Astros Minor League Recaps

Thursday's Games - Another day, another group of winners. Oklahoma City has won 3 in a row, Corpus Christi 4, Quad Cities 5 and Lancaster a whopping 9 in a row, thank you very much!!!

Oklahoma City over Omaha 8-1
Asher Wojciechowski (3H 2BB 4SO) got the start and was very effective in six innings as he allowed only one run on a solo home run. He was spelled in relief by scoreless innings from Kevin Chapman, Josh Zeid and Rhiner Cruz. The RedHawks got the scoring started in the third inning with a Jake Elmore RBI single. That was followed by two more in each the fourth and fifth innings and was punctuated by a three-run eighth featuring a Che-Hsuan Lin RBI single and a Carlos Perez two-run double. Fernando Martinez was two-for-four with a double, RBI and run scored.

Corpus Christi over Northwest Arkansas 5-0
Jake Buchanan earned his sixth win of the season as he and Carlos Quevedo combined to allow only three hits and one walk while striking out eight in the shutout. Buchanan's ERA has now dipped to 0.77, and he will end May with a 0.00 ERA. The Hooks put up all the runs they would need with an RBI double from Jio Mier (2x4 BB R) and an RBI single from Rene Garcia in the third, but added on singletons in the sixth, seventh and eighth, two of those coming on solo shots from George Springer and Erik Castro.

Lancaster over Visalia 15-2
Kyle Hallock (1BB 5SO) put up a strong five innings of one-hit ball for the start and was followed by three from Luis Cruz who allowed two runs on three hits and a walk while striking out three. Tommy Shirley pitched the final scoreless frame. The Lancaster bats put a beat down on Visalia, pounding out fifteen runs on sixteen hits. They started the scoring in the second and never let up until the eighth. All JetHawks starters got at least one hit. Amazingly enough with that many runs scoring in a game at Lancaster, only two of them came via the long ball, a two-run home run from Matt Duffy in the fifth inning. Chris Epps had a terrific night, going three-for-five with two doubles, a triple, three RBI and two runs scored. Delino DeShields stole his 11th and 12th bases of the season. Here's a look at how all the hitters fared:

Quad Cities - Game Cancelled

Player of the Day: Chris Epps is the man of the hour. Not only did he have a great game last night, he has had a very good month. After hitting only .209 in April, he has hit .358/.450/.672 in May.

Pitcher of the Day: It has just become almost automatic. Jake Buchanan pitches. Jake Buchanan is pitcher of the day. It has been an amazing season for Jake thus far. Note to Jeff Luhnow: Buchanan has nothing left to prove in Corpus.