Byron Buxton of the Chattanooga Lookouts will play center field and serve as leadoff batter for the North Division when the Southern League holds its all-star game June 23.
The game is at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Ala.
Buxton entered Thursday night’s game in Birmingham hitting .274 with a league-leading 44 runs scored, and he leads all of minor league baseball with 11 triples. He will be accompanied in the North Division starting lineup by two Chattanooga teammates – third baseman Miguel Sano and left fielder Adam Walker.
Sano will bat fourth and Walker fifth. Sano entered Thursday night hitting .254 with 10 home runs and 35 RBIs, while Walker had a .262 average with a league-leading 16 homers and 51 RBIs.
Montgomery’s Brady Williams is managing the North team and has tabbed Blake Shell of the Biscuits as his starting pitcher. Shell is 4-1 with a 1.51 ERA through eight starts.
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