AAA: Round Rock 7, at Albuquerque (COL) 3
Round Rock: 10 hits, 3 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 8 hits, 5 walks, 13 strikeouts
Record: 28-16, 0.5 G up
SP Cole Winn: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 4 BB, 9 SO, 95 P / 58 S, 5.31 ERA
LF Zach Reks: 3-4, HR (2), .301/.400/.507
DH Willie Calhoun: 2-4, HR (2), .224/.278/.347
Cole Winn carried a no-hitter into the 5th, struck out nine of 24 batters, The one, cheap run occurred resulted from a three-hit span in which two came off the bat at less than 70 MPH. Winn also walked four of the first 12 batters and had a fastball strike rate of 44% in that span.
Willie Calhoun’s batted ball stats in AAA are worrying, but his homer was not a product of Albuquerque’s thin air. Calhoun didn’t play in the previous three games.
Round Rock IL’ed infielder Davis Wendzel, who was pinch-run for in Sunday’s game.
I think 12 games over .500 is the most by Texas’s AAA squad since 2015.
AA: Frisco 1, San Antonio (SDG) 8 (7)
Frisco: 4 hits, 1 walk, 5 strikeouts
Opponent: 12 hits, 2 walks, 9 strikeouts
SP Avery Weems: 3 IP, 5 H (3 HR), 5 R, 1 BB, 5 SO, 59 P / 43 S, 7.62 ERA
RP Tai Tiedemann: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 5.56 ERA
RP Jose Leclerc: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 9.00 ERAIn his first post-TJ action, Jose Leclerc allowed a firm double on an elevated cut-change and a soft fly single on a high fastball. He also fanned two on those same pitches.
AA: Frisco 6, San Antonio (SDG) 1 (7)
Frisco: 6 hits, 3 walks, 4 strikeouts
Opponent: 6 hits, 1 walk, 7 strikeouts
Record: 23-18, 2 G up
SP Cody Bradford: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 3 SO, 80 P / 50 S, 8.73 ERA
RP Grant Anderson: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 1.54 ERA
RP Tim Brennan: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO, 0.00 ERA
1B Blaine Crim: 1-3, HR (9), .301/.363/.548
3B Ezequiel Duran: 1-3, HR (7), .305/.355/.571
C David Garcia: 2-3, HR (4), .254/.312/.479
CF Josh Stowers: 1-2, 2B, SB (9), .240/.342/.360
Can’t say enough about Ezequiel Duran’s great start. He’s never hit this well outside of the Dominican Republic, and since last summer’s trade he’s spent most of his time at short. He won’t be playing there as a Ranger, of course, but competence at the position aids most courses the Rangers could take with him.
Blaine Crim has now played more games in Frisco (74) than Hickory (73) post-2020. He’s batted .295/.348/.537 in AA, a very slight dropoff from his .300/.372/.559 in high-A. His walk/HBP has dipped a little, and a couple of the high-A homers have turned into doubles. He’s still homering at nearly twice the league rate.
David Garcia has usually needed time to acclimate to a level and was hitting .193/.258/.316 just over a week ago. Whether he’s settling in or is just on a heater, he’s suddenly sporting a slugging percentage 40 points higher than his previous best.
Cody Bradford didn’t walk anyone, but three three-ball counts and 36 pitches in the 4th ended his night a little early. Since giving up three consecutive homers in relief of Jack Leiter’s pro debut, Grant Anderson has surrendered zero homers and two runs in 22 innings.
High-A: Hickory 2, Winston-Salem (CHW) 9
Hickory: 6 hits, 2 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 13 hits, 1 walk, 11 strikeouts
Record: 24-18, 0.5 GB
SP Ricky Vanasco: 5 IP, 6 H (1 HR), 3 R, 0 BB, 9 SO, 73 P / 55 S, 5.92 ERA
SS Thomas Saggese: 1-4, HR (3), .263/.313/.401
Winston-Salem knocked a few hard hits off Vanasco, but he fanned a season-high nine and reeled off a second-straight walk-free five innings.
Low-A: Down East 3, Fayetteville (HOU) 2
Down East: 3 hits, 3 walks, 12 strikeouts
Opponent: 4 hits, 5 walks, 10 strikeouts
Record: 18-23, 5 GB
SP Emiliano Teodo: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 SO, 61 P / 38 S, 2.86 ERA
RP Bradford Webb: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 2 SO, 4.97 ERA
RP Leury Tejada: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 5.63 ERA
Emiliano Teodo has allowed two extra-bases hits all season, and opponents are hitting .171/.323/.224. Down East scored two runs on a walk, a fielder’s (incorrect) choice, an error and a balk.
Today’s Starters
AAA: Howard
AA: Leiter
Hi-A: Anderson
Lo-A: TBD
Five Years Ago Yesterday
Ariel Jurado had a quintessential Ariel Jurado start: 6 IP, 5 runners, 2 runs, 5 strikeouts, 12 grounders vs. four flies. Battery mate Jose Trevino was 3-4.