Kolten Wong plays in MLB All-Star Futures game

Hilo native and St. Louis Cardinals second base prospect Kolten Wong, took his spot among the minor league elite today in Kansas City, Missouri, participating in Major League Baseball’s 14th annual All-Star Futures game. Wong, started at second base for the United States team and batted second in the lineup, in the USA’s 17-5 win over the World team. The Kamehameha-Hawaii graduate went 0-2 at the plate, but took advantage of a throwing error by the pitcher in his last at-bat, advancing to third base, and later scored. 2011 first-round draft choice of the Cardinals, who was named minor league player of the year last season, is currently batting .310 with 7 Homeruns, 34 RBI, and 15 stolen bases for AA Springfield. He played in the AA-Texas League All-Star game last month. Scouts expect that if he continues to progress, he could get a call up to St. Louis as early as this September.

Also in Sunday’s Sportscast:

* Michelle Wie wraps-up play in the 67th Annual U.S. Women’s Open with a plus-8 70, finishing at +10 (T-35)

* Punahou senior to be, Kalena Preus and partner P.H. Horgan III finished 2nd in the Pro-Junior division at the Champions Tour’s Nature Valley First-Tee Open at Pebble Beach

* Kaiser/UH alum Clay Stanley and his US National Volleyball team fell to Poland in the World League Championship final…Serving as a tune-up for the Olympics in London.

* Trade rumors hit a fever pitch Sunday, as the Saint Anthony graduate was a late scratch in Philadelphia’s 4-3 loss to the Braves

* Brandon League (Saint Louis) throws a scoreless 0.2 innings to close out the first of the season