TEXAS RANGERS MINOR LEAGUE REPORT: 08/06/10 Oklahoma RedHawks (AAA) Pacific Coast League Manager: Bobby Jones 59-52 1st Place 2.5 GA Thursday: W, 12-8 at Salt Lake Pitcher of Record: W - Eppley (1-1) The RedHawks won, 12-8, on the road at Salt Lake on Thursday night...RHP Doug Mathis (3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R-3 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR) started for the RedHawks...RHP Cody Eppley picked up the win, tossing 1.2 innings of scoreless relief...CF Craig Gentry was 3-for-5 with 3 RBI...1B Matt Brown was 3- for-5 with a double and triple...RF Brandon Boggs and LF Hernan Iribarren each registered two hits, 1 HR, and 2 RBI. Today’s Probable Starter: RHP Guillermo Moscoso (7-4, 4.95) Probable Rotation: 8/7 - Holland @ SLC, 8/8 - Kirkman @ COL, 8/9 - Beltre @ COL, 8/10 - Mathis @ COL Frisco RoughRiders (AA) Texas League Manager: Steve Buechele 21-19/59-50 2nd Place/2nd Half 1.0 GB Thursday: W, 7-3 vs. Midland Pitcher of Record: W - Snyder (3-4) ; SV - Jones (3) The RoughRiders won, 7-3, against visiting Midland on Thursday night...LHP Ben Snyder (5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R-ER, 3 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR) started and picked up the win...DH Johnny Whittleman was 3-of-4 with a double and 2 RBI, as he’s now tallied 3 straight multi-hit games...LF Jonathan Greene hit a two-run home run, his 2nd straight game with a round-tripper. Today’s Probable Starter: LHP Martin Perez (4-6, 5.61) Probable Rotation: 8/7 - Schlact @ SA, 8/8 - Ramirez @ SA, 8/9 - Bleier @ SA, 8/10 - OFF DAY Bakersfield Blaze (High-A) California League Manager: Bill Haselman 26-14/54-55 1st Place/2nd Half 6.0 GA Thursday: W, 6-3 at Visalia Pitcher of Record: L - Boscan (9-9) ; SV - Castillo (3) The Blaze won, 6-3, on the road at Visalia on Thursday night...RHP Wilfredo Boscan (6.1 IP, 8 H, 2 R-ER, 1 BB, 7 SO, 0 HR) started and picked up his 4th straight win for Bakersfield...has logged at least 6.0 innings in 7 of his last 8 starts...LF Miguel Velazquez was 3-for-4 with a home run, double and RBI...3B Erik Morrison was 1-for-4 with a 3-run homer. Today’s Probable Starter: RHP Carlos Pimentel (7-6, 4.68) Probable Rotation: 8/7 - Gomez @ SJ, 8/8 - Wieland @ SJ, 8/9 - OFF DAY, 8/10 - Ross @ HD Hickory Crawdads (Low-A) South Atlantic League Manager: Bill Richardson 22-16/62-46 2nd Place/2nd Half 1.5GB Thursday: PPD (Rain), vs. Asheville Pitcher of Record: N/A Thursday’s game was postponed due to inclement weather...the game will be made up as part of a doubleheader during the series in Asheville later in August. Today’s Probable Starter: RHP Braden Tullis (4-0, 2.98) Probable Rotation: 8/7 -M. De Los Santos @ GBO, 8/8- Ramirez @ GBO, 8/9 - Bell @ GBO, 8/10 - Brigham @ GBO Spokane Indians Northwest League Manager: Tim Hulett 5-4/27-20 T2rd place/2nd Half 1.0 GB Thursday: W, 11-2 vs. Salem-Keizer Pitcher of Record: W - Rojas (4-2) Spokane defeated Salem-Keizer, 11-2 on Thursday night...RHP Randol Rojas (6.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R-ER, 1 BB, 3 SO, 0 HR) started for the Indians and picked up the win, allowing 2 ER or less for his 9th straight game, including his 5th straight with 1 ER or less...SS Jurickson Profar was 1-of-3 with a double, 2 walks and SB...3B Mike Olt was 2-of-4 with a SB...1B Clark Murphy hit a 3-run homer...CF Jake Skole was 1-of-5 with a double. Today’s Probable Starter: Nick McBride (1-3, 4.75) Probable Rotation: 8/7 - Mendez vs. YAK, 8/8 - Grullon vs. YAK, 8/9- Henry vs. YAK, 8/10 - OFF DAY, 8-11 - Rojas (4-2, 2.28) @ YAK AZL Rangers Arizona League Manager: Jayce Tingler 20-16 T1st Place/1st Half 2.0 GA Thursday: W, 8-3 at AZL Reds Pitcher of Record: W - Haase (3-0) The AZL Rangers won their 5th straight, 8-3, over the host AZL Reds on Thursday...RHP Ezequiel Rijo (3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R-1 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR) started for the Rangers...RHP Anthony Haase (3-0) picked up the win, pitching 2.0 innings of scoreless relief...SS Luis Sardinas went 2-for-3 with a pair of walks...2B Odubel Herrera went 3-for-4 with an SB. Today’s Probable Starter: OFF DAY DSL Rangers Dominican Summer League Manager: Kenny Holmberg 31-20 1st Place 1.5 GA Thursday: W, 7-0 at DSL Tigers Pitcher of Record: David Perez (4-4, 1.53) The DSL Rangers won on the road, shutting out the DSL