Friday, August 30, 2013

Astros Minor League Playoff Picture - August 30th Update

Note on Regular Season Games
The DSL and GCL are both finished for the year. Greeneville has one more regular season game. Oklahoma City, Corpus Christi, Lancaster and Quad Cities all play four more regular season games with their final game on Monday. Tri-City plays six more regular season games with their final game on Wednesday.

Oklahoma City - In Playoffs (Won Division)
Oklahoma City clinched the division title on Tuesday night and popped the bubbly. They are also the fourth Astros minor league affiliate to make the playoffs and will host the American Northern Division winner at home on Wednesday, September 4th and Thursday, September 5th to start a best of five series. Omaha and Memphis are currently tied for the lead in that division, two games in front of the Iowa Cubs. The RedHawks will be hosting Memphis for a four-game series starting on Friday.

Corpus Christi - In Playoffs (Won first half; tied for lead in second half)
The Hooks are in the playoffs by virtue of winning the first half of the season. The schedule for the first four games has already been set with the first two against San Antonio at home on Wednesday, September 4th and Thursday, September 5th and the next two at San Antonio on that Friday and Saturday. The Hooks host the Missions for the final three games of the season starting Saturday. With the Hooks win and the Missions loss on Thursday, the Hooks went back into a tie with San Antonio for first place in the second half, and are still very much in the hunt for a second half title to go with their first half title. The Hooks lead the Missions by three and a half games for the season.

Lancaster - In Playoffs (Won first half and second half)
The JetHawks are also in the playoffs by virtue of winning the first half and have clinched the second half title as well. The schedule for the first four games has been set with Lancaster playing at home on Saturday, September 7th and Sunday, September 8th (and will be attended by yours truly) and on the road the following Monday and Tuesday. What is still to be determined is the JetHawks opponent. They will play the winner of a mini-series between the #2 and #3 seeds.

Quad Cities - In Playoffs
Quad Cities became the third Astros minor league affiliate to clinch a playoff spot with Sunday's win over Burlington. The first playoff game is scheduled for September 4th at Modern Woodmen Park against Cedar Rapids. The best of three series will then move to Cedar Rapids starting Thursday.

Tri-City
The ValleyCats did not help their cause on Thursday as they dropped a double-header while Lowell won their game. The 'Cats magic number remains at 5 with 6 games left to play. They are currently in first place, one and a half games ahead of second place Lowell. The 'Cats play two on the road against Lowell over the weekend.

Greeneville - In Playoffs
With only one game left in their season, the Greeneville Astros backed in to a playoff berth last night on a loss from Elizabethton. They are the fifth Astros affiliate to make the playoffs, and it is the first time Greeneville has been in the playoffs since 2004. With the Astros losing and Kingsport winning on Thursday, Kingsport won the Division title with the Astros one and a half games back. Greeneville will play one more regular season game tonight and then will face the Kingsport Mets in a best of three series starting Saturday at home. The final two (if necessary) games will be played on the road.

GCL Astros - Eliminated
The GCL club has been eliminated from playoff contention. They are 27-32 with one game left. They are the only Astros affiliate that will end the 2013 season with a losing record.

DSL Astros - Eliminated
The DSL team was also eliminated from contention. They ended their season on Saturday with another win to cap off a four-game win streak and a 39-31 record for the season.

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