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5 standouts from Perfect Game showcase
- Updated: August 15, 2016
SAN DIEGO — The West Coast team soundly defeated the East Coast in the 2016 Perfect Game All-American Classic on Sunday, 13-0.
The game marked the eighth straight year that San Diego has hosted the event, which showcases the nation’s top high school talent.
Fifteen former All-Americans were selected in the 2016 MLB Draft, including No. 1 overall pick Mickey Moniak, and many more from the pool of 52 players in this year’s game are likely to follow in 2017.
Here are a few of the players who stood out during Sunday’s game:
Hunter Greene, RHP/OF, Notre Dame (Calif.) HS
After being honored with the Jackie Robinson Player of the Year Award during Saturday night’s Perfect Game awards banquet, Hunter Greene continued to claim honors.
Greene became the 2016 Perfect Game Home Run Challenge champion after taking down a final field of five hitters. In the final round, Greene surpassed Calvin Mitchell’s four home runs by hitting five straight on the first five swings he took with a wood bat.
His 11 home runs during the first round were the most of the group as well, with two of his homers reaching the third deck of Petco Park’s Western Metal Supply Co. building — likely the two farthest-hit balls of the event. But he wasn’t done there.
Greene, who may be the top two-way player in the 2017 class, started on the mound for the West team, throwing 96-97 mph with his fastball and striking out Jordon Adell with a 78-mph slider to end a scoreless first inning.
TrackMan was a big fan of Greene, as the 6-foot-4 righty was credited with both the hardest-struck ball of the game — 105.1 mph exit velocity — as well as the fastest pitch, at 97.2 mph.
Royce Lewis, SS, JSerra Catholic (Calif.) HS
Lewis was named the MVP of the game, thanks to the mayhem he caused on the bases and with the bat. Lewis went 2-for-3 with a walk, three stolen bases, two RBIs and a triple.
“The game felt like an All-Star Game, for sure,” Lewis said. “These are the top 52 best players in the country. It was fun. You could definitely feel that going into the game, and during the game, I just started playing my game, started worrying about myself. I had …
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