Daily Growl G A M E W R A P & P R E V I E W S O F C O M I N G A T T R A C T I O N S Monday, September 2 H A M M O N S F I E L D S P R I N G F I E L D , M O RockHounds 11 6 Rocky’s Second Half Champs ! Corner The RockHounds played 1,218 innings of baseball during the 2019 Texas League regular season. Inning # 1,214 turned out to be the biggest of them all. The ‘Hounds erased a 5-2 defi cit, scoring eight times in the fi fth and went to defeat the Cardinals, 11-6, Monday afternoon at Hammons Field in Springfi eld, . With the win, the RockHounds are second half champions of the Texas League South Division! Springfi eld, which denied the RockHounds a fi rst half title (the Cardinals defeated the ‘Hounds at Security Bank Ballpark on the last day of the fi rst half), appeared to be on the way to playing spoiler again when Rayder As- canio’s three-run home run in the second helped put the Redbirds on top, 4-2, and Springfi eld carried a 5-2 advantage into the fi fth. The RockHounds tied the game, 5-5, on walks and singles with RBI from Nate Mondou (walk), Taylor Motter (single) and Tyler Ramirez (a 10-pitch walk). Greg Deichmann then ripped a two-run single to right-center, giving the ‘Hounds a 7-5 lead, and Collin Theroux took the next pitch out over the left fi eld wall, a three-run home run �S that pushed the lead to 10-5. Relievers North Ruiz, Zack Erwin, Wandisson Charles (two scoreless innings for the win) and Seth Martinez combined to retire 19 of the last 21 Springfi eld batters to put the game … and the second half title … away. NORTH DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES TULSA DRILLERS VS. ARKANSAS TRAVELERS Texas League South Division RockHounds By the #’s

Final 2nd Half W-L GB South Division Champions Season 73-66 Streak W 4 vs. AMA 12-17 RockHounds 39-31 - 1st Half 1st Half 34-35 Last 10 8-2 vs. ARK 6-7 �S Amarillo 38-32 1 Amarillo Sod Poodles 35-34 2nd Half 39-31 Extra Inn. 8-5 vs. CC 15-14 Frisco 35-35 4 2nd Half Home 38-31 Series 4-0 vs. FRI 14-12 Corpus Christi 33-37 6 RockHounds 39-31 Road 35-35 Road Trip 6-2 vs. NWA 10-5 vs. RH 57-52 vs. South 41-43 vs. SPR 10-3 SOUTH DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES vs. LH 16-14 vs. North 32-23 vs. TUL 6-8 ROCKHOUNDS VS. AMARILLO SOD POODLES Kibbles & Bits “Statistics are to baseball what a flaky crust is to mom’s apple pie” - - H A R R Y R E A S O N E R Texas League South Division If There Was a Better Story Winning the second half means the RockHounds will ... in the Texas League this season than that of Chase host games 3, 4, and 5 (if needed) in the (best-of-fi ve) Calabuig, we'd love to hear it! South Division Championship Series, which opens Chase was assigned to the RockHounds (from Single- Texas League South Division Wednesday at Amarillo. A Beloit) on April 18 when Luis Barrera was placed on Championship Series Games 1 (Wednesday, 7;05 p.m.) and 2 (Thursday, the Injured List. His stay was expected to be a short Game 1 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m.) are at Amarillo with the RockHounds host- one but, by the time Luis came back, Chase had estab- ing games 3 (Friday, 6:30 p.m.), 4 (Saturday, 7:00 lished himself with the 'Hounds at the Double-A level Wednesday September 4 p.m.) and 5 (Sunday, 2:00 p.m.) as needed. and there would be no return to Beloit. at (Amarillo) The winner of the South Division title series will take on When the season ended Monday, Chase was the top Game 2 7:05 p.m. the winner of the Arkansas-Tulsa North Division series hitter on the club (among those qualifying among the Thursday September 5 for the 2019 Texas League championship. Texas League leaders). He fi nished just one spot out at Hodgetown (Amarillo) of the TL's top 10 hitters (11th at .280) and ranked Notable THIRD in the league in on-base percentage (.380). He Game 3 6:30 p.m. also ranked second in the league in walks (63), just Friday September 6 The RockHounds are back in the Texas League two behind league leader Khalil Lee (NW Arkansas), at Security Bank Ballpark playoff s for the fi fth time in the last six seasons. who played in 20 games more than did Calabuig. ROCKHOUNDS PLAYOFF T-SHIRTS FOR THE FIRST 500 FANS The ‘Hounds captured the second half pennant The only RockHounds with higher batting averages by winning 11-of-their-last-13 games and 14-of- were Barrera and Jonah Heim, but Luis and Jonah Game 4 * 7:00 p.m. their-last-18. played in half as many games: Saturday September 7 Monday’s win was the diff erence in the second half Player Avg OBP Games at Security Bank Ballpark race and was necessary, as Amarillo held off Arkansas, Luis Barrera .321 .357 54 THIRSTY SATURDAY ... ½-PRICE BEVERAGES! 6-5, in the Panhandle. Had the RockHounds not com- Jonah Heim .282 .370 50 pleted the four-game sweep at Springfi eld, Amarillo Chase Calabuig .280 .380 109 Game 5 * 2:00 p.m. would have won the second half via tiebreaker. Sunday September 8 Chase was selected by Oakland in the 27th round of at Security Bank Ballpark Brallan Perez fi nished off a sensational series going the 2018 draft out of San Diego State University. 1-for-3 with two walks. In the four-game series … and * Games 4 & 5 if necessary beginning his third “tour of duty” with the RockHounds He has an additional "tie" to our franchise as he was … Brallan went 10-for-18 (,556) and reached base in scouted and signed by former RockHound Anthony 12-of-20 trips to the plate (.600 OBP). Aliotti, now a member of the A's scouting department. Greg Deichmann was a major factor in the Springfi eld "Ali" was a member of the RockHounds in parts of four series. He had hits in all four games, going 5-for-13, seasons (2012-15) and is one of just 13 players to win with two home runs and six RBI. His solo home run the Texas League "Percentage Triple Crown" - - he hit .350 with a .452 OPB and a .541 slugging percentage in the ninth inning Friday broke a 4-4 tie and was the midlandrockhounds.org game-winner (5-4) … his three-run home run put the in 2013. ‘Hounds on top Saturday in an eventual 4-3 win … and his two-run single broke a 5-5 tie Monday and was (again) the game-winning swing.