South Atlantic League baseball
Lexington Legends
at Greenville Drive
What: Three-game series
When: Monday through Wednesday (7:05 each night)
Where: Fluor Field (Greenville, S.C.)
Major League affiliates: Kansas City Royals (Legends), Boston Red Sox
Probable pitchers (Legends listed first): Monday, LH Matt Tenuta (2-5, 5.17) vs. RH Joe Gunkel (1-0, 2.45); Tuesday, RH Luke Farrell (1-3, 6.18) vs. LH Trey Ball (1-4, 8.55); Wednesday, RH Jake Junis (5-3, 3.41) vs. RH Jamie Callahan (2-4, 6.55).
Frank Schwindel
Legend to watch: C Frank Schwindel (6-foot-1, 210 pounds, age 21, bats and throws right, from Livingston, N.J.) has a seven-game hitting streak, during which he is 12-for-29 (.414) with six homers and 16 RBI. That has earned him SAL Player of the Week honors. For the season, Schwindel is hitting .279 with nine homers, 32 RBI and 20 runs over 43 games. He is a graduate of Livingston (N.J.) High, where he earned second-team all-state honors as a senior. He went on to St. John’s University, batting .332 as a sophomore in 2012 and helping the Red Storm reach their first NCAA super regional. Last year, Schwindel led St. John’s with a .349 average, earning first-team All-Northeast Region and second-team All-Big East while starting all 58 games. The Royals then placed him with Idaho Falls, where he hit .300 with six homers and 42 RBI over 64 games. He finished sixth in the Pioneer League in hits (78).
Jantzen Witte
Drive to watch: 1B/3B Jantzen Witte (6-2, 195, 24, bats and throws right, from Fort Worth, Texas) leads the Drive in average (.364), hits (68), doubles (23), homers (5), runs (43), RBI (44), on-base percentage (.454), slugging (.588), OPS (1.042) and total bases (110). Selected in the 24th round of last year’s draft, out of Texas Christian University, he was co-scholar athlete of the year in the Big 12, second-team all-conference and first-team Academic All-Big 12. He started all 57 games for the Horned Frogs as a senior, batting .293 (61-for-208), with 15 doubles, two triples, three homers and 34 RBI. Last summer, he split time between the Gulf Coast League Red Sox (.244, seven RBI, 13 games) and Lowell of the New York-Penn League (.121, three RBI, 20 games). Over his last five games, Witte is hitting .556 (10-for-18) with a homer, six RBI and six runs.
Radio: WLXG-AM 1300