Astros Minor League Recaps

Saturday’s Games

Quad Cities River Bandits 3, Kane County Cougars 7 (7)

The River Bandits fell behind early in this one and never got the offense to catch up. Brian Holmes (1-1) took the loss after starting on the rubber and pitching for two and a third, giving up five runs on eight hits, walking one and striking out a pair. Ariel Ovando went two-for-two at the plate with a run scored, RBI and a walk. Teoscar Hernandez collected a couple ribbies, batting one-for-four with a double-his seventh of the season.

Quad Cities River Bandits 3, Kane County Cougars 4 (7)

This was the second game of the day for Quad Cities, a make up of the postponed game from Friday. Jordan Jankowski started this one on the mound and threw for 3 frames, allowing two runs on four hits and walking a trio. Mitchell Lambson (0-1), who came on for the next two and two thirds, took the loss after giving up two runs of his own on four hits, walking a pair and striking out four batters. Jesse Wierzbicki was the hot bat in this one, going two-for-three with a pair of RBIs. Teoscar Hernandez hit one-for-four with a triple and scored a run in the fourth.

Bakersfield Blaze 4, Lancaster JetHawks 11

The JetHawks got ahead on Saturday night at The Hangar and never looked back. Luis Cruz (1-0) collected the “W” after pitching the first five frames and giving up just a single hit, walking one and K-ing five. Aaron West earned his first hold after taking the mound for the next three innings, giving up four runs (1ER) on four hits and striking out four. At the plate it was all about Delino DeShields. DeShields finished the game batting three-for-three with three runs scored, two RBIs, two triples and a walk. Preston Tucker was equally hot, hitting three-for-four with a run scored, two RBI and solo homer in the sixth frame-his fifth of the season. MP Cokinos hit two-for-four with a double and scored 3 runs Friday.

Frisco RoughRiders 0, Corpus Christi Hooks 1

Saturday saw dominant pitching all around for the Hooks at home in a shutout at Whataburger Field. David Martinez started the game and threw a perfect first five frames, striking out three batters. Tandem partner, Asher Wojciechowski, replaced Martinez in the sixth and went on to strike out five more batters, giving up just two hits. Wojciechowski earned his second win of the season, improving his record to 2-0. At the plate it was relatively quiet for the Hooks, who tallied four hits all night. George Springer came through with a big one out, solo-homer in the seventh to give Corpus Christi the lead. That was Springer’s fourth dinger of the season.

Albuquerque Isotopes 1, Oklahoma City RedHawks 3

The RedHawks won this one on the road at Isotopes Park with help from commanding pitching from all three pitchers on Saturday. Jarred Cosart (2-0) started the game and took the win after going five innings on the mound. Cosart allowed one run on five hits and struck out six batters, including the last three he faced. Wes Musick (H,2) came on for the next three frames and allowed just a hit in his shift, walking one and striking out three. Jose Valdez came out in the ninth for Oklahoma City and sent the batters down in order, striking out the last two and earning his fourth save of year. Mark Krauss hit his first triple of the year, scoring Trevor Crowe. Krauss finished one-for-four with a run scored and that RBI. Robbie Grossman hit two-for-three with a walk and Jonathan Villar also had multiple hits, going two-for-four on Saturday.

Player of the Day: It’s got to be Mr. Baseball, Delino DeShields. If anyone ever goes three-for-three with TWO triples and two RBIs and doesn’t get a nod, let me know-I’ll handle it. Great game, Delino.

Pitcher of the Day: David Martinez takes the whole cake today for his perfecto five innings on Saturday at Whataburger Field. The tandem dictated that he exit after five, but man, did he pitch those five in style.