Young Guns
May 28, 2016 - Texas League (TL1)
Midland RockHounds News Release
Midland RockHounds Pitcher Joey Wagman
(Midland RockHounds, Credit: Frank Longobardo)
The two newest members of the RockHounds pitching staff led the club to a 2-1 win over Tulsa on Friday night. Joey Wagman and Kyle Finnegan scattered nine hits and, backed by a very solid defense, kept the Drillers at bay after Matt Chapman's RBI single broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth.
Wagman, making his third start of the season for the 'Hounds, pitched into the seventh. The last batter he faced, Lars Anderson, was the first man that Wagman walked over his 6.1 innings (he struck out three). Finnegan came out of the bullpen and ended the one-out threat with one pitch when Paul Hoenecke bounced into a 5-4-3 double play (the RockHounds went around the horn to end both the sixth and seventh).
Tulsa starter Brock Stewart was "as good as advertised," entering ... and exiting ... the game with a 1.25 ERA and a strikeouts-to-walks ratio of nearly six-to-one. Stewart pitched into the eighth, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits, with no walks and nine strikeouts.
The teams traded runs in the fourth, with Tyler Marincov driving in Brett Vertigan with a single to right in top half of the inning, and the Drillers answered on Jacob Scavuzzo's RBI single to left, scoring Willie Calhoun with the tying run, in the home half of the frame.
Vertigan led off the sixth with a "Rembrandt" of a bunt, one that rolled to a stop on the edge of the third base chalk line. Hoenecke's brilliant diving stop at the bag at third turned Yairo Munoz's would-be double down the line into an infield single, but Chapman followed with a broken-bat (shattered is more like it) single to left, bringing Vertigan in with what would be the game winner (Vertigan scored both of the club's runs and added a stolen base). Finnegan pitched the last 2.2 innings for his first Double-A save (the second of his career overall).
Images from this story
 Midland RockHounds Pitcher Joey Wagman (Frank Longobardo) |
• Discuss this story on the Texas League message board...
Texas League Stories from May 28, 2016
- Drillers Bounce Back with 8-2 Win over Midland - Tulsa Drillers
- Rodriguez Sharp But Missions Drop a Close One to Travs - San Antonio Missions
- Two-Out Offense Vaults Naturals to 6-5 Win in Extras - Northwest Arkansas Naturals
- Cards Rally Late for 5-4 Walk-Off Win on Saturday - Springfield Cardinals
- Three Homers Not Enough for Riders as Cards Rally Late - Frisco RoughRiders
- Naturals Even Series - Corpus Christi Hooks
- Riders Game Notes - 6:10 p.m. at Springfield Cardinals - May 28, 2016 - Frisco RoughRiders
- Meet Louie at the AT&T Store on Saturday and Make Dreams Come True - Springfield Cardinals
- Young Guns - Midland RockHounds
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
