Astros Minor League Recaps

Tuesday's Games

Oklahoma City over Reno 4-2
The RedHawks had put up three small ball runs by the time Reno scored its only two runs off Jake Buchanan  (7IP 6H 2R 1BB 3SO) in the sixth inning, with a little help from a wild pitch and the only walk issued by Buchanan. The RedHawks only scraped together five hits (all singles), but walked six times. Jose Martinez and Carlos Perez drove in runs with RBI singles and George Springer was credited with an RBI on a ground out.

San Antonio over Corpus Christi 4-1
Mike Foltynewicz went five, giving up three runs on four hits and five walks on his way to his second Hooks loss. He also struck out five. T.J. Geith (1.2IP 1H 2BB 4SO) and Andrew Robinson (1.1IP 2H 1R/0ER) shared the bullpen duties. The Hooks only managed one run in the third as Jio Mier scored on a Ronald Torreyes single. The Hooks were held to five singles and two walks.

Lancaster over Lake Elsinore 10-4
Tommy Shirley (1H 1BB 1SO) pitched the first two innings before coming out of the game with what was characterized as arm discomfort. Blair Walters (4IP 2H 2R 2BB 5SO) picked up where Shirley left off and got the win with a lot of help from his offense. Cameron Lamb and Tyson Perez allowed the last two runs to score in the seventh and eighth innings, respectively. The 'Hawks got the party started early with Matt Duffy's (2x4 3RBI) 17th home run of the season, a two run shot in the second. The good guys went on to score two more in the second; three in the third on a Chris Epps RBI single and a Brandon Meredith (4x4) two-run homer; one in the sixth on a Chris Epps sac fly scoring M.P. Cokinos; one in the seventh on Meredith's second home run of the night and 14th of the season; and a final run in the eighth as Tyler Heineman (3x5) singled in Andrew Aplin. The team hit six doubles - two from Tyler Heineman, and one each from Nolan Fontana, Andrew Aplin, Matt Duffy and Brandon Meredith. Aplin and Fontana each swiped a bag as well.

Peoria at Quad Cities - Postponed

State College over Tri-City 6-2
Tri-City got on the board first with one in the third on a Conrad Gregor (3x4) solo home run, but State College countered in the bottom of the frame with four runs off starter Randall Fant whose night was done after that inning. He was followed with two innings from Patrick Christensen who gave up only one hit and struck out three. Zach Morton took the mound for the next two innings and allowed two runs on three hits before giving way to a scoreless eighth from Albert Minnis. The ValleyCats scored an additional run in the top of the eighth, but it was too little, too late.

Burlington over Greeneville 7-6
Greeneville made a valiant effort to come back, scoring five runs in their last two frames but fell just short. Starter Edison Frias put up six solid innings, allowing two runs on six hits and striking out two, but the bullpen struggled as Tyler Brunnemann and Ryan Connolly allowed five runs between them in the last three innings. Greeneville only put up one run on an Angel Ibanez RBI single in the fourth before they started the scoring in earnest in the eighth inning as Ariel Ovando (2x4) doubled in two runs and later scored on a ground out. Ricky Gingras (2x4 BB 2R) singled in the final two runs of the game in the ninth. Marc Wik was three-for-five and scored a run; and Juan Santana was two-for-five with a double and scored a run.

GCL Astros over GCL Yankees 6-3
Six pitchers took the mound with the first three, Agapito Barrios (4IP 2BB 5SO), Jorge Perez (1IP) and Juan Santos (1IP 1BB) posting zeroes. According to Jacob Nottingham, Santos was hitting 99 on the radar gun during the game.  [Note: I misunderstood Nottingham's tweet. It was actually Guduan who hit 99, which makes a whole lot more sense!] Reymin Guduan (1IP 1H 2R/0ER 1BB 1SO), Kevin Ferguson (1IP 1BB 1SO) and Zach Dando (1IP 2H 1R 2BB) took it the rest of the way. The Astros got their first run in the third as Javaris Reynolds (2x5) tripled in a run, and scored another in the fourth. After a Jason Martin RBI single in the seventh, the Astros led 3-2 going in to the ninth when three runs came across on another Martin single and a Yonathan Mejia two-RBI single. Jose Fernandez went two-for-five, stole a base and scored a run.

DSL Astros over DSL Dodgers 8-2
Elieser Hernandez pitched the first four, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits and three walks, before giving way to Yonquelys Martinez who earned his first win of the season with three scoreless innings. Angel Heredia and Starlyng Sanchez each pitched a scoreless frame in relief as well. The team brought their big boy bats to the game yesterday, banging out twelve hits, including four doubles and a bases clearing triple from Luis Payano. Payano ended the day going three-for-five with a double, triple, four RBI and scored two runs. Kristian Trompiz was two-for-five with a double and a run scored; and Jean Estrella went three-for-five with a double, stolen base and two runs.

Player of the Day: It's not even a contest. Brandon Meredith went four-for-four with a double, two home runs, three RBI and scored three runs. That performance is deserving of the WTHB honors any day. Luis Payano gets honorable mention for his four RBI day.

Pitcher of the Day: Jake Buchanan has only made six starts and he has already collected his third win. On Tuesday, he only allowed six singles and one walk. He has a 3.08 ERA and a 1.132 WHIP since joining OKC.