By Scott Lucas
AA: at Frisco 4, San Antonio 3 (12 innings)
Record: 34-25, +3.5, Magic Number 7
Blake Beavan continues to impress, throwing seven scoreless innings on 104 pitches. Beavan allowed seven hits, walked one and struck out four. In his last seven starts, he’s walked four and struck out 29.
Alas, he received no support. In the spirit of the World Cup, the teams refused to score until the 11th inning. Josh Lueke gave Frisco two more scoreless innings and fanned three, but Cody Eppley (1.42 ERA) surrendered a run in his second inning of work. The Riders retied the game on a Mitch Hilligoss single but couldn’t bring the winner home from third.
Brennan Garr allowed three runs in the top of the 12th. Frisco got two of them back and again had the winning run on third with two out, but Wes Bankston grounded out to end the game.
CF James Tomlin went 3-4 with a walk. Hilligoss has enjoyed his first four days in AA, going 2-4 with a walk and batting .417 overall.
Andrew Laughter was promoted from Bakersfield. That might seem odd given his results there (8.10 ERA, 20 baserunners in 10 innings). However, he spent most of 2008 and 2009 with the RoughRiders and needs to show he’s still capable of performing in AA.
Record: 34-25, +3.5, Magic Number 7
Blake Beavan continues to impress, throwing seven scoreless innings on 104 pitches. Beavan allowed seven hits, walked one and struck out four. In his last seven starts, he’s walked four and struck out 29.
Alas, he received no support. In the spirit of the World Cup, the teams refused to score until the 11th inning. Josh Lueke gave Frisco two more scoreless innings and fanned three, but Cody Eppley (1.42 ERA) surrendered a run in his second inning of work. The Riders retied the game on a Mitch Hilligoss single but couldn’t bring the winner home from third.
Brennan Garr allowed three runs in the top of the 12th. Frisco got two of them back and again had the winning run on third with two out, but Wes Bankston grounded out to end the game.
CF James Tomlin went 3-4 with a walk. Hilligoss has enjoyed his first four days in AA, going 2-4 with a walk and batting .417 overall.
Andrew Laughter was promoted from Bakersfield. That might seem odd given his results there (8.10 ERA, 20 baserunners in 10 innings). However, he spent most of 2008 and 2009 with the RoughRiders and needs to show he’s still capable of performing in AA.
