Let the Preaux Careers Begin
<! Hawke off to hot start in pro ball > <blockquote><p align=justify>Three members of the 2005 University of Louisiana baseball squad have begun their professional careers, and at least two others should be close behind.
The three Ragin' Cajun position players selected in the June draft saw their first action on Tuesday or Wednesday, and first baseman Phillip Hawke got off to the hottest start as part of the Arizona League's Rangers squad.
Hawke, a 29th-round selection of the Texas Rangers, went 3-for-4 in his club's season opener Wednesday, an 11-10 winner over the Arizona Royals. Hawke doubled in his first at-bat, singled his second time up and tripled in the eighth inning while also drawing a walk.
Hawke started at first base and in the cleanup slot, and was part of two double plays.
It's only through one game, but Hawke's .750 average ranks him fourth in the Arizona League in hitting.
Catcher Justin Morgan, who was picked in the 39th round by the Chicago Cubs, is also playing in the Arizona League and caught the final three innings of his team's 9-3 loss to the Arizona Angels Wednesday.
He came as a defensive replacement but also hit twice, going 1-for-2 and getting a single in his first professional at-bat.
Third baseman Dallas Morris shook off a rough start in Tuesday's opening game of the Orem, Utah, Owlz of the Pioneer League with a 1-for-4 outing with a double on Wednesday in a 7-4 victory over Ogden.
Morris, tabbed in the 24th round by the Los Angeles Angels, started at third base and batted third in the Owlz' first two games, and went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in an opening 7-0 three-hit loss to Ogden.
None of the three Cajun pitchers . . . .
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Dan McDonald
dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com <!-- who have signed pro contracts have seen action, but righthander Kevin Ardoin got some good news on Wednesday. Ardoin, a 10th-round selection by the Detroit Tigers and the Cajuns' top draft pick, was assigned to the high Class A West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League.
The Midwest League plays a split season and was 33-37 in the opening half, and had its mid-season All-Star break Monday-Wednesday before returning to action late Thursday night.
Ardoin and P. J. Finigan were assigned after a week-long minicamp in Lakeland, Fla., with the Comstock Park, Mich., team sending two pitchers down to the Tigers' short-season Class A club in Oneonta, N.Y.
Right-hander Kraig Schambough did not see action in the Idaho Falls Chukars' opening 18-4 Pioneer League win over Casper Tuesday.
The Chukars were rained out Wednesday and had a doubleheader scheduled late Thursday. Schambough was signed as a free agent by the Kansas City Royals and was assigned to the Idaho Falls short-season club.
New Iberia's Rusty Begnaud, who played collegiately at McNeese, was the Chukars' opening night pitcher Tuesday, getting the win with five and two-thirds innings of seven-hit, four-earned-run pitching.
Left-hander Austin Faught, a 31st-round pick by the Texas Rangers, agreed to terms with the club this week after a series of physical exams.
Faught, the Sun Belt Conference's Pitcher of the Year this spring and a second-team All-America selection, was assigned to the Rangers' Arizona League club along with Hawke, but may not see quick action as he continues rehabilitation on the sore elbow that hampered him over the final month of the Cajuns' season.
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Re: Let the Preaux Careers Begin
Glad to see these guys doing well.
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Originally Posted by TheFan
Faught got cut on Friday
Are you saying that he was released or did he have surgery?
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Faught got cut on Friday
All because it rained
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Are you saying that he was released or did he have surgery?
released
