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MONROE, La.—The Louisiana Monroe baseball team landed a prize recruit on Wednesday when Joey Rapp signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Warhawks beginning with the 2011 season, head coach Jeff Schexnaider announced.

Rapp, a right-handed outfielder, batted .356 with 10 home runs, eight doubles and 34 RBIs in 35 starts last season as a

Joey Rapp (Courtesy Chipolia CC)

freshman at Chipola Community College. His outstanding season did not go unnoticed as the 6-foot-3, 220-pounder was selected in the 41^st round of the 2009 Major League Baseball First Year Players Draft by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

“Joey has the potential to be one of the best players in our conference,” Schexnaider said. “He has played for one of the top junior college programs in the country and shown that he can really produce offensively.  Joey will have an impact on the middle of our lineup in a big way as soon as he steps on campus.”

Rapp helped lead Sarasota High School to the 2007 6A Florida State Championship and was named to the Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-Star Game in the summer following his senior year.

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Former Maverick Lackey Starts For Angels In Game Five vs. Yankees

John Lackey

Lackey, who played at UT Arlington during the 1998 season, was 11-8 with a 3.83 ERA in 27 starts this season. He logged 176.1 innings while allowing 177 hits and 47 walks with 139 strikeouts.

In his eight-year career, Lackey is 102-71 with a 3.81 ERA, 233 starts and 1,501.0 innings pitched. Lackey has 1,201 career strikeouts with 441 walks allowed.

In two starts this post-season, Lackey is 1-1 with an impressive 1.38 ERA in 13.0 innings pitched. His last start – Game 1 against the Yankees – Lackey allowed nine hits and four runs (two earned) with three strikeouts and three walks in 5.2 innings while taking the loss.

Lackey is trying to lead the Angels back to the World Series, where the 6-foot-6 right-hander won Game 7 to give the Angels a world championship in 2002. Lackey worked five innings, allowing one walk with four strikeouts when leaving the game with a 4-1 lead against the San Francisco Giants.

He became the first rookie pitcher since 1909 (Babe Adams – Pittsburgh Pirates) to win a World Series Game 7.