8-5-22 roundup: Pro baseball, football, soccer and golf, Legion baseball and softball, Auto racing

By Richard Walker

Here’s a look at pro baseball players from Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties:

Former Gardner-Webb and Belmont Abbey baseball standout Emilio Pagan is 3-5 with nine saves and a 4.97 ERA in 40 appearances for the Minnesota Twins.

Jeffrey Springs (South Point 2011 graduate) is 4-3 with a 2.50 ERA in 22 appearances (14 starts) for the Tampa Bay Rays.

Will Wilson (Kings Mountain 2016 graduate) is on the 60-day disabled list after having surgery on his left hand. He hit .233 with eight home runs and 18 RBIs in 29 games for Class AA Richmond before hitting .217 with two RBIs in seven games for Class AAA Sacramento; Both teams are in the San Francisco Giants organization.

Alec Burleson (East Lincoln 2017 graduate) is hitting .333 with 17 home runs and 73 RBIs for Class AAA Memphis in the St. Louis Cardinals’ organization. A 2nd-round pick of the Cardinals out of East Carolina in 2020, Burleson is in his 3rd professional season.

Reilly Hovis (Forestview 2012 graduate) is 5-4 with a 6.25 ERA in 18 starts for the Gastonia Honey Hunters of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

Tyler White (former Gastonia Post 23 Legion, Gastonia Grizzlies player) is hitting .232 with 13 home runs and 45 RBIs for Class AAA Nashville of the Milwaukee Brewers’ organization.

Garrett Davila (South Point 2015 graduate) is 5-2 with a 4.62 ERA in 22 appearances (eight starts) for Class AA Birmigham of the Chicago White Sox organization.

Mason Fox (former Gardner-Webb player) is 4-3 with a 6.81 ERA in 25 appearances for Class A San Antonio of the San Diego Padres’ organization.

Christopher Proctor (Burns 2015 graduate) has played for two teams in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball; Proctor hit .296 with 17 RBIs in 37 games for the High Point Rockers before being traded to the Lancaster Barnstormers where is he hitting .214 with one home run and three RBIs in four games.

Chandler Redmond (former Gardner-Webb player) is hitting .234 with 13 home runs and 50 RBIs in 70 games for Class AA Springfield of the St. Louis Cardinals’ organization.

Blake Brown (North Gaston 2016 graduate) is on the 60-day disabled list of Class AA Reading in the Philadelphia Phillies’ organization.

Dylan Smith (Forestview 2015 graduate, former Belmont Abbey player) is 1-0 with a 5.09 ERA for the New York Boulders in the Frontier League.

Jeremy Walker (former Gardner-Webb player) was playing in the San Francisco Giants’ organization – he was 0-4 with one save and a 6.88 ERA for Class AAA Sacramento – before being traded to the Tampa Bay Rays; Walker is 0-0 with a 40.50 ERA in one appearances for Class AAA Durham.

Kyle Halbohn (former Belmont Abbey player) was 1-1 with three saves and a 7.24 ERA in 17 appearances for Piratas de Campeche of the Mexican League before he was released in June.

Ben Gobbel (former Belmont Abbey player) is hitting .300 with two RBIs in three games for the Los Angeles Angels’ Rookie League team.

And Isaiah Lowe (Combine Academy 2022 graduate) has signed with the San Diego Padres, C.J. Mayhue (Crest 2019 graduate) with the Los Angeles Angels and Connor Godwin (Combine Academy 2021 graduate) with the Los Angeles Dodgers but none have played in any games yet.

 

 

 

 

 

Pro golf

Gastonia’s Harold Varner III missed the cut for the Wyndham Championship at Greensboro’s Sedgefield Country Club after shooting a second straight even-par 70.

A 2008 Forestview High graduate, Varner shot 70 in both rounds.

