FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS (23-16) CORPUS CHRISTI HOOKS (18-21) Texas Rangers Houston Astros GAME #40 • FRIDAY, JUNE 18 • 7:05 P.M. Riders Field • Frisco, TX LHP Jake Latz (1-0, 2.89) vs. RHP Hunter Brown (0-3, 6.05) Video: MiLB.tv • Audio: Hooks Broadcast JOSH JUNG’S HUGE NIGHT PROPELS FRISCO TO WIN OVER CORPUS: The Frisco RoughRiders and Corpus Christi Hooks split a doubleheader at Whataburger Field on Thursday evening with the Hooks RIDERS VS. HOOKS taking game one 4-2 before Frisco countered with a 1-0 win in the finale. In the finale, Frisco scored the game’s only run in the 2021 ...................................................5-4 bottom of the second when Jordan Procyshen lifted a sacrifice fly into center, scoring Sherten Apostel. Yerry Rodriguez threw four shutout innings with seven strikeouts in his start and was followed by Hever Bueno (3-1) and Fernery Ozuna, who combined in Frisco ....................................3-2 for three scoreless frames to finish Frisco’s sixth shutout as a team, tied for the second most in Minor League Baseball. Bueno took the in Corpus Christi ...................2-2 win and Ozuna saved his second game of the season. Jonathan Bermudez (2-3) was handed the loss for Corpus Christi, allowing just All-time ...................................229-250 the one run over 5.1 innings. In game one, the Hooks put up four runs in the second inning with a display of power. David Hensley started the scoring off with a solo homer before Jake Adams smashed a two-run home run. Chandler Taylor then went back-to-back in Frisco ..........................125-118 with Adams on a solo shot of his own to make it 4-0. Frisco came back with long balls themselves from Procyshen in the fifth and Jax in Corpus Christi .........104-132 Biggers in the sixth to make it 4-2, but they could not get any closer. Joe Record (1-0) earned the win for the Hooks, allowing two runs over his 5.2 frames and Nick Hernandez took home his first save of the year with 1.1 scoreless to end the game. RANGERS TOP 30 PROSPECTS 1. INF Josh Jung THE JUNG AND THE RESTLESS: 3. RHP Cole Winn The Rangers top prospect and 2019 No. 8 overall pick Josh Jung made his RoughRiders debut on Tuesday in Corpus Christi. The for- 7. RHP Hans Crouse mer Texas Texas Red Raider sustained a stress fracture in his left foot in spring training and collected a single to left in his first at-bat 8. INF Davis Wendzel of the year. In 2019, the San Antonio native hit .287/.363/.389 for the Low-A Hickory Crawdads with 13 doubles, one home run and 23 9. INF Sherten Apostel RBIs over 40 games. Jung joining the RoughRiders gives them 10 total top-30 prospects (according to MLB.com). In his second game 10. INF Anderson Tejeda on Wednesday, Jung hit a homer and drove in a career-best four runs. He has hit safely in all three games he has played with Frisco. 11. OF Steele Walker 16. RHP Ronny Henriquez THE STEELE OF THE GROUP: 19. RHP Yerry Rodriguez The Riders Steele Walker has been on fire from the plate since the calender moved to June. He has reached in all 10 June games, 23. RHP A.J. Alexy hitting .324 (11-for-34)/.400/.588 with three home runs, eight RBIs and six runs scored. Walker is well on pace for his career high of 10 According to MLB Pipeline home runs in a season, which he accomplished in 2019, hitting all of them with the High-A Winston-Salem Dash as part of the White Sox organization. If Walker were to play 100 games this season, he is on pace for a 22-home run season. RECORD THROUGH 39 GAMES COLOSSAL APOSTEL: 2021 ................................................ 23-16 Sherten Apostel has been swinging a hot bat for the Riders over the last few games. Since June 5th, Apostel is hitting .342 (13-for- 38)/.409/.632 over 11 games with two doubles, three home runs and five RBIs. On Thursday against Northwest Arkansas, he collected 2019 ................................................ 22-17 two solo homers, marking his sixth multi-hit game in his minor league career. He became the third player to hit two bombs in a game Best record ..............(5/26) ...........13-5 this season for the Riders (Bubba Thompson on May 6th against Midland and Josh Stowers, who also accomplished the feat on Worst record ...........(5/15) ............. 6-4 Thursday against Northwest Arkansas. 120-game pace ......................... 