Astros Minor League Recaps

Saturday's Games

Peoria Chiefs 6, Quad Cities River Bandits 8

The River Bandits rallied from behind twice in the game Saturday to take the win at home in Modern Woodmen Park. Jordan Jankowski started the game on the rubber for Quad Cities and after a 1-2-3 first, he got into trouble in the second inning, allowing three runs on five hits in the inning. Jankowski settled down and went another inning and a third, giving up six hits all day, walking one and striking out a pair. Brian Holmes, who came on in the sixth to finish out the match, was charged with his first blown save after allowing three runs on two hits in the sixth (Holmes hit two batters and threw a wild pitch in the sixth to boot). Holmes settled down as well after the sixth frame and retired the final nine batters in order, striking out three overall. At the plate, Jesse Wierzbicki had a nice night, hitting a big, two RBI triple in the third and scoring a run. Wierzbicki has nine RBIs so far this season. Jordan Scott and Chris Perdomo both hit one for three with RBIs and runs scored. Perdomo's run scored added a little insurance and sealed the win in the eighth inning. Joe Sclafani hit two for four on Saturday with an RBI as well.  

Lancaster JetHawks 4, Modesto Nuts 6

Lancaster dropped their second game in row in Modesto on Saturday night. Mike Foltynewicz pitched the first five innings in shutout fashion, recording 1-2-3 innings in the first and second frames. Folty finished with five Ks and three hits allowed, but missed out on collecting what would have been his first win of the season when the JetHawks lost the lead in the seventh inning. Alex Gillingham, who came on for one and a third after Folty, picked up his first hold of the season and then the loss (1-1), allowing five runs on five hits and striking out one. Jonas Dufek was charged with the blown save, his first, after coming on with one out in the seventh. Dufek allowed one run on one hit, walked one and struck out one as well. The Lancaster bats were active on Saturday. Tyler Heineman hit two for three with an RBI, run scored and a walk. Heineman's RBI got Lancaster on the board in the second inning. Matt Duffy also had an active night at the dish, hitting two for three as well, with a double and a pair of RBI, his 10th and 11th of the season. Duffy was also hit by a pitch in the game and now has been hit five times so far this season. Delino DeShields and Zach Johnson both batted two for five in the game. Johnson scored a run and hit an RBI triple in the seventh.

Corpus Christi Hooks 3, Springfield Cardinals 2

Corpus Christi collected three runs on the road at Hammons Field for the second night in a row, except this time it came with a win too. Jake Buchanan earned his first win of the season Saturday (1-0) after getting off to a rough start and allowing two runs in the first inning. Those runs would turn out to be the only runs allowed all night by the Hooks and Buchanan settled down, tallying two Ks, a walk and 4 hits through the first five innings of work. Carlos Quevedo came on next for two and two thirds and picked up his first hold. Quevedo allowed two hits, a walk and struck out 4 in his time on the mound. Jason Stoffel came on to close out the game in the ninth and earned his third save, getting into a little trouble allowing two hits, but striking out one, the last batter of the game, for the win. Stoffel had help from the arm of catcher Carlos Perez, who gunned down a runner trying to steal second for the first out of the inning. Perez also had a good night offensively, hitting two for four with a double, a run scored and two RBI. Perez's double was the go ahead run in the sixth that sealed the deal for Corpus Christi. Domingo Santana hit two for four too on Saturday, scoring a run.

Memphis Redbirds 8, Oklahoma City RedHawks 7

Oklahoma City fell behind early at home on Saturday after giving up four—run innings in both the second and third innings. The RedHawks kept it scoreless after that and tried to mount a rally, ending up a couple runs shy of the win. Jose Cisnero took the loss (0-1) after a rough start, lasting two and two thirds, walking four, striking out two and giving up eight runs on seven hits. Kevin Chapman came on next and pitched through the fifth frame, striking out a pair and allowing just two hits. Rudy Owens took the mound to finish out the game in the sixth and allowed 3 hits, K—ing 7 batters during his shift. While Chapman and Owens worked on the mound, Brandon Laird and Marc Krauss were busy at the plate, both hitting HRs in the game. Laird went two for five, collecting a double as his other hit, scoring a run and recording 2 RBIs. Krauss ended up one for four after his two run shot in the eighth.  Jimmy Paredes got in on the action too, batting one for four, crossing the plate twice, with and RBI on a double in the three—run eighth inning.

Player of the Day: Carlos Perez takes the cake. Perez helped the Hooks win on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball—and I have to admit, watching a catcher gun down a guy at second never gets old. Good game, Perez.

Pitcher of the Day: This was hard, it was between Chapman/Owens and Folty. After much deliberation, two guys are getting the nod again today: Chapman and Owens. They combined for six and a third innings of shutout baseball, despite what the scoreboard said, and did everything in their power to keep Oklahoma City in the game. Owens K—ing 7 guys didn't hurt either.