AAA: Round Rock 8, El Paso (SDG) 2
Round Rock: 8 hits, 6 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 7 hits, 1 walk, 5 strikeouts
Record: 62-54, 5 GB
SP Tyson Miller: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 3 SO, 67 P / 42 S, 4.89 ERA
RP John King: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO, 7.62 ERA
CF JP Martinez: 1-2, 3B, 2 BB, HBP, SB (9), .208/.344/.455
3B Davis Wendzel: 2-4, .193/.277/.343
Josh Jung had the night off. Could today be his last home game as a member of the Express? Round Rock heads to Albuquerque next.
Daniel Robert, Chase Lee, and Nick Snyder threw scoreless innings.
Davis Wendzel is hitting .196/.260/.391 in 12 games off the IL.
AA: Frisco 7, at Corpus Christi (HOU) 4
Frisco: 9 hits, 6 walks, 13 strikeouts
Opponent: 5 hits, 4 walks, 13 strikeouts
Record: 24-20, 2.5 GB, 60-53 overall
SP Avery Weems: 4 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 HBP, 5 SO, 73 P / 41 S, 5.00 ERA
RP Grant Anderson: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 SO, 2.85 ERA
RF Aaron Zavala: 1-3, 2 BB, SB (2), .393/.541/.786
1B Blaine Crim: 3-5, .272/.339/.442
Aaron Zavala’s IL stint was short, and in any case he could probably draw walks in a full-body cast.
Blaine Crim has eight homers in May and eight in the other months combined. He could stand to hit some more down the stretch.
High-A: Hickory 8, Winston-Salem (CHW) 4
Hickory: 10 hits, 10 walks, 14 strikeouts
Opponent: 4 hits, 4 walks, 9 strikeouts
Record: 23-24, 8.5 GB, 61-52 overall
SP Ricky Vanasco: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 4 SO, 77 P / 50 S, 4.72 ERA
RP Brandon Webb: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 6.30 ERA
CF Evan Carter: 1-3, 2 BB, .288/.388/.485
RF Angel Aponte: 1-2, 2 BB, .266/.345/.402
1B Cristian Inoa: 2-3, 2B, BB, HBP, .300/.369/.455
C Cody Freeman: 2-4, BB, .233/.322/.385
Ricky Vanasco walked three of his last five batters, shortening and tarring an otherwise fine outing. Through four, he’d allowed only two airborne balls, with everything else on the ground or a strikeout.
Low-A: Down East 6, Myrtle Beach (CHC) 5
Down East: 5 hits, 6 walks, 12 strikeouts
Opponent: 8 hits, 2 walks, 11 strikeouts
Record: 26-21, 2.5 GB, 59-54 overall
SP Josh Gessner: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 5 SO, 66 P / 43 S, 4.36 ERA
RP Florencio Serrano: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 3.77 ERA
RP Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 3.08 ERA
SS Maximo Acosta: 1-4, BB, SB (39), .275/.355/.384
C Ian Moller: 1-1, 3 BB, SB (17), .222/.389/.340
The Woodies were nine games out of first 17 days ago. Is a repeat of 2017’s amazing comeback possible? They’ll be 1.5 to 3.5 games back when they head to division-leading Fredericksburg on Tuesday.
In his last 18 games, Ian Moller is hitting .526 when he makes contact. In the previous 32, that figure was .212. He’s not going to maintain that .526 rate for long, nice though that would be, but he appears to have taken a significant step forward during the second half of the season.
Rookie: Rangers 4, Royals 1 (7)
Record: 32-20, 3 G up
The rookies clinched the division title. Undrafted Dylan McCarthy fanned eight in six innings while allowing one run.
Today’s Starters
AAA: Cody
AA: Kelly
Hi-A: TBD (Stephan)
Lo-A: Garcia
Five Years Ago Yesterday
Behind Kyle Cody’s seven scoreless innings, Down East swept Buies Creek to pull within 4.5 games of first with 13 to play, including four more against the division leader.