AAA: Round Rock 4, at Tacoma (SEA) 8
Round Rock: 5 hits, 4 walks, 4 strikeouts
Opponent: 13 hits, 4 walks, 5 strikeouts
Record: 11-12, 6.5 GB, 45-53 overall
SP Kohl Drake: 5 IP, 6 H (1 HR), 3 R, 2 BB, 5 SO, 80 P / 48 S, 5.19 ERA
RP Luis Curvelo: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO, 3.26 ERA
CF Dustin Harris: 1-3, HR (9), BB, .266/.359/.409
1B Justin Foscue: 1-4, HR (11), .256/.344/.466
Kohl Drake handled a western PCL city fairly well despite fastball velocity about 1.5 MPH lower than usual. He missed only five bats, but the contact quality didn’t deserve six hits. Round Rock has lost five straight to the division leader.Â
AA: Frisco 2, at Wichita (MIN) 3
Frisco: 8 hits, 1 walk, 9 strikeouts
Opponent: 3 hits, 4 walks, 8 strikeouts
Record: 9-17, 6 GB, 47-47 overall
SP Jose Corniell: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 43 P / 28 S, 0.00 ERA
2B Cam Cauley: 2-4, .254/.323/.412
SS Sebastian Walcott: 1-3, HR (11), BB, .248/.345/.407
DH Keith Jones II: 2-3, .207/.303/.310
Errors and related miscues made the difference. Daniel Missaki replaced Jose Corniell with two out and one aboard. After a hit batter and walk, SS Sebastian Walcott was charged an error for mishandling a grounder, but he had both a leaping baserunner and 3B Keyber Rodriguez in his way (see below). Another scored on a walk-balk-SB-error sequence. Manager Carlos Cardoza was ejected for arguing the balk. DH Keith Jones was ejected as he ran to first after a grounded single for arguing an earlier automatic strike call.Â
Hi-A: Hub City 4, at Greenville (BOS) 1
Hub City: 6 hits, 1 walk, 6 strikeouts
Opponent: 4 hits, 4 walks, 7 strikeouts
Record: 17-12, tied for first, 48-46 overall
SP Kolton Curtis: 4.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 SO, 55 P / 32 S, 4.93 ERA
RP Josh Sanders: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 2.08 ERA
1B Arturo Disla: 1-4, HR (9), .234/.303/.378
2B Casey Cook: 2-4, .206/.284/.269
RF Yeison Morrobel: 1-4, HR (6), .194/.264/.333
Kolton Curtis displayed some of his best control of the season, reaching only one three-ball count until two outs in the 5th, when a walk-single-walk sequence ended his night. On Saturday, the starters and bullpen were on the same wavelength, and the pen ably protected the lead. Morrobel’s line is similar to last year; in 171 combined high-A games he’s hitting .206/.279/.326. There’s a better hitter in there, but it’d be nice to see him.Â
Lo-A: Hickory 4, Augusta (ATL) 1
Hickory: 5 hits, 4 walks, 6 strikeouts
Opponent: 8 hits, 1 walk, 7 strikeouts
Record: 19-10, 2.5 GB, 52-42 overall
SP David Hagaman: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 58 P / 39 S, 3.52 ERA
RP Aneudis Mejia: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 7.65 ERA
RP Jesus Gamez: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0.95 ERA
RF Braylin Morel: 1-3, HR (1), BB
2B Antonis Macias: 2-4, 3B, .268/.401/.333
In his second game with the Dads and first in the field, Braylin Morel found an inside fastball to his liking and knocked it out for a three-run homer.
Rookie
The Rangers lost in the semifinals to the Giants 4-1. Rehabbing Kamdyn Perry allowed a run on four his, no walks and two strikeouts in 2.2 innings. In the same number of innings, the Giants scored once off Moises Morales and and twice off Geury Rodriguez, both among the better performers for the staff this season. The Rangers were limited to four hits, all singles: two from RF Andry Batista and one from Angel Arredondo and Williams Wong.
Today’s Starters
AAA: Supak
AA: Anderson
Hi-A: Gonzalez
Lo-A: Agreda
Rangers Minor League History, 2007-2024
The sixth-best full-season team was the 2007 AA Frisco RoughRiders.
Actual record: 85-55 (.607)
Run-differential record: 79-61 (.563)
Component record: 77-63 (.552)
Eight hitters off this squad would reach the Majors for varying lengths of time: IF Chris Davis, German Duran, John Mayberry and Travis Metcalf, OFs Brandon Boggs and Kevin Mahar, catchers Taylor Teagarden and Kevin Richardson. Davis hit 12 homers in 30 games, while Boggs (.266/.385/.508, 19 HR) and Duran (.300/.352/.525, 22 HR) led the regulars. On the pitching side, Luis Mendoza, Armando Galarraga and Doug Mathis combined for half the team’s starts and over 400 innings. Pre-injury Eric Hurley spent the first half of the season here. Leading with 24 saves was 25-year-old Jesse Ingram, who would retire after the season to become a firefighter (and still is, best as I can tell).
A funny thing though: Frisco was 28-28 after a 57-27 start, and by the time the playoffs began, the Riders faced a San Antonio team in much better condition. San Antonio swept the series in three games by an aggregate score of 16-4.