Box Scores
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AAA: Round Rock 5, @ Sacramento (SFO) 3
Round Rock: 7 hits, 6 walks, 9 strikeouts
Opponent: 8 hits, 2 walks, 12 strikeouts
Record: 36-35, eliminated
SP Owen White: 4 IP, 6 H (1 HR), 3 R, 2 BB, 4 SO, 92 P / 59 S, 5.13 ERA
RP Grant Wolfram: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO, 3.86 ERA
RP Daniel Robert: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 2.16 ERA
1B Justin Foscue: 0-2, 2 BB, HBP
DH Josh Jung: 1-5
C Andrew Knapp: 2-5, 2B, HR (6), .301/.383/.459
SS Jonathan Ornelas: 1-3, 3B, BB, .249/.320/.346
2B Jax Biggers: 2-3, BB, .276/.412/.404
Justin Foscue’s rehab was transferred to Round Rock. He may stay on option once his rehab assignment runs out (in just a few days, I believe), so no need to think of his present time here as part of some special category. An option would also remove him from the 60-day IL and require a full-fledged 40 spot.
AA: Frisco 0, @ Midland (OAK) 5
Frisco: 2 hits, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts
Opponent: 9 hits, 8 walks, 8 strikeouts
Record: 44-22, division champion
SP Ben Anderson: 4 IP, 4 H (1 HR), 2 R, 2 BB, 4 SO, 86 P / 54 S, 4.30 ERA
Ben Anderson’s line wasn’t excessively walk-heavy or anything-heavy, but he somehow averaged 4.8 pitches per batter, adding up to a short night. The offense was whisper-quiet. Manager Carlos Cardoza was ejected in the 7th after a long, vociferous argument after a balk call on Bryan Chi. A downside of the post-2020 schedule is with six-game schedules, teams and umpiring crews have
Hi-A: Hickory 4, Bowling Green (TAM) 0
Hickory: 7 hits, 1 walk, 6 strikeouts
Opponent: 7 hits, 1 walk, 7 strikeouts
Record: 28-38, 9 GB, first half over
SP Mitch Bratt: 7 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 SO, 90 P / 65 S, 3.98 ERA
RP Skylar Hales: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 4.56 ERA
1B Quincy Scott: 3-3, SB (4), .207/.280/.271
Mitch Bratt concluded a strong first half with a second straight scoreless outing. In 52 innings, he’s fanned 54 versus just 12 walks and held the opposition to a line of .246/.294/.421. (The downside, if you must, is a fair number of extra-base hits.) 21 in a few days, Texas’s 2021 5th-rounder also spent the entirety of last year at Hickory, albeit on a limited schedule because of injury.
The offense was all singles led by Quincy Scott.
Atlanta-affiliated Rome had clinched the division the day before, warding off Hickory’s current opponent Bowling Green.
Lo-A: Down East 2, @ Fredericksburg (WAS) 4
Down East: 6 hits, 6 walks, 11 strikeouts
Opponent: 6 hits, 2 walks, 12 strikeouts
Record: 35-30, 6 GB, first half over
SP Kohl Drake: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 10 SO, 88 P / 62 S, 1.67 ERA
2B Erick Alvarez: 3-4, 2B, .252/.278/.340
SS Chandler Pollard: 1-2, 2 BB, SB (24), .243/.315/.277
Kohl Drake also completed the half with a second straight scoreless night, and a second with ten strikeouts. Drake has the same 15 walks as Bratt in a lesser 44 innings but has struck out 74, second in the organization to Winston Santos’s 80. Drake was drafted just two summers ago in the 11th round out of juco Walters State but turns 24 in under a month.
Carolina (MIL) won the division.
Today’s Starters
AAA: Garabito
AA: Krauth
Hi-A: Montalvo
Lo-A: TBA (Gonzalez)
Five Years Ago Yesterday
The rookies defeated the Angels 17-0, aided by rehab homers from Joey Gallo, Scott Heineman, and Tyreque Reed.