Astros Minor League Recaps

Monday's Games

Round Rock over Oklahoma City 12-2
This one started off badly and then just got worse. Brett Oberholtzer (4R/3ER) gave up two hits and four straight walks while only recording one out before being lifted for Alex Sogard. Sogard got a quick double play to limit the damage and went on to strike out the side in the second, but things went south again in the third as five hits and two walks (one intentional) blossomed into another six Round Rock runs. Rhiner Cruz allowed the final two runs in the fourth before he, Jason Stoffel, Kevin Chapman and Che-Hsuan Lin provided scoreless relief the rest of the way. It is the second time that OF Lin has been called upon to pitch in the last four games. OKC put up one run in the seventh and one in the eighth (RBI from Fernando Martinez and Jose Martinez), but "too much, too little, too late." Jake Elmore went two-for-four; Marc Krauss was two-for-four with a double and a run scored; and Jon Singleton was one-for-four with a double and a strikeout in his second AAA appearance.

San Antonio over Corpus Christi 8-6
Bobby Doran (3IP 6H 3R 1BB 4SO) got the start and Corpus was leading until a four-run fifth derailed the team. Nick Tropeano (4IP 7H 4R 4SO) was charged with the loss. Andrew Robinson pitched the final two frames and gave up a solo home run, one of only two hits he allowed. The Hooks put two across in the first on a George Springer single and a Jonathan Meyer (1x3 2B BB) sac fly. Jio Mier (2x5 2R) followed up with a two-run home run in the second, his fifth long ball of the season. Kiké Hernandez added on a solo homer in the third, and George Springer doubled in Zach Johnson (2x4 2B 2R) for the final Hooks run in the fourth. Rene Garcia was two-for-five with a double and a run scored.

Lancaster - All-Star Break

Quad Cities - All-Star Break

Tri-City over Vermont 9-3
Evan Grills got the first start of the Tri-City season and gave up one run by way of a solo home run in his four innings of work. He allowed three hits, walked two and struck out two. Edison Frias (3H 2R 1SO) provided one inning of relief before the second half of the tandem came in. Kevin Comer allowed only one hit and one walk while striking out five in his four innings. The offensive output was rather impressive with LF Jon Kemmer leading the charge.

 Ronnie Mitchell and Tony Kemp each swiped a bag as well.

DSL Athletics over DSL Astros 1-0 in 12 innings
This was an unbelievable pitcher's duel in the DSL with Harold Arauz (5IP 4H 5SO), Javier Lozano (3IP 1H 6SO) and Gerardo Juarez (3IP 2H 4SO) allowing zero runs and zero walks in the first 11 innings before Victor Mesa got touched for a solo home run in the 12th. The Astros were held to four hits with 2B Arturo Michelina getting two of them.

Player of the Day: Jon Kemmer gets the nod in his first professional appearance -- four-for-four with a two-run home run and a walk is certainly a nice start by any measure.

Pitcher of the Day: I'm going to give Kevin Comer honorable mention for his excellent first Tri-City start, but I've got to go with the DSL pitchers (Arauz, Lozano and Juarez) for their 11 shutout innings. The fact that they didn't walk a batter in those 11 innings puts them over the top. Great job!