CARY, N.C. – Three Tobs have earned selection to the Coastal Plain League Select team, it was announced on Thursday afternoon.
The CPL Select team is a group made up of standouts from the first half of the CPL season. The CPL Select team will take on the United States Collegiate National Team on June 29 at the USA Baseball Complex in Cary, North Carolina.
Catcher Chase Waddell, RHP Reese Miller and outfielder Mackenzie Wainwright have all been selected to represent the Tobs at the weekend event.
Waddell, a catcher at Barton College, has hit the ball well so far this season. He’s hitting .321 with nine RBIs in 16 appearances this summer in Wilson.
A right-handed pitcher, Miller has been one of the top pitchers in the CPL so far this season. Sporting a 1.44 ERA, the West Texas A&M Buffalo is 3-1 on the summer having struck out 25 batters in 25 innings of work.
Miller currently ranks in the top five in the CPL in wins, strikeouts and ERA.
Wainwright, an outfielder from Salem University, has quickly developed the reputation as one of the most feared hitters in the CPL.
Hitting a team-best .343 this summer, Wainwright has collected a team-high 24 RBIs, while slugging a CPL-best 8 home runs. Wainwright is currently on a nine game hitting streak for the Tobs who are off to a 2-0 start to the second half of the CPL season.
The Tobs are back in action tonight (Thursday, June 23) to take on Chinese Taipei for an exhibition contest at 7 p.m. inside of Fleming Stadium.