AAA: Round Rock 4, @ Sugar Land (HOU) 11
Round Rock: 14 hits, 6 walks, 12 strikeouts
Opponent: 13 hits, 12 walks, 10 strikeouts
Record: 8-12, 6 GB
SP Collin Wiles: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 2 SO, 62 P / 42 S, 10.80 ERA
RF Sandro Fabian: 4-5, .393/.433/.589
2B Jonathan Ornelas: 3-5, .302/.339/.434
Collin Wiles had a Jack Leiter MLB start: quick and clean odd innings, a troublesome 2nd he escaped, a troublesome 4th he couldn’t. Yerry Rodriguez (1 IP, 3 R), Jesus Tinoco (1.2 IP, 2 R), and Blake Taylor (1 IP, 1 R) couldn’t help. Florencio Serrano walked five in 0.2 innings. He had scant experience above high-A until recently.
Round Rock put 21 runners on but stranded 15 and lost two others on the bases.
AA: Frisco 8, @ Arkansas (SEA) 4 (10)
Frisco: 11 hits, 2 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 9 hits, 4 walks, 8 strikeouts
Record: 9-5, tied for first
SP Emiliano Teodo: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 SO, 67 P / 39 S, 3.86 ERA
RP Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0.00 ERA
RP Triston Polley: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO, 6.00 ERA
LF Aaron Zavala: 2-5, 2B, .244/.418/.390
RF Josh Hatcher: 2-4, 2B, BB, SB (2), .387/.424/.484
Emiliano Teodo didn’t miss many bats but handled the Travelers without too much trouble. Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa has five scoreless appearances with one walk and a 45% strikeout rate.
We’ve got a week and change to go, but Aaron Zavala is looking to slug better than any month of 2023, when he topped at .316 in May.
Hi-A: Hickory 0, @ Greensboro (PIT) 8
Hickory: 4 hits, 1 walk, 5 strikeouts
Opponent: 9 hits, 4 walks, 13 strikeouts
Record: 5-10, 3.5 GB
SP Aidan Curry: 3 IP, 4 H (2 HR), 6 R, 3 BB, 5 SO, 84 P / 53 S, 7.36 ERA
RP Adrian Rodriguez: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 HBP, 4 SO, 3.00 ERA
CF Anthony Gutierrez: 2-4, 2B, .191/.208/.277
Aidan Curry dominated low-A but has found high-A much different, allowing at least three runs in four of five starts (including two to end 2023).
Here’s today’s puzzle: “Sebastian Walcott singles on a ground ball to shortstop Jack Brannigan. Sebastian Walcott out at 2nd, catcher Geovanny Planchart to first baseman Maikol Escotto.” What happened? Answer below.
Lo-A: Down East 0, Delmarva (BAL) 6
Down East: 4 hits, 1 walk, 12 strikeouts
Opponent: 8 hits, 2 walks, 10 strikeouts
Record: 8-6, 4 GB
SP Kolton Curtis: 4 IP, 4 H (1 HR), 5 R, 1 BB, 5 SO, 70 P / 46 S, 2.25 ERA
RP Josh Trentadue: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 4 SO, 2.84 ERA
19-year-old Kolton Curtis found trouble for the first time in three appearances, while Saturday night partner Josh Trentadue rebounded but a rougher previous outing. Both have nice overall lines.
Today’s Starters
AAA: TBA
AA: Krauth
Hi-A: Porter
Lo-A: TBA
Five Years Ago Yesterday
Sam Huff homered in both ends of Hickory’s doubleheader. Tyreque Reed doubled twice and walked for Down East. Reed batted .198/.283/.347 for AA Portland last year. He signed with an indy team recently.
Answer: Walcott grounded to shortstop, who widely overthrew first. After passing first base, Walcott turned toward second and then reversed. The ump ruled he’d committed to second, and the catcher backing up the play threw to the first baseman who tagged him out.