FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS (21-15) CORPUS CHRISTI HOOKS (17-19) Texas Rangers Houston Astros GAME #37 • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16 • 6:35 P.M. Riders Field • Frisco, TX RHP Hans Crouse (0-1, 3.46) vs. RHP J.P. France (3-2, 3.64) Video: MiLB.tv • Audio: Hooks Broadcast WINN IMPRESSES, RIDERS BLANKED IN OPENER AGAINST HOOKS: Despite Cole Winn’s strong outing, the Frisco RoughRiders fell to the Corpus Christi Hooks 3-0 in the opener of the series from Wha- RIDERS VS. HOOKS taburger Field on Tuesday evening. Winn (2-3) took the loss for Frisco even though he allowed just one run over his 6.1 innings while striking out five and walking two. The game was scoreless until the seventh inning when Winn was replaced by Josh Advocate, who 2021 ...................................................3-3 allowed a two-run home run to Hooks catcher Korey Lee. Corpus Christi added on in the bottom of the eighth with a Norel Gonzalez in Frisco ....................................3-2 RBI single to make it 3-0 and the Riders were turned away in the top of the ninth. It was the first shutout loss for Frisco since May in Corpus Christi ...................0-1 13th, when the Hooks also handed the Riders a blanking. In his Double-A debut, top Rangers prospect Josh Jung went 1-for-4 with a single. Colin McKee (2-0) took home the win for the Hooks, throwing two innings in relief. All-time ...................................227-249 in Frisco ..........................125-118 LOOK AT THAT MOVEMENT: The RoughRiders saw a few roster moves over the last couple of days with RHP Scott Engler, INF Ryan Dorow and RHP Joe Gatto all in Corpus Christi .........102-131 being promoted to Triple-A Round Rock. Engler went 1-0 with a 3.20 ERA over 12 games out of the bullpen while Gatto went 1-1 with RANGERS TOP 30 PROSPECTS a 0.98 ERA in 11 games. Dorow hit safely in 20 of his last 23 games, batting .349/.411/.628 over that stretch. In their wake, the Riders added INF Josh Jung, RHP Nick Snyder and INF Trace Loehr. 1. INF Josh Jung 3. RHP Cole Winn THE JUNG AND THE RESTLESS: 7. RHP Hans Crouse The Rangers top prospect and 2019 No. 8 overall pick Josh Jung made his RoughRiders debut on Tuesday in Corpus Christi. The for- 8. INF Davis Wendzel 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 9. INF Sherten Apostel 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 10. INF Anderson Tejeda RBIs over 40 games. Jung joining the RoughRiders gives them 10 total top-30 prospects (according to MLB.com). 11. OF Steele Walker THE STEELE OF THE GROUP: 16. RHP Ronny Henriquez The Riders Steele Walker has been on fire from the plate since the calender moved to June. He has reached in all eight June games, 19. RHP Yerry Rodriguez hitting .333 (10-for-30)/.375/.633 with three home runs, six RBIs and six runs scored. The Riders outfielder has collected back-to-back 23. RHP A.J. Alexy According to MLB Pipeline multi-hit games in the first two days of the series with Northwest Arkansas. Walker is well on pace for his career high of 10 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 23-home run season. RECORD THROUGH 36 GAMES COLOSSAL APOSTEL: 2021 ................................................ 21-15 Sherten Apostel has been swinging a hot bat for the Riders over the last few games. Since June 5th, Apostel is hitting .344 (11-for- 2019 ................................................ 20-16 32)/.421/.625 over nine games with three home runs and five RBIs. On Thursday, he collected 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 this season for the Riders (Bubba Best record ..............(5/26) ...........13-5 Thompson on May 6th against Midland and Josh Stowers, who also accomplished the feat on Thursday against Northwest Arkansas. Worst record ...........(5/15) ............. 6-4 120-game pace ......................... 