By Tariq Lee
Third baseman Robert Lyerly is the lone All-Star on the Tampa Yankees' roster, having being named to the South Atlanic League Postseason All-Star team after playing with the Class A Charleston Riverdogs in 2010. This season he moved up to Class A Advanced with Tampa and has kept his performance going. Lyerly went into Sunday's game second on the team in hitting with a .333 average and with a 5-game hitting streak, Liverly leads the team with 59 hits and 38 RBI.
“Guys are faster, guys throw a little harder and obviously better hitters when you’re playing defense," Lyerly said. “Everything just escalates that much more and you're just trying to have as long as career as possible”
The Yankees entered Sunday's contest two games under .500 after going 7-2 on their recent road trip. Before that they were 2-15 from April 19-May 6.
“We’re just fortunate to put the things together. You know in baseball you have a great week then a terrible week and right now we’re in a little groove,” Lyerly said. The team also is the two-time defending Florida State League champion but is currently sitting fourth in the North
“It's really not something we’ve talked much about--we see it on the billboards and all that though,” Lyerly said. “You want to play well but the season is so long you just want to focus one day at a time and put it all together in the postseason."
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