Hometown Heroes: Hoyt and Stevenson back to majors with contenders, Vargas wins 15th

With the minor league season now over, the focus shifts to major league players for the rest of the season. Many are involved in pennant races and possible postseason play to come.

Former Centenary hurler James Hoyt was recalled from Triple A Fresno by the Houston Astros on Sept. 6. Hoyt has been a swing and miss pitcher for Houston this season, striking out 62 batters in 44 2/3 innings pitched.

Former St. Thomas More and LSU speedster Andrew Stevenson was recalled by Washington from Triple-A Syracuse on Sept. 7. He had been with the Nationals for a couple of months previously.

After going through a slump, former LSU pitcher Jason Vargas pitched well in an 11-3 victory over Minnesota on Sept. 10. Vargas went five innings, allowing just one run on four hits, striking out three for his 15^th win of the season.

Former LSU star D.J. LeMahieu has hit in 19 of his last 20 games for the Colorado Rockies. He had a 16-game his streak snapped on Sept. 9 but he is still batting .316 with 28 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 60 RBI.

Former Neville standout Alex Presley has a five-game hit streak (8-for-21/.381) and has hit in 12 of his last 13 games for the Detroit Tigers to raise his average to .313 with eight doubles, two triples, one home run and 14 RBI.

Major Leagues
Alex Bregman—Astros (LSU) .284, 34 doubles, 5 triples, 16 HR, 58 RBI, 16 SB
Clay Buchholz—Phillies (McNeese St.) 2G, 0-1, 12.27 ERA, 7.1 INN, 5 K’s (60-day D.L.)
Danny Farquhar—White Sox (UL Lafayette) 9G, 1-0, 4.00 ERA, 9 INN, 7 H, 7 K’s
Kevin Gausman—Orioles (LSU)  30G, 10-10, 4.99 ERA, 160.2 INN, 152 K’s
Gavin Cecchini—Mets (Barbe) 19G, .192 (10-for-52), 1 HR, 4 RBI
Nick Goody—Indians (LSU) 49G, 1-2 2.72 ERA, 49.2 INN, 35 H, 67 K’s
Will Harris—Astros (Slidell, LSU)  39G, 3-2, 3.05 ERA, 2 SV, 38.1 NN,  32 H, 43 K’s
**Aaron Hill—Giants (LSU) .132, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR, 7 RBI (Released)
*TJ House—Blue Jays (Slidell) 2G, 0-0, 4.50 ERA, 2 INN, 1 K (Designated for assignment)
James Hoyt—Astros (Centenary) 39G, 1-0, 4.84 ERA, 44.2 INN, 62 K’s
Jacoby Jones—Tigers (LSU) .163 (16-for-98), 1 double, 1 triple, 3 HR, 10 RBI
Wade LeBlanc—Pirates (Barbe) 47G, 5-2, 4.68 ERA, 1 SV, 65.1 INN, 62 H, 60 K’s
DJ LeMahieu—Rockies (LSU) .316, 28 doubles, 3 triples, 7 HR, 60 RBI, 6 SB
Aaron Loup—Blue Jays (Hahnville, Tulane) 63G, 2-3, 4.13 ERA, 52.1 INN, 59 K’s
Jonathan Lucroy—Rockies (UL Lafayette) .276, 5 doubles, 2 triple, 1 HR, 8 RBI
Seth Lugo—Mets (Parkway, Centenary) 15G, 6-4, 4.64 ERA, 83.1 INN, 67K’s
Mikie Mahtook—Tigers (St. Thomas More, LSU) .276, 14 doubles, 5 triples, 11 HR, 35 RBI, 6 SB
Phil Maton—Padres (Louisiana Tech) 39G, 3-0, 4.21 ERA, 1 SV, 36.1 INN, 35 H, 36 K’s
Wade Miley–Orioles (Loranger, SLU)  29G, 8-12, 4.96 ERA, 148.2 INN, 132 K’s
Logan Morrison—Rays (Northshore) .246, 20 double, 1 triple, 36 HR, 82 RBI
Aaron Nola—Phillies (Catholic, LSU)  24G, 10-10, 3.71 ERA, 148 INN, 140 H, 156 K’s
Alex Presley—Detroit (Neville) .313, 8 doubles, 2 triples, 1 HR, 14 RBI, 4 SB
Jace Peterson—Braves (Hamilton Christian, McNeese) .199, 7 doubles, 2 triples, 1 HR, 13 RBI
Rob Segedin—Dodgers  (Tulane) 8G, .133 (2-for-15), 1 double, 2 R
Andrew Stevenson—Nationals (St. Thomas More, LSU) .170 (9-for-53), 2 doubles, 1 RBI
Stuart Turner—Reds (Eunice, LSU-E) .141 (10-for-71), 3 doubles, 2 HR, 7 RBI
Jason Vargas—Royals (LSU) 28G, 15-10, 4.15 ERA, 158.1 INN, 116 K’s
Taijuan Walker—Diamondbacks (Shreveport) 25G, 9-7, 3.32 ERA, 143.2 INN, 132 H, 130 K’s
**Rickie Weeks Jr.—Rays (Southern) .216, 6 doubles, 2 HR, 8 RBI (Released)