70-50 THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SECOND PLACE: The RoughRiders enter their 37th game of the season on Wednesday having never been anywhere but first place in the Double-A Central South Division in 2021. The Riders own a slim 0.5 game lead on San Antonio in the South after loss on Tuesday. Frisco has the second-best run differential in the Double-A Central (+26). The last time the RoughRiders finished the season with a positive run TEDDY FUN FACT OF THE DAY differential was 2014 (+104), also their last winning season. Roosevelt died in Cove Neck, New NOT JUST JOSHING YOU: York. Outfielder Josh Stowers has been crushing the baseball for Frisco over the last week. In his last 11 games, he is batting .290 (9-for- 31)/.476/.806 with one double, five home runs, nine RBIs and 11 walks. Out of the five homers, three came in a two-game stretch. During the 11-game span, Stowers has raised his batting average from .069 to .183 (114 points) and his OPS from .401 to .864 (463 points). His OPS of 1.659 since June 6th is the best in Double-A (among those with at least six games played) and second in all of Minor League Baseball. STARTING IT OFF ON A GOOD NOTE: COMMUNICATIONS From May 9th to June 6th, the Riders starters over 24 games only allowed seven runs over 90.0 IP (0.70 ERA) while striking out 108 batters and just walking 28. During that stretch, the overall Riders starters’ ERA dropped from 6.11 to 1.69. Even after a tough series Compiled by Zach Bigley against Northwest Arkansas, the Riders starters ERA sits at 2.47 on the season, the best in Minor League Baseball (Hudson Valley second at 2.54). 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 17th 4:05 p.m. at Corpus Christi Hooks RHP Yerry Rodriguez (0-1, 2.76) LHP Jonathan Bermudez (2-2, 3.81) @RidersBaseball June 17th TBD at Corpus Christi Hooks RHP Noah Bremer (1-1, 7.88) RHP Joe Record (0-0, 5.32) June 18th 7:05 p.m. at Corpus Christi Hooks LHP Jake Latz (1-0, 2.89) RHP Hunter Brown (0-3, 6.05) June 19th 7:05 p.m. at Corpus Christi Hooks RHP A.J. Alexy (1-0, 0.93) LHP Parker Mushinski (0-1, 5.92) RIDERS HORSESHOES Sherten Apostel: L9G: .344 (11-for-32)/.421/.625 with 3 HR, 5 RBIs... 5 hits from 5/20-6/3 (12G) before 11 hits in last nine games Jordan Procyshen: 8G hitting streak ended on Thursday: .385 (10-for-26)/.515/.692 w/ 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBIs, 5 BB, 7 K, 7 RS Diosbel Arias: L19G: .314 (22-for-70) with 2 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 6 BB, 10 K, 1 SB...Owns most mult-hit games on Riders (10) Josh Stowers: L8G: .304 (7-for-23)/.484/1.000 with 1 2B, 5 HR, 9 RBIs, 8 BB, 5 K, 1.484 OPS...1st 2 HR game of MiLB career on Thurs. Jax Biggers: L8G: .148 (4-for-27)/.233/.259 with 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 BB, 7 K, 3 RBIs... Played at 2B (23G), 3B (1G) and LF (4G) for Riders 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...First Double-A hit in first AB, single to left on Tues. Bubba Thompson: L16G: .297 (19-for-64)/.384/.453 with 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 8 RBIs, 7 BB, 12 RS, 4 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: 8G hitting streak: .429 (12-for-28) w/ 2 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBIs, 5 BB, 5 RS, 1.122 OPS... Avg from .162 to .240, OPS from .514 to .692 Steele Walker: 8G On-Base Streak: .333 (10-for-30)/.375/.633 with 3 HR, 6 RBIs, 2 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.... Reach in 4 of last 5 games: .409 OBP, .880 OPS during stretch with 5 BB ROUGHRIDERS STARTING PITCHER SINGLE-GAME HIGHS HANS CROUSE Season Highs IP ...................................4.0 (6/10 vs. NWA) HT: 6’5 WT: 210 H ......................................5 (6/10 vs. NWA) BATS: Left THROWS: Right R .......................................3 (6/10 vs. NWA) 13 ER ....................................3 (6/10 vs. NWA) AGE: 22 BIRTHDAY: Sept. 15, 1998 # BB .......................................3 (5/29 at MID) SO ....................................6 (6/10 vs.