BATON ROUGE — LSU sophomore shortstop DJ LeMahieu has been selected to play in the Cape Cod League All-Star Game at 6 p.m. Saturday at Veterans Field in Chatham, Mass.
LSU junior outfielder Blake Dean will participate in the Home Run Hitting Contest as part of the All-Star pregame festivities.
Now in its 124th season, the 10-team Cape Cod League originated in 1885 and is the premier collegiate summer league in the country.
LeMahieu, a product of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is batting .351 (26-for-74) this summer in 19 games with the Harwich (Mass.) Mariners. He has scored 13 runs while collecting four doubles and eight RBI.
LeMahieu hit .337 (87-for-258) for LSU in 2008 with 11 doubles, one triple, six homers, 44 RBI and 56 runs. He was one of three true freshmen in the everyday starting lineup for LSU, which advanced to the College World Series and finished the season ranked No. 6 in the nation.
Dean, a 2008 Baseball America magazine first-team all-American, has hit three home runs this summer for the Wareham (Mass.) Gatemen.
The product of Crestview, Fla. was LSU’s leading hitter in 2008, batting .353 (95-for-269) with 18 doubles, three triples, 20 homers, 73 RBI and 62 runs.
Dean enjoyed a phenomenal postseason for the Tigers, batting .407(22-for-54) in 13 games with five doubles, one triple, seven homers, 25 RBI and 15 runs.
He launched a bases-loaded double in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift LSU to a CWS victory over Rice, and he belted a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Tigers a win over South Carolina in the SEC Tournament.