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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 Friday, September 6 S E C U R I T Y B A N K B A L L P A R K 6 RockHounds 2 G A M E T H R E E S O U T H D I V I S I O N C H A M P I O N S H I P Rocky’s Nemesis & Opportunity Missed Corner was a nemesis for the RockHounds in the regular season and the right-hander carried his dominance into the playoff s. Lloyd pitched into the eighth inning Friday night as the Amarillo Sod Poodles defeated the ‘Hounds, 6-2, in Game 3 of the League South Division Championship Series at Security Bank Ballpark. The game was also a case of “opportunities seized” and “opportunities missed” in a pivotal seventh inning. The Sod Poodles took a 2-1 lead into the stretch inning in a pitcher’s duel between Lloyd and RockHounds starter Brian Howard. Both clubs put their fi rst three batters on base in the seventh, but Amarillo scored three times and the ‘Hounds just once. Amarillo’s “hat trick” came on an RBI double from Brad Zunica and back-to-back run-producing singles from Buddy Reed and , building the lead to 5-1. The ‘Hounds loaded the bases with no outs in the home half of the frame on consecutive singles from Tyler �S Ramirez, Edwin Diaz, and Greg Deichmann, but scored just once (on a bases-loaded walk to Chase Calabuig). added a solo to the short porch in right fi eld in the eighth to produce the fi nal margin. NORTH DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES VS. TRAVELERS South Division RockHounds Regular Season TULSA LEADS, 2-1

Final 1st Half W-L GB Final 2nd Half W-L GB Season 73-66 vs. RH 57-52 vs. AMA 12-17 Amarillo 34-34 - RockHounds 39-31 - 1st Half 34-35 vs. LH 16-14 vs. ARK 6-7 RockHounds 34-35 ½ Amarillo 38-32 1 2nd Half 39-31 vs. CC 15-14 Corpus Christi 33-36 1½ Frisco 35-35 4 Home 38-31 vs. South 41-43 vs. FRI 14-12 �S Frisco 33-36 1½ Corpus Christi 33-37 6 Road 35-35 vs. North 32-23 vs. NWA 10-5 vs. SPR 10-3 vs. TUL 6-8 Kibbles & Bits SOUTH DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES “Statistics are to what a flaky crust is to mom’s apple pie” - - H A R R Y R E A S O N E R ROCKHOUNDS VS. AMARILLO SOD POODLES RockHounds Series Kwik Stats Game Four Player H-AB AVG R RBI W K Jesse Scholtens will start for Amarillo and Mitchell Deichmann 6-13 .462 2 4 0 5 Jordan takes the hill for the RockHounds in Game 4. Mondou 3-10 .300 3 2 3 2 Jesse Scholtens was selected by San Diego in the Perez 3-12 .250 0 0 2 1 ninth round of the 2016 draft out of Wright State (OH) Motter 2-9 .222 1 4 4 4 Texas League South Division University, where he was a battery mate of Oakland Diaz 3-13 .231 1 0 0 4 prospect (and former RockHound) Sean Murphy. Championship Series Calabuig 2-11 .182 1 1 2 3 Ramirez 2-13 .154 2 0 0 3 Mitchell Jordan was Oakland's 10th round selection in Game 1 Theroux 1-10 .100 1 0 2 4 the 2016 draft out of Stetson (FL) University. He spent RockHounds 8, Amarillo 3 McDonald 1-11 .091 2 0 2 4 virtually all season with Stockton of the (Advanced-A) RockHounds lead series, 1-0 Gamache 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 California League before fi nishing the season making Goldby 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 one start with the ‘Hounds. On August 31, he went 4.0 Game 2 2B: Deichmann, Diaz, Mondou, Perez innings, allowing three runs (earned) on three hits and RockHounds 4, Amarillo 1 HR: Deichmann (2), Mondou, Motter four walks, striking out four batters, in a 4-3 win over RockHounds lead series, 2-0 SB: Deichmann, Motter the Cardinals at Springfi eld, MO. HBP: Theroux Jesse Scholtens(Amarillo) Game 3 5-7, 5.40 / .294 / 1.48 in 24 G (20 starts) Amarillo 6, RockHounds 2 Pitcher W-L ERA IP H BB K 125.0 IP / 145 H / 40 BB / 129 K RockHounds lead series, 2-1 Alexander 0-0 0.00 1.2 0 0 2 Erwin 0-0 0.00 1.0 2 0 2 vs. RockHounds Game 4 7:00 p.m. Martinez 0-0 0.00 2.0 0 0 3 0-2, 5.04 / .275 / 1.38 in 6 G (3 starts) Saturday September 7 Zambrano 0-0 0.00 1.1 1 0 1 30.1 IP / 33 H / 9 BB / 35 K Friedrichs 1-0 1.50 6.0 5 3 2 at Security Bank Ballpark Mitchell Jordan (RockHounds) THIRSTY SATURDAY ... ½-PRICE BEVERAGES! Milburn 1-0 3.86 7.0 11 0 6 With (Advanced-A) Stockton Stull 0-0 4.50 2.0 2 0 2 10-7, 4.41 / .258 / 1.28 in 27 G (22 starts) Game 5 * 2:00 p.m. Howard 0-1 7.50 6.0 8 3 3 140.2 IP / 141 H / 39 BB / 131 K Sunday September 8 Hold: Alexander Saturday’s Game 4 will air on NewsTalk 550, KCRS, SV: Zambrano at Security Bank Ballpark beginning at 6:47 p.m. (fi rst pitch at 7:00). ½-PRICE HOT DOGS! Series Notes North Division Series Notes * Game 5 if necessary Including his Game 3 win, Kyle Lloyd is 5-0, 2.14 in In the North Division, the Drillers made it two-in-a-row nine games (six starts) against the RockHounds. over the with a 6-1 win at ONEOK Despite Friday’s loss, which snapped a six-game win in Tulsa to move to within a game of a third straight trip streak, the RockHounds have won 13-of-their-last-16 to the Texas League Championship Series. For Tulsa, games and 16-of-their-last-21. there is vindication involved, as the Drillers went 9-21 against the Travs in the regular season. midlandrockhounds.org Owen Miller & Taylor Trammell are both 5-for-13 in the series to lead Amarillo. Trammell has a solo home Tulsa fell to the RockHounds in the title series in 2017 run, a triple, and two runs batted in ... Hudson Potts before defeating last season for Tulsa's (3-for-11) also has a solo HR and two RBI. fi rst Texas League title since 1998.