TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A)
Midland RockHounds 2
Frisco RoughRiders 11
LP – Seddon 3-2 / 4.63
HR – Munoz (6)
Prospect Of The Game:
Shortstop Yairo Munoz
(1 for 3 / Home Run / Walk)
The RockHounds suffered their third straight defeat and their seventh loss in their last nine games on Wednesday, and Midland has now failed to score more than two runs in each of its last four contests. Shortstop Yairo Munoz provided one of the few highlights for the Hounds on Wednesday. The 22-year-old slugged his 6th home run in the top of the 1st inning off rehabbing LHP Cole Hamels to briefly give his team the lead. Munoz also walked in the game, while first baseman Viosergy Rosa doubled and scored a run, and second baseman Max Schrock singled twice in the loss. RHP Joel Seddon had a rough start for the RockHounds, allowing 9 runs in just 3 1/3 innings to suffer his 2nd loss for Midland. Meanwhile, outfielder Tyler Marincov left the game after getting drilled in the left hand with a pitch. The 25-year-old appears to be headed for the disabled list and could end up missing significant time. He tweeted about the injury on Wednesday night…
Click here for more on Vermont & A’s 2017 Draft Class…
NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE (Class-A Short-Season)
Brooklyn Cyclones 6
Vermont Lake Monsters 1
LP – Martinez 0-1 / 1.80
Prospect Of The Game:
Pitcher Seth Martinez
(5 IP / 7 H / 1 ER / 0 BB / 3 K)
The Lake Monsters managed just 4 hits in their loss on Wednesday. 2015’s 11th-round draft pick for the A’s, left fielder James Terrell, singled twice and drove in his team’s only run, while shortstop Jesus Lage and first baseman Jarrett Costa both singled in the loss. RHP Seth Martinez, who was just sent down from the Snappers earlier in the day, was solid in his first start for Vermont, allowing just 1 run over 5 innings of work, but he still ended up suffering the loss for the Lake Monsters on Wednesday.
A’s 2017 Draft Class
On Tuesday, the A’s announced that they’d come to terms with 31 of their 41 overall draft selections, and 7 of their top 11 picks, including top pick Austin Beck. All signed players from this year’s A’s draft class are in bold…
1st OF Austin Beck (North Davidson HS-NC), 1st Comp SS Kevin Merrell (South Florida), 2nd OF Greg Deichmann (LSU), 3rd SS Nick Allen (Francis Parker HS-CA), 4th 3B Will Toffey (Vanderbilt), 5th C Santis Sanchez (Intl Baseball Academy HS-PR), 6th LHP Logan Salow (Kentucky), 7th RHP Parker Dunshee (Wake Forest), 8th RHP Brian Howard (TCU), 9th LHP Jared Poche (LSU), 10th OF Jack Meggs (Washington)
11th SS Ryan Gridley (Mississippi St), 12th 1B Aaron Arruda (Fresno St), 13th RHP Wyatt Marks (Louisiana Lafayette), 14th OF Garrett Mitchell (Orange Lutheran HS-CA), 15th LHP Josh Reagan (South Carolina), 16th OF Payton Squier (UNLV), 17th RHP Josh Falk (Pittsburgh), 18th OF Raymond McDonald (Illinois-Chicago), 19th RHP Michael Danielak (Dartmouth), 20th RHP Osvaldo Berrios (PR Baseball Academy HS-PR)
21st RHP Heath Donica (Sam Houston), 22nd RHP Bryce Conley (Georgia St), 23rd RHP Malik Jones (Missouri Baptist), 24th RHP Slater Lee (Cal Poly SLO), 25th 1B Hunter Hargrove (Texas Tech), 26th C Nate Webb (Martin Luther King HS-CA), 27th OF Ben Spitznagel (UNC Greensboro), 28th LHP Pat Krall (Clemson), 29th RHP Adam Reuss (Wisconsin-Milwaukee), 30th LHP Cody Puckett (Middle Tennessee)
31st RHP Brandon Withers (James Madison), 32nd RHP Caleb Evans (Liberty), 33rd 2B Jake Lumley (Canisius), 34th 2B Justin Jones (UNLV), 35th C Cooper Golby (Lewis-Clark), 36th OF Logan Farrar (VCU), 37th 3B Raymond Gill (Gulliver Prep HS-FL), 38th 2B Wil Hoyle (Charles Jordan HS-NC), 39th LHP Haydn King (Archbishop Mitty HS-CA), 40th SS Jacob Hoffman (Stanford)
Thursday’s Games:
Nashville @ Oklahoma City (Game #1) – 3:35pm PT / 5:35pm CT
Nashville @ Oklahoma City (Game #2)
Midland @ San Antonio – 5:05pm PT / 7:05pm CT
Modesto @ Stockton – 7:10pm PT
Beloit @ Clinton – 4:30pm PT / 6:30pm CT
Brooklyn @ Vermont – 4:05pm PT / 7:05pm ET
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