CarL1 Salem RidgeYaks

Torres, Van Ostrand power Avs to win

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


Salem, VA-The Salem Avalanche, Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Houston Astros, got five RBI combined from Tim Torres and Jimmy Van Ostrand in a 7-4 defeat of visiting Lynchburg Friday night on Lewis-Gale Medical Center Field at Salem Memorial Baseball Stadium. Salem (11-21) got its first two runs of the game against Lynchburg (17-17) on a pair of Torres home runs.

The first run came across as Tony Watson threw an 0-1 pitch home to Torres who blasted the ball over the left-field wall for his first home run since June 22nd. After Lynchburg took the lead with two in the third, Torres retaliated an inning after with his second longball. His two-homer game was the second of the shortstop's career.

Lynchburg took a brief lead in the fifth as Jamie Romak punched a two-run single to center for a 4-2 Hillcats advantage. The Avalanche, though, pieced together a two-out rejoinder in the home half of the inning. After a walk and single put Roberto Mena and Jordan Parraz at first and third, Cesar Quintero singled to center to score Mena and shave the lead to one. The next batter, Jimmy Van Ostrand pounded a two-run double to left to give the Avs a 5-4 lead.

Salem then nicked Lynchburg for a pair of late runs as Van Ostrand pounced for an RBI double in the seventh. In the next Salem at-bat, Torres scored his third run of the game on a ground ball from pinch-hitter Collin DeLome.

Salem got a fine outing from starter Corey Bass who allowed the lot of Lynchburg's runs over six innings. Bass earned his fourth win of the season.

With the win, Salem broke a five-game losing streak against Lynchburg. The Avs and Hillcats reconvene at 6:07 PM Saturday night with righty Erick Abreu facing Lynchburg's Jared Hughes.

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