Box Scores
AAA: Round Rock 5, at Salt Lake (LAA) 1
Round Rock: 12 hits, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts
Opponent: 3 hits, 1 walk, 9 strikeouts
Record: 34-30, 6 GB, 65-74 overall
SP Winston Santos: 6 IP, 3 H (1 HR), 1 R, 0 BB, 5 SO, 65 P / 47 S, 5.72 ERA
1B Alejandro Osuna: 3-4, 2B, HBP, SB (9), .283/.384/.386
DH Josh Jung: 2-5, 2B
SS Keyber Rodriguez: 1-5, HR (14), .230/.295/.430
Josh Jung singled to left and doubled deep to left-center as DH.
Winston Santos had one of his best games of the season, pounding the zone and getting plenty of chases. 
AA: Frisco 2, at Wichita (MIN) 8
Frisco: 9 hits, 3 walks, 10 strikeouts
Opponent: 12 hits, 4 walks, 5 strikeouts
Record: 31-33, 70-62 overall, first-half champion
SP Ismael Agreda: 3 IP, 7 H (2 HR), 7 R, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 2 SO, 70 P / 44 S, 21.00 ERA
DH Sebastian Walcott: 3-5, HR (9), SB (9), .326/.405/.622
Sebastian Walcott homered again. This one was only 91 off the bat according to the Wichita announcer, about as gently as a ball can be hit to vault the fence. Including a rookie-level homer early in rehab, Walcott is only three homers shy of last year’s total of 13 in 89 fewer games. I know I’ve yapped all season about offense exploding throughout the minors in 2026, but what Walcott is doing is different and special.
Ismael Agreda received a bonus start in start following the end of Hub City’s season. Let’s just say it was nice for management to reward him and leave it there.
Amarillo’s win and Midland’s loss secured the second-half title for the Sod Poodles.
Lo-A Semifinals: Hickory 8, Charleston (TAM) 9 (10)
Hickory: 9 hits, 2 walks, 14 strikeouts
Opponent: 16 hits, 5 walks, 9 strikeouts
Record: Charleston leads best-of-three 1-0
SP Seong-Jun Kim: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 SO, 26 P / 15 S
RP Connor O’Hara: 4 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 2 SO
RP Louis Marinaro: 2 IP, 2 H (1 HR), 1 R, 0 BB, 1 HBP, 3 SO
DH Deward Tovar: 3-5, 3B
C Josh Springer: 2-5, 2B
2B Daniel Flames: 2-2, BB
Goodness. The Crawdads deserve credit for extracting themselves from an early 5-0 deficit, but on the whole the performance was the antithesis of how I described them in my playoff preview. Hickory allowed their most baserunners (24) and most hits (16, set once previously) in any game this season, and for only the second time this season, two batters reached on errors in the same inning.
Promising two-way player Seong-Jun Kim surrendered a leadoff single to CF Slater deBrun and one-out RBI triple to DH Taitn Gray. Kim had walked or hit 11 in 14.2 innings in 2026, and control became an issue as he walked the next two to load the bases. He escaped without further damage, but his night was done.
The 2nd was a mess. Reliever Connor O’Hara walked his first batter, then an Alberth Palma liner bounced off 3B Curley Martha’s glove. DeBrun followed with a two-run single, and two more batters would single. With two out, 2B Daniel Flames flubbed a routine grounder, and after yet another single, Hickory trailed 5-0.
Hickory scored three in the 5th, and Flames atoned with a game-tying two-run single in the 6th. Flames might have suffered a leg injury running to first and would have to be replaced later.
Charleston scored once in the 6th but returned the defensive favor. With two out and runners on first and second, Brandon Crabtree grounded hard to third, but rather than stepping on the bag or simply waiting to tag lead runner Yolfran Castillo, Cooper Fleming decided to throw the ball four feet over 1B Tim Poole’s head. Castillo scored easily, and Paulino Santana scored all the way from first on a daring send. 7-6 Dads.
In the 9th, Charleston’s Poole led off the inning with a game-tying homer against Louis Marinaro, who in the regular season surrendered just one homer and was eight-for-eight in save opportunities. Charleston scored twice in the 10th. Deward Tovar tripled in the gift-runner with two out in the bottom half to halve the deficit, but with a 3-1 count, catcher Josh Springer looked at two pitches at the bottom of the zone for strikes two and three. The final pitch was arguable.
The best team in minors now faces elimination and must take two on the road beginning Thursday. That’s baseball.
Today’s Starters
AAA: Townsend
AA: TBD
Five Years Ago Yesterday
Frisco lost to fall into a tie for the final playoff spot for the first time in ages. The Riders were 7-15 following a 52-34 start. Justin Foscue had hit 12 homers in 20 high-A games, but his total in 20 AA games was zero.
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