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TL1 Frisco RoughRiders

Riders Game Notes - 7:05 p.m. at Tulsa Drillers - May 24, 2016

May 24, 2016 - Texas League (TL1)
Frisco RoughRiders News Release


Riders: RHP Connor Sadzeck (5-0, 3.51 ERA)

Drillers: RHP Chase De Long (3-4, 3.14 ERA)

Today's game can be heard on the RoughRiders Radio Network at Ridersbaseball.com/media, online and on mobile devices via TuneIn Radio, or on the MiLB First Pitch App. The Dr Pepper Pregame Show with Steve Goldberg begins at 6:30 p.m. prior to the first pitch at 7:05 p.m. with game coverage from Nathan Barnett and Ryan Rouillard. Today's pregame show guest is RHP John Fasola.

LAST TIME OUT:

The Riders finished off their eighth series win of the year with their most lopsided win of the season, knocking off San Antonio, 11-1...LUIS ORTIZ earned the win in his Double-A debut, going six innings while giving up one run on seven hits, with one walk, and six strikeouts...The Riders scored eight of their 11 runs between the second and fourth innings...Four players had muti-hit performances, led by the 3-for-5 day for RONALD GUZMAN...ZACH CONE came on as a pinch-hitter and finished 2-for-2 with a double and a three-run home run.

YU SAW SOMETHING SPECIAL:

Right-handed pitcher YU DARVISH made his third Major League rehabilitation start with the Riders Sundaday against San Antonio. The three-time American League All-Star worked six scoreless innings and allowed just three hits, while walking one and striking out six. Of Darvish's 87 pitches, 56 were strikes. Darvish started two other games for Frisco on May 1 and May 17, and he also made two starts with Triple-A Round Rock. The Rangers announced Monday that he will make his season debut Saturday vs. Pittsburgh.

MOVIN' ON UP:

Friday, the Rangers promoted a trio of top prospects in the farm system to Frisco. Right-handed pitcher LUIS ORTIZ, the fourth-ranked prospect in the farm system by MLBPipeline.com, highlights the group of newcomers. Ortiz was 3-2 with a 2.60 ERA in seven outings with Class A-Advanced High Desert this year. Left-handed pitcher YOHANDER MENDEZ (No. 13, MLBPipeline.com) and infielder EVAN VAN HOOSIER (No. 18) were also added to the roster.

JOSE TO TRIPLE-A:

While a new wave of talent has arrived, the RoughRiders are starting to see some of their stars leave for higher levels. Monday, right-handed pitcher JOSE LECLERC was promoted to Triple-A Round Rock. As a reliever, he had a 1.20 ERA in eight appearances. Leclerc joins ALEX BURG (Triple-A) and MATT BUSH (Rangers) as Riders players to have earned a promotion this year.

TRIO OF RIDERS EARN MONTHLY HONORS:

Thursday, three Riders were awarded monthly honors by the Rangers. RYAN CORDELL earned Player of the Month honors, while ISIAH KINER-FALEFA was named Defender of the Month. Left-hander RYNE SLACK garnered the Reliever of the Month award.

RIDING INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS:

Frisco's 30-13 record is the best through 43 games in team history, two games ahead of the 2008 RoughRiders who were 28-15 at this point. The 2008 squad finished with an 84-56 record and lost to Arkansas in the Texas League championship series.

GOING STREAKING:

RYAN CORDELL had his impressive 37-game on-base streak snapped last Thursday in Midland. Cordell has since reached safely in his last four games, and has reached base in 41 of 42 games he's played. He's recorded hits in 36 of the 41 games he's been aboard, and has reached more than once in 19 games. Cordell's streak was the longest for Frisco since Jurickson Profar put a 50-game string together in 2012.

VIEW FROM THE TOP:

In addition to Cordell's impressive on-base streak, he also leads the Texas League in numerous categories. The Riders outfielder tops the Texas League in RBI (38), runs (38), and extra-base hits (24). Cordell is also on the leaderboard in average (4th, .329), home runs (3rd, 10), slugging percentage (3rd, .627), and triples (T-2nd, 3).

MULTI-HIT MADNESS:

Multi-hit performances have become a consistent trend up and down the Riders lineup this year. There have alrady been 99 multi-hit performances out of a possible 387 lineup spots (25.6%). 25 of the 99 multi-hit performances are with three or more hits. RONALD GUZMAN leads the Riders with 16 multi-hit games and is one of four players to have at least 10 games with two or more hits.

STARTING SERIES STRONG:

The Riders have gotten off to great starts in series this season, winning nine of their first 12 series openers.All three series-opening losses have been one-run defeats. The Riders have won eight of their first 12 series, including five sweeps (Northwest Arkansas 2x, San Antonio 2x, Midland).

"ONE"-DERFUL IN CLOSE GAMES:

Despite leading the Texas League in run differential (+64), Frisco has played in 13 one-run contests over the last 26 games (7-6). The Riders have a 9-6 record in games decided by one run this year and are 5-1 in games decided by two runs. Only Midland has played more one-run games than the Riders (16) this season.

CUT THEM SOME SLACK:

Reliever RYNE SLACK saw an impressive stretch come to an end in the eighth inning of last Saturday's game in Corpus Christi. The southpaw began the season with 14 1/3 scoreless innings between April 8 and May 8 until the Hooks finally tagged him for two runs on May 14. In total, he's allowed earned runs in just two of his 12 outings, and his .102 opposing average is still the best in the Texas League.

RANGER DANGER:

The RoughRiders aren't the only Rangers affiliate with a winning record. Overall, the Rangers farm system is 107-64 (.626), which is the second-best winning percentage among all Minor League systems behind Cleveland. Every full-season affiliate in the organization has a record above .500, as Class A-Advanced High Desert enters the day at 28-16, Class A Hickory is 27-16, and Triple-A Round Rock is 23-19. Round Rock was recently ranked the fifth-best Minor League team (any level) by MLB.com's Jim Callis.

TOP OF THE CLASS:

The RoughRiders roster includes eight players ranked on either the MLBPipeline.com and/or Baseball America Rangers Top 30 Prospects list. LEWIS BRINSON, the No. 2 prospect in Rangers' farm system according to MLBPipeline.com and Baseball America, returns to Frisco. He appeared in 28 games for the Riders last season, hitting .291 with six home runs and 23 RBI before being promoted to Round Rock.LUIS ORTIZ (No. 4 in MLBPipeline.com, No. 4 in BA) is the highest-ranked pitching prospect on the squad. Aside from Brinson and Ortiz, YOHANDER MENDEZ (13, 24), RYAN CORDELL (14, , No. 11), EVAN VAN HOOSIER (18, 23),RONALD GUZMAN (22, 29), SAM WOLFF (26, NR), and CONNOR SADZECK (27, 26) rank among Rangers top 30 prospects.

OPPOSING STARTER:

Right-handed pitcher Chase De Jong takes the ball for Tulsa tonight in the series opener. The 22-year-old is in his fifth season as a pro, but his first full season with the Dodgers organization after coming over from the Toronto organization last July in a trade for international slot value. He spent the remainder of last season with Class A-Advanced Rancho Cucamonga, before joining the Drillers this year. De Jong enters the season ranked the 18th-best Dodgers prospect by MLBPipeline.com and 16th by Baseball America. He has turned in quality starts in half of his eight outings, including two scoreless seven-inning starts. REPERTOIRE: Fastball (88-92, T94), curveball, changeup.

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