AAA: Round Rock 9, at Oklahoma City (LAD) 2
Round Rock: 7 hits, 7 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 10 hits, 3 walks, 7 strikeouts
Record: 27-35, 10 GB
SP Jose Corniell: 4 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 69 P / 42 S, 7.48 ERA
RP Joe Ross: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 SO, 4.06 ERA
RP Michel Otañez: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 6.29 ERA
RF Alejandro Osuna: 1-4, BB, .261/.358/.348
CF Jarred Kelenic: 1-3, 2B, BB
C Cooper Johnson: 3-5, HR (5), .209/.305/.366
Jose Corniell had a weird night: 64% hard-hit rate, only three missed bats, but no serious damage.
Round Rock won the most momentous challenge I can recall in terms of subsequent runs scored. With the bases loaded and two out in the 9th, Jarred Kelenic successfully challenged an alleged strike three, turning an inning-ending strikeout into a bases-loaded walk. The pitcher then balked a runner home, and Cooper Johnson followed with a two-run single. Incidentally, while I’m of the opinion that the PCL plate umps do a pretty good job, Felix Neon had a terrible night, suffering 11 overturns on 12 challenges.
Round Rock has taken four of five on the road against the team with the league’s second-best record and best run differential entering the week.
AA: wet
Two today. Josh Smith is in Frisco on rehab and would have played last night.
Hi-A: Hub City 9, at Winston-Salem (CHW) 4
Hub City: 14 hits, 10 walks, 5 strikeouts
Opponent: 7 hits, 4 walks, 9 strikeouts
Record: 27-28, eliminated
SP Ismael Agreda: 4 IP, 3 H (1 HR), 2 R, 2 BB, 5 SO, 77 P / 44 S, 5.74 ERA
LF Yeison Morrobel: 3-4, 2B, 2 BB, .294/.364/.446
C Malcolm Moore: 3-6, 2 2B, .314/.402/.562
SS Luke Hanson: 3-5, .259/.325/.466
DH Paxton Kling: 1-3, BB, SB (13), .254/.396/.393
1B Ben Hartl: 1-2, 2B, 2 BB, .209/.329/.358
Moore lined to right-center for the first double and over the head of the center fielder (who took an inefficient route, it must be said) for the second. The single was lined hard as well. I have and will continue to note the crazy Asheville series as a caveat to Moore’s stupendous slash line, but don’t take that to mean his 2026 is a fraud. He’s having a fine season and is one of the year’s best stories so far.
Lo-A: Hickory 5, Kannapolis (CHW) 0
Hickory: 12 hits, 2 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 0 hits, 5 walks, 11 strikeouts
Record: 31-23, 1 G up
SP AJ Russell: 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 SO, 53 P / 37 S, 3.92 ERA
RP Geury Rodriguez: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 1 SO, 0.48 ERA
RP JD McReynolds: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO, 4.50 ERA
RP Jormy Nivar: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO, 2.43 ERA
SS Yolfran Castillo: 2-5, 2B, .306/.394/.422
CF Hector Osorio: 1-3, BB, SB (9), .301/.433/.565
3B Angel Arredondo: 1-4, HR (6), .215/.364/.392
1B Marcos Torres: 3-4, 2 2B, SB (21), .238/.323/.456
2B Daniel Flames: 3-4, SB (2), .269/.336/.315
AJ Russell and friends combined on the seventh no-hitter in Hickory franchise history. Russell retired ten straight. Geury Rodriguez was effectively wild, shall we say, walking four of eight batters faced but escaping with some help from JD Reynolds, who replaced GRod with two on and two out in the 5th and fanned Efren Teran. McReynolds worked a spotless 6th and yielded to Jormy Nivar, who walked one but faced the minimum over the final three innings.
Today’s Starters
AAA: TBD
AA: MacLean / TBD
Hi-A: McCarty
Lo-A: Siary
Five Years Ago Yesterday
Catcher Yohel Pozo homered in his first two at-bats. Anderson Tejeda was hitless and walkless with nine strikeouts in his last 14 plate appearances. Frisco OF Bubba Thompson went 3-7 across a doubleheader to improve to .299/.370/.515 with a career-low 20% K rate.