Raul Alcantara Texas League PiOW 050216 to 050816

Raul Alcantara of the Midland RockHounds was selected the Texas League Pitcher of the Week for the span of May 2, 2016 through May 8, 2016. For the week he was 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 GS, 6.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 1 BB and 4 K. This season the RHP is 3-1, 4.68 ERA, 33 K, 1.44 WHIP, .242 BAA in 32.2 IP over 7 games. Midland is the Double A team of the Oakland Athletics. He originally signed with the Red Sox in 2009 as an amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic and was traded to the Athletics in 2011. Alcantara turned 23 on December 4th.