Here is les etats unis, baseball season is winding down in many minor league towns, including my hometown of Salem, Va.
Last night, the Salem Avalanche defeated their Carolina League arch rival the Lynchburg Hillcats 5-1 behind six innings from starter Brad Norris. With a 7-3 win over the Wilmington Blue Rocks in Delaware, the Avs clinched a playoff spot though they remain a few games back of the division-leading Kinston Indians.
Meanwhile, those very same Indians clobbered the Myrtle Beach Pelicans 17-4 in South Carolina. Today, the Tribe's Sung-Wei Tsey takes to the mound against the Pelicans.
Our two local teams in the Piedmont region of North Carolina have been struggling here at the end of the regular season. The Greensboro Grasshoppers lost their fifth game in a row by a 5-2 to the West Virginia Power in Charleston. The 'Hoppers made local headlines thanks to two consecutive games with bench-clearing brawls when they played at home against the Kannapolis Intimidators_ a team neamed for local hero, the late NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt.....only in NC!
The Winston-Salem Warthogs fared a bit better on the road in Maryland as they split a double-header with the Frederick Keys. Mark Fleischer won the game for the Keys in game one, which the home team won 4-1. In Game 2, the Warthogs won 7-1 thanks to some solid pitching from starter Derek Rodgriguez, who improved to 14-5.
Two other NC teams battled it out in Durham, where the visiting Charlotte Knights won behind a shut-out from pitcher Andrew Sisso. The Bulls set an attendance record with 11,071 fans. They also set a new record for the whole year, as did the Greensboro Grasshoppers. The Bulls are one game behind the Richmond Braves in their division in the Triple-A International League.
Lastly, I saw that the Portland SeaDogs from Maine lost 7-5 despite a three-run homerun from Jay Johnson to the New Britain Rock Cats in Connecticut. But, the SeaDogs are just a half-game behind New Hampshire in the Double-A Eastern League. The problem is the season ends tomorrow........!
Useful link:
http://www.lynchburghillcats.com
http://www.portlandseadogs.com
Apologies to the other teams, I simply don't have time to list every team mentioned up here!
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