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TEXAS RANGERS MINOR LEAGUE REPORT: MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014 ROUND ROCK EXPRESS Pacific Coast League (AAA) 33-37 4th Place 5.0 GB Yesterday: L, 5-4 at El Paso Pitcher of Record: L - Poreda (0-1, 3.09) Round Rock tied the game with 3 runs in the top of the 9th, but fell in 12 innings to El Paso...CF Jared Hoying’s 12th home run of the year brought the Express within a run, and 1B Brett Nicholas doubled to tie it...RHP Miles Mikolas (6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R-ER, 0 BB, 5 K) made his longest start of the year...he now has 28 strikeouts and one walk in 33.2 IP this season...3B Adam Rosales went 2-for-5 with a double...he is 11-for-26 (.423) in his 6-game hit streak with 4 doubles, a triple, and 9 RBI...LHP Aaron Poreda (1.1 IP, 2 H, R-ER, 2 BB, 2 K) took the loss...he had not allowed a run for the Express since April 6 (10 appearances). Today’s Probable Starter: LHP Ryan Feierabend (6-5, 4.20) at El Paso, 8:05 CT Probable Rotation: 6/17: McCutchen vs. SAC, 6/18: Germano vs. SAC, 6/19: Irwin vs. SAC, 6/20: Mikolas vs. SAC FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS* Texas League (AA) 40-28 1st Place 3.5 GA Yesterday: L, 8-3 at Midland Pitcher of Record: L - Gonzalez (1-1, 2.35) Frisco dropped an 8-3 decision to Midland on Sunday...RHP Alex Gonzalez (2.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R-ER, 0 BB, 3 K) lost for the first time in 11 starts, including 9 with Myrtle Beach...2B Odubel Herrera led the ‘Riders with a 3-for-4 showing...he is 12-for-23 (.522) in his 6-game hitting streak and is now up to .333 on the season...RHP Phil Klein pitched the 9th and extended his scoreless-inning streak to 14.2 and lowered his ERA to 0.86...he also has 16 strikeouts to 3 walks in that span...his .147 opponent batting average is tied for first among all Texas League relievers. Today’s Probable Starter: RHP Alec Asher (6-5, 3.14) @ Midland, 6:30 CT Probable Rotation: 6/17: Cabrera @ MID, 6/18: Eickhoff @ MID, 6/19: Jackson @ CC, 6/20: Rodriguez @ CC MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS* Carolina League (A) 44-24 1st Place 11.0 GA Yesterday: L, 6-1 at Frederick Pitcher of Record: L - Faulkner (4-1, 2.20) The Pelicans fell 6-1 to Frederick on Sunday in their final game before the Carolina League All-Star Break...LHP Andrew Faulkner (2.0 IP, 2 H, R-ER, 3 BB, K) had the shortest outing of the season and also lost for the first time in 14 games this year...his 2.20 ERA still ranks 4th in the CL...C Jorge Alfaro went deep for the 8th time...CF Chris Garia and RF Jose Cardona each went 2-for-3...it was Cardona’s first hits of the season...RHP Jason Knapp allowed 2 runs in relief, but also struck out 6 in 3.0 IP...his ERA still stands at 2.35. Today’s Probable Starter: OFF DAY Probable Rotation: 6/17: All-Star Game (CAR vs. CAL), 6/18: OFF DAY, 6/19: Bell vs. WIL, 6/20: Wolff vs. WIL HICKORY CRAWDADS South Atlantic League (A) 41-28 3rd Place 2.5 GB Yesterday: W, 14-4 at Lakewood Pitcher of Record: W - Rodriguez (4-1, 3.46), S - Leclerc (2, 0.68) Hickory scored all of its runs between the 2nd and 7th innings en route to a 14-4 win at Lakewood to close out the first half of its season...3B Janluis Castro went 5-for-6 and hit his first home run of the season...RHP Ricardo Rodriguez (5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K) reached his season-high for innings pitched a second consecutive start...RHP Angelo Leclerc earned the save after allowing one hit over the final 4.0 IP...he also lowered his ERA to 0.68 in the process...CF Ryan Cordell was 4-for-6 and is now hitting .412 in his last 9 games...SS Michael De Leon and LF Jairo Beras each had 3-hit performances, with Beras also homering...the Crawdads produced a season-high 19 hits and won 15 of their last 16 games before the SAL All-Star Break. Today’s Probable Starter: OFF DAY Probable Rotation: 6/17: All-Star Game, 6/18: OFF DAY, 6/19: Smith @ ROM, 6/20: Leclerc @ ROM SPOKANE INDIANS Northwest League (SS) 3-0 T1st place 0.0 GA Yesterday: W, 5-2 vs. Eugene Pitcher of Record: W - Thompson (1-0, 1.80), S - Hoppe (1, 0.00) The Indians remained undefeated with a 5-2 win over Eugene...LHP Derek Thompson (5.0 IP, 2 H, R-ER, 2 BB, 5 K) picked up the win...CF Zach Cone homered in his first game for Spokane...he had homered once in 43 games for Myrtle Beach earlier this season...RF Luke Tendler hit his first double of the