Texas Rangers Prospect Racks Up Multiple Hits in Triple-A Debut

All five of the Texas Rangers' minor-league affiliates were in action on Tuesday, with four of them starting new series.

The Texas Rangers' minor league teams were all in action on Tuesday. 

The Triple-A Round Rock Express is hosting Albuquerque, the Double-A Frisco RoughRiders are at Corpus Christi, the High Class-A Hickory Crawdads were at Asheville and the Class-A Down East Wood Ducks were at Kannapolis.

Meanwhile, the Rangers' Arizona Complex League team continued action in Surprise. 

Rangers Minor League Report

Here are the results for the Texas Rangers' minor-league teams for Tuesday, Aug. 8.

Triple-A Round Rock

Round Rock (17-17, 61-47, 3rd, 5.0 GB) used a 4-run 8th inning to top Albuquerque, 10-5, in the series opener. 2B Jax Biggers (2-for-4, RBI) made his first start at the Triple-A level and was one of five Express batters with a multi-hit game. RF Elier Hernandez (1-for-4, BB) extended his hit streak to 13 games as the outfielder is 16-for-56 (.286) with 6 XBH across that span. SS Davis Wendzel (3-for-4, BB, 2B, HR, 3 RBI) belted his team-high 20th home run of the season, and is 1 of 7 players in the PCL with 20+ homers…RHP Owen White (4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R-ER, 3 BB, 3 SO) made the start for the E-Train and allowed 1 R-ER across 4.0 innings of work. RHP Chase Lee (1.0 IP,0 H, 0 R-ER, 0 BB, 3 SO) struck out the side in the 9th inning to secure the victory. 

Double-A Frisco

Frisco (19-15, 50-52, T2nd, 1.0 GB) RHP Ryan Garcia (6.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R-ER, 2 BB, 6 SO) threw 6.0 no-hit innings to blank Corpus Christi, 6-0…Garcia faced just 1 over the minimum and is the first Frisco pitcher to throw 5.1+ IP in a start since Garcia himself went 7.0 innings on 6/10 at the Hooks... RHP Reid Birlingmair (2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 RER, 0 BB, 3 SO) allowed the only hit in the contest as LHP Triston Polley (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R-ER, 0 BB, 1 SO) pitched a hitless 9th inning to complete the one-hitter. 3B Frainyer Chavez (1-for-4, HR, RBI) notched the first Double-A homer of his career in the 5th inning, while DH Trevor Hauver (1-for-2, 2 BB, 2 RBI) drove in a pair of runs and reached in 3 of 4 PA. RF Kellen Strahm (2-for-4, BB, RBI) was the only ’Rider with multiple hits. 

High Class-A Hickory

Hickory (26-10, 53-44, 1st, +4.0 GA) Hickory won its 7th straight game with a 4-1 victory over Asheville and have outscored its opponents, 56-19, across those 7 contests. RHP Jose Corniell (W, 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R-ER, 1 BB, 9 SO) set a season high with 9 SO and matched a season-high with 7 IP. It marked his 2nd consecutive ultra-quality start this season; last 2 starts: (14.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 13 SO). C Cody Johnson (3-for-4, HR, RBI) tallied a trio of hits and recorded 1 of the 3 long balls for the Crawdads. 1B Abimelec Ortiz (1-for-4, HR, RBI) and CF Daniel Mateo (1-for-4, HR, RBI) launched the other two homers. LF Wyatt Langford (0-for-3) was held hitless for the first time in his professional career. 

Class-A Down East

Down East (18-19, 55-43, T3rd, 6.0 GB) managed just 5 hits in the series opener against Kannapolis, falling 3-1. RHP Luis Ramirez (2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R-ER, 1 BB, 0 SO) retired 6 of 7 BF in the start before RHP Dylan MacLean (L, 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R-ER, 1 BB, 2 SO) allowed a pair of runs in the 4th inning. The Woodies drew within a run as a balk scored C Ian Moller (0-for-2, R, BB). However the Cannon Ballers plated another off RHP DJ McCarty (1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R-ER, 0 BB, 3 SO) to grab the two-run victory. 1B Miguel Villarroel (1-for-4, 2B) and RF JoJo Blackmon (1-for-2, BB, 2B) recorded Down East’s lone XBH. 

ACL Rangers

The ACL Rangers (18-29, 5th, 9.0 GB) allowed 7 runs across the final three innings to drop a 9-4 decision to the ACL Athletics. LF Wady Mendez (1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI) crushed his 2nd home run of the season, a 2-R shot in the 7th inning. RF Marcos Torres (1-for-3, BB, 2B) doubled while CF Maxton Martin (1-for-4) finished with a single. RHP Josh Gessner (3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R-ER, 0 BB, 6 SO) and RHP Ryan Lobus (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R-ER, 0 BB, 3 SO) combined to set down 12 of 14 BF and record 9 of the Rangers’ 16 strikeouts.

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