July 3 - RoughRiders Game Notes
July 3, 2022 - Texas League (TL)
Frisco RoughRiders News Release
ANOTHER BLANKING: The RoughRiders used Owen White and Seth Nordlin to pitch their fifth shutout of the season on Friday. Through 74 games, the Rides are on pace for nine shutouts on the year. Last season, the Riders had eight shutouts on the season. In 2021, the Riders had a 3.98 ERA while this year's club has a 4.86 team ERA.
J.P. STANDS FOR JUST PERFORM: Riders outfielder J.P. Martinez has been lethal at the plate this season for the Riders. After cracking his ninth home run on Friday, Martinez now has an active-team-high .897 OPS while leading the team in OBP (.409), runs (52), triples (5) walks (40) and stolen bases (25). His OBP is also ninth in the league while he is second in triples and stolen bases and ninth in runs.
JONNY ON THE SPOT: Riders infielder Jonathan Ornelas has been on fire at the plate all season long, but recently, he has been even better. Over his last 18 games, Ornelas is hitting .338 (26-for-77)/.358/.468 with two doubles, a triple, two home runs, nine RBIs and seven runs. This sea- son, he leads the Riders with 30 multi-hit games and 14 games with three or more hits. Ornelas is the second-leading active hitter in the Texas League with a .330 batting average while he is first in hits (92). He is tied for second in hits in MiLB.
IT'S ABOUT STRAHM TIME: Riders outfielder Kellen Strahm started off slowly, but he has started to turn his offensive game around. Since May 27th, over his last 27 games, Strahm is hitting .374 (34-for-91)/.462/.516 with four doubles, three home runs, 15 walks, 19 runs and eight RBIs. In that stretch, Strahm has raised his average from .148 to .267 and his OPS from .528 to .762. The Eugene, Oregon native is riding an 20-game on-base streak (tied with Justin Foscue for the longest streak on the Riders this season), in which he is hitting .351/.429/.527 with 10 walks. The streak is the longest active in the Texas League and the second-longest active in Double-A. In his last 33 games, he is batting .336/.427/.451/.878.
WHAT(LEY) IN THE WORLD: Riders catcher Matt Whatley is currently riding a career-best 10-game hitting streak at the plate. Over his last 10 games, he is hitting .333 (13-for-39)/.325/.359 with four RBIs and five runs. During the stretch, Whatley has raised his average from .188 to .243.
The Oklahoma native had a career-high .295 batting average in 2017 after being drafted in the third round.
THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER: Frisco has played a lot of close games this season and when scoring or allowing three runs, the Riders have seen a pretty predict- able result. This season, the Riders are 4-22 when scoring three runs or fewer and 20-3 when allowing three runs or fewer.
NO ONE MAN SHOULD HAVE ALL THAT POWER: The RoughRiders have relied heavily on the home run ball this season. Through 74 games, Frisco has hit 96 long balls (1.3 per game) which is the third-most in the Texas League. At this rate, the RoughRiders would finish the season with 179 home runs, a mark which would be the most in franchise history (topping 2007 when Frisco hit 176 home runs). Out of their 74 total games, the Riders have hit home runs in 50 games, which means that when they hit a home run, they are averaging 1.9 home runs per game when they hit them. In the 24 games that the Riders have not hit a home run, Frisco is just 11-13. Trey Hair and Dustin Harris have the team lead with 13, tied for seventh in the league.
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