WILMINGTON, Del. -- Former Mercyhurst College baseball standout David Lough has been promoted to the Kansas City Royals Double-A affiliate. Below is the official release from his A-Advanced team, the Wilmington Blue Rocks.
(Courtesy Wilmington Blue Rocks / John Sadak)
Wilmington Blue Rocks outfielder David Lough has been promoted to the Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals. Lough departs with the second-best batting average in the Carolina League at .320.
The former walk-on player at Mercyhurst College earned All-Star status as a Blue Rock and notched a base hit in the All-Star game played on Tuesday in Lake Elsinore, CA as the starting center fielder.
Wilmington's Player of the Month in May, Lough proved a consistently clutch player. The athletic left-handed hitter posted a .407 (24-for-59) batting average with runners in scoring position. Blessed with a strong arm to go along with his solid stick, he gunned down Potomac's Michael Burgess at home plate to protect a one-run advantage in the Blue Rocks' most recent victory on Friday night.
The Clinton, Ohio product departs the Riverfront with the team's best on-base percentage (.370) and OPS (.843). He ranked third on the team in home runs (5), RBIs (30) and doubles (15). He batted mostly in the fifth position, but hit in the clean-up spot for the first time just last night. The team player posted the second-most sacrifice bunts on the squad (7). He made only one error while recording three outfield assists playing mostly in right field. Before the season, Baseball America ranked Lough as the 15th-best prospect in the Kansas City Royals minor league system.
Lough's Career at Mercyhurst
2007 Rawlings/ABCA All-America Third Team (OF)
2007 Daktronics All-America Honorable Mention (OF)
2007 Rawlings/ABCA All-North Central Region First Team (OF)
2007 Daktronics All-North Central Region First Team (OF)
2007 All-GLIAC First Team (OF)
2007 Preseason All-American (OF)
2006 Rawlings/ABCA All-North Central Region First Team (OF)
2006 All-GLIAC First Team (OF)
2006 GLIAC Player of the Week (April 24)
2006 ECAC Player of the Week (March 21)
2007: Tied school season hit mark with 74...Leads team in 12 offensive categories: batting average (.404), slugging percentage (.789), on base percentage (.477), runs (52), hits (74), RBIs (49), doubles (16), triples (6), home runs (8), extra base hits (34), total bases (126), stolen bases (23)...Sixth in the GLIAC in batting, third in slugging percentage, sixth in on base percentage, fourth in runs scored, tied for second in hits, fourth in RBIs, tied second in doubles, first in triples, fifth in home runs, second in total bases, tied for fourth in hit by pitch, tied for second in stolen bases ...Had a 16-game hitting streak...Has started all 50 games in centerfield...Has had at least one hit in 39 of the team's 50 games played...Has a team-high 20 multi-hit games: 11 two-hit games, six three-hit games, two four-hit games and a five-hit game...14 multi-RBI games, including two with four RBIs...Scored five runs in a win over Gannon on April 9...Notched five hits on March 11 in a win at Salem International...Reached base 13 times in 20 opportunities for a team-high .650 percentage...Has a team-leading .612 success rate advancing runners...third on the team in walks (19), second in HBP (8), tied for third in sac bunts (6)...Was 4-for-4 with four runs scored and four RBIs in a win over Gannon on April 9...finished just two doubles and two triples shy of school season records in those categories...Also a member of the football team, he recorded 16 catches for 223 yards and two touchdowns...Scored on a 37-yard touchdown reception against Gannon and posted a 29-yard touchdown reception against Ashland to tie the score early in the fourth quarter...His season high of 64 yards receiving came against Gannon...Had 305 kickoff return yards, ranking fourth in average yards per kickoff return...His 12 yard touchdown jaunt against Findlay put the game away in the fourth quarter.
2006: First Team All-North Central Region and First Team All-GLIAC...started in 52 games...led team in batting average (.409), hits (72),slugging (.655), on base percentage (.471), homeruns (8), triples (3), total bases (117), RBIs (55), runs scored (60), sacrifice filies (6) and stolen bases (29)...had a fielding percentage of .958...had a 22-game hitting streak...Also played football...Played in seven games...caught seven passes for 99 yards...also returned three kicks for 61 yards...six punts for 163 yards...scored one touchdown.
2005: Saw action in eight football games, handled kick off duties in the second half of the season ... caught two balls for 61 yards ... returned 4 kicks for 112 yards, an average of 28 yards ... played in 48 baseball games and started in 46 ... was second on the team in batting average with .333 ... tied for first with ten doubles ... led the team with 13 sacrifice hits ... had 97 outfield chances without an error ... was 10-of-13 in stolen bases ... Honorable Mention All-GLIAC in baseball.