The Crushers added two new faces to the roster last night, designated hitter Matt Sutton and first baseman Adam Amer.

Sutton made his presence instantly felt with a two run home run in the fifth inning.

Sutton was with the team in the preseason but suffered an injury. He was just recently cleared to play. Sutton played for current Crusher manager John Massarelli in Washington in 2007 when he hit .295 with 12 home run with 58 RBI. Sutton had 100 hits that season. Sutton played for the Wild Things from 2007-2009. Overall he hit .277 with 30 HR and 136 RBI.

Sutton started his college career at UNC-Wilmington before transferring to Coastal Carolina.

Amar started the season with the Washington Wild Things. In 42 games he hit .255 with 2 HR and 26 RBI. He was traded to Normal where he hit .216 in 14 games before being released.

Amar played for the Vermont Lake Monsters of the New York Penn League in 2009, collecting 17 hits, four doubles, two home runs and nine RBI in 35 games. In 2008, he batted.302 with nine home runs in 67 games for Auburn of the New York Penn League, leading the team in hits (76), doubles (17) and RBI (42). Amar had a 12-game hitting streak from July 4-18, including seven straight multi-hit games from July 9-16.


The Lake Mary, Fla., native made his professional debut in 2007, playing 24 games with Reno of the independent Golden Baseball League and batting.354 with 22 runs, 34 hits, 11 doubles, five home runs and 19 RBI. Amar graduated from Memphis in 2007 as the school's all-time leader in games played (217), hits (276) and RBI (192). A four-year letterman, he batted.358 as a senior and.398 as a junior. His honors accumulated during his collegiate career include C-USA First Team, C-USA All-Tournament Team and NCAA Nashville Regional Tournament Team selections.