Worth noting from the Texas Rangers' minor-league system on Friday:

TRIPLE-A ROUND ROCK (46-52): CF Drew Robinson extended his hitting streak to 12 games during a 6-3 loss at Omaha (Kansas City). Robinson is hitting .426 for 54 at-bats during the streak.

DOUBLE-A FRISCO (16-12, 40-58): RHP Jonathan Hernandez continued to struggle in the Texas League, allowing five runs in 4 1/3 innings during an 11-10 loss in 10 innings to San Antonio (San Diego). Hernandez is 2-3 with a 5.97 ERA for seven starts with Frisco. He was 4-2 with a 2.20 ERA in the High-A Carolina League.

HIGH A DOWN EAST (9-21, 44-55): Slumping CF Leody Taveras hit ninth for the first time in his professional career in a 6-3 loss at Frederick (Baltimore). Taveras was 0 for 3 and is hitting .123 with one extra-base hit in 57 at-bats for July.

LOW A HICKORY (16-11, 46-49): RHP A.J. Alexy worked six scoreless innings during a 4-1 win against Kannapolis (Chicago White Sox). Alexy, acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Yu Darvish deal, is 2-4 with a 3.20 ERA in his last 10 starts.

CF Bubba Thompson had two hits and drove in two runs. Thompson, the 26th overall pick in last year's draft, has eight hits in his last 17 at-bats.

SHORT-SEASON A SPOKANE (16-19): CF Julio Pablo Martinez had a two-run homer in a 5-3 win at Salem-Keizer (San Francisco). Martinez, the Cuban free-agent addition, has homered in three consecutive games and has six hits in his last 14 at-bats.

ROOKIE ARIZONA (13-12): 3B Jonathan Ornelas drove in three runs during a 7-6 win against Seattle. C Maxwell Morales had two doubles. Morales has eight extra-base hits in his last 15 at-bats.