heads up

A check of the Arizona Fall League statistics shows a pair of possible 2011 Mississippi Braves are off to good starts. Tyler Pastornicky, the M-Braves’ shortstop at the end of last season, is hitting .462 with two RBIs and three runs in 13 at-bats through Tuesday. Pastornicky hit .254 with two homers and 15 RBIs in 38 games for Mississippi after he was acquired from Kansas City. He’s been playing second base for the Phoenix Desert Dogs but is likely to be back at short in Pearl next spring. Outfielder Cory Harrilchak, a 5-foot-10, 175-pound lefty hitter, was batting .286 for the Desert Dogs and is in their lineup today. Harrilchak played at two levels of A-ball in 2010 and hit .269 at Myrtle Beach. He could be somewhere in Mississippi’s outfield next year.
P.S. Pearl River Community College’s 2010 Hall of Fame class, which will be honored on Saturday in Poplarville, includes Rhyne Hughes, a former Wildcats first baseman who made his major league debut with Baltimore this season.