Greeneville, Lexington & Corpus Christi were all off last night. Tri Cities was postponed due to rain.<\/p>\n
Salem:
\nTim Torres picks up where he left on on his 3rd trip to Salem. He went 2 -4 with a run scored and a RBI.<\/p>\n
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“I feel good up here,” said Torres, who hit .291 with 11 doubles, a triple, nine homers and 30 RBIs in 68 games in three stints at Lexington. “But I’ve been good down there too.”<\/p>\n
“He hasn’t played very much,” Pankovits said, explaining the Astros’ eagerness to keep Torres on the highway. “He’s got to pay his dues. There are a lot of guys here who’ve played a lot more than he has and they are some pretty good players.<\/p>\n
“He’ll have his chance.”
\nSean Walker is working his way back from the ankle sprain. He went 4 strong innings last night.<\/p>\n
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“He’s still not as he can be, but that’s to be expected,” said Avs manager Jim Pankovits. “We’ll gradually increase his innings. … He could be huge.”<\/p>\n
Salem won 7-2.<\/a><\/p>\n Round Rock lost 11-5 to the Salt Lake Bees<\/a>.<\/p>\n Brandon Backe made his second rehab start and his first at AAA. JimR gave a first hand report in the Talk Zone<\/a>. The game was 5-2 Bees going into the ninth with Paul Estrada faced 4 batters and got no one out. He surrendered a walk, two hits and then an error by LF Beau Torbert. The Bees ended up putting a 6 spot up in the 9th to put the game out of reach.<\/p>\n The Express continues to hit homeruns. Conrad hit a solo shot in the first and Quintero had two homeruns. A solo shot in the first and a 3 run blast in the 9th.<\/p>\n