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Article: BRAVES GM'S SON COLLECTS FOUR HITS; MINOR-LEAGUE SECOND BASEMAN SCHUERHOLZ STARS IN HALL OF FAME GAME.(Sports)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- June 15, 2004
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Byline: Matt Michael Staff writer
Cooperstown -- With Atlanta trailing Minnesota 7-5 and two outs in the top of the ninth Monday in the Hall of Fame Game, outfielder Gregor Blanco delivered a bases-loaded, three-run double that put the Braves in front to stay. Atlanta won the exhibition 10-7.
Blanco was one of 18 players the Twins and Braves summoned from the minor leagues to play the bulk of the game.
Atlanta minor-league second baseman Jonathan Schuerholz, the son of Braves general manager John Schuerholz, went 4-for-4 with one run batted in with his father watching the game. "It's unbelievable to play on Doubleday Field, the mecca of ...