Owen White earns Texas League Pitcher of the Week
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (June 12, 2023) – Frisco RoughRiders pitcher Owen White was named Texas League Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 5-11. White took the hill for the RoughRiders on June 7 in Corpus Christi and tossed seven shutout innings to earn the win. White gave
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (June 12, 2023) – Frisco RoughRiders pitcher Owen White was named Texas League Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 5-11.
White took the hill for the RoughRiders on June 7 in Corpus Christi and tossed seven shutout innings to earn the win. White gave up just one hit to the 23 batters he faced, walking two and striking out six. Frisco won the game, 9-0.
White now has three starts in which he has not allowed a run, earned or unearned. In seven of his 11 starts, he has allowed two runs or fewer. His ERA this season is 3.54 over 53.1 innings.
White also won Texas League Pitcher of the Week honors last year after a start against Corpus Christi on July 1, 2022, when he logged 5.1 scoreless innings. This is the second season in a row White was the first RoughRiders pitcher to earn Texas League Pitcher of the Week.
Last year, White won the award in just his second start at the Double-A level. The former second-round selection in 2018 has a 3.24 ERA over 75 innings in Double-A.
The Riders continue a two-week road trip on Tuesday, June 13 to begin a series in Northwest Arkansas. The RoughRiders return to Frisco for a six-game series against the Springfield Cardinals from June 20-25. 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 and the 2022 Texas League champions. In 2023, the team is celebrating its 20th anniversary and has consistently finished in the top five among all Double-A franchises in attendance yearly. 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, Bullpen Bar, 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 185 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball including current Rangers Josh Jung, Cole Ragans and Bubba Thompson. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected].