The Midland Rockhounds, the AA team for the Oakland A’s, bested the Northwest Arkansas Naturals 5-2 in Midland in Game One of their best of five series for the Texas League Championship.
It was Jonathan Dziedzic vs. the former KC Royals prospect Sean Manaea. Manaea got the win, despite giving up 2 runs early. NWA got 7 hits against him.
In the third, Ramon Torres reached on an error. Raul Mondesi had an RBI double and Jorge Bonifacio walked.