January
20, 2004
Former Oakton Pitcher Heads to Expos Training Camp
Former Oakton Community College pitcher Alex Morales has received an invitation to report to spring training camp with the Montreal Expos' major league pitching staff on Feb. 18.
The call for the right-hander from Hersey High School in Arlington Heights comes less than a year after Morales' departure from Oakton following the 2003 season. In his six-game minor league stint with the Jupiter Expos, part of the rookie Gulf Coast League, Morales was 1-1 with a 0.90 ERA and recorded 10 strikeouts in 10 innings.
Morales then was promoted last summer to the Florida State League, bypassing the Short Season A and Low A minor league levels. Morales compiled one save and eight strikeouts in five and one-third innings for the Brevard County Manatees.
Armed with a 90 mile-per-hour fastball, Morales was rated by Baseball America as having the best slider in the entire Expos organization. For Oakton last season, Morales sported a 5-0 record along with a 1.71 ERA and 60 strikeouts. Last spring, Morales fanned 18 batters en route to a no-hitter against McHenry Country College in the Skyway Conference Tournament.
Before leaving for Spring Training in Viera, Fla., Morales will work as a volunteer coach for Oakton assisting the pitching staff.
The Raiders finished the 2003 campaign with a record 41 wins while capturing the Region IV Sectional Championship. Oakton starts the 2004 baseball campaign March 13 in Fort Pierce, Fla., and plays its first home game March 22 against Joliet.
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