Class AAA
Jeremy Bleich—Oklahoma City (Newman) 31G, 5-3, 3.22 ERA, 3 SV, 50.1 INN, 45 H, 43 K
Brian Bogusevic—Pawtucket (Tulane) .278, 15 doubles, 2 triples, 12 HR, 40 RBI, 4 SB
Reid Brignac—Fresno (St. Amant) .251, 17 doubles, 3 triple, 13 HR, 52 RBI, 4 SB
Joe Broussard—Oklahoma City (Holy Cross, LSU)  44G, 4-1, 3.57 ERA, 3 SV, 58 INN, 57 H, 67 K’s
Wil Browning—Buffalo (ULM) 39G, 4-3, 6.55 ERA, 1 SV, 57.2 INN,  57 K’s
Joey Butler—Syracuse (UNO) .215, 3 doubles, 2 HR, 8 RBI  (7-day D.L.)
Garin Cecchini—Omaha (Barbe) .261, 19 doubles, 2 triple, 4 HR, 32 RBI
J.T. Chargois—Rochester (Sulphur)  2G, 0-0, 1 SV, 2.2 INN, 1 H, 2 K’s (7-day D.L.)
Preston Claiborne—Round Rock (Tulane) 38G, 3-1, 1.89 ERA, 16 SV, 38 INN, 37 H, 42 K’s (7-day D.L.)
*Louis Coleman—Reno (LSU) 25G, 2-1, 2.30 ERA, 27.1 INN, 16 H, 33 K’s (Released)
James Dykstra—Round Rock (LSU) 21G, 2-9, 7.33 ERA, 73.2 INN, 51 K’s
Johnny Giavotella—Norfolk (St. Thomas More, LSU) .306, 22 doubles, 4 triple, 5 HR, 45 RBI, 4 SB (7-day D.L.)
James Hoyt—Astros (Centenary) 13G, 2-0, 1.93 ERA, 2 SV, 14 INN, 10 H, 18 K’s
Tyler Jones—Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (LSU) 44G, 6-4, 4.38 ERA, 3 SV, 63.2 INN, 61 H, 76 K’s
Mason Melotakis—Rochester (Northwestern State) 21G, 2-0, 4.07 ERA, 1 SV, 24.1 INN, 22 H, 23 K’s
*Jim Miller—Rochester (ULM)  Has not pitched
**Jared Mortensen—Fresno (LSU-S) 3G, 0-0, 13.50 ERA, 4.2 INN, 4 K’s (Released)
Austin Nola—New Orleans  29G, .202 (18-for-89), 4 doubles, 1 HR, 6 RBI
Nick Rumbelow—LSU  17G, 5-1, 0.62 ERA, 5 SV, 29 INN, 16 H, 30 K’s
Ryan Schimpf–El Paso (St. Paul’s, LSU) .202, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 19 HR, 44 RBI
Kade Scivicque—Gwinnett (St. Thomas More, LSU) 24G, .272 (22-for-81), 2 doubles, 2 HR,  11 RBI
Andrew Stevenson—Syracuse (St. Thomas More, LSU) .252, 7 doubles, 4 triples, 2 HR, 26 RBI, 10 SB
Josh Zeid—Memphis (Tulane) 33G, 9-4, 5.19 ERA, 102.1 INN, 95 K’s

