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So Long Salem: The Final Good & Bad Report
The book closes on the Salem Avalanche as an Astros affiliate with the end of play yesterday. It was a forgetable season. The Avs finished with the worst record in the Carolina League (56-84) and they ended the year with three players getting arrested at a local eatery.
Clemens and Ori were charged with disorderly conduct and Goethals with assault and battery. All three were taken to the Roanoke County-Salem Jail before being released on bond, according to a news release from the Salem police….The release does not describe any of the events leading to the arrests. It states only that Clemens and Ori were arrested on the scene and that Goethals was charged “after an employee of the restaurant obtained a warrant for his arrest” from the Roanoke County/Salem magistrate’s office.
As for the team’s play this year, Jordan Parraz had this to say to sum it all up.
“We all wish we could be on a winning team,” Parraz said. “But we just didn’t have the players or the talent or the chemistry or whatever.”
This is not to say that there weren’t memorable times in Salem. Here is one of the funniest stories of the Astros’ time in Salem.
Who could forget back in 2003 when Houston Astros’ farmhand Todd Self, frustrated by a bad at-bat, slammed the dugout bathroom door shut so hard that he locked himself in?
“I was hollering [for help] and they were laughing at me,” Self reported at the time.
Self was stuck in that bathroom at Kinston’s Grainger Stadium so long he actually needed a fielder to take over for him at first base and wasn’t freed until after the game ended.
So let’s see how the last Astros farmhands faired in Salem.Read More
SalemSeason Wrap Good & Bad Report: Greeneville
The G’stros finished the season 30 -36, 11 games out of the Western Division lead. They showed some real promise at times this season as one of the youngest teams in the league. After their last game was rained out, Greenwalt, Lyles, & Pedro Gonzalez were called up to Tri Cities. Here is where the G’stros ranked in the final Appy League stats.Read More
Sutton Shows Off For Brass, Lex Walks Off With Win Again, Dueces Wild for G’ville 2nd Bagger Altuve
It was a pretty good night on the farm. Salem had the night off but four of the other five teams came away with wins.
Round Rock got a five run 8th to pull away from Nashville 9-4. Val Majewski had the big blow with a 3 run shot.
Corpus Christi got a solid start from Casey Hudspeth and Drew Sutton hit a homer as a part of a 3 for 4 night in front of the Astros big wigs in town.
“Either way, whether I’m here or in (Class AAA) Round Rock, there are the same things I need to work on, getting more consistent defensively is the big thing I need to work on right now,” Sutton said.
“It’s nice to play well when they’re here, but you try not to keep that in your mind. Honestly, I’m just happy to get a win because it hasn’t been the most fun to come to the park the past week or so because we haven’t been playing well.”
Tip Fairchild survived a shaky 9th to earn his first pro save.Read More
Flores Walks of With All Star MVP, Lyles Dominates for Greeneville
Tri Cities’ David Flores had a memorable All Star outing as he had the game winning double in the 9th plating fellow Valley Cat B. J. Shuck and another All Star for the win. Flores was the MVP and teammate Phillip Remmell was the MOP (Most Outstanding Pitcher).
“It’s unbelievable. Just to be in the game to start with was special and then playing here in front of a packed house made it even more special,” Flores said. “I was hoping to just make my plays and maybe get a knock or two. It worked out better than I could have expected.”
The ValleyCats return to action tonight.
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Cartwright Stays Hot for Gville, Arguello Gets Win #10 for Salem
Tri Cities is in the All Star Break getting ready for the big game tonight at The Joe.
Let’s deal with the winners first:
Salem’s Douglass Arguello got his 10th win of the season inducing 17 ground ball outs in the Av’s 6-3 victory.
“If he’s not the best pitcher in the league, he’s in the top three or four,” Avalanche manager Jim Pankovits said. “He’s unbelievably consistent. When he’s in the game, the fielders know they’re going to get some action.”
Mark Ori produced his league leading 87th RBI and Jhon Florentino flashed the leather at 3rd and then showed off his arm. He also produced at the plate going 2 for 5 with a triple.
“We’ve been working with him to concentrate more on hitting to the middle of the field, and to hit better pitches, be more selective,” said player-coach Osvaldo Fernando. “He’s a smart kid.”