In the minor league playoffs last night, one Ranger affiliated advanced while another was eliminated.
The Hickory Crawdads beat Delmarva 1-0 in 10 innings on Friday. Abdiel Mendoza, a 20 year old righthanded pitcher from Panama who came over in the Cory Gearrin trade last year, threw 6.1 IP with just 1 hit and 1 walk allowed. Hever Bueno threw 2.2 scoreless innings with 3 Ks, and Kelvin Gonzalez had a scoreless 10th to lock down the win. Pedro Gonzalez had 2 hits, and the winning run scored in the 10th when a bases loaded safety squeeze by Jax Biggers brought home Kole Enright.