Well the 4th is over, and we have some catching up to do down on the farm.

Round Rock went 2-1 over the weekend. Friday night, Chad Reineke pitched 7 solid innings giving up just one run in the 4-3 win. Saturday, the Express used 4 home runs to beat Nashville 10-5. Sunday, Mark Saccomanno hit his 20th homer of the season in a 7-4 loss.Read More

Round Rock won last night 7-4 but the big news was who threw out the first pitch. Brad Dydalewicz, the 8th round pick of the Astros, hasn’t signed yet but is hoping to begin his professional career soon. His pitch was high and outside. I wonder if that matches his signing bonus demands?Read More

Round Rock rallied from down 2 – 0 to with one run in the 5th and five in the 6th for a 6-2 victory.  During the game, J. R. Towles was pulled from the line up after two at bats to allow him to get to Houston.  Towles’ call up was due to the concussion suffered by Quintero last night.

“I just wish myself good luck; I don’t want anyone to get hurt….I just came here to work on my swing and get on the right path,” Towles said. “This happened a lot faster than I expected.”

Yordany Ramirez is showing some improvement at the plate.  After hitting .192 in April and .217 in May, he hit .266 in June.  He has had multiple hit games in 3 of the last 6 and has hit homers in two of the last three.Read More

Round Rock won a 3rd straight game with a 4-1 win over Albuqueque. Kyle Middleton got a spot start and was effective for 5 innings. J. R. Towles homered for the 3rd straight game. He is 8 of his last 15 plate appearances. Mark Saccomanno hit his 18th homer on the season, tying him for 3rd most in the league.Read More

Round Rock got 2 runs of rehabbing Eric Gagne but it wasn’t enough as Nashville beat Round Rock 8-5. Gagne’s rehab stint lasted only 2/3 of an inning where he threw 27 pitches. He threw a wild pitch and hit a batter.

“After having three surgeries in a year and a half, it’s more important just to be healthy right now,” the 240-pound right-hander said.

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At the Bus Stop, we like to reward winning, so we will being our trip around the farm with the only team that won last night.

Greeneville started Jordan Lyle in Kingsport last night. He only went two innings but they were shut out innings. Lyles gave up 3 hits, hit one batter but walked none and struck out one in his two innings of work.

“We wanted to limit him starting out,” said Linares. “His fastball was good and he was effectively wild.”

David Denelli followed up with 3 scoreless innings allowing only one hit. However, Denelli gave up 5 walks while striking out 2. Zack Grimmett added two scoreless innings in his pro debut and Colton Pitkin completed the shut out with two scoreless innings of his own.Read More