Astros Minor League Recaps

Wednesday's Games

New Orleans over Oklahoma City 4-3
A pitchers' duel through six, Oklahoma City took a 3-0 lead in the seventh which it held until Zephyrs' Catcher Kyle Skipworth, a career minor league .215 hitter (hitting .161 this season), hit a walk-off grand slam in the ninth off Jose Valdez. Thus ended a shutout thrown by Philip Humber (5IP 3H 3BB 6SO), Kevin Chapman (1IP 1H 2SO) and Jason Stoffel (2IP 2H 3SO). The RedHawks were held to six hits, with an RBI double from Che-Hsuan Lin being the only extra base hit. Jonathan Villar was two-for-four with a walk and Jon Singleton was hitless with three strikeouts.

Corpus Christi over San Antonio 4-2
Mike Foltynewicz pitched four and a third innings and allowed two runs on an Eddy Rodriguez home run, one of only five hits given up. He walked one and struck out eight. Kenny Long got the second out of the fifth before giving way to David Martinez (4.1IP 3H 2SO) who cruised to his tenth win of the season. The Hooks only managed to get five hits so they had to make them count. The Hooks took the lead early with a two-run home run from Domingo Santana in the first, two runs which were quickly answered in the second by the Missions. The final two runs came across in the seventh inning on a Rene Garcia RBI single and a fielding error.

Lancaster - Day Off

Quad Cities - Day Off

Tri-City over Vermont 8-2
Michael Feliz dealt five strong innings allowing one run on only one hit and three walks while striking out nine and was followed by three innings from Andrew Walter (3H 1R 3SO) and a scoreless frame from Christian Garcia. D'Andre Toney (2x3 2R) had the big four RBI night, including a three run home run and Mike Martinez was three-for-four and scored two runs. Tony Kemp went one-for-four with a walk, RBI and stolen base, and Dan Gulbransen went two-for-three with an RBI and scored a run.

DSL Astros over DSL Mariners 6-2 in 17 innings
Six Astros pitchers combined in this one with Elieser Hernandez (5IP 3H 1R/0ER 3BB 3SO) and Angel Heredia (4.1IP 2H 1R 3BB 6SO 1HR) giving up the only two runs and Victor Mesa getting the win in extras. The Astros did this the hard way. They didn't tie it up until the top of the ninth when Victor Tavarez hit a two-run home run. Fast forward to the top of the 17th and a four spot by the Astros sealed the deal. Hector Roa was four-for-eight with a double; Jean Estrella went three-for-seven and scored a run; and Luis Payano drove in two and stole a base.

Player of the Day: D'Andre Toney earns his first WTHB honors of the season for his four RBI night. Honorable mention goes to Hector Roa who went four-for-eight with a double for the DSL. He is hitting .275 with a .500 slugging percentage over his last eight games.

Pitcher of the Day: Michael Feliz intrigued us last season with his dominance in the GCL. The 6'4" 210# 19-year old seems to be carrying that forward. Despite a bit of wildness in the second inning which allowed one run to score, Feliz was otherwise dominant again last night with nine strikeouts.