Lexington Legends
Lexington was shut out on Tuesday night. They have only scored 2 runs in 4 games, and one of those runs was scored with out a hit. Their pitchers held their own until the 8th when two runs were scored off small ball and an error.
Salem Avalanche
Cory Bass pitched 7 strong innings in his best start of the season to lead the Avs to a 6-1 victory. Bass went deeper than any previous start and here is why.
Bass said in past outings he would “be trying to think about what pitches to throw instead of taking it one pitch at a time.
“Trying to outsmart the hitter. And trying to be too fine, instead of just trusting my stuff.”
(Pitching Coach) Ruby said Bass was different on the mound Tuesday, particularly “his presence.”
The bats were hot too with Parraz going 3 for 4, C. Quintero and Clemens going 2 for 4. Mark Ori hit his 4th homer of the season.
“He’s (Ori) got some good power to the opposite field,” Pankovits said. “He’s been slow to learn to drive the ball pulling the ball, but if you can drive the ball the opposite way, driving it pulling will come. … Hopefully this is the start of a string of extra-base hits for him.”
Corpus Christi Hooks were off last night.
Round Rock Express
The Express has derailed. They lost 4-3 last night falling to 20-31 (.392) on the season. Reggie Abercrombie and Edwin Maysonet combined for 5 of the 9 hits. Maysonet has hit .370 in the month of May after hitting a lowly .190 in April.