The Buies Creek Astros are off to a quick start in the Carolina League. After losing three of their first four, the Astros‘ Single-A affiliate have gone 13-4 including a seven game win streak a week ago.
One of the highlights for the team was a come-from-behind victory over the Down East Wood Ducks on Wednesday. Tied at one run after nine innnings, each team took advantage of the new rule in which a runner starts on second base in the extra innings. Down East had scored their runner to take a 2-1 lead, but three pitches into the bottom half of the inning, Abraham Toro (sometimes referred to as Toro-Hernandez) hit a home run for the walk-off win.