Jeff Hewitt

Jeff Hewitt

I’m a Dallas area sports fanatic for over 50 years living in Houston with my wonderful wife. I am a dad to 4 and a Poppi to 5 wonderful grandkids! I’m dealing with a disease called Transverse Myelitis, which limits some things but never baseball!

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Express shutout the Dodgers in their 4 hit win
Round Rock Express

Express shutout the Dodgers in their 4 hit win

The Round Rock Express line-up got a lot of help from their Pitchers last night in a 1-0 victory over the OKC Dodgers! The Express managed only 4 hits while 4 Express pitchers combined on a 3 hitter! The game was tied at 0-0 until the 6th inning. In the top of the 6th the Express scored the only score run of the night thanks to a sac-fly from designated hitter Nick Solak that scored centerfielder Bubba Thompson from 3rd. The 6 inning started with Bubba Thompson getting on 1st thanks to a error
RoughRiders win in a exciting finish
AA Frisco RoughRiders

RoughRiders win in a exciting finish

Frisco's offense wasn't at their best as they only managed three hits in their 3-2 victory over the Arkansas Travelers last night. However, they certainly made the hits they did get count. Their runs came from Designated hitter Sandro Fabian hitting a 2-run home run and a Justin Foscue sac-fly RBI. The RoughRiders held a 2-0 lead going to the bottom of the 8th. Reliever Grant Anderson (W,4-0) (BS,1) gave up a 2-out 2-run double to the Travelers. We go the the Top of the 9th tied at 2 a piece wi
RoughRiders shutout for the first time this season
AA Frisco RoughRiders

RoughRiders shutout for the first time this season

Right-hander Zak Kent made his 10th start of the season for the RoughRiders and did his part to push the team over the .500 mark where they had previously been living comfortably until the calendar rolled to June where they have gone 4-10. The problem is, the line-up didn't do their part and the RoughRiders fall below .500 for the first time this season. The RoughRiders missed their best chance to score in the bottom of the 1st inning. JP Martinez and Jonathan Ornelas each singled and Dustin H
Texas Rangers minor-league award winners for May
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Texas Rangers minor-league award winners for May

The Texas Rangers have announced their minor league players of the month for May, with three out of four spots going to players from the Frisco RoughRiders. The Rangers named winners for four awards: Player of the Month, Starting Pitcher of the Month, Relief Pitcher of the Month and Defender of the Month. The award winners are: Player of the Month Ezequiel Duran, 23, who recently made his Major League Debut, was part of the Joey Gallo trade. He became the 178th former RoughRider to make his
The Farm Report

The Farm Report: 4th edition

Welcome to The Farm Report. This is a weekly series that will highlight performances for each team throughout the entire Texas Rangers farm system. Week May 31- June 5 2022 Triple-A Round Rock Round Rock went 2-4 against the Oklahoma City Dodgers. Yohel Pozo hit a line of .389/.450/.611/1.061 with a home run and 3 RBI. Starting Pitcher Spencer Howard had a bounce back outing. He pitched 5 scoreless innings. It's the first scoreless outing hes thrown this season. He allowed four hits, thre
Rangers announce minor-league Players of the month: April
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Rangers announce minor-league Players of the month: April

The Texas Rangers announced their Minor League Players of the month for April today! Player of the Month Round Rock’s 23 year old OF Leody Taveras is the Rangers player of the month for April. Leody played in 19 games in April slashing a line of .377/.391/.635/1.026 with four home runs, 12 RBI and 3 stolen bases. Leody led the Pacific Coast League in batting average (.377) and hits (32) for the month of April. Leody’s best games of the month were April 8 against El Paso Leody went 5-for-5 w
RoughRiders lose 7-2 to the Tulsa Drillers
AA Frisco RoughRiders

RoughRiders lose 7-2 to the Tulsa Drillers

The Tulsa Drillers used four pitchers combined to hold the Frisco RoughRiders to two hits today in a 7-2 defeat. Frisco starter Avery Weems (L,1-3) went 4.2 innings giving up 6 hits 3 runs 7 strikeouts  Avery was relieved by Kevin Gowdy! Kevin had a rough day went 3 innings 5 hits 3 homers 4 runs 2 walks and a strikeout! And Chase Lee continues to have a great start going 1/3 of a inning just throwing 4 pitches and 3 were for strikes! RoughRiders hitters had a rough day at the plate. Jonathan
Ryan Dorow named player of the week!
Round Rock Express

Ryan Dorow named player of the week!

Round Rock infielder Ryan Dorow was named Pacific Coast league Player of the week for May 2-8. Ryan is the first Express player to win Player of the week this season. Dorow, 26, was selected by the Rangers in the 30th round (pick 914 overall) in 2017 from Adrian College. In 6 games (22 at bats) he had 10 hits, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 9 RBI. He slashed a line of .455 average .520 OBP and a .909 OPS! For the season in 82 at bats Ryan has a .256 avg with  2 home runs, 12 RBI’s .337 on-base percentag
Yosy Galan named player of the week
AA Frisco RoughRiders

Yosy Galan named player of the week

This week a few Texas Rangers Minor Leaguers were named player of the week. One of those players is in Low A with the Down East Wood Ducks. That would be Yosy Galan. Yosy Galan has been named Carolina League Player of the Week! Having a hot week like he did from May 2-8 where he hit for a .550 Avg, 2 HR, 7 RBI’s and a 1.571 OPS. For Yosy, this is his 2nd year in the Rangers minor league systen. His 1st season was in 2021 with the Rangers Rookie league playing in 51 games with 177 at bats. He h
Justin Foscue grand slam powers Riders to 10th win
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Justin Foscue grand slam powers Riders to 10th win

Frisco improved to 10-2 on the season with a 12-2 win tonight over the Naturals! The RoughRiders got great pitching from 5 different pitchers. Starter Justin Slaten went four innings giving up 2 hits which were 2 homers. He was a bit wild, issuing 5 walks but also had 5 strikeouts. Four relievers went 5 no-hit innings, issuing 3 walks with 7 strikeouts.  Nick Starr (W,1-0) went 1.1 innings with 2 strikeouts! Chase Lee continue has impressive start of the season going 1 inning 0 hits 1 walk 1 s
Latz Go! Bubba Thompson hit 1st Express HR in 2022
Round Rock Express

Latz Go! Bubba Thompson hit 1st Express HR in 2022

Baseball is officially back and officially counting now with the start of the Triple-A season. Fans were excited to welcome back their favorite team as 8,476 fans were in attendance for the Round Rock Express' season opener. Left-hander Jake Latz started for the Express against right-hander Jesse Scholtens and the El Paso Chihuahuas, the Padres Triple-A affiliate. We hate to be the bearer of bad news but the Express will not go 150-0 with their 13-1 loss tonight. You could say the Express hitte
The Down East Wood Ducks 2022 roster: Who’s on the team
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The Down East Wood Ducks 2022 roster: Who’s on the team

The Down East Wood Ducks 2022 roster was announced with 31 players which incudes: 17 pitchers (4 LHP), 3 catchers, 6 infielders, and 5 outfielders. Fifteen players return to play for Down East. Their first game will be against Carolina Mudcats for a 3-game road series April 8th before coming home for the Home Opener series against the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers. The only player ranked in the Texas Rangers Top 30 prospects is Maximo Acosta. Last season (2021) the Wood Ducks had a record of 72-4