Astros Minor League Recaps

Wednesday's Games

Oklahoma City over Round Rock 7-0
Brad Peacock got the start and allowed only two hits and a walk while striking out four over six shutout innings. The bullpen, in the guise of Jason Stoffel, Kevin Chapman, Josh Zeid and Alex Sogard, kept the two-hit shutout going through the final three innings. The RedHawks got two across in the third on a two-run home run from George Springer (1x3 2BB 2R), his seventh in only 14 games with OKC and his 26th for the season. Robbie Grossman (1x5 3RBI) and Brandon Laird (1x3 2BB 2RBI 2R) added on five more runs in the ninth via the long ball. Ruben Sosa was two-for-three with a walk and scored a run.

Corpus Christi over Frisco 8-7 in 16 innings
Ross Seaton got the start and had a great outing, allowing only one run on two hits and two walks while striking out eight over six innings. The bullpen was a mixed bag with Kenny Long allowing three runs in the seventh and eighth and Chia-Jen Lo (in his first appearance with Corpus this season) giving up three more in the ninth to allow Frisco to tie it up. Pat Urckfitz and Carlos Quevedo kept things knotted for the next seven innings and Matt Heidenreich pitched the 16th and got the win a mere five hours and 16 minutes later. Corpus actually led this one 7-0 at one point, having scored one in the first on an Erik Castro (2x5 3BB 3R) solo homer and another six in the fourth, three of those coming on a Jio Mier bases-clearing double. The game-winning run came across in the 16th as Erik Castro scored on a passed ball. Max Stassi was two-for-four with two walks and a run, and Domigo Santana went three-for-eight with a double.

Inland Empire over Lancaster 11-8
Luis Cruz had a rare hiccup in his start as he allowed eight runs (seven earned) in only one and a third innings of work. Cruz had only allowed a total of four runs over his last seven outings combined. Cruz was followed by Blair Walters (4.2IP 5H 1R 1SO) and Michael Dimock (3IP 5H 3R 2SO). Behind 9-0 going into the fourth inning, the JetHawks chipped away at the 66ers lead with one in the fourth on a Brandon Meredith (3x5 2B HR) RBI single and one in the fifth on a Delino DeShields (2x5 2R) RBI double before breaking out with a five-run seventh which featured home runs from Brandon Merdith, Tyler Heineman (2x4) and Joe Sclafani (2x4 2RBI 2R). But despite scoring another in the ninth, the 'Hawks left the bases loaded and fell short.

Bowling Green over Quad Cities 8-2
Starter Lance McCullers allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks. He struck out five in his four innings of work before giving way to Jamaine Cotton who allowed one unearned run on two hits in his two innings. Daniel Minor showed some rust in his second outing since coming off the DL as three additional runs came across under his watch. Gerardo Sanchez (1.2IP 1H 1BB 2SO) finished it off in scoreless fashion. Quad Cities only got six hits in the game, two of which happened to be solo homers from Bobby Borchering and Rio Ruiz. Austin Elkins was two-for-four and stole a base and Jordan Scott was two-for-five.

Tri-City at Mahoning Valley - Postponed

Princeton over Greeneville 10-4
Jandel Gustave only lasted two and two-thirds innings and gave up five runs (one earned) on three hits and four walks. He was followed by Krishawn Holley (2.1IP 3H 1R 1BB 3SO), Ryan Connolly (1.2 3H 3R/1ER 2BB 3SO) and Gerardo Ramirez (1.1IP 2H 1R 1SO). The Astros got two in the fourth and added on two more in the sixth on Ricky Gingras (2x3 BB 3RBI) first home run of the season. Tanner Mathis was three-for-three with a walk.

GCL Astros over GCL Tigers 9-6
Francis Ramirez (4H 2BB 5SO HR) got the start and allowed four runs over two and two-thirds innings and was followed by Troy Scribner (4.1IP 3H 2R 4SO HR) who got the win despite allowing another pair across. Kevin Ferguson and Chris Munnelly were perfect in relief. The Astros got two in the second, three in the fourth courtesy of a Jose Solano (2x4 2R SB) three-run dinger, and four in the sixth, with three of those four runs coming via a Yonathan Mejia RBI double, a Tyler White RBI single and a Jean Batista (3x5 2R) RBI triple, his second  triple of the game.

DSL Astros at DSL Royals - Postponed

Player of the Day: Erik Castro gets my love today for his two hits, for his solo home run, for his three walks, for the three runs he scored (including the game-winner), but mostly for staying after a five hour and sixteen minute game to sign autographs, alongside Zach Johnson.

Pitcher of the Day: Brad Peacock is the man of the day for his six shutout innings. In 10 starts with Oklahoma City, he is 5-2 with a 2.59 ERA and a 1.051 WHIP. He has walked 19 batters while striking out 57.