Texas League South
Midland RockHounds
The Midland RockHounds are the Double-A affiliate of the Athletics, playing in the Texas League South at Momentum Bank Ballpark in Midland, Texas. This is where the Athletics’ next wave arrives — the arms and bats that will be argued about in West Sacramento in two years’ time are, right now, working through a Tuesday night in Midland.
Relay Sports writes a recap of every RockHounds home game: the scoreline, the innings that decided it, and the performances worth remembering, published the same night.
Midland articles
AwayRoughRiders Hold Off RockHounds 8-7 to Split SeriesMax Wagner, Ian Moller, Dylan Dreiling and Julian Brock all doubled in runs as Frisco erased a 3-0 hole and built an 8-3 lead, then survived a two-run Midland ninth to take the finale and split the series.FRI 8–MID 7AwayRockHounds Rout RoughRiders 8-2 Before Record Fourth of July CrowdMidland scored three in the first and five through two innings, Devin Taylor homered twice, and Frisco managed one hit — Malcolm Moore's fifth-inning double — in an 8-2 loss before a record crowd of 12,198 at Riders Field.FRI 2–MID 8AwayRoughRiders Blank RockHounds Behind Lee Sang's Four RBIsMarcus Lee Sang homered and doubled for all four Frisco runs, and four RoughRiders pitchers combined for 14 strikeouts and a seven-hit shutout, in a 4-0 win over Midland at Riders Field that evened the series.FRI 4–MID 0AwayRockHounds Hold Off RoughRiders as Late Rally Falls a Run ShortRafe Perich reached base in all five plate appearances and pulled Frisco within a run in the eighth, but Cole Conn's third-inning grand slam had already given Midland the cushion it needed in a 6-5 win at Riders Field.FRI 5–MID 6AwayJones Homers in the Eighth as RoughRiders Edge RockHoundsFrisco built a four-run lead, watched Midland wipe it out in the seventh, and won 7-6 when Keith Jones II drove a fly ball over the center-field wall in the eighth at Riders Field.FRI 7–MID 6