Return of the Matt
June 12, 2007 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Burlington Bees News Release
Burlington, IA (June 12, 2007) - LHP Matt Campbell returns to the Burlington Bees active roster today and will start tomorrow night in game three of this four-game series against the Peoria Chiefs. The Kansas City Royals promoted Campbell to the high-A Wilmington in the Carolina League last week on June 7th and he made one start for the Blue Rocks on June 8th at Winston-Salem. He pitched seven innings and allowed two runs on three hits with one walk and five strikeouts and picked up the victory in a 4-2 win over the Warthogs.
Campbell has made eleven appearances (six starts) with the Bees this year and is 4-2 with a 3.47 ERA. In 46.2 innings, he has allowed 40 hits and eleven walks while striking out 41. Opponents are batting .231 against him. Campbell has won his won his last three appearances with the Bees and his last four outings overall. The Royals drafted Campbell in the first round (29th overall) in 2004 out of the University of South Carolina. He started the 2005 season with the Bees, but a shoulder injury cut that season in half and shoulder surgery cost him all of 2006.
Campbell will be starting for the injured Mario Santiago, who took a batted ball off his pitching hand in the fourth inning last Friday night at Beloit. Santiago is expected to miss just one outing and come back after the All-Star Break. Santiago and Campbell had been piggy-back partners all season for the Bees before the promotion and injury last week.
The Bees host the Chiefs at Community Field tonight at 7:00 for the final home game of the first half and the final visit to "The Hive" for Peoria and Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg for the year. The gates will open at 6:00 for 2-for-Tuesday sponsored by The Hawk Eye and 101.7 The Bull. Fans can bring the coupon from today's paper to the ticket window and get two general admission tickets for the price of one and there will be a two-for-one sandwich special in the concession stand. The game will be broadcast live on KBUR AM 1490 and KBKB AM 1360 with the pre-game show starting at 6:40.
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