CarL1 Salem RidgeYaks

Avs win in Ten

Published on April 25, 2008 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Salem RidgeYaks News Release


Myrtle Beach, SC-The Salem Avalanche, Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Houston Astros, saw a 4-1 lead evaporate in the late innings only to outdo Myrtle Beach in the 10th for a 5-4 win. Jordan Parraz blasted a two-out home run in the extra frame to send Salem (11-10) past Myrtle (12-10).

Salem carried a 4-2 lead into the ninth with reliever Jason Dominguez on the mound. With two out and a runner at first, Yohan Silva cracked a triple down the right field line to trim the lead to one, The next batter, Brandon Hicks, lifted a fly ball to right field. As Orlando Rosales propelled himself to throw home, he dropped the ball and the game was tied. Next, Tyler Flowers rolled a ball to the mound that Dominguez fielded. The righty hesitated to allow the middle infield to position itself. Then, Dominguez flung the ball past Wladimir Sutil into the outfield. That put runners at the corners and Salem replaced Dominguez with Erick Abreu. Brandon Powell grounded a ball to shortstop which Tim Torres fielded. He stepped on the bag and threw to first for a double play.

In the tenth, the first two Salem batters were retired by Nick Fellman, Myrtle Beach's reliever. Then, on an 0-1 pitch, Jordan Parraz sent a fly ball soaring over the left-field wall to secure the lead for the Avs. Parraz was 3-for-5 in the game.to extend his on-base streak to 18 games.

Overall, the game featured eight errors, four by each team.

Abreu provided a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his third win of the season. Lefty Polin Trinidad started the game for the Avs and allowed just one earned run. He's surrendered two runs or fewer in each of his five starts.

The rubber match of the series comes Saturday at 7:05 as Salem throws righty Casey Hudspeth against Myrtle Beach right-hander Kyle Cofield..

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