SAVANNAH, Ga. — Former Savannah College of Art and Design baseball player Charlie Zink has been selected to the play in the Eastern League All-Star Game tonight (July 11).

The 6-foot-1, 190-pound right-handed pitcher from El Dorado Hills, Calif., will play on the Northern Division team in the 7:35 p.m. contest at Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Conn.

The knuckballer has pitched for both Class AA Portland (Maine) Sea Dogs of the Eastern League and Class AAA Pawtucket (R.I.) Red Sox of the International League in 2007. Zink has an 8-3 overall record in 13 starts this year for the Sea Dogs. He leads the team in wins (8) and earned run average (2.77). His 2.77 ERA is ranked fifth best in the Eastern League. The All-Star selection is the first for Zink, who has spent parts of five seasons with the Sea Dogs. He was also named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week June 25. Zink tossed the first nine-inning, complete-game for the Sea Dogs since 2005 in a 2-1 victory over the Connecticut Defenders June 19. In the game, he scattered six hits and struck out eight.

Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Red Sox in 2002, Zink played three seasons for the Bees from 1999-2001. He went 9-17 in 35 games for the Bees with a 3.76 earned run average in 210 1/3 innings of work. He allowed 184 hits, while striking out 263 batters and walking 110. He holds the college mark for strikeouts in a game (14 against Savannah State University, 2000).

Zink is one of two SCAD baseball players currently in the minor leagues. Ryan Pope recently signed to play for the New York Yankees after being selected in the third round of the 2007 Major League Baseball first-year player draft held last month. Pope has been working out of the Yankees' complex in Tampa, Fla., and hasn't been assigned to one of New York's minor-league affiliates at this time.