Owen White takes home Texas League Pitcher of the Week honors
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (July 5, 2022) – Frisco RoughRiders pitcher Owen White was named Texas League Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 27-July 3. In his second start with the RoughRiders after being promoted from High-A Hickory, White threw 5.1 scoreless, hitless innings on Friday, July 1st
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (July 5, 2022) – Frisco RoughRiders pitcher Owen White was named Texas League Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 27-July 3.
In his second start with the RoughRiders after being promoted from High-A Hickory, White threw 5.1 scoreless, hitless innings on Friday, July 1st against Corpus Christi at Riders Field. Over the outing, White allowed just one base runner on a fourth-inning walk while striking out seven batters. He used just 68 pitches, throwing 46 for strikes, before exiting the game with an injury to his left ankle. He is still slated to make his next scheduled start for Frisco.
In two starts this year with the Riders, White is 2-0 with a 1.69 ERA.
The Rangers No. 8 prospect was selected out of the North Carolina high school ranks in the second round of the 2018 draft and pitched well in High-A Hickory before his promotion to Frisco. With the Crawdads, White went 6-2 with a 3.99 ERA while striking out 81 batters over 58.2 innings with 19 walks. In his last four starts before the promotion, he went 3-0 with a 2.52 ERA, striking out 34 over 25.0 innings.
White is the first pitcher for the RoughRiders to take home the honor this season, but infielder Trey Hair was named Texas League Player of the Week for the week of June 6-12 earlier this season.
The Riders continue their road trip in San Antonio on Tuesday, July 5th with first pitch at 7:05 p.m. from Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium for game two of the series. LHP Cody Bradford (5-5, 6.44) takes the ball for the Riders against RHP Brandon Komar (0-2, 6.55). The action can be followed on RidersBaseball.com and the live broadcast begins at 6:45.
For tickets and more information about the Frisco RoughRiders, visit RidersBaseball.com or call 972.731.9200.
About the RoughRiders
The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The team was founded in 2003 and has finished first among all Double-A franchises in attendance for 15 consecutive seasons (2005-2019). In August 2014, the RoughRiders were purchased by an ownership group led by Chuck Greenberg. Since then, the new ownership group, together with the City of Frisco, has spearheaded numerous major franchise enhancements, investing over $8 million in a wide array of facility upgrades and improvements, including a state-of-the-art HD video board, sound system, Bull Moose Saloon, InTouch Grille, Riders Outpost Team Store and the world's largest water feature in a sports facility, the massive Lazy River. These enhancements earned the Riders and the City of Frisco Ballpark Digest's prestigious "Best Ballpark Renovation" award for two consecutive years (2015 and 2016). More than 170 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected].