Salem won the continuation of the suspended game and the seven inning version of the regularly scheduled game to stretch their win streak to a season high 5 games. In game one, the Av’s scored in every inning but the 1st. Douglas Arguello got the win in the night cap, bringing his record for the year to 8-4 with a league best ERA of 2.84.
Round Rock got a stellar performance from Josh Miller to win 1-0. Miller pitched 8 shut out innings for the Express.
Chris Johnson’s arrival in RR has created a bit of a playing time dilemma with Marc Saccomanno and J. R. House.
You hate the fact that you the take at-bats from these guys because they’ve been doing a job for us all year,” Clark said. “But they understand the organization and they understand that he’s a prospect and that he’s got to be here to play.”
Saccomanno was disappointed but said there wasn’t any animosity.
“It’s out of my control and you try your best to not worry about things like that but obviously it’s a little discouraging,” Saccomanno said. “We’re teammates and there’s never any bad blood. It was a decision that came from up top and there’s nothing we can do about it except for try to win some ballgames.”
Lexington got a 2 run homer from Brian Pellegrini and solid pitching to lead to a 3-1 victory.
Corpus Christi got a 2 run homer from Billy Hart in the 10th to pull out a 6-5 victory over San Antonio. They also got good pitching from Bud Norris.
Tri Cities was the lone farm team to lose last night. Normally solid Shane Wolf struggled with his control and took the loss.
“A lot of people expect him to rip open his shirt with a big ‘S’ on his chest, but he’s human. I thought he pitched very well for not having his best stuff,” Rancont said.
Wolf (1-2) allowed a season-high four runs.
“One bad inning and I couldn’t get another shutdown inning, so, a little frustrating,” Wolf said.
Greeneville had the night off.