Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

Luis Ramirez fell to 4-3 on the season with a tough start in the Rockhounds 9-4 loss to Frisco.  He gave up seven runs on eight hits and one walk with three strikeouts in seven innings.

Vasili Spanos went three for five with two doubles and a triple with two RBIs in the loss.  Landon Powell went two for five with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.

Benjamin Fritz dropped to 6-2 on the season with a rough start in the Rockhounds 5-4 loss.  He gave up four runs (three earned) on five hits and three walks with two strikeouts in five innings.

Landon Powell was the hitting star.  He went two for four with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.

The Rockhounds scored two runs in the first thirteen innings in their game against Wichita but then they exploded for four runs in the fourteenth inning alone to beat Wichita 6-3.  Landon Powell provided most of the offense in the win and he went two for six with homerun and three RBIs.

Steven Sharpe picked up the win and he improved to 2-0 on the season.  He gave up one unearned run in 1 2/3 innings.

Landon Powell had a huge day at the plate in the Rockhounds 9-5 win over Wichita.  He went two for four with a double, a homerun, five RBIs and two runs.  Gregorio Petit went two for five with two doubles, a run and an RBI.

Luis Ramirez improved to 2-2 with the win.  He gave up two runs on five hits and a walk with four strikeouts in seven solid innings.

Casey Myers hit a walk off solo homerun in the bottom of the tenth inning to push the Rockhounds to a 3-2 win over Wichita.  Landon Powell doubled and scored a run and in all, the Rockhounds were outhit 9-3 yet still won the game.

Steven Sharpe picked up the with two innings of shutout relief.  He gave up just one hit and the win improves his record to 2-0 on the season.

Jeffrey Baisley was the Rockhounds hitting star in their 4-3 win over Corpus Christi.  He went three for five with a double, a homerun and two RBIs.  Landon Powell finished with two hits and one of those was a solo homerun.

Andy Shipman picked up the win with four shutout innings of relief.  He gave up just one hit and he struck out four.

Landon Powell hit a bit three run homerun and Eduardo Cornejo doubled home a run in the Rockhounds 4-3 win in the second game of a double header with Arkansas.  Kevin Deaton threw five decent innings and Jeffrey Gray picked up the win with two innings of solid relief.

The first game was pretty ugly as the Rockhounds lost 9-1.  Josh Alliston was pounded for six runs in 1 2/3 innings and the lone run came on a sac. fly by Casey Myers.