Three minor league teams went into extras last night: Greeneville, Salem & game 2 of a double header for Round Rock.
Round Rock:
They dropped game one 9-1. Tucson knocked out Chan Ho Park in the 3rd frame after 7 runs.
Game two was a 10 inning 1-0 victory for the Express in a one hit gem by the Round Rock pitching staff:
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McLemore fanned two and surrendered two walks over four no-hit frames, Philip Barzilla hurled two more hitless innings before allowing a leadoff single in the bottom of the seventh and Stephen Randolph (9-2) picked up the win in relief, walking two and striking out four over three hitless innings.
Corpus Christi was rained out again in San Antonio. The Hooks lost all four games in San Antonio. One to the Missions and three to the rain.
The local paper is reporting the Backe will be there at the next home stand to begin his rehab and that Jimmy Barthmaier will skip his next start due to the schedule changes with all the rain outs.
Salem suffered a frustrating loss to Wilmington last night. The final was 8-4 in 10 innings. Chris Salamida struck out 8 in the first 4 2/3 innings but then forgot how to pitch. He gave up a single and three walks before being pulled.
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“He just lost it,” Pankovits said.
Pankovits’ assessment of the game:
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“It was poor execution all around — pitching, hitting, defense, coaching,” Pankovits said. “Everybody had a hand in it. Everybody.”
Cesar Quintero had yet another outfield assist in the game, throwing out a runner at home.
In Lexington, Eric Taylor didn’t hit a home run for the first time in 4 games, however his teammates picked him up. Jordan Parraz and Koby Clemens both went deep in the 4th to lead the Legends to a 3-2 victory. Bud Norris got his first win of the season going 7 strong innings. The biggest play of the night involved pitching and defense:
In the 8th, Chad Wagler faced a 1st & 3rd with no one out situation. He struck out the next batter and then
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Quintin Berry, third in the league with 39 stolen bases, hit a grounder to Greg Buchanan. The second baseman’s flip to shortstop Tim Torres and the latter’s bang-bang relay to first baseman Eric Taylor were just quick enough to get the double play.
“That was awesome,” Torres said. “It was a good job by the pitcher, Chad, to get that groundball.”…
The outcome even surprised the manager:
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“That strikeout was huge. We were talking in the dugout — we didn’t think we had a realistic chance to double that kid (Quintin Berry) up. And he hit it just hard enough, and (Greg) Buchanan and (Tim) Torres made a great turn.” — Legends Manager Gregg Langbehn
Lexington has bounced back from a 1-7 start of the second half to pull to 17 -17.
Tri Cities took advantage of 6 Auburn errors for a 10-5 victory. Barnes, Delome & Cusick all homered. ValleyCat pitchers fanned 13 Auburn batters during the game.
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“It was a chance for them to pitch without a lot of pressure on them,” Rancont said. “It may have helped guys find what they were missing.
Victor Garate had 7 of the 13 K’s in 2 1/3 innings. Despite that dominance, he also surrendered 2 home runs.
For the second time in 3 games, Greeneville wins! The baby Astros did it the hard way. First they waited out a 53 minute rain delay. Then they played a 4 hour and 31 minute, 14 inning marathon pulling out a 6-5 victory. They went into the 9th with a 5-3 lead following Andrew Darnell’s second home of the season in the 8th but were unable to hang on in regulation. In the 14th, after the first two batters struck out, the Astros put together a string of walk, single, walk, single to win the game.
Greeneville struck out 13 times during the game. On the bright side, they walked 9 times, 3 of those by Devon Torrence who has 15 walks in the last 7 games.