The Northern League announced that Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks’ infielder Darryl Lawhorn was named
Northern League Player of the Week, and Gary Southshore RailCats’ pitcher Chad Blackwell received
the Pitcher of the Week honors for the week ending June 3, 2007.
Lawhorn, a former Arizona Diamondbacks draft pick in 2004, batted .429 (12-for-28) with
five home runs and 13 RBI in seven games for the RedHawks. Having made the move
from third base back to his natural position of second base following the acquisition of
Ruben Salazar, Lawhorn responded with three, 3-hit games. His home run total for the
week nearly topped the season-long total of seven attained last year for the Kansas City
T-Bones.The 6-2, 195-pound left-handed hitter, has had a career derailed by injuries. Playing incollege at East Carolina, he broke his foot during the NCAA Regionals just prior to the
major league amateur draft. After recovering from surgery he signed with the D’Backs, but re-broke hisfoot prior to making his professional debut. Following his release from Arizona, he signed briefly withthe Cincinnati Reds in January ’06 and entered spring training competing for a second base spot withhis twin brother Trevor.
Now residing in Wilmington, NC, Lawhorn enters his second season in the Northern League. During theoff-season he was traded twice in one week, eventually being acquired by Fargo-Moorhead from theSchaumburg Flyers in exchange for pitcher Brain Hewitt.
Darryl Lawhorn – Player Statistics (May 28th – June 3rd)
Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks and Northern League announced RedHawks infielderDarryl Lawhorn had his player contract purchased by the Oakland Athletics. The A's have already announced Lawhorn will be assigned to their single-A affiliate Stockton Ports (California League).
Lawhorn, a former Arizona Diamondbacks draft pick in 2004, batted .280 with 11 doubles and a team-high 10 home runs and 38 RBI over 49 games for the RedHawks. The versatile second-year man, played five different positions for Fargo having started at third base (15 games), second base (7 games), left field (2 games), first base (1 game), and right field (1 game). He started another 23 games as the designated hitter.
The 6-2, 195-pound left-handed hitter, has had a career derailed by injuries. Playing in college at East Carolina, he broke his foot during the NCAA Regionals just prior to the major league amateur draft. After recovering from surgery he signed with the D'Backs, but re-broke his foot prior to making his professional debut. Following his release from Arizona, he signed briefly with the Cincinnati Reds in January '06 and entered spring training competing for a second base spot with his twin brother Trevor. He was acquired by the RedHawks during the off-season after playing for the Kansas City T-Bones in 2006. Last season with the T-Bones, he batted .259 with seven home runs and 24 RBI in 47 games.
LAWHORN PUSHES REDHAWKS PAST RAILCATS IN EXTRAS, 5-3
F-M Winning Streak Stands At Four
Fargo, N.D. — The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks received more late-game heroics from Darryl Lawhorn to record a 5-3 victory over the Gary SouthShore Railcats in extra innings Thursday night at U.S. Steel Yard. Lawhorn provided an RBI-triple in the top of the tenth to score the winning run of the contest.
The RedHawks put the first run of the game on the board with a single score in the top of the fifth. With runners on the corners and two outs in the inning, Tydus Meadows doubled down the left field line to plate Lawhorn from third.
Gary came back with a run of their own in the bottom half of the fifth to bring the contest back to a tie as Eric McNamee supplied a single to score Nate Price from third. The Railcats would later load the bases with one out in the frame, but F-M starter Mike Peschel worked his magic to record the final two outs without giving up a run.
The Railcats took their only lead of the contest with a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth. Jermaine Allensworth knocked in the first score with a sacrifice fly to score Dave Detienne. Steve Haake crossed the plate for the second run of the inning on a passed ball.
F-M battled back quickly, however, with two runs in the next half inning of play. After leading off the frame with a triple, Joe Mathis scored on a single by Kory Wayment. With the bases loaded later in the inning, Juan Melo drew a walk to allow Wayment to score from third.