 

 

 

 

Legion baseball

The results and pairings for the Region 3 Southeast Regional at McCrary Park in Asheboro:

August 3
Game 1 – KY champ (Owensboro) vs. SC runner-up (Camden) – Camden 11-0 in 5
Game 2 – GA champ (Evans) vs. TN champ (Columbia) – Evans 5-0
Game 3 – FL champ (Belleview) vs. NC champ (Wilmington) – Belleview 8-5
Game 4 – SC champ (Rock Hill) vs. Host (Randolph County NC) – Randolph 14-8

August 4
Game 5 – Owensboro vs. Wilmington – Wilmington 8-3
Game 6 – Columbia vs. Rock Hill – Rock Hill 11-3
Game 7 – Camden vs. Belleview – Camden 9-7
Game 8 – Evans vs. Randolph County – Randolph 3-2

August 5
Game 9 – Rock Hill vs. Belleview – Rock Hill 7-3
Game 10 – Wilmington vs. Evans – Wilmington 18-0 in 5
Game 11 – Camden vs. Randolph County – Camden 12-7

August 6s
Game 12 – Wilmington vs. Randolph County, 4:30 p.m.
Game 13 – Rock Hill vs. Camden, 7:30 p.m.

August 7
Game 14 – Winner 12 vs. Winner 13, 1:30 p.m.
Game 15 (if necessary), 4:30 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro baseball

The Gastonia Honey Hunters split a doubleheader with the High Point Rockers on Friday – winning 6-3 in the opener and losing 3-2 in the nightcap.

The full Gastonia Honey Hunters’ 2022 schedule (Games times 6:15 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 4:15 on Sunday):

First half record: 44-21 (South Division winner)
Second half record: 23-5

April (8-1)
21 Lancaster, Pa. (L 2-5)
22 Lancaster, Pa. (W 4-3)
23 Lancaster, Pa. (W 8-1)
24 Lancaster, Pa. (W 13-4)
26 Wild Health, Ky. (W 12-1)
27 Wild Health, Ky. (W 17-4)
28 Wild Health, Ky. (W 6-4)
29 Staten Island (W 5-4)
30 Staten Island (W 6-5)

May (16-10)
1 Staten Island (W 10-5)
3 at York, Pa. (W 3-1)
4 at York, Pa. (L 4-5 in 10)
5 at York, Pa. (W 12-7)
6 at Staten Island (ppd.)
7 at Staten Island (ppd.)
8 at Staten Island (W 4-1)
8 at Staten Island (W 7-2)
10 at So. Maryland (W 2-0)
11 at So. Maryland (L 0-4)
12 at So. Maryland (L 2-4)
13 at Staten Island (ppd.)
14 at Staten Island (ppd.)
15 at Staten Island (L 1-2)
15 at Staten Island (W 1-0)
16 at Staten Island (W 8-3)
17 So. Maryland (L 4-5)
18 So. Maryland (L 6-8)
19 So. Maryland (W 13-1)
20 Charleston, W.Va.(W 12-10)
21 Charleston, W.Va.(W 6-4)
22 Charleston, W.Va.(L 1-8)
24 at Lancaster, Pa.(W 2-1)
25 at Lancaster, Pa.(L 3-13)
26 at Lancaster, Pa.(L 1-4)
27 at Long Island (W 5-3)
28 at Long Island (W 10-3)
29 at Long Island (W 3-2)
30 at Long Island (W 5-2)
31 Long Island (L 7-8)

June (17-9)
1 Long Island (L 9-10 in 11)
2 Long Island (L 0-5)
3 at High Point (W 5-4)
4 at High Point (W 8-3)
5 at High Point (W 8-3)
7 at Charleston,W.Va.(L 5-7)
8 at Charleston,W.Va.(W 6-0)
9 at Charleston,W.Va.(W 3-2)
10 High Point (W 7-6)
11 High Point (W 6-4)
12 High Point (W 9-5)
14 Charleston, W.Va. (L 4-6)
15 Charleston, W.Va. (W 14-7)
16 Charleston, W.Va. (W 2-0)
17 at Lexington, Ky. (W 6-1)
18 at Lexington, Ky. (L 2-3 in 10)
19 at Lexington, Ky. (W 4-0 in 11)
21 Charleston, W.Va. (W 8-7)
22 Charleston, W.Va. (L 1-4)
23 Charleston, W.Va. (W 5-4)
24 at So. Maryland (ppd.)
25 at So. Maryland (W 6-3)
25 at So. Maryland (W 3-0)
26 at So. Maryland (L 7-9)
28 Wild Health, Ky. (W 4-0)
29 Wild Health, Ky. (L 2-10)
30 Wild Health, Ky. (L 6-7)

