Thursday,
April 10, 2008
David
Williams (Glens Falls '04-'05) went 2-for-3 and belted a first-inning
grand slam as the Charleston River Dogs defeated the Savannah Sand
Gnats, 7-4, on Thursday night at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Ballpark in
Charleston, S.C.
Williams' bases-loaded bomb over the left field scoreboard in the
first inning was his first professional home run and the RiverDogs
first grand slam of the season. After a fly out in his next at-bat,
Williams walked and scored in the fifth inning to increase
Charleston's lead to 6-2. He finished off his solid night at the plate
with a double in the seventh inning.
Through his first six games in Charleston, Williams is batting .429
with one home run and nine runs batted in. He has six hits in 14
at-bats, three doubles, four runs scored and an .853 slugging
percentage. The former Rutgers star leads the RiverDogs in runs batted
in and he is tied for second on the team in home runs and third in
batting average.
The Charleston RiverDogs are a Class-A affiliate of the New York
Yankees and play in the South Atlantic League.
Last summer, Williams was a member of the New York-Penn League's
Staten Island Yankees. He batted .256 for the Baby Bombers with 19
runs batted in and 12 doubles in 64 games. Williams was taken by the
New York Yankees in the 15th round (484th overall) of the 2007 amateur
entry draft. He was previously drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks and
the Florida Marlins.
Williams' former Glens Falls teammate, Darren Clark (Glens Falls '05),
played in the game for the Savannah Sand Gnats. He signed with the New
York Mets last season as a non-drafted free agent out of Southern
University. Clark started in left field for the Sand Gnats and went
0-for-4. Matt Bouchard (Plattsburgh '05) started at shortstop for
Savannah and batted lead-off. Bouchard was 1-for-4 with a double and
two runs scored. He is currently batting .250. Both Bouchard and
Clarke are in their first full seasons of professional baseball in the
New York Mets organization.
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