Tuesday, September 9th: Nate Long and Kent Matthes Combine to Lead RockHounds to Victory in Game #1 of Texas League Championship Series

A’s Farmhand Of The Day: Midland RockHounds Pitcher Nate Long (8 IP / 3 H / 1 ER / 1 BB / 3 K / Win)
A’s Farmhand Of The Day: Midland RockHounds Pitcher Nate Long (8 IP / 3 H / 1 ER / 1 BB / 3 K / Win)

 

TEXAS LEAGUE  (Double-A)

Texas League Championship Series – Game #1

Midland RockHounds  5

Tulsa Drillers                  1

WP – Long 1-0 / 1.13

HR – Matthes (1)

Nate Long’s arm and Kent Matthes’s bat combined to help the RockHounds win the opening game of the best-of-five Texas League Championship Series on Tuesday in Tulsa. Long, the Texas League wins leader, tossed another gem, allowing 1 run on just 3 hits over 8 innings of work to earn the win, while RHP Jose Flores got the final three outs for the Hounds. With the game tied 1-1 in the top of the 7th, left fielder Kent Matthes smacked a 3-run homer to provide the margin of victory for Midland. Center fielder Kenny Wilson and catcher Beau Taylor both drove in a run, while right fielder Jeremy Barfield and first baseman Max Muncy had a pair of hits apiece for the Hounds.

 

 

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