Chris Johnson is 2 for 2 to account for all Legend hits, while Koby Clemens and Jhon Florentino have both walked.

Casey Hudspeth has thrown 5 innings of two-hit ball for Lexington.

Josh Flores has a single, a walk, two stolen bases and a run scored as Salem leads Frederick 1 - 0 after 4 complete.

Raymar Diaz has thrown 4-1/3 scoreless, giving up a hit and two walks while striking out three.

Back to back walks from Nieve and a throwing error from Bruntlett on a forceout key a one-run mini-rally by Iowa, and Munson makes it even more scarier by allowing a paased ball that gets the tying run to third.  

But Nieve strikes out his guy to end the inning.

2 - 1 Round Rock after 1-1/2.

At Salem, Raymar Diaz gives up two doubles and two singles in the fifth as Frederick takes the lead 2 - 1.

At Round Rock, a couple singles and a couple sacrifices get Iowa the tying run off Nieve in the third.  Looks like first baseman Mark Saccomanno and third baseman Cody Ransom teamed up to catch Iowa's Fleix Pie off third during the inning, saving what might have been another run.

Meanwhile, in Lexington, Hudspeth (last year at Tri-City) is removed after throwing 6 innings of 2-hit 1 run ball.  

David Qualben replaces Hudspeth and gives up a single but picks the guy off to end the inning.  After 6-1/2, Shorebirds 1 Legends 0.

Clemens and Flornetino both walk again to start the bottom of the seventh.  Delmarva changes their pitcher, but Ralph Henriquez triples to give Lexington the lead.

Cesar Quintero then doubles steals third and scores on a throwing error.

3 - 1 Legends, and here I was starting to look forward to the pink mohawk.

In Salem, Chirs Blazek replaces Diaz in the top of the seventh, and gives up a walk and a single before being replaced by Nick Cavanaugh.  Cavanaugh then gives up a single and two walks to make it 4 - 1 Keys.

also a walk.  Pence then takes second on a wild pitch, but can't advance on Conrad's single to the left side.
Klassen strikes out, then Hunter tries to score on Munson's single, but is out at home.  Conrad takes third, and Munson second on the throw though.
Ransom then walks to load them, and Mark Sccomanno walks to force a run home.

They ten pinch-hit for Nieve (this is the fourth, mind you).  Nieve's final line is   4 IP 5 H 2 runs 1 earned 3 K's  3 walks.

It was Barry Wesson batting for Fernando, and he singled also, driving in Munson and Ransom.  Saccomanno is out at third to end the inning.  

5 - 2 RRx after Stephen Randolph strikes out the side without giving up a baserunner in the fifth.

Koby Clemen walks to lead off the eighth.  Koby finishes 0 for 1 with a strikeout, three walks and a stolen base.

Santo Luis pitches the ninth for Lexington with a 4 - 2- lead.  He gives up a couple singles, and a runner reaches third, but the game ends 4 - 2.  

Quallben gets the win for giving up four hits and no runs in two innings, although Hudspeth looks to be the pitching star.

Luis gets the save and the hitting star is probably Ralph Henriquez, whose only hit was the big two-run triple

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has one hit between their run-scoring inning in the third and the bottom of the eighth when Flores leads off with a single.

The single in the interim came from Orlando Rosales, who reached in the fourth.
Eli Iorg had walked in the seventh and stolen, but he was thrown out at third on an FC.

Back to the 8th, Flores is out on Manzella's fielder's choice, then Manzella goes to third when error by Frederick left fielder Jacob Duncan allows Towles to reach second.

Ole Sheldon grounds out to third, but Manzella scores, 4 - 2 Frederick.  Now Billy Hart reaches on a two base error and Towles scores.

4 - 3 Frederick.  

Iorg singles, driving in Hart, and Iorg takes second on the throw home.

Tie game 4 - 4, although Salem appears to have done very little.  I guess a clutch single from Iorg counts for something.

Frederick changes their pitcher, and pinch-hitter Mark Ori walks.  Mitch Einertson grounds out to end the eighth in a tie.

comes after Josh Anderson walked to start the fifth and stole second.

Bruntlett then walked, and Pence flew out to right.

Conrad was called out on strikes and Klassen pops back to the catcher to end the inning stranding Anderson.

Rory Shortell replaces Nick Cavanaugh on the mound for the Avs.

Shortell strikes out his first guy, but walks his next man, then gives up a triple.   A strikeout and a flyout to Einertson conclude the inning but it's 5 - 4 Keys going to the bottom of the ninth.

All Salem can muster in the home half is a Tommy Manzella HBP; Towles flies out to left to end the game.

Diaz appears to have pitched tolerably well, 6 IP 5 H 2 ER 2 K 2BB, but the Salem bullpen was awful, Blazek, Cavanaugh and Shortell combining to give up 5 hits, 4 walks and 3 runs in 3 innings.

Flores was probably the closest thing to an offensive star for Salem, going 2 for 4 with a walk and two stolen bases.  He also scored a run.

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Randolph strikes out two more guys in his second inning of work then is pinch hit for with Eric Munson on second (after a double) in the bottom of the sixth.  
Mike Rodriguez flies out to end the slight threat (and the inning) however.

Lefty Philip Barzilla comes in to pitch the 7th and 8th, he gives up two singles ges a double play and strikes out two while keeping Iowa at bay.

He grounds out to short as the middle out of 1-2-3 eighth.

Conrad leads off the bottom of the eighth, but he flies out.  So does Klassen, but Munson homers to right.  Ransom ends the inning by whiffing.

Estrada to pitch the ninth even with the 6 - 2 lead.  A walk, a flyout, a lineout and a strikeout swinging.

No save for Estrada, Randolph gets the win for striking out five in two innings.

Munson was 3 for 4 with a double and a homer and scored two runs.  Pence ends the game 0 for 2 with 2 walks and a run scored.

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I have a feeling he will have a break out season at Salem.