Spencer Selected to Represent RiverDogs at SAL All-Star Game

First baseman/DH earns the second all-star nomination of his young career

June 9, 2015

CHARLESTON, SC - The South Atlantic League has announced the rosters for the 56^th Annual SAL All-Star Game, and Charleston RiverDogs' first baseman Connor Spencer has been tabbed to represent the Southern Division for this year's tilt on June 23 at McCormick Field in Asheville, NC.

Spencer, 22, was named a Southern Division starter and will fill the designated hitter role in the Mid-Summer Classic. He has compiled a team-high .297 average in 46 games, hitting 47-for-158 with nine doubles and a team-high 23 runs batted in. The Trabuco Canyon, California native reached in a season-high 21-straight games from April 25 - May 25. During that stretch he hit .299 (20-of-67). In 21 games during May, Spencer hit .333 (22-of-66). He leads the team with seven hit-by-pitches and paces the South Atlantic League with six sacrifice flies.

This is the second all-star nomination of Spencer's young career as he earned Mid-Season All-Star recognition with the Staten Island Yankees of the New York-Penn League in 2014. He was selected by the New York Yankees in the eighth round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of California-Irvine.

Both all-star teams will be represented by 26 players, selected by the votes of the teams' managers and coaching staffs, local media and front office executives. The Greenville Drive led the league with eight player selections in the Southern Division. In the Northern Division, the Hickory Crawdads will send seven players to Asheville. McCormick Field will be hosting its third SAL All-Star Game. First pitch of the 56^th Annual South Atlantic League All-Star Game is scheduled for 7:35 p.m. on June 23 at McCormick Field in Asheville, NC.

2015 South Atlantic League All-Stars
	NORTHERN DIVISION
MANAGER	Corey Ragsdale	Hickory
COACH	Francisco Matos	Hickory
COACH	Oscar Marin	Hickory
PITCHERS	Ariel Jurado	Hickory
	Joey Denato	Lakewood
	John Fasola	Hickory
	Yeudy Garcia	West Virginia
	Junior Lopez	West Virginia
	Yohander Mendez	Hickory
	Luis Ortiz	Hickory
	Alexis Rivero	Lakewood
	Drew Van Orden	Hagerstown
	Collin Wiles	Hickory
	Austen Williams	Hagerstown
CATCHERS	Arturo Rodriguez	Greensboro
	Brett Austin	Kannapolis
	Jose Trevino	Hickory
FIRST BASEMAN	Rhys Hoskins	Lakewood
SECOND BASEMAN	Stephen Wilkerson	Delmarva
THIRD BASEMAN	Grant DeBruin	Hagerstown
SHORTSTOP	Malquin Canelo	Lakewood
UTILITY INFIELDER	Eddy Alvarez	Kannapolis
UTILITY INFIELDER	Jomar Reyes	Delmarva
RIGHT FIELD	Luke Tendler	Hickory
CENTER FIELD	Carlos Tocci	Lakewood
LEFT FIELD	K.J. Woods	Greensboro
UTILITY OUTFIELDER	Conor Bierfeldt	Delmarva
UTILITY OUTFIELDER	Elvis Escobar	West Virginia
DESIGNATED HITTER	Austen Smith	Greensboro
TRAINER	Sean Fields	Hickory
	SOUTHERN DIVISION
MANAGER	Warren Schaeffer	Asheville
COACH	Matt Brewer	Asheville
COACH	Vinny Castilla
PITCHERS	Helmis Rodriguez	Asheville
	Mario Alcantara	Greenville
	Pedro Fernandez	Lexington
	Kyle Kinman	Rome
	Michael Kopech	Greenville
	Zach Lovvorn	Lexington
	Casey Meisner	Savannah
	Raymundo Montero	Augusta
	David Roseboom	Savannah
	Matthew Strahm	Lexington
	Jerry Vasto	Asheville
CATCHERS	Jordan Procyshen	Greenville
	Aramis Garcia	Augusta
	Ben Moore	Greenville
FIRST BASEMAN	Ryan O'Hearn	Lexington
SECOND BASEMAN	Jonathan Johnson	Savannah
THIRD BASEMAN	Rafael Devers	Greenville
SHORTSTOP	Javier Guerra	Greenville
UTILITY INFIELDER	Ozhaino Albies	Rome
UTILITY INFIELDER	Mauricio Dubon	Greenville
RIGHT FIELD	Elier Hernandez	Lexington
CENTER FIELD	Johneshwy Fargas	Augusta
LEFT FIELD	Derek Miller	Greenville
UTILITY OUTFIELDER	Joseph Daris	Rome
UTILITY OUTFIELDER	Alfredo Escalera-Maldonado	Lexington
DESIGNATED HITTER	Connor Spencer	Charleston
TRAINER	Casey Papas	Asheville

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