Astros Minor League Recaps

Monday's Games


Elizabethton Twins 7, Greeneville Astros 2
Greeneville was shutout until the seventh inning on Monday. Darwin Rivera put them on the board in the seventh with a two-run homer, scoring Bobby Borchering who singled in the previous at bat. Rivera (2X4 R 2B HR 2RBI) and Borchering (2X4 R SO) collected four of the five hits the Astros had in this game. Jordan Mills (0-1) threw the first two innings and took the loss, allowing an unearned run on two hits, walking two and striking out three. Gerardo Ramirez faced nine batters in the sixth, allowing another four runs on five hits, walking one and striking out two.


GCL Astros 5, GCL Tigers 4
Closing pitcher Erick Gonzalez picked up his first save after working the ninth, but not before letting things get a little interesting. Gonzalez (2R 3H BB SO) allowed two runs in the inning, cutting his team’s lead to one run before recording the final out. Brandon Culbreth (1-0) pitched the first five and recorded the win with a run on four hits, a walk and seven Ks. At the plate, Tyler White went two-for-three with a double and a couple of walks.


DSL Astros 3, DSL Tigers 2
Jesus Bermejo (1X3 R HR 3RBI SO) hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning to put his team ahead and the DSL Astros never looked back. Solid pitching kept them in the lead, giving up just two hits after the third inning. Geronimo Franzua started and threw for four frames, allowing two runs (1ER) on four hits, walking two and striking out six. Carlos Vasquez (1-0) pitched the next two innings and earned the win after giving up a hit, walking one and K-ing one. Hector Roa went three-for-five batting with two runs scored, a double and a strikeout. Jean Estrella went two-for-three with a walk and strikeout.


Tri-City Valley Cats 0, Connecticut Tigers 4
The Valley Cats were four-hit shut out in this game. Starter Michael Feliz (1-1) took the loss. Feliz pitched five innings and in that time he allowed two unearned runs on three hits and struck out four. D'Andre Toney went one-for-four, picking up his first double of the season and struck out once. Jon Kemmer (0X2) drew the only walk of the game for either team.


Lancaster JetHawks 6, Bakersfield Blaze 3
The JetHawks scored in pairs all the way to the win in this one. M.P. Cokinos was responsible for knocking in four of those runs. Cokinos (2X3) tallied two RBI on a double in the first to get Lancaster on the board and then one more in both the sixth and eight innings. Carlos Perdomo was busy at the plate too, hitting three-for-five with an RBI, strikeout and three runs scored. Michael Dimock (1-0) pitched an inning and two thirds, exiting before the sixth and took the win, allowing two hits and a walk in his shift. David Rollins recorded his third save after working the last four innings on the mound. Rollins gave up a run on two hits (HR), a walk and struck out seven.


Omaha Storm Chasers 3, Oklahoma City RedHawks 2
The RedHawks didn’t score outside of the third inning on Monday when Jimmy Paredes (1X4 R HR 2RBI SO) hit a two-run homer, his fourth of the year. Phillip Humber (0-3) picked up the loss after going the first seven innings. Humber allowed three runs (1ER), six hits, walked one and struck out three. Brett Wallace and Jake Elmore both hit two-for-four with a strikeout. Wallace also hit his 16th double in the game.

Player of the Day: M.P. Cokinos steals the show today. Cokinos hit two singles, a double and sac’ fly to bring four runs across the plate. Well done.

Pitcher of the Day: Brandon Culbreth gets the nod today for his first win of the season. Culbreth gave up three hits and a run in the first inning but settled down after that to only allow one more hit during his shift. Not only that, he struck out seven in five innings (six outside of the first). Nice game.