Round Rock won a 3rd straight game with a 4-1 win over Albuqueque. Kyle Middleton got a spot start and was effective for 5 innings. J. R. Towles homered for the 3rd straight game. He is 8 of his last 15 plate appearances. Mark Saccomanno hit his 18th homer on the season, tying him for 3rd most in the league.
Corpus Christi got off to a fast start but faded just as fast. They scored 3 in the first but lost 7-3. The 3 runs came off a Chris Johnson homer. It was his 3rd homer in 4 games. Brad James gave up 4 runs in the second to take the loss. He went 6 innings giving up 4 runs on 7 hits and one walk. He struck out 6 in his first start since being sidelined with back trouble.
“His (velocity) was back and his delivery was good,” Pujols said. “Brad threw the ball well.”
Salem played catch up all night but couldn’t pull ahead. They mustered 14 hits in their 11-8 loss.
“Our offense did a hell of a job,” Pankovits said. “A lot of teams would have rolled over, but I guess we’ve used to it [falling behind]. Our players busted their [butts], they played hard, they’re working hard. But some guys aren’t making the progress they need to make to continue to play.”
Lexington lost a heart breaker 3-2 in 10 innings last night. Brian Pellegrini accounted for the Legends 2 runs with his 13th home of the season.
Tri Cities’ offense couldn’t get on track in the 4-1 loss last night.
Greeneville lost another close game last night 3-2. Leading 2-0 in the 8th, Princeton put together 3 runs on 4 singles and a walk. Two of the singles never made it out of the infield and another glanced off the glove of second baseman Jose Altuve. Starter Jose Trinidad pitched 6 innings of shutout ball but got no decision. He showed great compusure in the 6th when he had runners at 2nd and 3rd with no one out. He got the next two batters on strikeouts and then got the next batter to bounce back to the pitcher. He toted the ball to first to force the runner and keep his shutout in tact.