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Three minor league teams went into extras last night: Greeneville, Salem & game 2 of a double header for Round Rock.Read More

Last night, Greeneville, Corpus Christi & Round Rock were all rained out.

Salem lost 7-4 to the leagues most effective and frustrating pitcher.

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“It’s tough,” said Avalanche right fielder Orlando Rosales, who had a pair of singles against Hardy. “You’re used to guys that throw in the 90s and this guy is topping out at, what, 80?”

Lexington’s Eric Taylor extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a two home run performance that had the locals saying “E.T. go homer“.

Tri Cities dropped their 3rd straight 6-3

Well really Greeneville split a double header with Bristol.  Cespedes pitched 6 innings of 2 hit ball and struck out 6 the help Greeneville win their 6th game this season.  They then lost the night cap to drop their 27th.

Tri Cities had the night off last night.

You would have thought Lexington pitchers Qualben, Luis & Severino were being filmed for “Guys gone wild”.  They combined for 5 wild pitches in Lexington’s 10-5 loss to Lake County.  Lexington had plenty of opportunities but could bring the runs home:

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Lexington left two runners on in the second, third, fourth, sixth and eighth innings.

Three times the Legends loaded the bases — once with no outs and twice with one out — but scored only one run.

“That’s the difference. When you struggle pitching like we did tonight and you get those opportunities offensively, you’d better cash in,” Legends Manager Gregg Langbehn said. “And we didn’t do it. We ended up scoring five runs, but a lot of damage could have been done early.”
Salem got a wake up call from manager Jim Pankovits and responded with a come from behind win against Wilmington.  Mark Ori hit a grand salami in the 6-4 win.  Billy Hart had his 14 game hitting streak snapped and played LF.

Some injury updates from Salem:

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With reliever Rodrigo Escobar activated on Sunday, the Avalanche put reliever Enyelbert Soto on the disabled list. Pankovits said Soto will have an MRI on his right elbow, which has been bothering him. …

Pankovits said first baseman Ole Sheldon might have to have surgery to repair his broken hand. …

Reliever Sean Walker pitched batting practice on Monday and Pankovits said he expects reliever Evan Englebrook to throw some this week. Both have been out of action with ankle sprains. …
Corpus Christi’s Manager Clark would have rather not played after the Mike Coolbaugh tragedy:

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“I understand the game must go on,” Clark said. “But sometimes you’ve got to take a step back to move forward. I really and truly believe this is one of those times.”

His team lost a close 5-4 decision to San Antonio.  It was Brad James’ second start at AA.  He gave up 4 runs in 6 innings.  Here is Clark’s assessment:

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“He’s a work in progress, that’s for sure. He’s still got a ways to go. He tries to go out there and give you everything he’s got in the first two innings. He’s just got to learn to pace himself a little more.”

Round Rock was rained out

Mike Coolbaugh had connections throughout the minor leagues as indicated by the stories in the local papers with in the Astros system.

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Salem
Lexington
And even reaching into the southern league city of Knoxville.