Astros Minor League Recaps

Wednesday's Games


Greeneville Astros, Kingsport Mets
-Postponed


GCL Yankees1, GCL Astros
-Game suspended after the second inning due to rain. It will be completed today (7/4/2013).


DSL Athletics 6, DSL Astros 3
All of the DSL Astros runs came by way of the long ball in their loss at home on Wednesday. Victor Tavarez (1X3 R HR RBI) hit a solo-shot in the second inning, putting his team on the board. Hector Roa (1X4 R HR 2RBI SO) with a two-run shot of his own in the seventh inning that scored Alexander Melendez (1X3 R BB SO). Starter Edwin Villarroel (2-3) gave up five runs (2ER) on eight hits through five innings while striking out 2. Gerardo Juarez followed Villarroel, working three innings, allowing another run on three hits and a walk and striking out three.

Tri-City Valley Cats 1, Vermont Lake Monsters 2
The Valley Cats were shutting out their opponents before allowing a run in both the eighth and ninth innings. Tri-City pitchers allowed just three hits before the eighth inning. Zach Morton started on the mound for Tri-City and allowed just a hit through his four innings of work while K-ing two. Albert Minnis (2-1) picked up the loss after giving up the game-ending run in the ninth. Minnis recorded that run on a hit and a walk. Michael Martinez (1X4 R HR RBI SO) put up the Valleys Cats lone run in the fourth when he connected for his first round-tripper of the season.

Clinton LumberKings 0, Quad Cities River Bandits 1
This game was a pitchers’ duel from the get go. The River Bandits and their starting pitcher Vincent Velasquez worked their way onto the winning side of it. Velasquez threw six scoreless innings, allowed just a hit, walked two and struck out five. Velasquez’s first four frames were perfect. Gerardo Sanchez (4-2) came on for two frames in the seventh and picked up the win. Sanchez gave up just a hit and struck out one. Chia-Jen Lo earned his first save in the Midwest League after working the ninth, giving up a hit and walking one. The River Bandits had just four hits of their own in the game and their run was the product of a balk with Terrell Joyce (0X3 R BB SO) on third. Carlos Correa recorded half of Quad Cities’ hits himself, batting two-for-four with a double and a walk.

Bakersfield Blaze 11, Lancaster JetHawks 6
Lancaster allowed 11 runs on 19 hits at home yesterday to end a four-game winning streak. David Rollins (7-5) was the first on the hill for the JetHawks and through four innings he recorded six runs (5ER) on 10 hits (HR) walked one and struck out another. Rollins would take the loss. Blair Walters came on to pitch in the seventh and allowed four runs on four hits without recording an out. Delino DeShields hit two-for-five, scored two runs, hit a triple and swiped two bags in the game. M.P. Cokinos went three-for-four at the plate with a pair of runs scored and an RBI on his sixth-inning homer.

Corpus Christi Hooks 3, Springfield Cardinals 11
The Hooks notched their fourth consecutive loss after the game on Wednesday. Ross Seaton (1-1) threw the first five and took the loss after tallying seven runs (6ER) on seven hits (3HR) and a walk with three Ks. Rene Garcia was the only Corpus Christi player with multiple hits, going two-for-four and scoring a run. Raoul Torrez went one-for-four, struck out, scored a run and picked up a couple RBI in the sixth when he hit a home run that scored Zach Johnson (1X4 R 2SO).

Albuquerque Isotopes 9, Oklahoma City RedHawks 10
Oklahoma City jumped out to a nine-to-one lead early in this game before letting things get a little interesting for the home crowd on Wednesday. The RedHawks held on to win for the second time in two days by just a run. Kevin Chapman entered in the sixth as the third pitcher to take the mound for the RedHawks and recorded the win. Chapman (1-2) worked two innings, allowing a run on two hits, walking two and striking out the same. Wade LeBlanc started the game and through three and a third, recorded a run on three hits, walked five and struck out two. There were a lot of hits in this game and four RedHawks had multi-hit games. Jonathan Villar and Ruben Sosa each stole a base. Neither team hit a home run though, despite the 19-run total. Here’s the box for your viewing pleasure:

Player of the Day: Lancaster may have lost, but Delino DeShields takes the cake today. DeShields started a couple of double plays, swiped two bases and hit his seventh triple of the year. That’s a productive day, no matter what the scoreboard says.

Pitcher of the Day: Vincent Velasquez stands alone today. He came out and pitched superbly for Quad Cities yesterday against pitching that would have up-ended the River Bandits unless he brought anything less than his “A” game. Well done.