Class AA
**Caleb Adams—Mobile (UL Lafayette)  .196, 1 double, 1 HR, 3 RBI   (Released)
Tyler Bray—Springfield (ULM)  37G, 8-0, 2.92 ERA, 2 SV,  52.2 INN, 49 H, 46 K’s
Eric Carter—Springfield (UL Lafayette) 9G, 0-0, 0.77 ERA, 4 SV, 11.2 INN, 9 H, 16 K’s
Ryan Eades—Chattanooga (Northshore, LSU) 28G, 4-3, 3.63 ERA, 79.1 INN, 59 H 58 K’s
Ian Gibaut—Montgomery (Tulane) 43G, 6-1, 2.22 ERA, 10 SV, 52.2 INN, 33 H, 63 K
Andrew Guillotte—New Hampshire (Sam Houston, McNeese) .244, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 8 SB
Jordan Harrison—Montgomery (UL-Lafayette) 53G, 3-3, 3.28 ERA, 2 SV, 57.2 INN, 43 H, 49 K’s
**Brock Hebert—Arkansas (South Terrebonne, SLU) .171, 1 double, 2 HR, 6 RBI (Released)
**Leon Landry—Pensacola (Baker, LSU) .198, 3 doubles, 2 triples, 3 RBI (Released)
Randy LeBlanc—Chattanooga (Covington, Tulane) 19G, 5-4, 3.99 ERA, 79 INN, 49 K’s
Tyler Mapes—Harrisburg (Tulane) 7-day DL
Tyler Moore—Binghamton (LSU) 29G, .188 (12-for-64), 3 doubles, 7 RBI
Tanner Rainey—Pensacola (St. Paul’s, SLU) 14G, 1-1, 1.59 ERA, 4 SV, 17 INN, 8 H, 27 K’s
Austin Ross—Pensacola (Captain Shreve, LSU) 18G, 9-0, 1.87 ERA, 101.1 INN, 86 H, 68 K’s
Tate Scioneaux—Altoona (Riverside, SLU) 47G, 6-5, 2.39 ERA, 14 SV, 83 INN, 67 H, 67 K’s
Blake Trahan—Pensacola (Kinder, UL Lafayette) .222, 18 doubles, 2 HR, 27 RBI, 12 SB
Jacob Waguespack—Reading (Dutchtown) 7G, 3-2, 3.65 ERA, 37 INN, 37 H, 35 K’s
Justin Williams—Montgomery (Terrebonne) .301, 21 doubles, 3 triples, 14 HR, 72 RBI, 6 SB

