-- Heading into Wednesday’s game against Buffalo, former SeaWolves center fielder Freddy Guzman was hitting .207 (12-for-58) in 16 games for Triple-A Toledo with one homer, four RBIs, 11 runs scored and one steal.
Guzman was promoted to Toledo from Erie on May 7. He has been playing left field for the Mud Hens.
-- Single-A Lakeland right-hander Rick Porcello, the Tigers’ first-round draft pick last year, dropped to 3-5 in Tuesday’s 4-3 loss to Tampa. Porcello gave up four runs (three earned)
and 10 hits. He struck out four and walked none.
-- Lakeland right-handed starter Jonah Nickerson was named the Florida State League pitcher of the week for the May 12-18. In two starts that week, Nickerson went 1-1 with a 1.84 ERA, striking out 13 and allowing nine hits and two walks in 14 2/3 innings.
In his May 18 start against Palm Beach, a 4-0 win, Nickerson, 23, carried a no-hitter into the eighth before allowing an infield single with two outs.
Nickerson also won his latest outing, an 8-0 decision over Jupiter in which he threw a seven-inning complete game in the second game of a doubleheader, allowing just
three hits and striking out a season-high 10.
The Tigers selected Nickerson in the seventh round of the 2006 June draft. He was named the most outstanding player in the 2006 College World Series after he helped lead Oregon State to a national championship.
-- Fan balloting for the Eastern League All-Star Game will begin Friday and continue through June 26.
The All-Star Game is scheduled for July 16 at MerchantsAuto.com Stadium in Manchester, N.H.
Fans may fill out ballots through an online ballot on the Eastern League Web site (www.easternleague.com). Some Eastern League clubs will offer fans an opportunity to vote on their team Web sites or at ballparks during home games.
Fan voting results will be used to select one position player and one pitcher from each Eastern
League team. The league will announce the Southern Division and Northern Division all-star teams July 2. Each roster will consist of 24 players.
— Ron Leonardi