Lexington
Jeff Icenogle faced the Greensboro Grasshoppers for the second time in five days. Both outings were forgetable as the Grasshoppers round house kicked the Legends 7-5.
Minor game recaps“They hit him fairly well when we played at Lexington,” Hoppers manager Edwin Rodriguez said. “Today they were very aggressive. The hitters have been hitting the ball very well. It’s one of those things you get in a slump and you don’t hit then someone starts hitting. It’s contagious.”
Round Rock
The Express opened the weekend with a nice 10-6 beating of Memphis. Every batter in the line up had at least one hit.
Saturday, the Express, J. R. Towles started to work on getting his confidence back and saw how far he has to go. He went 0-3 with two K’s. Nieve, added some drama but still got the save in the 3-2 Express victory.
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Down on the farm on draft day, the teams went 1-4.
Round Rock
The Express booted the ball around in the 8th inning to give up 2 unearned runs. They ended up losing 4-3. Runelvys Hernandez continued his solid pitching giving up one run in 6 innings. He has made 8 straight quality starts and has given up more than one run in only two of those starts.
The Express traded catchers with Houston with Q going up and JR going down.Read More
Minor game recapsRound Rock had the night off and Salem was postponed due to weather, so only two games to recap tonight. Both of them had Astros Farm teams on the losing end of the stick.
Lexington
Legends batters struck out 12 times, Greensboro got 13 hits. That adds up to a 7-4 loss for the Legends.Read More
draft, Minor game recapsWe continue of series of interviews with the guys behind the microphones who bring us the minor league games through our radios and computers. Wrapping up the full season teams is Jason Benetti, the voice of the Salem Avalanche. Jason agreed to an email interview with Spikesnstars.com. The interview has not been edited for content but has been formated for the website. Let’s go for a trip around the bases with Jason Benetti.
First Base
Spikesnstars.com – We would like to give our readers a sense of where you came from and how you got to where you are now. Please describe for our readers your journey to land behind the mic in Corpus Christi. Specifically other teams you have called for and any other work if applicable away from the mic that may have helped lead you to your current role.Read More
Jason Benetti, SalemRound Rock
The Express ran themselves out of chance to tie the final game against New Orleans.
The promising inning yielded only one run and ended when catcher Humberto Quintero was thrown out at the plate by left fielder Chris Aguila. Quintero was on second base, and he attempted to score on a single by shortstop Edwin Maysonet, despite Express manager Dave Clark giving him a sign to hold up at third base.
“Maybe I could have been a little bit more animated and basically pushed him down,” said Clark. “In the back of my mind, I’m saying he’s not a real speedy guy, but the fact is he went for it and it was a close play at the plate.”
The Express went on to lose 3-2.Read More
Minor game recaps