The Tribune

By Renaldo Dorsett

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

LUCIUS Fox of the Montgomery Biscuits and Anfernee Seymour of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp went head-to-head in the Double A Southern League to highlight recent activity from Bahamian baseball players in the minor leagues.

The Jumbo Shrimp concluded the series with a 5-1 win yesterday, but Biscuits got the edge (3-2) in the five-game series.

Fox broke up Jacksonville’s no hitter with the Biscuits’ lone base hit of the game.

Seymour had a productive series at the plate, 4-12 through three games. He went 2-3 with an RBI and run scored in game one and 1-3 with one run scored in both games two and three.

In 29 games this season, Seymour is hitting .227 with a .546 OPS. He has totalled 17 hits, with five RBI, seven runs scored and three stolen bases.

Fox has appeared in 39 games and has hit .178 thus far with a .643 OPS. He totalled 23 hits, six doubles, three triples, two home runs, with 15 RBI, 23 runs scored and 14 stolen bases.

Fox will now go head-to-head with another Bahamian player this week when the Biscuits take on Jazz Chisholm and the Jackson Generals in a five-game series May 22-26.

The Generals concluded a five-game series with the Tennessee Smokies yesterday afternoon.

Chisholm went hitless over the first three games of the series before finally reaching safely in game four. His RBI triple in the fourth inning pushed the lead to 3-1. He would score later in the inning on a sac fly and the Generals went on to win 7-1.

Chisholm recently moved up to the No.55 prospect in MLB Pipeline’s top 100. In his Double A debut this season (37 games), Chisholm is hitting .164 with a .725 OPS, slugging .440 with a league leading 10 home runs, 19 RBI, 22 hits, three doubles, two triples, 19 RBI and four stolen bases.

Chavez Young is back with the Dunedin Blue Jays and back to his production in the starting lineup. Young was placed on the temporarily active list on April 29 as to return home following the death of his mother.

Young returned to the team on May 11 and went hitless in his first four games back with the club. He went 2-4 and drove in the team’s lone RBI in the top of the 9th inning in a 3-1 loss to the Lakeland Flying Tigers. He also doubled in the top of the fourth inning. He followed with a 1-4 night and scored one run in the Blue Jays’ 3-2 win.

Young progressed to Single A-Advanced in the offseason. Through 28 games he hit .193 with a with 21 hits, three doubles, one home run, seven RBI, seven stolen bases and 13 runs scored.

Shard Munroe hit his third home run of the season in game two of the series with the South Bend Cubs.

Munroe’s three run home run in the fourth inning was the go-ahead score to give the Dragons a 4-1 win over the Cubs on Saturday night. It concluded his seven-game hit streak.

Munroe is in his first full campaign with the Dragons after he concluded his 2018 season with Class A - Midwest League club. Through 34 games he is hitting .243 with a .376 OBP, an OPS of .806, slugging .430 with 26 hits, three doubles, four triples, three home runs, 14 RBI and four stolen bases.