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DAVENPORT, Iowa — Former Slippery Rock University baseball standout Matt Adams was named Tuesday to the West Division roster for the Midwest League All-Star Game.

Adams earned the invitation to play in the June 22 game at Parkview Field in Fort Wayne, Ind., by hitting .269 with 17 doubles, seven home runs and 30 RBI for the lower of the St. Louis Cardinals' Class A affiliates, the Quad Cities River Bandits.

The 6-foot-3, 230-pound Adams, who currently has a .448 slugging percentage and a .319 on-base percentage, leads the River Bandits in doubles and home runs, ranks second in total hits with 57, third in runs scored with 31 and fourth in RBI.

He is tied for fifth among Midwest League players in both doubles and home runs.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Youngstown State University shortstop Jacke Healey, who played 49 games for the Butler BlueSox last summer, was chosen in the 29th round of baseball's amateur draft Tuesday.The Houston Astros selected Healey with the 813th pick overall. He hit .232 with three homers, 26 RBI and eight stolen bases for the BlueSox last season.

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