Box Scores
AAA: Round Rock 1, Sugar Land (HOU) 3
Round Rock: 4 hits, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts
Opponent: 7 hits, 4 walks, 11 strikeouts
Record: 24-20, 7 GB, 55-64 overall
SP Aidan Curry: 5 IP, 2 H (1 HR), 1 R, 1 BB, 3 SO, 83 P / 44 S, 1.80 ERA
RP Adam Macko: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 9.00 ERA
SS Keyber Rodriguez: 1-3, HR (11), .214/.290/.411
Aidan Curry had a successful AAA debut aided by only one of 13 balls in play becoming a hit. Curry’s strike rate was only 53%, and he reached seven three-ball counts, but he walked just one and finished five innings with a not-unreasonable 83 pitches. Sugar Land was patient, swinging at only nine of 49 pitches out of the zone.
Statcast listed a four-seamer, cutter, slider, sweeper, curve and change, and based on the movement profiles, I’m inclined to agree, although his sweeper has enough drop and his curve enough lateral movement to be siblings if not twins. The fastball averaged 92.6 and topped at 94. He missed nine bats, all but two with the cutter or slider.
Round Rock couldn’t accomplish much against Bryce Mayer, who two weeks ago was manhandling the Riders up in Frisco. Like Curry, Mayer wasn’t missing as many bats at the higher level but wasn’t badly troubled.
Macko’s slider showed up hungry last night, generating six whiffs on seven swings. Two singles (one firm, one cheap) and a walk in the 7th ended his night, and a Michel Otanez wild pitch plated the run.
IF Jonah Bride (1-3, double) accepted his outright assignment. 
AA: Frisco 7, San Antonio (SDP) 1
Frisco: 10 hits, 3 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 6 hits, 8 walks, 13 strikeouts
Record: 23-21, 1 GB, 62-50 overall
SP Joey Danielson: 2 IP, 3 H (1 HR), 1 R, 0 BB, 3 SO, 34 P / 25 S, 7.06 ERA
RP Brock Porter: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 6 BB, 5 SO, 0.00 ERA
DH Sebastian Walcott: 2-4, 2B, .338/.386/.615
CF Dylan Dreiling: 3-4, 2 HR (21), .304/.378/.533
3B Rafe Perich: 2-4, HR (13), .297/.378/.563
Sebastian Walcott has three straight two-hit games and four doubles off the IL. Dylan Dreiling had his third two-homer night of the season.
I saw this from Frisco’s social media last night…
…and immediately thought “oh no, how many did he walk?” The answer is six, exactly one of every three batters, and 40 of his 77 pitches were taken for balls. But hey, San Antonio came up empty on 14 of 28 swings. Porter can be awfully hard to hit.
(Nothing at all against the folks in Frisco, to be sure. They have their job, I have mine.)
The promotions of Dalton Pence two weeks ago and Curry resulted in a Frisco rotation of Ben Anderson, DJ McCarty, Dylan MacLean, bullpen, bullpen and Blake Townsend this week. 
Hi-A: Hub City 4, Greenville (BOS) 2
Hub City: 9 hits, 4 walks, 9 strikeouts
Opponent: 7 hits, 6 walks, 7 strikeouts
Record: 18-28, 5 GB, 52-60 overall
SP Moises Morales: 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 1 SO, 37 P / 25 S, 6.00 ERA
RP Anthony Susac: 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO, 3.50 ERA
CF Paxton Kling: 1-3, BB, SB (28), .246/.388/.384
RF Marcos Torres: 2-4, 2B, .306/.359/.500
Max Martin (1-3) blooped a double the opposite way but reached second grabbing his hamstring and was immediately replaced.
Case Matter and Jesus Gamez both walked two in their respective innings but managed to keep the Drive off the board.
Lo-A: Hickory 2, at Kannapolis (CHW) 5
Hickory: 7 hits, 3 walks, 11 strikeouts
Opponent: 7 hits, 5 walks, 6 strikeouts
Record: 32-14, 6.5 G up, 66-44 overall
SP Jacob Johnson: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 46 P / 30 S, 0.00 ERA
RP William Privette: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO, 0.00 ERA
SS Yolfran Castillo: 1-3, BB, SB (50), .282/.385/.401
C Noah Franklin: 1-3, 2B, BB, .260/.422/.360
RF Kaden Carpenter: 2-4, 2B, SB (3), .255/.379/.489
Jacob Johnson didn’t miss as many bats as usual but was no less effective. He hasn’t allowed a run in seven low-A innings. 21-year-old newcomer Anthony Astudillo allowed eight runners and five runs in 2.2 innings. That jibes with his time in Arizona: an 11.08 ERA with matching peripherals.
William Privette made his belated 2026 debut. Since being picked in 2023’s 13th round out of College of Charleston, Privette has thrown only 49 pro innings, missing all of 2024 and most of this year.
Today’s Starters
AAA: Supak
AA: Townsend
Hi-A: Segura
Lo-A: Lafalaise
Five Years Ago Yesterday
Down East stole six bases to set a record for most low-A steals by a Texas affiliate dating back to 2000, as far as I looked. The Woodies did so in just 99 games. 2021 was wild. Let’s update that list:
Most Texas-affiliated low-A steals, 2000-2026 (highest player in parentheses):
2022: 308 (Marcus Smith, 47)
2021: 290 (Jayce Easley, 70), 120-game season
2016: 216 (Eric Jenkins, 51)
2023: 209 (Anthony Gutierrez, 30)
2000: 202 (Hank Blalock and Brett Cadiente, 31)
2025: 194 (Yeremi Cabrera, 43)
2024: 188 (Chandler Pollard, 39)
2011: 187 (Odubel Herrera, 34)
2003: 187 (Cameron Coughlan (47)
2026: 159 and counting (Yolfran Castillo, 50)
During 2005-2019, the most low-A steals were 266 by Asheville in 2006. In the 2020s, that mark has been surpassed 15 times. Down East set new records in consecutive seasons that were surpassed by Fayetteville’s 334 last year, and Lake Elsinore with 315 to date in 2026 is on pace for yet another record.