July (21-5)
1 at Lexington, Ky. (W 12-11)
2 at Lexington, Ky. (W 10-6)
3 at Lexington, Ky. (W 10-5)
4 High Point (L 1-8)
–end of 1st half of season
5 High Point (W 8-5 in 5/weather)
6 at High Point (W 7-6)
7 at High Point (W 6-4)
8 High Point (ppd.)
9 High Point (W 4-0)
10 High Point (W 5-2)
10 High Point (ppd., Aug. 5)
12 at Wild Health, Ky. (W 8-6)
13 at Wild Health, Ky. (W 6-2)
14 at Wild Health, Ky. (W 4-1)
15 Lexington, Ky (ppd.)
16 Lexington, Ky. (W 4-1)
16 Lexington, Ky. (W 5-3)
17 Lexington, Ky. (W 12-5)
19 at York, Pa. (W 19-5)
20 at York, Pa. (W 10-0)
21 at York, Pa. (L 2-6)
22 at High Point (L 1-2)
23 at High Point (W 5-3)
24 at High Point (L 6-7)
26 Lexington, Ky. (L 4-10)
27 Lexington, Ky. (W 11-0)
28 Lexington, Ky. (W 8-6)
29 York, Pa. (W 3-2)
30 York, Pa. (ppd.)
31 York, Pa. (W 8-7)
31 York, Pa. (W 5-1)

August (4-1)
2 at Lexington, Ky. (W 10-8)
3 at Lexington, Ky. (W 10-3)
4 at Lexington, Ky. (W 10-5)
5 High Point (W 6-3)
5 High Point (L 2-3)
6 High Point
7 High Point
9 Staten Island
10 Staten Island
11 Staten Island
12 at High Point
13 at High Point
14 at High Point
16 So. Maryland
17 So. Maryland
18 So. Maryland
19 High Point
20 High Point
21 High Point
23 at Charleston,W.Va.
24 at Charleston,W.Va.
25 at Charleston,W.Va.
26 at High Point
27 at High Point
28 at High Point
30 High Point
31 High Point

September
1 High Point
2 Wild Health, Ky.
3 Wild Health, Ky.
4 Wild Health, Ky.
6 at Wild Health, Ky.
7 at Wild Health, Ky.
8 at Wild Health, Ky.
9 Lexington, Ky.
10 Lexington, Ky.
11 Lexington, Ky.
13 at High Point
14 at High Point
15 at High Point
16 at Charleston,W.Va.
17 at Charleston,W.Va.
18 at Charleston,W.Va.

—ALPB playoffs
(Southern Division championship: Best-of-5)
20 home at 6:15 p.m.
21 home at 6:15 p.m.
23 away TBA
24 (if necessary) away TBA
25 (if necessary) away TBA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro football

The Carolina Panthers Fan Fest comes to Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 11. The event, presented by Daimler Truck North America, begins at 5:30 p.m. at Bank of America Stadium. Tickets are $5 and are on sale to the public now on Panthers.com and Ticketmaster.

