AAA: Round Rock 6, Sacramento (SFO) 11
Round Rock: 7 hits, 5 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 13 hits, 9 walks, 5 strikeouts
Record: 32-36, eliminated, 69-73 overall
SP Dane Dunning: 2.1 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 1 SO, 56 P / 34 S, 5.28 ERA
RP Tim Brennan: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO, 6.47 ERA
RP Josh Sborz: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 SO, 7.46 ERA
RP Jacob Latz: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 SO, 2.45 ERA
CF Dustin Harris: 2-5, 2B, .272/.357/.393
LF Trevor Hauver: 1-3, BB, .238/.353/.408
DH Kellen Strahm: 1-2, 2 BB, 2 SB (12), .241/.366/.319
Last Wednesday, I mentioned the difficulty of Dane Dunning returning to MLB this reason regardless of how he pitches. Yesterday won’t help.
Josh Sborz received a visit from the trainer and was pulled after three batters and 16 pitches, only seven if which registered strikes. Yesterday was his first attempt at pitching on one day of rest while on assignment, which (as it stands) expires in about a week.
Eli Ben-Porat led off his “10 Statcast Standouts” ($ link) at Baseball America with none other than Blaine Crim and began that entry with my photos him receiving his team MVP award. “A remarkably consistent batter year-to-year, with a robust sample pointing to excellent discipline, average contact skills and 60-grade raw power with the ability to get to optimized launch angles,” says Ben-Porat.
Round Rock concluded the home portion of the schedule with a 35-39 record.
AA: Frisco 2, @ Amarillo (ARI) 0
Frisco: 8 hits, 2 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 3 hits, 2 walks, 16 strikeouts
First-Half Record: 44-25, 1st place, 4 G ahead
Second-Half Record: 40-29, 2nd place, 4 GB
Overall Record: 84-54
Offense: 4.9 R/G, 5% above average, .250/.329/.390, 104 OPS+
Pitching: 4.0 R/G, 14% above average, .231/.324/.353 oppo line, 93 OPS+
SP Ben Anderson: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 SO, 91 P / 53 S, 3.48 ERA
RP Ricky DeVito: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 4.00 ERA
RP Jackson Kelley: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 3.38 ERA
RP Seth Clark: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 4.22 ERA
RF Alejandro Osuna: 1-4, HR (9), .306/.379/.523
2B Keyber Rodriguez: 1-3, BB, SB (7), .234/.285/.369
Frisco set a franchise record with a .609 winning percentage. The 2007 edition holds the record for wins with 85. Frisco tied rival Midland for the second-best mark in AA, trailing only Cubs-affiliated Tennessee (87-50).
The Riders scored on a sac fly and Alejandro Osuna’s 18th homer of the season. Ben Anderson had been skipped last time through the rotation but finished strong. Sebastian Walcott had the day off.
Frisco will head to Midland for Tuesday’s opener of the Texas League semifinals. Arkansas (80-57) and Springfield (79-59) will meet in the other bracket. Winston Santos is the listed starter for Game 1, followed by Kohl Drake, whose short outing on short rest did indeed set him up for a playoff start. Game 3 is TBA.