Astros Minor League Recaps

Saturday's Games

Quad Cities River Bandits 4, West Michigan Whitecaps 7

Quad Cities fell behind early and came back in the fourth inning only to fall behind again after a four-run fifth inning sealed their fate. Vincent Velasquez started on the mound for the River bandits and pitched four innings, allowing three runs on four hits, walking two and striking out four. Cameron Lamb (1-1) took the loss, throwing for the next two outs after Velasquez and allowing four runs on three hits, walking one and K-ing the same. Joe Bircher came on for the final three frames of work and recorded 1-2-3 innings in the eighth and ninth. Bircher also struck out three. Joe Sclafani hit well Saturday, batting two-for-four with a double and his eighth RBI of the season. Jordan Scott hit one-for-two with a run scored and drew two walks. 

Lancaster JetHawks 3, High Desert Mavericks 5

Lancaster got out to an early lead while Thomas Shirley (4IP H SO) and Theron Geith (1IP H BB SO) combined for five innings of shutout ball. Luis Cruz came on in the sixth inning and allowed five runs on six hits while walking two and striking out the same. Cruz (1-2) ended up with the blown save (2) and the loss after being on the hill for one and two thirds. At the plate, Delino DeShields had a productive day, hitting two-for-four with a double, triple, RBI and run scored. Tyler Heineman also had a good game offensively, hitting two-for-two with an RBI double in the sixth and drawing two walks. Nolan Fontana went hitless in the game, but walked once and collected his 22^nd RBI of the season.

Corpus Christi Hooks 2, San Antonio Missions 6

The Hooks offense was stifled on the road in San Antonio on Saturday. Carlos Quevedo (1-2) was the first pitcher in the tandem and pitched four and a third before leaving with the loss. Quevedo allowed six runs (4ER) on seven hits, walked one and struck out two on the day. Jake Buchanan, who finished out the game without allowing a hit, followed Quevedo, striking out one and retiring all 11 batters he faced in order. Rene Garcia and Jonathan Meyer both hit two-for-four Saturday with runs scored and a double each. Meyer also recorded and RBI after scoring Garcia in the fifth on a single.

Oklahoma City RedHawks, Iowa Cubs

-Game postponed due to weather

Player of the Day: Delino DeShields is the man today. Anytime a guy gets two hits in a game for five total bases, he’s doing something right. Saturday, that guy was Delino DeShields.

Pitcher of the Day: Jake Buchanan takes the cake today. Buchanan came into the game behind on Saturday and still managed to buckle down and retire all 11 batters he faced in order. Not only that, Buchanan threw 23 pitches in the game, meaning he averaged two pitches per batter and 18 of those pitches were strikes.