Rangers Prospect Evan Carter Leads Power Surge at Frisco

All five of the Texas Rangers' minor league affiliates were in action on Saturday.

Triple-A Round Rock was at Oklahoma City, Double-A Frisco was hosting Midland, High Class-A Hickory was at Aberdeen and Class-A Down East was hosting Myrtle Beach. The ACL Rangers continue action in rookie league.

Here are the results from Saturday's games.

Rangers Minor League Roundup

Here are the results for the Texas Rangers minor league affiliates for Saturday, Aug. 6

Triple-A Round Rock

Round Rock (16-16, 60-46, 3rd, 5.0 GB) defeated Oklahoma City, 4-3, after LF Sandro Fabian’s (2-for-4, HR, 4 RBI) go-ahead grand slam in the 6th inning. 2B Justin Foscue (0-for-3, BB) drew a walk, 1B Blaine Crim (2-for-4, 2B) doubled, and SS Davis Wendzel (0-for-3, BB) walked to load the bases for Fabian’s big fly. DH Kevin Plawecki (2-for-4) finished with a multi-hit effort and is hitting .300 (6-for-20) for the Express since signing a minor-league contract with Texas on 7/28. In his first game with RR since 4/4, RHP Zak Kent (1 H, 0 R-ER, 0 BB, 3 SO) hurled 3.0 scoreless innings and allowed just 1 hit to pair with 3 strikeouts. RHP Cole Winn (W, 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R-ER, 3 BB, 4 SO) earned the win after tossing a trio of relief innings.

Double-A Frisco

Frisco (18-14, 49-51, T2nd, 2.0 GB) hit three home runs in its 6-2 win over Midland. CF Evan Carter (1-for-3, 2 BB, HR, 2 RBI) gave the ‘Riders the lead in the first inning with a 2-R home run to right field. DH Liam Hicks (2-for-4, HR, RBI) and C David Garcia (2-for-3, BB, HR, 2 RBI) followed suit with long balls of their own to give Frisco its third win of the series. SS Keyber Rodriguez (3-for-4, BB, 2B, RBI) tallied 3 hits and has gone 7-for-17 (.412) since being promoted to Double-A last week. The ‘Riders used an opener as RHP Matt Bush (2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R-ER, 2 BB, 3 SO) has posted a 0.84 ERA (1 ER/10.2 IP) across 8 G with the RoughRiders. RHP Justin Slaten (2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R-ER, 0 BB, 5 SO) punched out 5 of 7 BF in a pair of relief innings.

High Class-A Hickory

Hickory (24-10, 51-44, 1st, +3.5 GA) Hickory took its fifth straight game over Aberdeen with a 12-5 victory. CF Daniel Mateo (4-for-6, RBI) matched a season-high with 4 hits in the leadoff spot (also 6/18), including an RBI single in the 4th inning. RF Geisel Cepeda (2-for-5, HR, RBI) belted his 5th home run of the season for the ‘Dads, while SS Max Acosta (2-for-5, RBI) recorded his first multi-hit effort since 7/18. LF Wyatt Langford (2-for-5, BB, 2B) continued the hot start to his professional career, reaching 3 times in the contest. Langford is 5-for-14 (.357) with a 2B, 2 3B, and 2 RBI across 3 games with the Crawdads. RHP Jackson Leath (W, 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R-ER, 2 BB, 1 SO) earned the win after a pair of scoreless innings.

Class-A Down East

Down East (18-17, 55-41, T2nd, 4.0 GB) defeated Myrtle Beach, 3-2, on LF Tommy Specht ‘s (1-for-3, 2B, RBI) RBI double in the bottom of the 5th inning. The knock was the Woodies lone XBH of the contest and plated DH Zion Bannister (1-for-2) who singled earlier in the frame. CF Anthony Gutierrez (2-for-3) and 3B Miguel Villarroel (1-for-4) were responsible for Down East’s only other hits in the game. The Woodies got a strong effort from their bullpen as RHP Damian Mendoza (W, 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R-ER, 1 BB, 4 SO) and RHP Andy Rodriguez (S, 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R-ER,3 SO) combined for 4.1 shutout frames.

ACL Rangers

The ACL Rangers (18-27, 5th, 8.0 GB) lost to the ACL Guardians,5-4. 3B Christian Gonzalez (1-for-3, HR, 2 RBI) launched his first homer of the season and evened the game at 2 in the 3rd frame. SS Chandler Pollard (1-for-3, RBI) and LF Wady Mendez (0-for-3, RBI) each drove in runs. DH Sebastian Walcott (0-for-2, 2 BB) reached twice. RHP Nick Bautista III (1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R-ER, 3 BB, 3 SO) surrendered the go-ahead homer to suffer his team-high 5th loss of the season.