Stars of the Day: May 24

Kasey Kiker (3-0;  4.83) merits first star after dealing 7.2 dominant frames against Visalia, holding the Oaks to just one run on three hits and a walk while racking up nine strikeouts as Bakersfield posted a 6-1 victory at Historic Sam Lynn Ballpark.

In Des Moines,  Rob Tejeda (1-1;  2.18) blanked the I-Cubs on four hits and two walks for six innings, fanning eight and batterymate Taylor Teagarden (.315 / .471 / .500) continued his assault on the PCL, going 2-2 with a pair of walks and his second dinger of the year for the RedHawks.

Teagarden now has 54 at-bats with Oklahoma after mysteriously hitting .169 / .279 / .305 in 59 at-bats for Frisco to begin the season.  His hitting streak has now reached 14 games.

Fabio Castillo (2.88 ERA) got things off to a good start for the winningest team in all of professional baseball, but 33-12 Clinton needed 14 innings to get by Cedar Rapids for the eighth straight time and Castillo did not factor into the decision.  

Castillo held the Kernals to a run on three hits and two walks while fanning five in as many innings.   In his two starts, Castillo has a 0.90 ERA and has limited the opposition to a .152 batting average.

Renny Osuna (.357 / .434 / .519) drove in four runs while knocking out four singles and a walk in seven trips and shortstop Andres James (.268 / .297 / .299) singled four times in five trips.   Engel Beltre (.257 / .286 / .376) doubled in a 3-7 outing from the top of the order. 

Frisco said goodbye to first baseman Chris Davis, who moves on to Oklahoma today, with a 4-2 victory at NW Arkansas as Matt Harrison (3.15 ERA) followed up his no-hitter last Sunday with a solid 5.2 innings of work, holding the Naturals to two runs on seven hits. 

Ben Harrison (.345 / .448 / .600) and Craig Gentry (.277 / .339 / .364) each went 2-4 with a double.