Providence, R.I.--Former Rhode Island College baseball standout Andrew Sears (West Warwick, R.I.) has been called up from AAA Toledo to start for the Detroit Tigers in Kansas City vs. the Royals on Sunday, Aug. 23.

Sears, a left-hander, spent 2021 and 2022 as an Anchorman before transferring to Div. I UConn for the 2023 season. He was drafted by Detroit in the 10th round of the 2023 Major League Baseball June Amateur Draft.

As a sophomore in 2022, Sears was named a D3baseball.com Fourth Team All-American, the Little East Pitcher of the Year, First Team All-Little East, First Team All-Region by D3baseball.com and Second Team All-Region by the ABCA/Rawlings. He appeared in 12 games, starting all of them. Sears was 8-1 with a 2.29 ERA and 96 strikeouts in 74.2 innings pitched. He was named the Little East Pitcher of the Week twice this season.

As a freshman in 2021, Sears appeared in seven games, starting five of them and was 3-2 with a 4.55 ERA and 51 strikeouts in 31.2 innings pitched.

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