2007 Hawaii Winter Baseball Alumni Making Big Waves in 2008 Spring Training

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com – A pair of 2007 Hawaii Winter Baseball teammates took a bite out of the competition in today's Spring Training action.

Former Honolulu Sharks teammates Argenis Diaz and Tyler Flowers made their Spring Training debuts with the Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves, respectively, this afternoon in Florida.

Diaz, a shortstop, went 2-2 with two runs and an RBI as the Red Sox trounced the Boston College Eagles 24-0 in an exhibition game. The 21-year-old native of Venezuela finished second in HWB with a .358 batting average, led the
league in on-base percentage (.421), and earned a spot on the league's all-star team.

Flowers cranked a two-run home run in his only at-bat against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the ninth inning to put his squad up 4-2 at the time. The Dodgers spoiled the performance, however, with a three-run home half of the
ninth en route to a 5-4 victory. Flowers was selected as the Rome Braves (A) Player of the Year in 2007.

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Some of HWB's other alumni with strong performances today include:

Randy Winn (Maui StingRays, 1997) hit a solo home run for San Francisco as the Giants fell 12-6 to the Chicago Cubs.

Reid Santos (West Oahu CaneFires, 2007), a Castle High graduate, tossed one

inning of scoreless relief to help power the Cleveland Indians past the Houston Astros, 12-2.

Hawaii Winter Baseball is an organized professional baseball league sanctioned by Major League Baseball (MLB). It provides a setting for top young professional ball players to play against top-notch U.S. and international competition to accelerate U.S. player progress through their respective major league farm systems, and to give top young Asian players opportunities for international competition. The HWB league returns for its eighth season in late September of 2008, and will feature games at the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Les Murakami Stadium and Waipahu's Hans L'Orange Park. Stay tuned for upcoming community events, clinics and festivities.Catch the Dream!

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