year and stole a base...LHP Nick Dignacco allowed a run in 2.0 IP of relief and RHP Jason Hoppe earned the save after striking out 2 in a scoreless 8th and 9th. Today’s Probable Starter: TBA at Eugene, 8:30 CT Probable Rotation: 6/17: TBA vs. EUG, 6/18: TBA @ VAN, 6/19: TBA @ VAN, 6/20: TBA @ BOI AZL RANGERS Arizona League (R) - - - Yesterday: N/A Pitcher of Record: N/A Season begins June 20. Today’s Probable Starter: N/A TRANSACTIONS None. *Won first half title Two Column Box Score 6/16/2014 El Paso Chihuahuas (33-38) 5, Round Rock Express (33-37) 4 June 15, 2014 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E Round Rock 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 10 1 El Paso 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 10 1 None out when winning run scored. Round Rock AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG El Paso AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Tanaka, 2B 5 0 1 0 1 0 3 .276 Castellanos, A, LF 6 0 1 1 0 1 1 .260 Strausborger, LF 6 0 0 0 0 2 4 .245 Greene, SS 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .297 Petersen, DH 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 .253 Lemmerman, SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Arencibia, C 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .276 Goebbert, 1B 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267 Hoying, CF 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 .245 Conrad, 2B 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 .280 Rosales, 3B 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 .282 Francoeur, RF 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 .283 Nicholas, 1B 5 0 2 1 0 1 1 .256 Buck, DH 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .302 Wilson, Jo, SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .241 a-Decker, C, PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .248 Arroyo, RF 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 .222 Galvez, 3B 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 .321 Mikolas, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gale, C 4 0 1 1 1 0 2 .324 Burns, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Noel, CF 4 0 1 1 1 0 2 .232 Kirkman, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roach, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Richmond, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaFromboise, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Poreda, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ambriz, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 45 4 10 4 1 7 18 .254 Nix, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 41 5 10 5 4 9 10 .272 a-Struck out for Buck in the 11th. BATTING 2B: Rosales (14, LaFromboise), Nicholas (9, LaFromboise). BATTING HR: Hoying (12, 9th inning off LaFromboise, 1 on, 1 out). 2B: Francoeur (9, Mikolas), Buck (5, Mikolas). TB: Nicholas 3; Arroyo; Wilson, Jo; Tanaka; Petersen 2; Rosales 3B: Galvez (1, Poreda). 3; Hoying 4. HR: Conrad (14, 4th inning off Mikolas, 0 on, 0 out). RBI: Petersen (36), Hoying 2 (40), Nicholas (24). TB: Castellanos, A; Noel; Galvez 3; Francoeur 3; Buck 3; Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Arencibia; Wilson, Conrad 5; Gale. Jo; Tanaka 2; Strausborger. RBI: Buck (18), Gale (15), Conrad (41), Noel (11), Castellanos, GIDP: Arencibia. A (19). Team RISP: 2-for-11. 2-out RBI: Gale. Team LOB: 7. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Buck; Greene; Noel. SAC: Galvez. BASERUNNING GIDP: Francoeur. SB: Tanaka (10, 2nd base off Roach/Gale), Rosales (2, 2nd Team RISP: 4-for-10. base off Roach/Gale). Team LOB: 8. FIELDING FIELDING E: Hoying (1, fielding). E: Gale (2, throw). DP: (Wilson, Jo-Nicholas). DP: (Greene-Conrad-Goebbert). Round Rock IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA El Paso IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Mikolas 6.0 6 3 3 0 5 1 2.94 Roach 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 0.71 Burns 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 7.67 LaFromboise (BS, 3) 1.1 4 3 3 0 1 1 4.66 Kirkman 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.06 Ambriz 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.80 Richmond 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7.90 Nix (W, 3-2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.04 Poreda (L, 0-1) 1.1 2 1 1 2 2 0 3.09 Totals 12.0 10 4 4 1 7 1 5.41 Totals 11.0 10 5 5 4 9 1 4.96 Poreda pitched to 4 batters in the 12th.