Headed up to College Station, so I'll try to keep this short.
Round Rock 9, San Antonio 2
W- Cionel Pérez (2-1)
L- Zack Brown (2-5)
RR home runs: Drew Ferguson (8, 2-run in 7th), Chas McCormick (3, 7 season; 3-run in 7th)
Two big innings propelled the E-Train to a series split.
Josh Rojas scored the first run of the evening on a wild pitch in the 1st. Drew Ferguson hit a two-run single in the 3rd and he came around to score on a Garrett Stubbs sac fly. Ferguson smacked a two-run homer in the 7th and Chas McCormick landed another haymaker when he clubbed a three-run home run later in the inning. The two of them, along with Alex De Goti and Nick Tanielu, finished with two hits on the night.
Cionel Pérez allowed a run on three hits, walked two, and struck out four in 5.2 innings of work. Kit Scheetz got the last out of the 6th with a strikeout. Joe Smith pitched a 1-2-3 7th, and Ralph Garza Jr. allowed a solo home run, walked one, and struck out two over the final two innings.
Round Rock is back home and they'll start a five-game series with Omaha at 7:05.
Amarillo 6, Corpus Christi 4
W- Lake Bachar (4-2)
L- Tommy DeJuneas (0-2, 1-4 season)
S- David Bednar (5)
CC home runs: Aníbal Sierra (3, 4 season; 2-run in 7th)
Corpus tied this game in the 7th... only to see Amarillo regain the lead and come away with the victory.
J.B. Bukauskas went six innings and allowed four runs on nine hits (solo and two-run homers), walked two, and struck out three. Tommy DeJuneas got the last two innings and he allowed two runs on two hits (solo homer), walked one, and struck out four.
Aníbal Sierra went 2-3 and his two-run shot in the 7th tied the game at 4. He also hit an RBI single in the 3rd. Stephen Wrenn drove in the other Corpus run with a sac fly in the 2nd.
Enoli Paredes faces Nick Margevicius at 6:05.
Myrtle Beach 3, Fayetteville 2
W- Jesús Camargo (2-2)
L- César Rosado (2-4)
Fayetteville home runs: None.
Myrtle Beach got two in the 8th to snatch a win from the Woodpeckers' grasp.
Michael Papierski scored both Fayetteville runs in this game. He came home when Jeremy Peña grounded into a force out in the 1st and scored the other run on Chandler Taylor's triple in the 3rd. Taylor finished 2-3 on the evening.
Shawn Dubin allowed a run on two hits, walked one, and struck out nine in seven innings. César Rosado and Peter Solomon pitched an inning apiece with varying results. Rosado allowed two runs on two hits and walked two in the 8th, while Solomon, making his first appearance since being activated from the IL, allowed a hit, walked one, and struck out two in a scoreless 9th.
Austin Hansen starts game three of this series and he'll face Alexander Vargas at 6:00 Eastern.
Quad Cities 7, Burlington 2
W- Cody Deason (5-3)
L- Cole Duensing (5-4)
The Banditos took the series as they went off for six runs in the 5th to seize control of this game. They also mowed down the Bees as Jonathan Bermúdez and Cody Deason combined to strike out 18.
Bermúdez, in his first career start, allowed two runs, one of which was an inherited runner that was charged to him, a solo homer, walked three, and struck out eight in 4.1 innings. Deason got the last 4.2 innings and he allowed a hit, walked two, and struck out a career-high ten.
Michael Wielansky went 2-3 with a couple of RBI singles. Alex McKenna also had two hits, one of which was an RBI single in that big 5th inning. He also stole a base (2) and scored twice. César Salazar finished with two hits and one of them was an RBI double.
Quad Cities will now begin a three-game series in Clinton. R.J. Freure will start game one and he'll face Tyler Mitzel at 6:30.
Aberdeen 3, Tri-City 0
W- Adam Stauffer (2-1)
L- Juan Pablo Lopez (1-2)
TC home runs: None.
The ValleyCats got blanked to extend their current skid to five games.
Korey Lee hit a triple out of the leadoff spot. Tri-City's only other hit in this game was a single from Zach Biermann.
Juan Pablo Lopez allowed three runs (two earned, one inherited runner charged to him) on four hits, walked two, and struck out three. Lupe Chavez allowed three hits, walked one, and struck out two in 4.1 innings, and Garrett Gayle worked around a walk to throw a scoreless 9th, striking out two.
Hunter Brown will start game two of this series. First pitch is at 7:00 Eastern.
DSL Astros 3, DSL Red Sox1 1
W- Misael Tamarez (1-2)
L- Carlos Velez (1-1)
S- Cristofer Mezquita (2)
DSL home runs: None.
The Domincan 'Stros scored three in the 4th and kept the Red Sox 1 in check.
Yohander Martinez scored their first run of the day by stealing home. Ayendy Ortiz, who finished 2-3 on the day, ripped a two-run double later in the inning.
Ronny Garcia went three innings and allowed a run on three hits, walked one, and struck out one. Misael Tamarez allowed three hits and walked two over four scoreless, and Cristofer Mezquita allowed two hits, walked one, and struck out four over the final two innings to get the save.
The Dominican 'Stros will face the Dodgers 1 (Bautista) at 11:00 AM Atlantic.
Friday's Stars
All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.
Ayendy Ortiz, IF, DSL Astros: 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI
Shawn Dubin, LHP, Fayetteville
7 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 BB, 9 K
Jonathan Bermúdez not pictured.
Quad Cities River Bandits pitchers: W 7-2 vs. Burlington
9 IP, 2 H (solo HR allowed), 2 ER, 5 BB, 18 K
Jonathan Bermúdez: 4.1 IP, H (solo HR), 2 ER, 3 BB, career-high 8 K
Cody Deason: W (5-3), 4.2 IP, H, 2 BB, career-high 10 K
Alex McKenna, OF, and Michael Wielansky, IF, Quad Cities
McKenna: 2-4, RBI, 2 R, SB (2)
Wielansky: 2-3, 2 RBI, R
Wielansky: 2-3, 2 RBI, R
Guadalupe Chavez, RHP, Tri-City
4.1 IP, 3 H, BB, 2 K
Drew Ferguson, OF, and Chas McCormick, OF, Round Rock
Ferguson: 2-4, HR (8), 4 RBI, 2 R
McCormick: 2-3, 3-R HR (3, 7 season)
Aníbal Sierra, SS, Corpus Christi
2-4, 2-R HR (3, 4 season), 3 RBI
