Best Individual Performances of the 2022 Austin Weirdos Season
The 2022 Austin Weirdos season produced a number of outstanding individual performances on both sides of the ball. Austin had big offensive nights, complete-game pitching performances and several players who put together memorable games during the Pecos League season.
Christian Jones was one of the biggest offensive threats in the lineup throughout the summer, while Gabriel Murillo, Sadler Goodwin, Aaron Cuellar and others delivered big individual games. On the mound, Jose Diaz, Alex Bolton and Jacob Hubbard produced some of the team's strongest starts.
Here is a look at some of the best individual performances of the 2022 Austin Weirdos season.
Sadler Goodwin - Perfect 4-for-4 Game in 21-0 Victory
Sadler Goodwin turned in one of the biggest offensive performances of the entire Austin season on July 2 against the Weimar Hormigas.
Goodwin went a perfect
4-for-4 as the Weirdos exploded for 21 runs in a 21-0 victory at Parque Zaragoza.
Austin dominated the game from beginning to end, and Goodwin was at the center of the offensive attack. His four-hit performance stands as one of the signature hitting games of the 2022 Weirdos season.
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Jose Diaz - One-Hit Shutout Performance Against Weimar
Jose Diaz was dominant on the mound in Austin's 21-0 victory over Weimar.
Diaz threw
five scoreless innings, allowed only one hit and struck out seven.
With the Austin offense putting 21 runs on the board, Diaz made sure there would never be any opportunity for Weimar to get back into the game.
It was one of the most dominant pitching performances by an Austin starter during the season.
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Christian Jones - Three Hits and a Home Run Against Weimar
Christian Jones produced one of his biggest games of the season in Austin's 12-6 victory over the Weimar Hormigas on July 6.
Jones went
3-for-5 and hit a home run as the Weirdos picked up another important victory.
Jones was one of Austin's most dangerous hitters throughout 2022, and this game demonstrated his combination of average and power.
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Alex Bolton - Nine Innings and Eight Strikeouts
Alex Bolton gave Austin a complete-game effort in the same July 6 victory over Weimar.
Bolton went the full
nine innings and struck out eight hitters.
He allowed six earned runs, but stayed on the mound for the entire game and gave the Weirdos all nine innings in their 12-6 victory.
The combination of Jones' big offensive game and Bolton's complete-game effort made this one of Austin's strongest all-around performances of the season.
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Gabriel Murillo - Three Hits and a Home Run in 25-12 Win
Gabriel Murillo had one of Austin's biggest offensive games against the Colorado Springs Snow Sox on June 26.
Murillo went
3-for-6 and hit a home run as Austin scored an incredible 25 runs in a 25-12 victory.
Murillo was one of Austin's most consistent hitters during the season, and his three-hit power performance helped lead one of the Weirdos' biggest offensive explosions of 2022.
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Aaron Cuellar - Four-Hit Game in 11-10 Victory
Aaron Cuellar delivered one of Austin's best pure hitting performances on July 23 against the Weimar Hormigas.
Cuellar went
4-for-6 as the Weirdos won a wild 11-10 game.
In a game where every run mattered, Cuellar repeatedly reached base and helped Austin generate enough offense to come away with the one-run victory.
His four-hit game ranks among the strongest individual offensive performances of Austin's season.
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Jacob Hubbard - 11 Strikeouts in Nine-Inning Start
Jacob Hubbard produced one of Austin's most impressive strikeout performances on July 22 against Weimar.
Hubbard pitched
nine innings and struck out 11 hitters.
Although Austin did not get the victory, Hubbard's ability to stay on the mound for the entire game while reaching double digits in strikeouts made the start one of the team's best individual pitching performances of the summer.
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Santiago Rodriguez - Leads 14-9 Victory Over Alpine
Santiago Rodriguez led the Austin offense in one of the team's biggest late-season victories.
Rodriguez went
2-for-5 as Austin defeated the Alpine Cowboys 14-9 at Kokernot Field.
Beating Alpine at Kokernot Field was one of the Weirdos' notable road victories of the season, and Rodriguez led the Austin attack.
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Gabriel Murillo - Two More Hits in Win at Kokernot Field
Gabriel Murillo continued his strong season in Austin's 14-9 victory over Alpine.
Murillo went
2-for-4 and helped the Weirdos produce 14 runs against the Cowboys.
Combined with his three-hit home-run performance against Colorado Springs, Murillo had several of Austin's strongest offensive games during the summer.
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Alex Bolton - Another Complete Game in Alpine
Alex Bolton again gave Austin nine innings in the Weirdos' 14-9 victory at Kokernot Field.
Bolton
pitched all nine innings and faced 46 hitters while earning the victory.
Pitching a complete game at Kokernot Field while Austin put 14 runs on the board gave Bolton another memorable performance late in the season.
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Antonio Henricksen - Three Hits in 5-4 Win Over Roswell
Antonio Henricksen produced one of Austin's best late-season hitting performances in a 5-4 victory over the Roswell Invaders on July 31.
Henricksen went a perfect
3-for-3 with two runs scored and a walk.
He reached base four times and scored twice in a game Austin won by only one run, making his performance especially important.
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Tyler Blair - Two Hits and the Win Against Roswell
Tyler Blair contributed on both sides of the game in Austin's 5-4 victory over Roswell.
At the plate, Blair went
2-for-3. He also earned the pitching victory for Austin.
Producing two hits while also being credited with the win made it one of the more unusual two-way performances of Austin's season.
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Christian Jones - The Center of the Austin Offense
Christian Jones did more than produce one memorable game. He was at the center of the Austin offense throughout the 2022 season.
Jones finished the year with a
.401 batting average, 71 hits, 15 doubles, 10 home runs, 49 RBIs and 49 runs scored.
He also stole
22 bases, giving Austin a combination of power, average and speed in the middle of its lineup.
His 3-for-5 home-run game against Weimar was one of the individual highlights, but his production throughout the summer made him one of the most important offensive players on the 2022 Weirdos.
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Gabriel Murillo - Consistent Production Throughout 2022
Gabriel Murillo was another major part of the Austin lineup.
Murillo finished the season hitting
.341 with 62 hits, 43 runs, 10 doubles, three home runs and 24 RBIs.
His ability to consistently reach base and produce hits made his three-hit home-run performance against Colorado Springs and his two-hit game against Alpine part of a much larger productive season.
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Jose Diaz - Austin's Top Starting Pitching Run
Jose Diaz provided Austin with some of its best starting pitching during the season.
Diaz finished with
49 strikeouts in 40 innings. His biggest performance came in the 21-0 victory over Weimar when he allowed only one hit over five scoreless innings and struck out seven.
He also earned the victory in Austin's 11-10 win over Weimar on July 23.
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A Season Filled With Individual Highlights
The 2022 Austin Weirdos produced memorable performances throughout the summer.
Sadler Goodwin's perfect 4-for-4 game helped Austin score 21 runs. Jose Diaz allowed only one hit in five shutout innings in that same victory. Christian Jones went 3-for-5 with a home run, while Alex Bolton threw a nine-inning complete game in a 12-6 win.
Gabriel Murillo collected three hits and homered during Austin's 25-run explosion against Colorado Springs. Aaron Cuellar delivered a four-hit game in an 11-10 victory. Jacob Hubbard struck out 11 over nine innings. Santiago Rodriguez helped lead the Weirdos to a 14-9 victory at Kokernot Field, and Antonio Henricksen went 3-for-3 as Austin defeated Roswell 5-4.
Those performances helped define the 2022 Austin Weirdos season and remain some of the strongest individual games produced by the club that summer.