After Adam Shorsher walked to lead off the top of tenth, Lawhorn delivered his second triple of the year with a drive down the right field line.Lawhorn scored in the next at-bat as Mike Just recorded his second hit of the night on a single to right-center.
Peschel worked six innings for the RedHawks while giving up three runs, two of which were earned, on six hits. Adam Rowe gained his fourth win of the season out of the F-M bullpen with a scoreless 1.2 innings of work. Nate Cotton recorded his seventh save of the season after shutting the Railcats down in the bottom half of the tenth inning.
FARGO, ND-Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (15-13) second baseman Darryl Lawhorn (1-5) hit a walk-off three-run home run in the bottom of the 12th inning to hand the Joliet JackHammers a 5-2 loss and complete the RedHawks’ three-game sweep before 3,484 fans at Newman Outdoor Field on Sunday night. The JackHammers (11-18) have now lost four straight games.
Darryl up-stages Piazza
By Jagdip Dhillon
Record Staff Writer
July 20, 2007 6:00 AM
STOCKTON - Mike Piazza spent his third day in town on Thursday giving back to the game and giving Stockton fans another great moment.
The Oakland A's star hit a deep three-run home run off Jared Hyatt to left-center field in the seventh inning to put the exclamation point on a much-needed Ports victory. Piazza's blast, coupled with Darryl Lawhorn's two shots, helped the Ports end their eight-game losing streak with an 8-3 win over the Bakersfield Blaze before 3,379 fans. Piazza also homered on Tuesday night. He is now 10 for 26 in six rehab games split between Stockton and Triple-A Sacramento.
THANKS to Clifford Oto/The Record for this photo.
Monday August 13
Michael Affronti's sacrifice fly scored Darryl Lawhorn with the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning propelling the Stockton Ports to a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Giants on Monday night at Banner Island Ballpark. San Jose's offensive struggles continued as the Giants mustered only six hits in dropping the opener of the three-game series. With the loss, San Jose's overall record slipped to 65-56 - tied with the Modesto Nuts for the top mark in the North Division.
Darryl Lawhornknows first-hand the hazards of playing the hot corner in minor league baseball.
A former New Hanover High School star and third baseman for the Stockton Ports of the Class A California League, he was charged with an error after taking a high hopper off his chest last Wednesday.
The week before he took a hard smash off his chest that almost knocked him out of the game.
"It caught me right off the cuff of the grass,'' he said. "After I threw him out, I ran to the dugout and dropped like a sack of rocks. Whew. I just had to catch my breathe a little bit.''
In three seasons at East Carolina, Lawhorn played a number of positions, but mostly outfield. For the past two seasons, he was a second baseman in the independent Northern League.
"I have to play more aggressive at third base than I normally would anywhere else,'' he said. "Sometimes it works out and sometimes it gets me into trouble.''
While learning the hot corner is a work in progress, so is his hitting.
He insists his .183 average in 93 at-bats is misleading, saying he has made solid contact on most of his outs.
"It seems like people are making diving or outstanding plays,'' he said. "I'm not frustrated with the average. I know it is low. I'm taking my walks and not striking out as much.''
He has eight walks in his past 10 games and three strikeouts in his past six.
"Normally if my average was that low I'd be flipping out and wanting to quit because I am doing poorly,'' he continued. "You have to take it with a grain of salt. If you let it bother you, then you are not going to last very long in this game.''
Ports rally past Oaks for wild win
September 3, 2007 - Darryl Lawhorn ripped a walk-off single in the 10th inning to give Stockton a 6-5 victory over Visalia on Sunday.
Trailing, 5-4, heading into the bottom of the 10th, Steve Kleen ripped a one-out double, Frank Martinez tripled to tie the game and scored the winning run on Lawhorn's base hit. With Ports fans on their feet, Darryl Lawhorn calmly stepped to the plate and singled to right field. That set off a frenzied celebration among the Ports as Martinez crossed home plate."The other guys did a great job getting on base," Lawhorn said. "Frankie's triple gave me a chance to finish the game in walk-off style. (Not having a comeback win) makes it that much sweeter."
