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Posted at 8:34 a.m., Tuesday, June 6, 2006

Hawai'i's Wright drafted by Indians in second round

By Stacy Kaneshiro
Advertiser Staff Writer

Hawai'i junior right-hander Steven Wright was picked in the second round, the 56th player selected overall, by the Cleveland Indians in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft Tuesday.

Wright was 11-2 with a 2.30 earned run average. He had 123 strikeouts to 19 walks in 109 2/3 innings for the Rainbows.