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uThe Hartford Yard Goats continued to have to shift around their home schedule because their stadium, Dunkin’ Donuts Park, is not ready to open.

Hartford’s June 21-23 series against Richmond (Va.) will be played in Manchester, N.H., and the June 25-26 series against Erie (Pa.) will be played in Norwich, Conn.

The Yard Goats said season ticketholders will get complimentary tickets for each of those series, and the venues will handle game-day ticketing. The Class AA Eastern League said it would continue to monitor the status of the stadium.

uThe Lehigh Valley (Allentown, Pa.) IronPigs hit home runs in eight consecutive games this month before the streak ended June 9. They hit a franchiserecord five homers June 5 at Charlotte.

The Pigs were leading the International League with 60 homers through June 12 after hitting a franchise-record low 69 last season. Lehigh Valley is on pace to hit 137 homers, which would break the franchise record of 117 set in 2011.

Reading (Pa.) of the Eastern League was leading the minors with 81 homers.

uThe Charlotte Knights announced that and will be the first two inductees in the Charlotte Baseball Roundtable of Honor. The Roundtable is a revived version of the Charlotte Baseball Hall of Fame, which had inducted members from 1982 to 1985.

Manuel played for Charlotte in 1968 and managed the Knights to a Governor’s Cup title in 1993. Thome played for Charlotte in 1993 and hit .322 with 25 homers and 102 RBI to win the International League MVP.

The pair will be inducted July 13 as part of the Class AAA All-Star Game festivities in Charlotte.

uThe Class AAA Pacific Coast League announced that Tacoma (Wash.) would host the 2017 AAA All-Star Game.