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BUFFALO, N. William Moore Jersey .Y. —Wil Myers has spent this week making a major name for himself in minor league baseball. The Kansas City Royals prospect drove in one run and scored another to lead the Pacific Coast League to a 3-0 win over the International League in the Triple-A All-Star game Wednesday night. Myers finished with a pair of hits for his second impressive All-Star showing in four days. The 21-year-old outfielder had three RBIs on Sunday in the Futures Game in Kansas City, a showcase for top prospects during Major League Baseballs All-Star festivities. “It was a lot of fun,” Myers said. “Especially being in Kansas City, in front of a home crowd, and ending it off like this. This was the most fans Ive ever played in front of in a minor league stadium.” A sellout crowd of 18,025 turned out in Buffalo, site of the first Triple-A All-Star game in 1988. The city has recorded two of the three biggest crowds in the games history. Buffalo Bisons pitcher Matt Harvey, a New York Mets prospect, worked two shutout innings in front of the hometown fans. He retired six of his seven batters to earn the Star of Stars award for the International League. Myers was selected Star of Stars for the Pacific Coast League, which snapped a three-game losing streak. The PCL has won seven of the 15 games played under the interleague format. Myers viewed his All-Star accomplishments as merely one step toward his eventual goal of a big league call-up. “Its cool to come out here and get the MVP award,” he said. “Its something Ill always remember. Hopefully the call-up will be even better. It could obviously happen at any time. Right now, I just want to go out and try to get better at-bats.” Myers, currently with the Omaha Storm Chasers, singled home a run in the first inning to put the PCL up 2-0. He led off the fourth with a double and scored on an RBI double by Tim Federowicz of the Albuquerque Isotopes in the Los Angeles Dodgers system. Mike Hessman of Oklahoma City (Houston Astros) drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly. PCL pitchers combined to allow five hits while striking out 11. IL hurlers also fanned 11. “It seems like everybody throws 95 (mph) now on both ends,” said Buffalos Valentino Pascucci, who won the Triple-A Home Run Derby on Monday and had a double and three walks in the game. Leslie Anderson of Durham (Tampa Bay Rays) had two infield singles for the International League. The shutout was the fifth in the events 25-game history and the second in a row. The IL won 3-0 in 2011. Matt Bosher Jersey . 1-ranked Laval Rouge et Or moved a step closer to another shot at the Vanier Cup on Saturday. Tony Gonzalez Jersey . 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The Blue Jays have struck out 21 times and scored three runs in the first two games of the series. “In the last two weeks, weve lost four middle-of-the-order bats,” Toronto manager John Farrell said. “We are trying to find the combination to keep some innings alive.” They werent able to do so against Vargas, who has been dominant all month. Vargas (12-7) allowed two earned runs and just five hits Tuesday. He went 5-0 with a 1.64 ERA during the July, tying a Mariners record for wins in any month, and is the first to go 5-0 in a month since Felix Hernandez in Sept. 2009. Dustin Ackley hit Aaron Laffeys first pitch of the game for his second career leadoff homer and seventh of the season overall. Ackley also drove in a run in the fourth on a fielders choice. Robinson hustled for a double to start the inning off. Laffey (2-2) lasted just 4 2-3 innings, allowing nine hits and seven runs. The Mariners roughed up Laffey for three runs in the second after scoring a run in the first. Mike Carp singled, Miguel Olivo doubled and Trayvon Robinson had an RBI single. Brendan Ryan drove in another with a single to right field—pulling his average to .200 for the first time since April 21. Robinson then scored on Ackleys grounder to first base. “When I was four-seamer early in the count, they were jumping all over it,” Laffey said. “Ive gotten away from my sinker the last couple games. Thats my bread and butter right there.” Torontos Brett Lawrie, hitting leadoff Tuesday, had struck out five consecutive times in the series bbefore lacing a double into the left-field corner in the third. Matt Bryant Jersey. His first hit in eight at-bats scored two runs—only because rookie Moises Sierra, who had singled for his first career hit, sprinted past a stop sign from third base coach Brian Butterfield and narrowly scored. Vargas laboured through a 30-pitch inning and had thrown 62 pitches by the end of the third. But, Vargas then retired 10 straight before Yunel Escobar led off the seventh with a hit. Rajai Davis also singled in the seventh, though Vargas would rebound to get consecutive flyouts from Jeff Mathis and Sierra. “Once again we find ourselves behind early in the game and (that) kind of eliminates some of the aggressiveness we might otherwise look to use,” Farrell said. Laffey hit Carp to load the bases in the fifth. Brandon Lyon was summoned from the bullpen, and he allowed a two-run single up the middle by Olivo to make it 7-2. The last time the Mariners won six consecutive games was May 18-23, 2011. The last time they won more than six in a row was June 23-31, 2007. “One thing thats important to me is youre not just doing it one way or another,” Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. “You have to have multiple ways to win ballgames up here if youre going to be a consistent winner and youre seeing us do that.” NOTES: The Mariners called up relievers Carter Capps and Stephen Pryor from Triple-A Tacoma to take the place of traded relievers Brandon League and Steve Delabar. . Delabar debuted for the Blue Jays a night after being traded from Seattle. He pitched a scoreless seventh inning. ... Outfielder Eric Thames, whom the Mariners traded for Monday, also joined the club. . Sierra was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas on Tuesday. He got the start in right field. ’ ’ ’
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