Riding Through the Farm: June 3
“Riding Through the Farm” is your weekly look at what’s going on in the Rangers organization outside of Frisco.
TEXAS RANGERS (31–22, T-1st place, AL West)
The Rangers have won four consecutive series and seven of their last eight. The team returns home tonight after taking two of three from the Indians in Cleveland this week.
Yu Darvish is slated to make his second MLB start of the season against the Seattle Mariners. This is the beginning of a seven-game homestand for the Rangers, who host four contests against the Houston Astros next week after three against Seattle this weekend. The Rangers are currently tied with the Mariners for first place in the American League West.
Tonight: vs. Seattle, 7:05 p.m. CT (SP: RHP Yu Darvish)
TRIPLE-A ROUND ROCK EXPRESS (29–24, 2nd, PCL American Southern Division)
The Express trail Nashville by 3 1/2 games in the PCL American Southern Division but have a chance to make up some ground when they close out a four-game series tonight. Round Rock leads the series 2–1 heading into the series finale.
After tonight’s game, Round Rock returns home for a four-game set against Oklahoma City in the first of 14 home games this month.
Tonight: at Nashville, 7:05 p.m. CT (SP: RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez)
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CLASS-A ADVANCED HIGH DESERT MAVERICKS (33–21, 1st, California League South Division)
The Mavericks have taken sole possession of first place from Rancho Cucamonga in the California League South Division. High Desert do not play the Quakes again in the first half. The Mavericks have one game against Modesto, four against Inland Empire and Stockton, and seven against Lake Elsinore remaining on the schedule.
Travis Demeritte still leads the circuit with 13 home runs and 43 runs scored. Outfielder Scott Heineman is the only player hitting above the .300 mark, with a .312 average in 52 games played.
Tonight: vs. Modesto, 9:05 p.m. CT (SP: RHP Adam Quintana)
CLASS-A HICKORY CRAWDADS (30–23, 3rd, South Atlantic League Northern Division)
Despite having the fourth-best record in the 14-team circuit, the Crawdads are in third place in the North Division, four games behind the first-place Hagerstown Suns.
After getting rained out two days in a row and then dropping both games in a June 1 doubleheader, Hickory bounced back with a road victory over Lakewood last night, thanks to Andy Ibanez’s two-run homer in the fourth inning. The Crawdads trio of Erik Swanson, Wes Benjamin, and John Werner held the BlueClaws scoreless.
Tonight: at Lakewood, 6:05 p.m. CT (SP: RHP Dillon Tate)
- Steve
Baseball term of the day: choke sign — Grabbing or clutching the neck, or wrapping a towel around the throat, indicating that an umpire or player has lost his nerve or failed in a crucial situation.
(term from The Dickson Baseball Dictionary)
