Sanchez named Intimidators' lone All-Star

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (June 3, 2014) - The South Atlantic League has announced the rosters for the 55th Annual SAL All-Star Game, and the Kannapolis Intimidators will be represented on the field by right-handed pitcher Jake Sanchez on the Northern Division squad. The 2014 SAL All-Star Game will take place on Tuesday, June 17, at L.P. Frans Stadium in Hickory, N.C.

**SAL 2014 All-Star Game Information & Tickets**

Sanchez, the lone Intimidators' representative in the All-Star Game, is 5-3 with a 3.00 ERA in 13 games (seven starts) for Kannapolis. He opened the season as the Intimidators closer, converting on all three of his save opportunities, before moving into the rotation on April 25 with 6.0 shut out innings and a career-high 10 strikeouts at Rome. Sanchez, 24, is coming off his first career complete game, working all 7.0 innings of Sunday's doubleheader against Hagerstown, limiting the Suns to one run to earn his team-leading fifth win. He ranks tied for fourth in the league with 58 strikeouts.

The White Sox signed Sanchez last June out of the independent Frontier League and assigned him to the Advanced Rookie Great Falls Voyagers where he went on to win 2013 Pioneer League Pitcher of the Year honors, going 6-3 with a 2.87 ERA in 14 games (14 starts). He led the Pioneer League in ERA, strikeouts (78) and opponent average (.230) while ranking third in innings pitched (81.2) in 2013. Prior to signing with the Sox, Sanchez pitched for the independent Joliet Slammers in 2012 after graduating from Iowa Wesleyan. He attended Brawley Union (Calif.) High School where he played four years of baseball, three years of basketball and a year of football.

The complete list of South Atlantic League 2014 All-Stars is below.

The Kannapolis Intimidators are in the 20th season of professional baseball in Kannapolis and the team's 14th as the Class A Affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. Since the team moved to Kannapolis in 1995, 77 players that have played in Kannapolis have gone on to the Major Leagues. This year's team is managed by Pete Rose Jr. CMC-NorthEast Stadium is located off I-85 at exit 63. For ticket information, please contact the F&M Bank Box Office at (704) 932-3267 or visit www.IntimidatorsBaseball.com.

NORTHERN DIVISION		POSITION	SOUTHERN DIVISION
Patrick Anderson	Hagerstown	MANAGER	Luis Rojas	Savannah
Corey Ragsdale	Hickory	COACH	Darren Fenster	Greenville
Sam Nerron	Hagerstown	COACH	Paul Abbott	Greenville
Luis Ordaz	Hagerstown	COACH
Hunter Harvey	Delmarva	PITCHERS	Matthew Lujon	Augusta
Cody Forsythe	Lakewood		Dario Alvarez	Savannah
Domingo German	Greensboro		Robert Coles	Savannah
Cody Kendall	Hickory		Miller Diaz	Savannah
Matt Milroy	Greensboro		Yean Carlos Gil	Rome
Nick Pivetta	Hagerstown		Joe Gunkel	Greenville
Jake Sanchez	Kannapolis		Brady Lail	Charleston
Sebastian Vader	Delmarva		Kevin McGowan	Savannah
Austin Voth	Hagerstown		Akeel Morris	Savannah
Jake Walsh	Hagerstown		Caleb Smith	Charleston
Jimmy Yacabonis	Delmarva		Luis Ysla	Augusta
Chad Wallach	Greensboro	CATCHERS	Jake Romanski	Greenville
Spencer Kieboom	Hagerstown		Victor Caratini	Rome
Reese McGuire	West Virginia		Frank Schwindel	Lexington
Felix Munoz	Greensboro	FIRST BASEMAN	Mike Ford	Charleston
Wilmer Difo	Hagerstown	SECOND BASEMAN	Jeff McNeil	Savannah
Drew Dosch	Delmarva	THIRD BASEMAN	Ryan McMahon	Asheville
J.P. Crawford	Lakewood	SHORTSTOP	Gavin Cecchini	Savannah
Erich Weiss	West Virginia	UTILITY INFIELDER	Jantzen Witte	Greenville
John Wooten	Hagerstown	UTILITY INFIELDER	Carlos Asuaje	Greenville
Mike Yastrzemski	Delmarva	RIGHT FIELD	Aaron Judge	Charleston
Evan Van Hoosier	Hickory	CENTER FIELD	David Dahl	Asheville
Carlos Lopez	Greensboro	LEFT FIELD	Victor Reyes	Rome
Austin Dean	Greensboro	UTILITY OUTFIELDER	Dominique Taylor	Lexington
Samuel Hiciano	Lakewood	UTILITY OUTFIELDER	Tyler Horan	Augusta
Willians Astudillo	Lakewood	DESIGNATED HITTER	Correlle Prime	Asheville
Sean Fields	Hickory	TRAINER	Billy Whitehead	Asheville