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Locals in the pros, colleges update
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Pros

Baseball

Josh Reddick (Oakland Athletics) — After blistering Boston with a 4-for-5 night, including a homer, Reddick is hitting .346, with six home runs and 25 runs batted in. He also has five doubles and an OPS of 1.009.

JB Wendleken (Birmingham Barons) — Wendelken is 2-1 in nine games, giving up six runs in 16 1/3 innings for a 3.31 earned run average.  He has struck out 21 and walked three and also has two saves.

College

Baseball

Alec Arnsdorff (Georgia Highlands College) — Arnsdorff has played in seven games and is 5-for-15 with one run batted in.

Cal Baker (Georgia Southern University) — Baker is hitting .300 in 22 games, starting 14. He has one home run and six RBIs.

Austin Denney (Savannah State University) — Denney was named to the all-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference first team, after going 4-3 with 2.17 earned run average in the regular season. He has 62 strikeouts in 74 2/3 innings.

Ryan Frederick (GSU) — Frederick has pitched in 22 games, giving up 10 earned runs in 29 1/3 innings on 22 hits. He has struck out 23 batters. He is 2-1 with a 3.07 earned run average.

Eric Knox (Walters State Community College) — Knox is 6-for-37 in 11 games with two doubles and three RBIs.

Austin Peigh (Darton College) — In 11 games, Peigh is 4-for-20 with three RBIs and four stolen bases. Darton beat South Georgia 19-3 to claim the GCAA baseball championship in Albany.

Jacob Teston (East Georgia College) — Teston is 0-for-8 in eight games for the Bobcats.

Kyle Ward (Georgia College and State University) — Ward is 3-1 with an ERA of 6.38. He has pitched in 17 games and has allowed 13 earned runs on 25 hits in 18 1/3 innings. He has struck out 16. The Bobcats won the Peach Belt Conference tourney for the second time in three years.

Softball

Maddie Evans (Reinhardt University) —Evans is hitting .339 with 11 doubles and 32 RBIs for the Lady Eagles in 44 games.

Mallory Ferguson (Georgia Regents University) — Ferguson is hitting .315, with five homers and 23 RBIs. She also has 10 doubles.

Bri Lewis (Point University) — Lewis hit a team-high six home runs and drove in a team-best 29 runs in 48 games. She leadsthe team with a .406 batting average and also had 11 doubles.

Alexis Mercer (Armstrong State University) — Mercer was named to the Daktronics Inc./Division II CCA all-Southeast Region second team. She finished her senior season with 14 home runs, 41 RBIs, 23 stolen bases, 41 walks and a .418 average. She also holds the Peach Belt Conference career mark of 60 homers. Armstrong finished its season at 32-16, falling to GCSU in the NCAA Southeast Regional.

Shelby Zipperer (University of South Carolina-Beaufort) — Zipperer is hitting .289 with seven homers and 29 RBIs with 10 doubles.