Texas League Update
September 21, 2009 - Texas League (TL1) News Release
Championship Series Notes
The 18 hits by Northwest Arkansas in game one were the most in a Texas League Championship Series game since Wichita recorded 20 on September 14, 1999 in an 18-8 game two romp over Tulsa, and the most for a visiting club since Tulsa had 21 hits in an 18-7 game two win over Fort Worth on September 23, 1948.
Midland's five errors were the most in any playoff game since El Paso committed six on September 6, 1994 in an 8-7, 10-inning TLCS win at Jackson, while it was the most for a home ballclub in a post-season game since Amarillo committed five miscues in a 12-4, TLCS game one loss against Arkansas on September 7, 1971.
The runs in seven straight innings by Northwest Arkansas in game one:
Most in a Texas League post-season game since
September 14, 1999
Wichita (runs in 1st thru 7th) vs. Tulsa
Game 2, Championship Series
Wichita 18, Tulsa 8
Most by a road team in a post-season game since:
September 27, 1925
Atlanta (runs in 3rd thru 9th) vs. Fort Worth
Game 4, Dixie Series
Atlanta* 12, Fort Worth 7
*not a Texas League team
Northwest Arkansas is the first Texas League road team ever to score in more than five straight innings in any playoff game in league history.
El Paso scored in five consecutive innings from the fifth-ninth in a game three, 5-0 road win over Tulsa on September 6, 1988.
The five-run deficit overcome by Midland in game two:
Most in a Texas League post-season game since
September 6, 1994
El Paso (5-run deficit) @ Jackson
Game 3, Championship Series
El Paso 8, Jackson 7 (10 innings)
Jackson led 6-1 after 3rd inning
In game two, Northwest Arkansas and Midland each had five-run innings.
That is the first time two Texas League teams accomplished that in a post-season game since:
September 19, 1950
San Antonio (5; top 2nd inning) @ Tulsa (5; bottom 4th inning)
Game 2, Championship Series
San Antonio 10, Tulsa 9
MORE NOTES: The RockHounds hit a combined seven home runs in back-to-back games in games three and four. That is the most homers in back-to-back Championship Series games by one team since Fort Worth in 1924 ... The 'Hounds game four, 12th-inning win gave them an extra-inning victory to clinch the Texas League Championship. Corpus Christi most recently accomplished the feat in the 2006 title series, while Wichita was the last team to clinch in an extra-inning road game in 1987 ... Both the Naturals and RockHounds recorded 10 or more hits in all four games in the series. That is the first time in Texas League post-season history that each team has had 10 or more hits in each game of a series of any length ... Midland used eight pitchers in game four. It is unknown whether that is a post-season record ... Nine players had two or more home runs in the playoffs, the most since 10 players had multi-homer post-seasons in 1998.
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Texas League Postseason Statistics
Batting Average
Andrew Brown, Springfield .455 (5-for-11)
David Lough, NW Arkansas . 448 (13-for-29)
Shane Peterson, Midland .433 (13-for-30)
Home Runs
Josh Donaldson, Midland 3
8 others tied at 2.
Runs Batted In
Kurt Mertins, NW Arkansas 8
Jemile Weeks, Midland 8
Cody Clark, NW Arkansas 7
Runs Scored
Matt Spencer, Midland 9
David Lough, NW Arkansas 7
Corey Smith, NW Arkansas 7
Slugging Percentage
Shane Peterson, Midland .733
David Lough, NW Arkansas .724
Cedric Hunter, San Antonio .706
ERA (5+ innings)
Ernesto Frieri, San Antonio 0.00 (7 innings pitched)
Everett Teaford, NW Arkansas 0.00 (6 innings pitched)
Anthony Lerew, NW Arkansas 0.60 (15 innings pitched)
Brandon Dickson, Springfield 1.29 (7 innings pitched)
Tyson Ross, Midland 1.46 (12 1/3 innings pitched)
Wins
Anthony Lerew, NW Arkansas 2
Kyle Middleton, Midland 2
7 others tied at 1.
Saves
Jon Hunton, Midland 3
Jared Lansford, Midland 2
Aaron Hartsock, NW Arkansas 1
Evan Scribner, San Antonio 1
Strikeouts
Tyson Ross, Midland 19
Anthony Lerew, NW Arkansas 10
5 others tied at 8.
Shutouts
Anthony Lerew, NW Arkansas 1
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