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TL1 Frisco RoughRiders

Riders Game Notes - 7:05 p.m. at Tulsa Drillers - May 25, 2016

May 25, 2016 - Texas League (TL1)
Frisco RoughRiders News Release


Riders: LHP Victor Payano (4-1, 3.40 ERA)

Drillers: RHP Tim Shibuya (0-1, 0.69 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 starting pitcher Luis Ortiz.

LAST TIME OUT:

The Riders were blanked 3-0 by the Tulsa Drillers on Tuesday night behind seven dominant innings from Tulsa's Chase De Jong who allowed just two baserunners...Frisco's CONNOR SADZECK matched his seven innings but allowed a pair of runs to score in the fourth and another marker in the sixth, suffering his first loss of the season...The lone Riders hits against De Jong came from LUIS MENDEZ, a single leading off the first, and RONALD GUZMAN, who tripled to open the fifth...Manager JOE MIKULIK and third baseman Mendez were both ejected after a runner's interference call at second base to end the top of the seventh, the only inning in which Frisco had more than one baserunner.

SOONER STATE SHUT DOWN:

Falling 3-0 last night, the Riders were shut out for just the third time this year. The club is now 3-3 in shutout games, playing in only six such games, tied for the second fewest in the league (with NW Arkansas; Midland has played in just four). Meanwhile Tulsa's five shutout wins is now second-most in the circuit, trailing just Corpus Christi (6-2 in shutout games).

SHAKE AND BAKE:

The Texas Rangers announced roster moves affecting the Riders roster on Wednesday, with left-handed pitcher JUAN GRULLON heading to Extended Spring Training and right-hander ADAM PARKS coming off the DL. Parks is second on the team with three saves and his 14.2 SO/9.0 IP is the best rate on the team despite missing 16 games.

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. Both Mendez and Ortiz earned the win in their Double-A debuts, and Van Hoosier has a hit in all four of the games he's played in thus far.

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 who have earned a promotion this year. Leclerc made his Triple-A debut last night, allowing one run in two innings of work on two hits in Round Rock's 3-0 loss to Tacoma.

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 30-14 record is the best through 44 games in team history, one games ahead of the 2008 RoughRiders who were 29-15 at this point. The 2008 squad finished with an 84-56 record and lost to Arkansas in the Texas League championship series.

VIEW FROM THE TOP:

Frisco outfielder RYAN CORDELL has been one of the best offensive players in the league thus far. In addition to an impressive, league-best 37-game on-base streak earlier this year, 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, .321), home runs (3rd, 10), slugging percentage (3rd, .611), 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 already been 99 multi-hit performances out of a possible 396 lineup spots (25.0%). 25 of the 99 multi-hit performances (25.5%) 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.

"ONE"-DERFUL IN CLOSE GAMES:

Despite leading the Texas League in run differential (+61), Frisco has played in 13 one-run contests over the last 27 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 (17) 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 111-68 (.620), 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 29-17, Class A Hickory is 28-17, and Triple-A Round Rock is 24-20. 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:

Signed by the Dodgers as a minor league free agent after the season began (4/23), today's starter Tim Shibuya makes his second start for Tulsa and fifth appearance for the Drillers...The former Twins farmhand has also made one outing at Triple-A Oklahoma City...Overall he is 0-1 with a 2.25 ERA but 0-1 with an 0.69 ERA for Tulsa in 13.0 innings of work...The 23rd rounder in 2011 out of DII UC San Diego and Jackson Hole High School (Jackson, WY) was released by the Twins at the end of Spring Training...He works with a upper 80s, low 90s fastball and has impeccable command, walking 1.4 batters per nine innings pitched in his career.

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