How the Texas Rangers' minor-league affiliates fared on Thursday:

TRIPLE-A ROUND ROCK (1-0) won 7-3 at Iowa (Chicago Cubs.) LF Jared Hoying had a grand slam. SS Jurickson Profar had two singles and scored two runs in three at-bats.

DOUBLE-A FRISCO (1-0) won 2-0 at Northwest Arkansas (Kansas City.) LHP Frank Lopez allowed only three hits in six innings. RHP Matt Bush closed the win with a nine-pitch ninth inning.

HIGH-A HIGH DESERT (1-0) won 10-5 against Inland Empire (Los Angeles Angels.) 2B Travis Demeritte, batting lead-off, had two homers and drove in four runs. RHP Luis Ortiz, the 30th overall pick in the 2014 draft, had two strikeouts in one scoreless inning of relief. CF Scott Heineman, an 11th-round pick in last year's draft, had three hits in his first professional game.

LOW-A HICKORY (1-0) won 5-1 at Kannapolis (Chicago White Sox.) DH Andy Ibanez, a member of Team Cuba in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, had four hits and drove in four runs in his first professional game.