RailCats activate kerber from disabled list; paduch goes on d.l.

 

June 21, 2007                     Contact:  Tom Nichols at (219) 882-2255

 

Gary, Ind.—The Gary SouthShore RailCats Professional Baseball Club announced today that pitcher Travis Kerber has been activated from the disabled list.  In a corresponding transaction, pitcher Jim Paduch has been placed on the seven day disabled list.

 

Kerber, the only member of the RailCats to pre-date manager Greg Tagert, made one start this season on May 19^th, the third day of the season before being placed on the disabled list with right shoulder tendonitis.  He finished second in the Northern League in earned run average in 2006 with a 2.78 mark while posting a 4-5 record.  In 2005, Kerber led all Northern League relievers with a 1.33 ERA, going 5-1 in 34 games.

 

Paduch is 3-2 with a 4.39 ERA for the RailCats this season but was disabled with what Tagert termed a "tired arm."  He will be eligible to return to the roster on June 28^th.

 

The RailCats, in first place with a 22-9 record, play at Fargo-Moorhead today at 12:30 p.m.  They return to Gary on July 4^th.

 

More Information:  The Gary SouthShore RailCats are a Professional Minor League Baseball Team serving Northwest Indiana and Chicago's south suburbs.  For the last four years, they have been chosen "Best Local Spectator Sport" by Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly.  Their 96 game schedule includes 47 home games at beautiful U. S. Steel Yard, an award-winning 6,000 seat state-of-the-art facility located next to the Indiana Toll Road (I-90) with easy access to I-65.

 

###