McEwing gets league honor

By: JournalNow Staff | JOURNAL STAFF REPORT
Published: September 03, 2010

Manager Joe McEwing of the Winston-Salem Dash was named the Carolina League Manager of the Year for the second straight season, the team announced in a release yesterday, and four Winston-Salem players were honored as year-end All-Stars.

Eduardo Escobar, Jon Gilmore, Justin Greene, and Brandon Short were elected to the All-Star team by the league's managers, general managers, and media. No other Carolina League team put more than three players on the All-Star team.

McEwing won the award for leading the Dash to the best overall record in the Carolina League. After yesterday's 11-0 win over Lynchburg, Winston-Salem owned a 78-55 record, seven games better than Salem. The Dash finished the first half with the best record in the league at 43-27 and the team is tied with Potomac for the best mark in the second half at 35-28.

Escobar was named the All-Star shortstop. He played in 87 games for the Dash before his promotion to Class AA Birmingham on July 14. He hit .285 with three home runs, 39 RBIs, 18 doubles, eight triples, and 57 runs.

Gilmore was elected to the All-Star Team as the utility infielder. He is batting .317 this season with five homers, 78 RBIs, 24 doubles, four triples, and 79 runs. He is second in the league in batting average, third in games (129), first in at-bats (547), fourth in RBIs (78), first in hits (173), and second in runs (79).

Greene was voted in as a utility outfielder. In 74 games for the Dash, he hit .309 with 10 home runs, 15 doubles, nine triples, and 45 runs batted in. He still leads the league in triples despite getting a promotion to Birmingham on June 29.

Short has hit .316 this season with 15 home runs, 79 RBIs, 31 doubles, five triples, and 77 runs. He ranks third in the league in batting average, third in RBIs, second in hits (155), fifth in slugging percentage (.491), fifth in extra-base hits (51), tied for fourth in runs, and third in total bases (241). An oblique injury has sidelined him for the past two weeks.

-- Bryant Galbaugh