Astros Minor League Recaps

Monday's Games

Oklahoma City over Omaha 6-1
Brett Oberholtzer (who hasn't had any work since July 5th) got the win as he struck out nine and allowed only one hit, one run and one walk over six innings. Kevin Chapman (2IP 1H 2BB 4SO) and Jason Stoffel (1IP 1H 1BB) provided scoreless relief. The RedHawks scored one in the first on a Brandon Laird RBI single, but didn't score again until an RBI triple from Ruben Sosa (2x4) in the sixth gave them what proved to be the winning margin. RBI singles from Laird in the seventh and Robbie Grossman in the eighth padded the lead, and a Jose Martinez RBI single and a Jon Singleton (1x3 2B BB) sac fly RBI in the ninth sealed the deal. Jimmy Paredes was two-for-five and stole a base. George Springer was one-for-five, stole two bases and scored two runs (and struck out three times).

Corpus Christi over San Antonio 6-4
Ross Seaton got the start and the win, allowing four runs (three earned) on ten hits over seven and two-thirds innings. Chia-Jen Lo retired his one batter and then Jorge de Leon pitched a perfect ninth for his sixth save. Corpus trailed in this one until a five-run fifth put them on the board, featuring an RBI single from Rene Garcia (3x4), an RBI double from Jonathan Meyer and a two-run home run from Erik Castro (his 14th of the season). Garcia doubled in another run in the seventh.

Lancaster over Bakersfield 3-2
Who knew it was this easy? I asked David Rollins for a win via twitter yesterday afternoon and he obliged! Rollins (5H 1BB 3SO) went six innings and allowed two runs via the long ball on his way to his eighth win of the season. Jonas Dufek pitched a perfect two innings, striking out three, and Travis Ballew allowed one hit and struck out one in the ninth to earn his 17th save of the season. The 'Hawks did all of their scoring in the third as Andrew Aplin (2x4) drove one out with two ducks on the pond.

Quad Cities over Lake County 7-4
Colton Cain got the start and allowed three runs on six hits and three walks over four innings. He was followed by two scoreless innings from Daniel Minor (1H 1BB 3SO) and two more scoreless innings from Mitch Lambson (3H 1SO). Juan Minaya gave up the final Lake County run in the ninth. The River Bandits came from behind with three in the fourth on a Jordan Scott bases clearing triple. Scott drove in two more in the sixth with an RBI single before being driven in by Carlos Correa's seventh home run of the season. Rio Ruiz and Brian Blasik both doubled in the game. And the Bandits were busy on the base paths as well as Scott stole his 21st of the season, Teoscar Hernandez stole his 20th of the season, and Ruiz and Dan Gulbransen each stole one as well.

Tri-City over Hudson Valley 4-3
Starter Tanner Bushue (5IP 5H 3R 2BB 2SO) got the win and was followed by scoreless relief from Albert Minnis (0.1IP 1H), Adrian Houser (2IP 1H 1SO), J.D. Osborne (0.2IP 0H) and Richard Rodriguez (1IP 2H). The ValleyCats got on the board with two in the second on a Jon Kemmer (2x3 BB) home run, and got two more in the fifth as Mike Martinez (2x4) drove in one with a double and later came around to score on a wild pitch. Ernesto Genoves had two hits as well.

Greeneville at Johnson City - Suspended in the fifth with Greeneville leading 5-4
Game to be completed 8/12

GCL Astros over GCL Blue Jays 4-3
Francis Ramirez pitched the first four and allowed two runs on five hits and two walks while striking out three. He was followed by four innings from Samil de los Santos (2H 3SO) and one from Erick Gonzalez (1H 1R/0ER 1BB). De los Santos was awarded the win and Gonzalez converted his third save. The Astros scored early with runs driven in by Brett Booth, Jacob Nottingham and Jose Solano (2x4 R) in the first, and late with Javaris Reynolds (2x2 BB) driving in the pivotal run in the eighth. Yonathan Mejia was two-for-three with a double, walk and run scored. Brett Booth, who was hitting .308/.431/.462 in 16 games, tweeted that he was on his way to join the Tri-City team after Monday's game.

DSL Astros over DSL Mariners 5-1 (Completion of 7/4 suspended game)
Harold Arauz pitched the first three innings without allowing a run and was followed by five from Gerardo Juarez (5H 1R/0ER 1BB 5SO) and one perfect inning from Yonquelys Martinez. Jean Estrella was one-for-four with a double; Alexander Melendez was one-for-four with two RBI; and Luis Payano was four-for-four and scored twice.

DSL Mariners over DSL Astros 3-2 in 7 innings
Geronimo Franzua gave up all three Mariner runs in his two and two-thirds innings and was followed by scoreless outings from Cristhopher Santamaria and Juan Delis. The Astros scored both of their runs in the second inning on a Jarico Reynoso (1x2 BB SB) RBI single. Alexander Melendez and Kristian Trompiz were both two-for-three with a run scored.

Player of the Day: Jordan Scott had a heckuva day, going two for two-for-four with a triple, walk, stolen base, run scored and driving in five of the seven Quad Cities runs.

Pitcher of the Day: Samil de los Santos did a great job keeping a razor thin margin intact and allowing his team to win late. Only two singles and no walks over four innings? Nice job. Honorable mention goes to Brett Oberholtzer.