitting .250 with 10 homers and 70 RBIs while advancing as high as single-A West Michigan of the Midwest League. He was born July 26, 1987 in Sugar Land. Read more...