AAA: Round Rock 11, at Salt Lake (LAA) 9
Round Rock: 12 hits, 6 walks, 6 strikeouts
Opponent: 12 hits, 11 walks, 7 strikeouts
Record: 33-26, 9 GB
SP Cole Winn: 3.1 IP, 4 H (1 HR), 3 R, 5 BB, 3 SO, 79 P / 45 S, 8.49 ERA
RP Edwar Colina: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0.00 ERA
C Sam Huff: 2-4, 2B, BB, .277/.362/.471
DH Blaine Crim: 2-5, HR (5), .275/.378/.461
3B Davis Wendzel: 1-4, HR (12), BB, .271/.392/.554
Only one of Cole Winn’s five walks scored, a merciful outcome in Salt Lake.
Round Rock scored seven on four hits in the 5th plus two walks and SLC errors at first, short, third, and left.
OF Rafael Ortega received his release. The veteran didn’t hit especially well in Round Rock (.226/.333/.381) but is a decent extra outfielder. I’d mentioned him as having a chance of a call-up, but he probably needed two of four possible events: an injury to Garcia, release of Jankowski, and subpar performances from Taveras or Duran. With none of that forthcoming, he’ll seek a chance elsewhere.
AA: Frisco 9, at Corpus Christi (HOU) 0
Frisco: 9 hits, 8 walks, 11 strikeouts
Opponent: 3 hits, 3 walks, 7 strikeouts
Record: 24-28, 4 GB
SP Owen White: 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 SO, 84 P / 51 S, 3.54 ERA
RP Nick Starr: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 5.74 ERA
RP Eudrys Manon: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 SO, 4.50 ERA
SS Luisangel Acuna: 2-4, BB, SB (23), .297/.367/.417
DH Thomas Saggese: 2-4, HR (5), BB, .284/.341/.431
LF Dustin Harris: 2-5, 2B, SB (23), .246/.385/.406
A stellar outing from Owen White. Promising as he’s been, White had recorded only three scoreless outings of 5+ innings in his pro career and none as long as last night. That’s at least partly due to his injury history; last night was the 23-year-old White’s 41st pro appearance. (Cole Winn has 11 such starts, for example.) White missed a season-high 14 bats.
Hi-A: Hickory 0, at Rome (ATL) 3
Hickory: 0 hits, 3 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 9 hits, 2 walks, 6 strikeouts
Record: 19-30, 8 GB
SP Josh Stephan: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 HBP, 5 SO, 68 P / 45 S, 1.94 ERA
RP Seth Clark: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO, 1.74 ERA
Rome’s Daniel Martinez and Luis Vargas nearly evenly split duties in a no-hitter against Hickory. The Crawdads put the ball in play. Vargas struck out none in 4.1 innings and hit two batters who were later erased on double plays. Sometimes you just have to tip your cap.
Josh Stephan pitched well again.
Lo-A: Down East 7, at Delmarva (BAL) 9
Down East: 7 hits, 7 walks, 14 strikeouts
Opponent: 11 hits, 4 walks, 9 strikeouts
Record: 29-20, tied for first
SP Aidan Curry: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 3 SO, 54 P / 30 S, 2.85 ERA
DH Tommy Specht: 1-3, 2B, 2 BB, .393/.514/.500
3B Gleider Figuereo: 2-2, HR (5), 2 BB, SB (3), .233/.333/.370
SS Cam Cauley: 2-4, .260/.317/.420
Thoughtful of Gleider Figuereo to reached safely four times after I said he was a better hitter than his stats suggested. Aidan Curry suffered his worst start of the season.
Today’s Starters
AAA: TBD
AA: Krauth
Hi-A: TBD
Lo-A: TBD
Five Years Ago Yesterday
Kate Morrison subbed for me for the next few days. She wrote at length about Jairo Beras, as was required of every baseball writer in the mid-to-late 2010s.
Five Years Ago The Day Before Yesterday
Texas signed GM Jon Daniels to a multi-year extension. (I should have mentioned that yesterday, but when I prepped these segments in advance of my trip, I didn’t account for no games on Monday and got out of sync.)