Round Rock
The PCL was off on Wednesday, it is reported that attendance at mid week Bible studies were up at churches through out the western US.
Corpus Christi
Corpus took a beating last night in an 11-0 shut out. When your batters have more strike outs (6) than hits (5), it is not a good sign. Jose Oyervidez struggled in his second straight appearance, giving up 4 runs in an inning and a third.
Salem
The first inning spelled doom for Salem Wednesday. The Avs loaded the bases in the first with one out but Van Ostrand and Florentino struck out to end any hopes of an early lead. In the bottom of the first, Kinston scored 5 runs aided by an error by Florentino. The Avs came back with 3 runs in the 7th but couldn’t get any more. Cory Bass took the loss in the 5-3 decision despite only giving up 2 earned runs.
Lexington
The Legends troubles at home continued with a 12-2 thumping at that hands of the West Va. Power. Colt Adams gave up 7 runs on 13 hits in just 3 2/3 innings. The Legends offense could only muster 7 hits compared to the Power’s 22.
Brandon Barnes ended an 0-22 slump with a single in the 9th to bring his average out of the bingo range. His single was sandwiched between doubles by Taylor and Fixler. Fixler’s double brought Taylor and Barnes home ended the shut out.
“I’m not looking for moral victories,” he said. “It was pretty evident what happened.”….”We’ve got to show up for the game tomorrow,” Langbehn said. “We’ve got to play again. So they need to respond. They’ve got to figure out a way to win at home.”
Lexington is 1-9 at home this year.