71-49 THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SECOND PLACE: The RoughRiders enter their 40th game of the season on Friday having never been anywhere but first place in the Double-A Central TEDDY FUN FACT OF THE DAY South Division in 2021. The Riders own a 2.0 game lead on San Antonio in the South after doubleheader split on Thursday. Frisco has the second-best run differential in the Double-A Central (+29). The last time the RoughRiders finished the season with a positive run His presidency saw the passage of differential was 2014 (+104), also their last winning season. the Pure Food and Drug Act, which established the Food and Drug Ad- NOT JUST JOSHING YOU: Outfielder Josh Stowers has been crushing the baseball for Frisco over the last week. In his last nine games, he is batting .250 (6-for- ministration to regulate food safety. 24)/.455/.792 with one double, four home runs, eight RBIs and nine walks. During his last 13 games, Stowers has raised his batting average from .069 to .169 (100 points) and his OPS from .401 to .811 (410 points). His OPS of 1.246 since June 6th is the fourth best in Double-A (among those with at least nine games played). COMMUNICATIONS J.P. STANDS FOR JUST PERFORM: Riders outfielder J.P. Martinez has been some kind of hot over the last 11 games. Having hit safely in 10 of his last 11, Martinez is Compiled by Zach Bigley batting .417 (15-for-36)/.512/.583 with three doubles, a home run, six RBIs, six walks and eight runs scored. Over this span, he has increased his batting average from .162 to .250 and his OPS from .514 to .716. For credentials, game notes, media guides and more, visit RidersBaseball.com/Media UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES or email [email protected] DATE TIME OPPONENT RIDERS STARTER OPPOSING STARTER June 19th 7:05 p.m. at Corpus Christi Hooks RHP Ronny Henriquez (0-0, 12.00) RHP Brett Daniels (0-3, 9.64) @RidersBaseball June 20th 5:05 p.m. at Corpus Christi Hooks RHP A.J. Alexy (1-0, 0.93) LHP Parker Mushinski (0-1, 5.92) June 21st OFF DAY June 22nd 7:05 p.m. vs. San Antonio Missions TBD TBD RIDERS HORSESHOES Sherten Apostel: L11G: .342 (13-for-38)/.409/.632 with 3 HR, 5 RBIs... 5 hits from 5/20-6/3 (12G) before 13 hits in last 11 games Jordan Procyshen: Home runs on back-to-back days against Corpus... Of 5 June hits, 3 have left the ballpark Diosbel Arias: L21G: .286 (22-for-77) with 2 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 7 BB, 14 K, 1 SB...0-for-10 over last three games with 6 K Josh Stowers: June: .250 (9-for-36)/.438/.694 with 1 2B, 5 HR, 9 RBIs, 12 BB, 9 RS... 1.132 OPS (3rd in Double-A Central, min. 13 G) Jax Biggers: Last four games: .583 (7-for-12)/.615/1.000 with 3B, HR, 4 RBIs, 1 BB... Played at 2B (23G), 3B (1G) and LF (5G) Anderson Tejeda: 2-for-5 w/ go-ahead solo HR in Riders debut on Friday...Started season with Rangers, going 1-for-16 over 5G Josh Jung: Missed beginning of the season with stress fracture in left foot...5-for-12 with HR, 4 RBIs, 1.083 OPS in first 3 G Bubba Thompson: 18G: .306 (22-for-72)/.383/.444 with 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 8 RBIs, 7 BB, 14 RS, 5 SB...4th HR of season on Friday Trace Loehr: Played eight games this season (5 with FRI, 3 with Round Rock): .172/.200/.276 with 1 2B, 0 HR, 4 RBIs J.P. Martinez: Hits is 10 of last 11G: .417 (15-for-36) w/ 3 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBIs, 6 BB, 8 RS, 1.095 OPS... Avg from .162 to .250, OPS from .514 to .716 Steele Walker: 10G On-Base Streak: .324 (11-for-34)/.400/.588 with 3 HR, 6 RBIs, 5 BB, 6 RS, 1 SB...Team-high six home runs this season Melvin Novoa: Returns from playing for Team Nicaragua (collected one hit)...6G for Riders: .263/.440/.526 with HR, 3 RBIs, 4 RS Matt Whatley: Hit 1st home run of season on Thurs.... 0-for-last-8 over last four games with seven strikeouts ROUGHRIDERS STARTING PITCHER SINGLE-GAME HIGHS JAKE LATZ Season Highs IP ..................................... 6.0 (6/1 vs. AMA) HT: 6’3 WT: 200 H ......................................4 (6/12 vs. NWA) BATS: Right THROWS: Left R ...........................................5 (5/5 vs. MID) 23 ER ........................................4 (5/5 vs. MID) AGE: 24 BIRTHDAY: April 8, 1996 # BB ....................................3 (6/12 vs. NWA) SO .................................... 11 (6/1 vs. AMA) BORN: Lemont, Illinois Career Highs RESIDES: Lemont, Illinois IP ............................7.0 (3x; 6/1/19 vs. SAL) H .....................................8 (8/13/18 at BOI) ACQUIRED BY RANGERS: R ...................................7 (7/11/18 vs.