Class A
Stephen Alemais—Bradenton (Tulane) .317, 6 doubles, 1 HR, 20 RBI, 5 SB
Luis Anguizola—Fort Wayne (Loyola) 1G, .500 (1-2), 1 R (7-day D.L.)
Adam Atkins—Columbia (La. Tech) 23G, 3-0, 0.86 ERA, 31.1 INN, 23 H, 29 K’s  (7-day D.L.)
Grant Borne—Potomac (Catholic-BR, Nicholls) 14G, 4-4, 2.50 ERA, 2 SV, 72 INN, 60 H, 60 K’s (7-day D.L.)
Brayden Bouchey—Vancouver (ULM) 24G, 1-1, 4.20 ERA, 30 INN, 20 H, 36 K’s
Ben Braymer—Hagerstown (Catholic High/LSU-Eunice) 7G, 3-2, 5.26 ERA, 37.2 INN, 37 K’s
Braden Bristo—Charleston (Ouachita Christian/LA Tech) 6G, 1-1, 3.97 ERA, 3 SV, 11.1 INN, 10 K’s
Parker Bugg—Greensboro (LSU) 18G, 2-3, 5.04 ERA, 1 SV, 30.1 INN, 35 K’s (7-day D.L.)
Dylan Burdeaux—West Michigan (West Monroe) .260, 10 doubles, 1 triple, 2 HR, 22 RBI
**David Burkhalter—Wisconsin (Ruston) 10G, 0-4, 6.75 ERA, 1 SV, 32 INN, 18 K’s (Released)
**Domenick Carlini—Cedar Rapids (SLU) 17G, 4-8, 5.18 ERA, 83.1 INN, 66 K’s (Voluntary retired list)
Kyle Cedotal—Boise (Denham Springs, SLU) 22G, 0-2, 3.20 ERA, 2 SV, 39.1 INN, 23 K’s
Chris Chinea—Palm Beach (LSU) .260, 24 doubles, 6 HR, 48 RBI
Zach Clark—Wisconsin (Springfield) .176 (16-for-91), 4 doubles, 1 triple, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 4 SB
Andro Cutura—Cedar Rapids (Pearl River, SLU) 7-day DL
Ryan Deemes—Buies Creek (Holy Cross, Nicholls) 6G, 2-0, 5.40 ERA, 2 SV, 10 INN, 14 K’s (7-day D.L.)
Greg Deichmann—Vermont Lake (Brother Martin, LSU) .283, 10 doubles, 4 triples, 30 HR, RBI, 4 SB
Phillip Diehl—Charleston (LA Tech) 28G, 9-3, 3.16 ERA, 2 SV, 85.1 INN, 76 H, 101 K’s
Jose De Leon—Charlotte (Southern) 4G, 1-0, 1.88 ERA, 14.1 INN, 11 H, 18 K’s (7-day D.L.)
Kameron Esthay—Auburn (Sam Houston) .275, 12 doubles, 1 triple, 5 HR, 30 RBI, 4 SB
Jameson Fisher—Winston-Salem (Zachary, SLU) .221, 16 doubles, 1 triple, 7 HR, 32 RBI
Kaleb Fontenot—Hickory (Sacred Heart-VP, McNeese) 41G, 5-4, 3.06 ERA, 6 SV, 85.1 INN, 66 H, 96 K’s
Jared Foster—Inland Empire (Barbe, LSU) .275, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 4 HR, 18 RBI, 4 SB (7-day D.L.)
Trent Giambrone—Myrtle Beach (Grace King) .242, 15 doubles, 12 HR, 44 RBI, 7 SB
Taylor Guilbeau—Potomac (Zachary) 23G, 4-5, 5.89 ERA, 99.1 INN, 78 K’s
Evan Guillory—Palm Beach (Jennings, ULL) 1G, 0-1, 5.14 ERA, 7 INN, 7 H, 4 R, 7 K’s
**Conner Hale—Boise (LSU) .224, 2 doubles, 1 RBI  (Released)
Nate Harris—Boise (Louisiana Tech) 12G, 1-1, 4.60 ERA, 15.2 INN, 21 K’s
Nick Hartman—Dunedin (LSU-Eunice)  4G, 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 SV 7.1 INN, 0 H, 5 K’s
Nick Heath—Wilmington (Northwestern State) .250, 7 doubles, 1 HR, 12 RBI, 21 SB
Chaz Hebert—Tampa (Breaux Bridge) 7G, 2-1, 5.27 ERA, 27.1 INN, 19 K’s (7-day D.L.)
Taylor Henry—Columbia (Airline, Centenary) 39G, 4-0, 4.33 ERA, 1 SV,  60.1 INN, 39 K’s
Kyle Keller—Greensboro (Jesuit, SLU)  36G, 2-0, 2.28 ERA, 8 SV, 67 INN, 50 H, 86 K’s
Mark Laird—Clearwater (Ouachita Parish, LSU) .286, 15 doubles, 5 triples, 2 HR, 27 RBI, 11 SB
Josh Magee—Tri-City (Franklinton) .218, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 9 RBI, 7 SB
Wyatt Marks—Vermont Lake (St. Thomas More/ULL) 11G, 3-0, 2.68 ERA, 37 INN, 29 H, 49 K’s
Adam Oller—West Virginia (Northwestern State) 16G, 5-3, 1.74 ERA, 1 SV, 41.1 INN, 29 H, 44 K’s
Michael Papierski—Tri-City (LSU) .198, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 5 HR, 18 RBI
Jared Poche’—Vermont Lake (Lutcher, LSU) 1G, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 INN, 2 K’s (60-day D.L.)
Robbie Podorsky—Tri-City (Dutchtown, Delgado, McNeese) .302, 6 doubles, 2 triples, 1 HR, 13 RBI, 16 SB
Kramer Robertson—Peoria (LSU) .270, 12 doubles, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 10 SB
Austin Robichaux—Inland Empire (Notre Dame, UL-Lafayette) 23G, 6-9, 6.80 ERA, 94 INN, 64 K’s
Colin Rodgers—Wilmington (Parkview Baptist) 22G, 2-6, 4.36 ERA, 88.2 INN, 81 K’s
Jake Rogers—Lakeland (Tulane) .143, (1-for-7)
Ty Ross—San Jose (LSU) Restricted List
Steven Sensley—Charleston (University High, ULL) .259, 5 doubles, 4 HR, 22 RBI  (7-day D.L.)
Trevor Simms—Kane County (Tulane) 23G, 3-3, 2.87 ERA, 4 SV, 30.1 INN, 28 K’s
Riley Smith—Kane County (LSU) 14G, 3-1, 3.07 ERA, 58.2 INN, 49 K’s
Jesse Stallings—Dayton (Grant, LSU)  45G, 1-4, 4.57 ERA, 1 SV, 63 INN, 39 K’s
Tyree Thompson—Spokane (Karr) 13G, 5-1, 3.15 ERA, 68.2 INN, 63 H, 44 K’s
Nick Thurman—Clinton (Belle Chasse, UL Lafayette) .235, 11 doubles, 1 triple, 5 HR, 27 RBI, 4 SB
Stefan Trosclair—Peoria (Sulphur, LSU-E, UL Lafayette) .272 18 doubles, 6 triples, 15 HR, 59 RBI, 14 SB
John Valek, III—Boise (LSU) 16G, 3-6, 5.84 ERA, 61.2 INN, 32 K’s
Chase Vallot—Wilmington (St. Thomas More) .231, 22 doubles, 12 HR, 37 RBI (7-day D.L.)
Jake Winston—Kane County (Vidalia) 36G, 1-2, 4.27 ERA, 4 SV, 46.1 INN, 45 H, 38 K’s

