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Salem Red Sox Game Notes

Published on May 19, 2013 under Carolina League (CarL1)
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For their second straight series, the Salem Sox enter the finale looking for a three-game sweep... First pitch at 4:05...

Retribution: When Salem and Frederick met on April 5-7 to begin the season, the Keys won all three games, blowing out the Sox on Friday before winning a pair of nailbiters on Saturday and Sunday. So far, this weekend has followed almost the precisely same script, with the home team doing the winning again. The Red Sox garnered their biggest margin of victory this season on Friday night with a 10-2 triumph before narrowly sneaking past the Keys 3-2 on Saturday night. Sunday's pitching matchup suggests that the finale could be another low-scoring, close game. Both Eduardo Rodriguez and Mike Augliera are making their first appearance against the opposing squad. Both are also coming off a dominant performance; Rodriguez dealt seven scoreless against Lynchburg this past Tuesday, while Augliera tossed six scoreless against Carolina on Tuesday.

The Ankle Seems OK: After missing the previous two games following a rolled ankle on Tuesday night, the league's #1 hitter picked up right where he left off. Garin Cecchini has gone 5-for-9 with two walks and two RBI in the first two games of the Frederick series, raising his league-best batting average to .382. His .477 OBP and his .664 slugging percentage are both tops in the league too, as is his total of 23 extra-base hits. Cecchini has reached base in 24 of his last 25 games, a stretch in which he's hitting .420 with a .536 OBP. Since April 18, Cecchini's on-base percentage is the best in all of minor league baseball, with only two other players joining him with OBPs over .500. In 36 games played, Cecchini has 18 multi-hit efforts.

Doubling Deven: Shortstop Deven Marrero has been limited to just 19 of Salem's first 40 games because of injury, but he has 11 doubles in those 19 games, only four behind the league leader. If he had played 38 games, a reasonable amount if he'd been healthy, he'd be on pace for 22 doubles. Kevin Plawecki leads MiLB with 19 doubles.

Seven Straight: Salem outfielder Keury De La Cruz went hitless (0-for-9) in the first two games of the road trip last week, but since then he's gone 11-for-28 (.392). He's riding a seven-game hitting streak into Sunday afternoon, his second-longest hitting streak of the season. From April 21-29, De La Cruz recorded an eight-game streak. Like many members of the Salem Sox, he has overcome a slow start and is beginning to heat up. Since starting the season 2-for-16, he has hit .273 in his last 34 games.

Double Digit Dynamos: Prior to Friday night, the Salem Sox were the only team in the league that had not scored at least 10 runs in a game this year. Although Salem broke through that barrier, a fact that remains true is that Salem still has the lowest season-high in runs; every other team has scored at least 11 once this season. In 2012, the Sox scored double digit runs on 12 different occasions, maxing out at 16 runs in a win over Potomac on June 28. While no one in the Carolina League surpassed 16 runs in a game last year, the Wilmington Blue Rocks have scored 18 once this season. The Blue Rocks pounded Frederick 18-5 in a seven-inning doubleheader game on May 11 at Harry Grove Stadium.

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