Box Scores
AAA: Round Rock 2, at Sugar Land (HOU) 5
Round Rock: 4 hits, 4 walks, 13 strikeouts
Opponent: 5 hits, 6 walks, 6 strikeouts
Record: 11-14, 4 GB
SP Austin Gomber: 5 IP, 4 H (2 HR), 3 R, 3 BB, 5 SO, 90 P / 56 S, 11.57 ERA
1B Justin Foscue: 1-3, 2B, BB, .300/.385/.456
Texas had designated catcher Willie MacIver for assignment concurrent with the promotion of reliever Peyton Gray, and the Rangers then sold him to Toronto for cash. Jose Herrera is the replacement catcher if needed. Herrera has 187 MLB games to his credit but a line of .200/.280/.259.
Former Twin, Cub, Buc and Met Gilberto Celestino is active in Round Rock. The 27-year-old OF was signed during Spring Training and has officially been on the complex roster until now. 
AA: Frisco 9, Tulsa (LAD) 7
Frisco: 11 hits, 7 walks, 12 strikeouts
Opponent: 13 hits, 5 walks, 13 strikeouts
Record: 9-10, 4 GB
SP Leandro Lopez: 2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 4 SO, 66 P / 38 S, 3.44 ERA
RP Eric Loomis: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0.00 ERA
RP Ryan Lobus: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 SO, 5.56 ERA
CF Dylan Dreiling: 1-3, BB, .310/.412/.476
1B John Taylor: 2-4, BB, .298/.414/.509
C Julian Brock: 2-4, BB, .244/.340/.422
2B Corey Joyce: 2-3, 2B, HR (3), BB, .500/.556/1.000
With single-inning pitch limits in the low-to-mid 30s (understandably), an inning can run awry quickly. A five-pitch single and nine-pitch walk to start the game will have you (the knowledgeable fan) thinking “this starter won’t last the inning.” Lopez did, barely, but innings of 31 and 35 pitches were enough to finish his evening quickly. He’s walked or hit 13 of 76 batters (17%), up in “struggling reliever” territory and substantially above last year’s breakout season.
Fortunately, Frisco pinned two fours on the board during Lopez’s struggles.
C/1B Tucker Mitchell was placed on the full-season injured list.
Hi-A: Hub City 10, Winston-Salem (CHW) 7
Hub City: 11 hits, 5 walks, 6 strikeouts
Opponent: 10 hits, 5 walks, 10 strikeouts
Record: 9-9, 3 GB
SP Joey Danielson: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 18 P / 10 S, 0.00 ERA
LF Maxton Martin: 3-4, 2B, HR (2), BB, .262/.328/.508
1B Arturo Disla: 2-4, 2B, HBP, .391/.467/.688
3B Gleider Figuereo: 1-3, BB, SB (2), .220/.313/.373
CF Quincy Scott: 1-3, HR (2), BB, .190/.320/.476
Dalton Pence had started the previous Fridays and was listed last night but watched from the dugout in favor of Joey Danielson, who hadn’t started since high school. Danielson touched 98 on his first strikeout and is up to 7.2 hitless innings with one unearned run. 
Lo-A: Hickory 4, at Hill City (CLE) 6
Hickory: 11 hits, 5 walks, 10 strikeouts
Opponent: 6 hits, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts
Record: 14-5, 3 G up
SP Evan Siary: 5 IP, 3 H (1 HR), 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 63 P / 44 S, 4.24 ERA
RP Michael Trausch: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 SO, 0.00 ERA
LF Paulino Santana: 2-5, HR (2), .284/.461/.418
CF Hector Osorio: 1-3, 2 BB, .269/.419/.507
SS Yolfran Castillo: 2-4, BB, .292/.378/.431
1B Marcos Torres: 2-4, HR (3), .254/.365/.507
Previously untouchable late-inning reliever JD McReynolds has been touchable lately, giving up his first run of the season on Tuesday and a walk-off three run homer last night following an opening walk and an error by 2B Daniel Flames on an annoying little dribbler past the mound. Evan Siary did have a solid if strikeout-light night, and the guys who’ve been hitting well lately continued to do so.
The eye-catching slash lines listed above do need to be viewed with a little caution, though, as league-wide scoring is up nearly a full run per game versus last year. Sometimes, that’s just a short-term quirk, but sometimes minor leagues with 10-12 teams can have pronounced swings in pitching or hitting quality from year to year. I usually wait until about a month into the season to run the numbers to provide better context.
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