During Fan Fest, fans can see the Panthers practice on the stadium field and enjoy performances by the TopCats, Sir Purr, PurrCussion and the Black & Blue Crew before the night culminates with a fireworks and laser show.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro soccer

Here’s the full Charlotte FC MLS schedule for the 2022 season (with results):

(9-12-2 record)
Feb. 26 at D.C. (L 0-3)
March 5, L.A. (L 0-1)
March 13, at Atlanta (L 1-2)
March 19, New England (W 3-1)
March 26, Cincinnati (W 2-0)
April 2, at Philadelphia (L 0-2)
April 10, Atlanta (W 1-0)
April 16, at New England (L 1-2)
April 23, at Colorado (T 0-0)
April 30, at Orlando (L 1-2)
May 7, Miami (W 1-0)
May 14, Montreal (L 0-2)
May 22, Vancouver (W 2-1)
May 29, at Seattle (L 1-2)
June 11, New York (W 2-0)
June 18, at Columbus (T 1-1)
June 25, at Montreal (L 1-2)
June 30, Austin (L 0-1)
July 3, at Houston (W 2-1)
July 9, Nashville (W 4-1)
July 16, at Miami (L 2-3)
July 23, at Toronto (L 0-4)
July 30, Columbus (suspended at 0-0 in 16th minute to Oct. 5)
August 3, D.C. (W 3-0)
August 6, Chicago, 7 p.m.
August 13, at LAFC, 10:30 p.m.
August 17, at New York City, TBDs
August 21, Orlando, 7 p.m.
August 27, Toronto, 7 p.m.
September 3, at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
September 10, New York City, 7 p.m.
September 17, at Chicago, 8 p.m.
October 1, Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.
October 5, Columbus, 7 p.m.
October 9, at New York, TBD

 

 

 

 

 

Auto racing

The 2022 NASCAR cup schedule (with winners):

Feb. 6 Busch Light Clash (Joey Logano)
Feb. 17 Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 (Brad Keselowski)
Feb. 17 Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 (Chris Buescher)
Feb. 20 Daytona 500 (Austin Cindric)
Feb. 27 Wise Power 400 (Kyle Larson)
Mar. 6 Pennzoil 400 (Alex Bowman)
Mar. 13 Ruoff Mortgage (Chase Briscoe)
Mar. 20 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (William Byron)
Mar. 27 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix (Ross Chastain)
Apr. 3 Toyota Owners (Denny Hamlin)
Apr. 9 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 (William Byron-2)
Apr. 17 Food City Dirt Race (Kyle Busch)
Apr. 24 Geico 500 (Ross Chastain-2)
May 2 DuraMAX Drydene 400 (Chase Elliott)
May 8 Goodyear 400 (Joey Logano)
May 15 AdventHealth 400 (Kurt Busch)
May 22 NASCAR All-Star Open (Daniel Suarez)
May 22 NASCAR All-Star (Ryan Blaney)
May 29 Coca-Cola 600 (Denny Hamlin-2)
June 5 Enjoy Illinois 300 (Joey Logano-2)
June 12 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Daniel Suarez)
June 26 Ally 400 (Chase Elliott-2)
July 3 Kwik Trip 250 (Tyler Reddick)
July 10 Quaker State 400 (Chase Elliott-3)
July 17 Ambetter 301 (Christopher Bell)
July 24 NASCAR Cup Series at Pocono (Chase Elliott-4)
July 31 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard (Tyler Reddick-2)
Aug. 7 FireKeepers Casino 400
Aug. 14 Federated Auto Parts 400
Aug. 21 Go Bowling at The Glen
Aug. 27 Coke Zero Sugar 400
Sept. 4 Cook Out Southern 500
Sept. 11 Hollywood Casino 400
Sept. 17 Bass Pro Shops Night Race
Sept. 24 AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500
Oct. 2 YellaWood 500
Oct. 9 Bank of America ROVAL 400
Oct. 16 South Point 400
Oct. 23 Dixie Vodka 400
Oct. 30 Xfinity 500
Nov. 6 NASCAR Cup Series Championship

 

 

 

 

 

Radio appearance

Richard Walker, founder and writer of www.CarolinasSportsHub.com, will be a guest on “The QCB Show” on Saturday from 1-3 p.m. on 94.7 FM Fox Sports CLT. Topics to be discussed will be the ongoing Carolina Panthers training camp, the recent deaths of legends Bill Russell and Vin Scully and high school football. To contact the Whiner Line, call 704-227-8668.