Lexington was rained out but that doesn’t mean we don’t have news from them. Greg Langbehn has been frustrated with the play of the Legends at times has found a silver lining in an otherwise dreary season. Here are some of his quotes from the Lexington paper today:
“Our (eight-game) road trip was actually an excellent defensive road trip up until the game we had seven errors. That was just one of those nights where everybody was going to get the ball and everybody was going to make an error. But … we’ve gotten better defensively, which is a big thing.”…
On Brandon Barnes who has been struggling to keep the batting average above .100 this season.
“I’ve seen him before. We know he can do it,” Langbehn said. “It’s just taking him some time to get adjusted. He’s playing every day now and, from our point of view, is going to get better, and he’s going to start figuring it out.”
It is also reported that Max Sapp could be activated as soon as today when the Legends will play two to make up for last nights rain out.
Salem
The Avs were also rained out but not before they had played 6 innings of scoreless ball. The game will be completed on May 30th. Douglas Arguello had his best outing of the year. He walked the first batter and then picked him off 1st. After that, another baserunner didn’t reach a base until the 6th inning when Arguello gave up his first hit of the game.
Corpus Christi
Well maybe it isn’t the Sports Illustrated Jinx but Bud Norris would prefer if Baseball America wouldn’t highlight him on the day he starts a game. Baseball America’s prospect blog had a feature about Norris online yesterday. Here are the highlights from the piece:
“He’s understanding that pitching to contact is a good thing,” Boroski said. “He’s inviting contact by throwing it over the plate, and that’s what we want all our pitchers to do. The better he gets at initiating contact, having the hitter hit his pitch, the better he’ll be.”…
Though he’s a starter for now, Norris may have a future in a big league bullpen. He works in the low-90s as a starter, but as a reliever he has operated in the mid-90s, topping out at 97 mph.
“It’s got velocity and life,” Boroski said. “It’s got some riding action down in the zone. It’s not what I’d call a heavy sinker, but it has some riding life and it’s very late—it’s a swing-and-miss pitch. Like all guys, when he elevates it, it flattens out, but it’s a good pitch when he commands it down in the zone.”
Bud Norris worked around trouble in the first 3 innings allowing only one run. Then came the 4th where the Norris and his replacement Sean Walker were tatooed with 10 runs on 14 hits. After that, Walker settled down allowing only one more run the rest of the game. The Hooks battled back to make it close but an 11-0 hole is tough to climb out off. The final was 12-8. Mitch Einertson had two doubles and 3 RBI for the Hooks.
Round Rock
Fernando Nieve left the game after two innings on the anniversary of his Tommy John Surgery. The Express fell 8-4