Long day, short report.
Box Scores
AAA: Round Rock 9, at Albuquerque (COL) 5
Round Rock: 11 hits, 2 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 7 hits, 4 walks, 9 strikeouts
Record: 63-56, 5 GB
SP Cole Winn: 5.1 IP, 4 H (1 HR), 5 R, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 4 SO, 94 P / 57 S, 5.68 ERA
RP Nick Snyder: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 4.76 ERA
3B Josh Jung: 1-5, HR (6), .340/.400/.800
LF Nick Solak: 2-3, BB, .272/.366/.455
Jung’s homer traveled a fair distance through the thin Albuquerque air. Jung also hit a 109 MPH groundout. In the 9th, he bookended Round Rock’s comeback six-run inning with swinging strikeouts. Can’t win ’em all.
Winn threw 23 of 36 fastballs for strikes, a much better proportion than usual during his extended control hiatus. He also delivered 32 sliders, six of which missed bats. He walked or hit three of 23 batters and had to fight through a messy 5th, but relative to some of his recent outings, this one was okay given the unfriendly location.
AA: Frisco 0, Wichita (MIN) 4
Frisco: 4 hits, 6 walks, 11 strikeouts
Opponent: 9 hits, 5 walks, 11 strikeouts
Record: 25-21, 1 GB, 61-54 overall
SP Jack Leiter: 5.1 IP, 6 H (1 HR), 2 R, 3 BB, 8 SO, 93 P / 60 S, 5.35 ERA
RF Aaron Zavala: 2-4, .378/.500/.676
Leiter concluded his night in the 6th with a double-wallk-single-walk sequence because he doesn’t want us to enjoy our lives. Between that stretch and a solo homer with one out in the 1st, Leiter retired 13 of 17, eight via strikeout. The slider has been a weapon lately, and the curve is regaining some of that Vandy form. Another solid night, on the whole.
High-A: Hickory 2, at Hudson Valley (NYY) 4
Hickory: 4 hits, 3 walks, 3 strikeouts
Opponent: 8 hits, 0 walks, 9 strikeouts
Record: 24-26, 9 GB, 62-54 overall
SP Robby Ahlstrom: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 0 BB, 1 HBP, 5 SO, 85 P / 57 S, 5.21 ERA
RP Larson Kindreich: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO, 5.09 ERA
Lason Kindreich is off the IL, and Thomas Saggese is on it, but I wouldn’t be overly concerned. Evan Carter is in Frisco, but per local scribe Jeff Wilson he was getting a leg injury attended and is expected back with Hickory.
Low-A: Down East 1, at Fredericksburg (WAS) 7
Down East: 8 hits, 1 walk, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 13 hits, 3 walks, 7 strikeouts
Record: 26-24, 5.5 GB, 59-57 overall
SP Winston Santos: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 3 SO, 76 P / 50 S, 3.75 ERA
RP Florencio Serrano: 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 3.31 ERA
C Ian Moller: 1-4, HR (5), .225/.385/.356
Down East faced flamethrower extraordinaire Jarlin Susana, part of the Juan Soto. Susana reminds me a little of Neftali Feliz with the seemingly effortless delivery of ridiculous velo. Susana’s fastball ranged from 97 to 103 mixed with 89-95 sliders. He was far from untouchable, allowing six hits to 16 batters, but the Woodies scored only on Ian Moller’s solo tag of an elevated 97 MPH fastball.
Today’s Starters
AAA: Cody
AA: Bradford
Hi-A: TBD (Englert)
Lo-A: TBD (Teodo)
Rookie: TBD
DSL: Leandro Calderon
Five Years Ago Yesterday
Hickory regained possession of first behind six scoreless from AJ Alexy. Cole Ragans’s 84 strikeouts for Spokane were the most in Texas’s 15 years as their parent club.