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June 8, 2007

Local players selected in the MLB draft

A total of eight local players have been selected during the second day of the Major League Baseball draft.

Brown catcher Devin Thomas was taken by the Detroit Tigers in the seventh round, the 241st overall pick.

Former Hendricken shortstop Matt Bouchard, who plays at Georgetown, was an 11th round pick of the New York Mets.

Another former Hendricken star Craig Stinson, a catcher at Texas A&M, was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 12th round.

The Oakland Athletics selected former East Providence High left-handed pitcher Brad Hertzler with the 480th overall pick (15th round). Hertzler played at CCRI and the University of Maine.

The Boston Red Sox picked Cumberland native Dan Milano in the 20th round (624 overall). Milano, a catcher, just completed his senior year at Northeastern.

Warwick's Terry Doyle, a right-handed pitcher who played high school ball in New Hampshire, was chosen in the 21st round by the Los Angeles Dodgers (656 overall). Doyle is a junior at Boston College.

Another former Hendricken catcher John Mollicone, a senior at Fordham, was picked by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 27th round (815 overall).

In the 29th round, the Atlanta Braves selected Hendricken senior right-handed pitcher Gary Gillheeney with the 888th overall pick.

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