Tigers...David Perez started (7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R-ER, 0 BB, 4 SO, 0 HR and won his 3rd straight decision, combining with RHP Jorge De Jesus for a 3-hit shutout...Perez has held opponents scoreless in 4 straight starts, and has allowed 1 ER or less in 8 straight appearances. RECENT TRANSACTIONS August 3: C Kellin Deglan promoted to SPO from AZ. August 2: LHP Chad Bell promoted to HIC from SPO...RHP Tyler Tufts promoted to FRI from HIC...INF Ed Koncel activated from DL at HIC. Salt Lake Bees (58-55) 8, Oklahoma City RedHawks (59-52) 12 August 5, 2010 123456789RHE Okla. City 04600100112 18 0 Salt Lake 1202102008 12 0 Okla. City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Salt Lake AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Gentry, CF 5133001.309Evans, T, CF 3024100.256 Boggs, B, RF 6 1 2 2 0 3 2 .283 Figueroa, L, SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .318 German, 3B 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 .270 Ryan, DH 4210113.296 Brown, M, 1B 5 3 3 0 0 0 1 .308 Trumbo, RF 3 0 0 0 2 2 3 .288 Garko, DH 3111201.243McAnulty, 1B 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 .321 Ramirez, M, C 4122000.262Conger, C 5 0 2 1 0 0 3 .272 Iribarren, LF 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 .243 Frandsen, 3B 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 .250 Petit, G, SS 4230002.269Gorneault, LF 3 2 1 0 2 2 3 .192 Rodriguez, Guild, 2B 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 .259 Meyer, D, 2B 5010036.259 Mathis, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Diaz, Am, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Eyre, W, P 0000000.000 DeHoyos, P 0000000.000 Eppley, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Walden, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scheppers, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cassevah, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Madrigal, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Houston, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Strop, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 8 12 7 7 8 25 .276 Totals 39 12 18 11 5 3 12 .275 BATTING BATTING 2B: Brown, M (15, Diaz, Am), Petit, G (17, Diaz, Am). TB: Evans, T 2; Figueroa, L; Ryan; McAnulty 3; Conger 2; 3B: Brown, M 2 (4, Diaz, Am, Walden). Frandsen; Gorneault; Meyer, D. HR: Iribarren (4, 2nd inning off Diaz, Am, 1 on, 1 out), Boggs, RBI: McAnulty (34), Evans, T 4 (48), Figueroa, L (56), Conger B (9, 3rd inning off DeHoyos, 1 on, 2 out). (30). TB: Gentry 3; Boggs, B 5; Brown, M 8; Garko; Ramirez, M 2; 2-out RBI: McAnulty; Evans, T 2. Iribarren 5; Petit, G 4; Rodriguez, Guild 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Conger; Gorneault; RBI: Garko (38), Iribarren 2 (49), Gentry 3 (33), Ramirez, M 2 Trumbo; Figueroa, L; Meyer, D. (16), Rodriguez, Guild (6), Boggs, B 2 (42). SF: Figueroa, L; Evans, T. 2-out RBI: Gentry; Boggs, B 2. GIDP: McAnulty; Figueroa, L. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: German; Rodriguez, Team RISP: 5-for-16. Guild; Boggs, B. Team LOB: 10. SF: Ramirez, M; Gentry. GIDP: Iribarren. FIELDING Team RISP: 7-for-13. Outfield assists: Trumbo (Rodriguez, Guild at home), Evans, T Team LOB: 8. (Petit, G at 3rd base). DP: (Meyer, D-Figueroa, L-McAnulty). BASERUNNING Pickoffs: Diaz, Am (Gentry at 1st base). SB: Petit, G (12, 2nd base off Houston/Conger), Rodriguez, Guild 2 (4, 2nd base off Houston/Conger, home off DeHoyos/Conger), Gentry (11, 2nd base off DeHoyos/Conger). PO: Gentry (1st base by Diaz, Am). FIELDING DP: 2 (Mathis, D-Petit, G-Brown, M, Brown, M-Petit, G). Okla. City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Salt Lake IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Mathis, D 3.04332104.78 Diaz, Am (L, 3-4) 2.1 9 7 7 2 1 1 4.89 Eyre, W 1.13333103.70 DeHoyos 1.23332013.59 Eppley (W, 1-1) 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 3.14 Walden 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.50 Scheppers 1.0 3 2 2 1 1 0 4.02 Cassevah 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 4.32 Madrigal (H, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.63 Houston 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3.86 Strop 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.21 Totals 9.0 18 12 12 5 3 2 5.11 Totals 9.0 12 8 8 7 8 0 3.81 HBP: Frandsen (by Mathis, D), Petit, G (by DeHoyos).