Sunday, September 7, 2014

Astros Minor League Playoff Recaps

Results for Saturday, September 6, 2014

The Tri-City ValleyCats will take on the State College Spikes in a rematch of last year's New York-Penn League Championship Series. Game 1 will be tonight in State College at 5:05, and then the next 2 will be in Troy. Brandon McNitt is listed as the starter for game 1; he'll be taking on Trey Nielsen.

Yesterday, the spotlight shifted to the Lancaster JetHawks as they kicked off their playoff run in the California League's South Division Finals. They were taking on the Inland Empire 66ers, who took out the Lake Elsinore Storm in the South Division mini-series.

Cal League South Division Finals: Lancaster 7, Inland Empire 3 (Lancaster leads 1-0)

W- Vince Velasquez
L- Trevor Foss

Lancaster home runs: Ronnie Mitchell (solo in 2nd), Chase McDonald (3-run in 3rd)

The JetHawks took flight early as they led 6-0 after 3 innings, and although the 66ers got to Vince Velasquez a bit, Dan Minor and Andrew Walter backed him up by holding IE scoreless over the final 3 innings.

Velasquez allowed 3 runs (2 earned) on 2 hits, walked 4, and struck out 9 over 6 innings. Minor walked 1 and struck out 2 over 2 scoreless, and Walter gave up 2 hits in a scoreless 9th.

Ronnie Mitchell's solo homer with 1 out in the 2nd was the first run of the evening. Later in the frame, Danry Vásquez and Brett Phillips added RBI singles. McDonald delivered a haymaker with his 3-run shot in the 3rd, and in the 4th, Tyler White hit an RBI single. McDonald finished 3-4 (triple shy of the cycle) with a couple of runs scored, while Danry and Phillips both finished 2-4. Mitchell also scored 2 runs.

In game 2 of this series, Kent Emanuel takes the hill against Dan Tobik. First pitch is at 7:00.

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