Freddy Krueger Night At The Ballpark
Published on September 1, 2010 under Texas League (TL1)
Midland RockHounds News Release
In the last of the first inning Tuesday night, San Antonio's lead-off hitter sent a routine ground ball between first and second. Jemile Weeks misplayed the ball ... a seemingly harmless error on a simple dropped ball. Simple, yes. Harmless, no. This game, like Freddy's Elm Street Nightmare, was not pretty.
The error lead to a pair of unearned runs in the first inning ... RockHounds pitchers walked 14 batters (two intentionally) and hit one ... a pop fly between third and short dropped (for a hit) within the reach of both defenders ... and the miscue led to a pair of runs, both of which scored on wild pitches. The Missions scored eight runs on seven singles, including the pop-up that dropped and three Texas Leaguers.
San Antonio's 8-3 win brings the Missions to within three games of the Rockounds in both the second half and wild card races.
The RockHounds' "magic number" to clinch a playoff spot is four (any combination of RockHounds wins and San Antonio losses toalling four), so two wins over San Antonio in the remaining three games of the series would "get it done," but not if there are additional Freddy Krueger Nights in the offing.
Personnel move: The Oakland A's have promoted Corey Brown to (AAA) Sacramento and outfielder Jermaine Mitchell from the (Advanced-A) Stockton Ports to the RockHounds. Corey was namd to the 2010 Texas League All-Star Team after hitting .320 in 90 games with the 'Hounds. Mitchell, who played in 30 games early in the season for the RockHounds, was hitting .309 for Stockton, with 10 HR, 32 RBI and 21 stolen bases. Jermaine hit .370 in July for Stockton.
The RockHounds play at San Antonio through Friday before returning to Citibank Ballpark for a 3-game Labor Day weekend series against Frisco.
The pennant race & the wild card: The RockHounds lead first half champion Frisco by two games in the South, with San Antonio now back to within three games of the top spot. Corpus Christi is six out with six to play.
If Frisco wins the second half, the wild card race takes effect. The RockHounds also lead San Antonio by three games for the wild card playoff berth with Corpus Christi on the verge of elimination, five games out.
There are six (6) games remaining in the 2010 Texas League regular season.
Wednesday's Probable Starters RockHounds Graham Godfrey (RH, 0-1, 5.68) San Antonio Jeremy Hefner (RH, 10-8, 3.10)
Game time 7:05 p.m. ... Nelson Wolff Stadium ... San Antonio, TX Broadcast 6:50 p.m. on My Country 96.1-FM
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