Travs’ Cron selected for Futures Game

Arkansas Travelers first baseman C.J. Cron 23, has been selected to the U.S. team roster for the Futures Game, which will be played at 11 a.m. July 14 at Citi Field in New York as a part of major-league baseball’s All-Star festivities.

Cron was hitting .294 with 5 home runs and 43 RBI in 72 games with the Travelers going into Wednesday night’s game against the Frisco RoughRiders.

No current Northwest Arkansas Naturals were selected to take part in the game, but former Naturals pitcher Yordano Ventura will be a part of the World team. Ventura was 3-2 with a 2.34 ERA and 74 strikeouts in 57 2/3 innings in 11 starts before being promoted earlier this month to Class AAA Omaha.

Ventura is 2-1 with a 5.49 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 19 2/3 innings in Omaha.

The game can be seen on MLB.com and ESPN2.

Sports, Pages 23 on 06/27/2013

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