Rookie

Ted Andrews—AZL White Sox (Tulane) 13G, 0-0, 2.25 ERA, 12 INN, 7 H, 10 K’s
Reagan Bazar—AZL Giants (ULL) 13G, 3-1, 4.43 ERA, 22.1 INN, 17 K’s
Carson Crites—Elizabethton (SLU) .300, 11 doubles, 4 HR, 30 RBI, 4 SB
Brent Diaz—AZL Brewers (Louisiana Tech) .368 (21-for-57), 6 doubles, 1 triple, 9 RBI, 4 SB
Patrick Duester—Ogden (Tulane) 18G, 3-3, 3.12 ERA, 1 SV, 34.2 INN, 29 H, 30 K’s
Blayne Enlow—GCL Twins (St. Amant) 6G, 3-0, 1.33 ERA, 20.1 INN, 10 H, 19 K’s
Jake Fraley—GCL Rays (LSU) 4G, .467 (7-for-15), 3 doubles,1 HR, 2 RBI
Raphael Gladu—Kingsport (Louisiana Tech) .269, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 2 HR, 14 RBI
Evan Guillory—Johnson City (Jennings, ULL) 16G, 2-1, 2.80 ERA, 45 INN, 41 H, 35 K’s
Tyler James—AZL Royals (Salmen) .258, 8 doubles, 5 triples, 10 RBI, 31 SB
Kolton Kendrick—Elizabethton (Oak Forest) .231, 6 doubles, 4 HR, 18 RBI
Hunter Kiel—AZL White Sox (LSU) 12G, 0-0, 8.18 ERA, 11 INN, 11 H, 16 K’s
Collin Kober—AZL Mariners (Sam Houston, McNeese State) 13G, 3-3, 3.06 ERA, 3 SV, 17.2 INN, 12 H, 21 K’s
Alex Lange—AZL Cubs (LSU) 4G, 0-1, 4.82 ERA, 9.1 INN, 9 H, 13 K’s
Jake Latz—AZL Rangers (LSU) 2G, 0-1, 6.75 ERA, 2.2 INN, 5 K’s
Jacob Pearson—AZL Angels (West Monroe) .226, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 13 RBI, 5 SB
Tanner Raiburn—GCL Red Sox (Grambling) 16G, 1-1,43.12 ERA, 4 SV, 19.2 INN, 15 H, 16 K’s
Mac Sceroler—Billings (Denham Springs, SLU) 12G, 0-4, 3.26 ERA, 38.2 INN, 37 H, 44 K’s
Shawn Semple—GCL Yankees East (UNO) 13G, 4-0, 1.00 ERA, 2 SV, 18 INN, 16 H, 22 K’s
Cole Stapler—Missoula Osprey (Dutchtown, Nicholls) 14G, 1-2, 2.83 ERA, 1 SV, 35 INN, 28 H, 41 K’s
Brandon Texiera—Helena (LSU-Shreveport) 16G, 0-1, 5.86 ERA, 1 SV, 27.2 INN, 23K’s

Mexico

Matt Clark—Acereros del Norte (LSU) .277, 23 doubles, 21 HR, 75 RBI
Chad Gaudin—Acereros del Norte (Crescent City) 43G, 2-3, 2.93 ERA, 29 SV, 43 INN, 52 K’s
Santos Saldivar—Pericos de Puebla (Southern) 23G, 0-2, 7.86 ERA, 26.1 INN, 25 K’s (Reserve List)

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