Tulsa leads Springfield 4-1 in the 8th inning. These two teams have flip-flopped wins. If this stays the same they'll have a final game tomorrow to see who plays Frisco.

Good and bad news for Ron Washington. LSU is kicking Washington's butt, and a Tulane safety broke his neck on a tackle.

Game #1 in the Texas league Championship has Mike Napoli hitting cleanup and catching for Frisco. With Engel Beltre on 2ndbase and 2 outs in the top of the 1st, Napoli....grounds out 4-3.

Nick Tepesch gives up a 2-out solo homerun in the bottom of the 2nd. 1-0 Springfield.

That was Cody Buckel.

Didn't know you were going to post the updates and jumped the gun. Carry on.

So it is. My apologies to Nich and Cody.

Thanks to a error and wild pitch, frisco puts runners on 3rd & 2nd in the top of the 3rd, but Leury Garcia and Chris McGuiness both strikeout.

In his 2nd at bat leading off the top of the 4th, Mike Napoli....K's.

Having a tough time following two games tonight. lol

Still a 1-0 game. Mike Napoli's third at bat with 1 out in the top of the 6th is....HBP, then out on a doubleplay.

Val Majewski having a game to forget. He just hit into his second GIDP, this time no one in scoring position.

As is Cody Buckel. He allows the 2nd HR of the game and exits for Tim Murphy. 2-0 Springfield.

Cody Buckel allows a leadoff homerun in the bottom of the 7th, and Tim Murphy replaces him. Then after Murphy gets a K and hits a batter, Ryan Rodebaugh replaces Tim.It's now 2-0 Cardinals.

Well...Rodebaugh walked a batter and gave up a 3-run homerun with 2 outs. It's now 5-0 Springfield.

The RoughRiders go down meekly in the 8th, and this game looks over. Mike Napoli will get 1 more at bat, but he doesn't seem to be able to hit AA pitchers either.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers aren't renewing the contracts of three minor league coaches.

Hitting coaches Brant Brown from Triple-A Round Rock and Julio Garcia from High-A Myrtle Beach won't return to the organization next season. The Rangers also said Tuesday that the contract of Round Rock pitching coach Terry Clark wouldn't be renewed.

Brown had been in the Rangers organization six seasons, going to Round Rock this year after the previous three at Double-A Frisco.

Garcia, once a bullpen catcher for the Rangers, just finished the second season of his second stint at Myrtle Beach.

Clark spent the last four years as the Triple-A pitching coach for Texas.

Top of the 2nd in Springfield: Mike Napoli K's to lead off the inning.

Top of the 3rd in Springfield: Jared Hoying reaches on error. Jared Prince is HBP. Guilder Rodriguez sac bunts them up. Engel Beltre hits a RBI groundout. 1-0 Frisco.

Napoli flies out to leftfield with 1 out in the top of the 4th.

Top of the 5th in Springfield: With 2 outs Jared Prince singles, goes to 2nd on a wild pitch, and scores on Guilder Rodriguez's single. 2-0 Frisco.

Top of the 6th: Mike Napoli grounds out 4-3.

Is Napoli 0 for Frisco?

The infamous .000 batting average. He does have a HBP from yesterday.

Bottom of the 7th in Springfield: Nick Tepesch allows a 1-out walk and single, and Rich Bleier relieves him. Tepesch goes 6 1/3 IP with no runs on 3 hits, 2 HBP, 2 walks, and 5 K's. 87 pitches with 56 for strike. The two runners on base are his.

Richard Bleier gets a strikeout, and Justin Grimm comes in to pitch with 2 outs. Boo wants this one.