Around the Farm 4/14
Welcome to another edition of Around the Farm. This is a daily update taking you are the Texas Rangers farm system and going over the highlights of each game.
Let’s start with the Triple- A affiliate of the Texas Rangers.
Nashville Sounds (3-8)
Taylor Hearn (1-2, 3.86 ERA) got his 3rd start of the season today. He pitched 4 innings and allowed only 1 run on 2 hits. The strikeout pitch was working as he struck out 7 but he also walked 3. One of those walks, he issued with the bases loaded, walking in the run in the bottom of the 7th. He also had a wild pitch and hit a batter as well.
C.D. Pelham (18.90 ERA) didn’t record an out and allowed 2 runs on 3 walks.
Brady Feigl (1.42 ERA) pitched 2 scoreless innings. He allowed 2 hits and struck out 1.
To the offense…
Willie Calhoun is starting to get hot. He went 3-5 with 2 runs and hit his 2nd home run of the year. He is now hitting .286 his OPS is .900.
Andy Ibanez went 1-4 with a home run and 2 RBI. He is hitting .40
Matt Davidson went 1-3 hitting his 2nd home run of the year. His average is still under .200 at .179.
Frisco RoughRiders (8-2)
The Riders lost to the RockHounds by a final of 4-1.
Edgar Arredando (1-1, 3.97 ERA) got the start for the RoughRiders. He pitched 5 innings and allowed 3 runs on 5 hits, 2 walks and 4 strikeouts.
Wei-Chieh Huang (1.29 ERA) had a scoreless inning out of the pen with 1 strikeout.
James Jones (2.45 ERA) pitched 2 innings, allowing 1 run on 2 hits, 1 was a home run. He struck out 3.
Charles Leblanc went 3-4 and is hitting .395 on the year.
Alex Kowalczyk drove in the only RBI for the RoughRiders. He went 1-3 and is hitting .333.
Eliezer Alvarez was ejected by home thetplate umpire. I didn’t see it but my guess is due to arguing the strike zone.
Down East Wood Ducks (7-4)
The Wood Ducks are the Rangers High Affiliate and they shut out the Hillcats 8-0.
Noah Bremer (1-0, 3.72 ERA) pitched 5 innings and allowed 5 hits and walked 1 and struck out 2 but kept them scoreless.
Francisco Villegas (0.00 ) pitched 3 scoreless innings out of the pen and deserves a shout out. He allowed only 1 hit and struck out 2.
Peter Fairbanks (2.70)
Pitched a scoreless inning striking out 1.
The line-up
Leody Taveras wet 1-4 with a run, 1 RBI, 1 walk and 1 strikeout. His average is .395 and .926 OPS.
Anderson Tejeda has been on a tear recently. As you can see below he had a good day at the plate. He ended up going 2-5 with 2 runs and 3 RBI. He owns a .395 AVG and 1.110 OPS on the year and is in line for a promotion later on.
.@A_Tejeda12 goes deep twice as the Woodies shut out the Hillcats, 8-0
RECAP: https://t.co/0BXS1QRvKb pic.twitter.com/88nIL5GrV8
— Down East Wood Ducks (@GoWoodDucks) April 14, 2019
The Hickory Crawdads game was postponed today.
The Hickory Crawdads are 8-2 and are currently in 2nd place in the South Atlantic League.