Minor League Schedule and Results

TUESDAY'S GAMES

Augusta at Lexington at 6:05 CST
Probable Pitchers: RHP Clayton Blackburn (1-2, 4.26) and RHP Mike Foltynewicz (6-1, 2.40)
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Nashville at Oklahoma City at 7:05 CST
Probable Pitchers: RHP Michael Fiers (1-3, 4.42) and LHP Dallas Keuchel (4-4, 4.52)
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Lancaster at Lake Elsinore at 9:05 CST
Probable Pitchers: RHP Jorge de Leon (0-4, 8.63) and RHP Don Roach (2-1, 1.57)

Corpus - Off Day

MONDAY'S RESULTS

Albuquerque over Oklahoma City 11-9
Aneury Rodriguez only lasted three innings in this one as he gave up seven runs on seven hits, including a two run home run from Matt Kemp (on a rehab assignment). Sergio Perez pitched three effective innings of relief, giving up one run before giving way to Adalberto Flores who gave up another three runs in the final two innings. All of the starters except Aneury got at least one hit, with Scott Moore, Brian Bixler and Brandon Barnes having multi-hit games. Angel Sanchez hit a solo home run.

Springfield over Corpus Christi 3-2
Jake Buchanan got a quality start in this one (three runs on six hits over seven innings) and the loss as Corpus came oh so close to pulling this one out, but stranded the tying run at third to end it. Arcenio Leon and Jason Stoffel took it the rest of the way. Stoffel continues to impress me and has whittled his ERA down to 1.27. There were no extra base hits in this one, but Jose Martinez and Brandon Wikoff each had two hits. Austin Wates, Brandon Wikoff and Chris Wallace all stole bases.

Lake Elsinore over Lancaster 8-5
Tyson Perez did not have a quality start, thanks in large part to two home runs which accounted for four of the five runs he allowed on eight hits over seven innings. The problem was exacerbated as Brian Streilein (L, 1-3) couldn't get an out in the eighth, allowing a Perez runner to score plus another three runs on three hits and a walk before all was said and done. Brad Dydalewicz came in to stop the bleeding, but the damage was done and Lancaster's lead had evaporated. Domingo Santana had an RBI double and a two run home run. George Springer had an RBI triple. Ben Orloff and Erik Castro each had two hits. Santana is hitting .341 over his last ten games.

GAME OF THE DAY
Lexington over Augusta 4-3

What went right: Good pitching and timely hitting.

Luis Ordosgoitti had his second straight quality start as he tries to establish himself in the League. It's a shame that he didn't get the win, but the Legends saved their scoring for late in the game. Carlos Quevedo was the recipient of the Legend hitters largesse as he got his fourth win of the year, all in relief. Lexington scored twice on a ground out and a fielder's choice in the eighth to tie it up, only to fall behind a run in the top of the next frame. Matt Duffy played hero in the bottom of the ninth with his eighth home run of the season to re-knot the game and force extra innings. A Jordan Scott RBI single in the tenth gave the Legends the only W of the day for the Astros organization.

Luis Ordosgoitti - 7IP 6H 2R 1BB 6SO
Carlos Quevedo (W, 4-1) - 3IP 2H 1ER 0BB 6SO
Jason Chowning (S, 9) - 1IP 0H 0R 0BB 1SO

Delino DeShields - 2x4 BB
Jordan Scott - 2x5 RBI SO
Matt Duffy - 1x4 HR RBI SO R
Chris Epps - 2x4 2B 2R

What went wrong: A caught stealing by Jimmy Howick and a fielding error by Duffy is about all I can find.

PITCHER OF THE DAY
Luis Ordosgoitti has lowered his ERA from 8.49 to 4.50 over his last two starts. That's good enough for me.

PLAYER OF THE DAY
Matt Duffy is my guy!