Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Monday, June 8, 2015

Happy Draft Day!

A Tale of Two Dominican Summer League Squads is unfolding.

Fresno 6, Reno 4

W- Brady Rodgers (4-3)
L- Caleb Clay (4-4)
S- Tyson Perez (4, 5 season)

Fresno home runs: Domingo Santana (11, 2-run in 4th)

The Grizz withstood a late uprising from the Aces as they got the series-clinching victory to kick off life after Carlos Correa.

Brady Rodgers allowed a run on 6 hits, walked 3, and struck out 4 in 5.2 innings of work. Mitch Lambson got the final out of the 6th, but couldn't get himself going in the 7th. He allowed 3 runs (2 inherited runners charged to him), 2 hits, and walked 1. Jonas Dufek got 1 out in the 7th and allowed 2 hits. Jordan Jankowski restored order as he struck out 2 over 1.2 perfect innings, and Tyson Perez closed it out by striking out 1 in a 1-2-3 9th inning.

Matt Duffy opened the scoring with a sac fly in the 3rd inning. Domingo went deep for the 11th time this season in the 4th inning. In the 6th, Nolan Fontana ripped a 2-run triple and scored on an infield single from Alex Presley. Domingo Santana reached base in all 4 of his plate appearances, finishing a triple shy of the cycle and drawing a walk. Tyler Heineman and Nolan Fontana both finished with 2 hits.

The Grizzlies look to sweep the Aces out of the Central Valley as Dan Straily takes the mound. He'll face Edgar Garcia at 12:05 Pacific.

Corpus Christi was off

The Hooks are in Midland, where they'll begin a 4-game set tonight at 6:30. Mark Appel will be on the mound for Corpus Christi... he'll face Nate Long.

Lancaster 8, Visalia 3

W- Dan Mengden (1-0, 5-1 season)
L- Patrick Corbin (0-1)
S- Kevin Comer (1, 2 season)

Lancaster home runs: Marc Wik (3, solo in 5th)

The JetHawks knocked around a rehabbing Patrick Corbin as they took the first of this 3-game set, which was played in triple-digit heat.

They took flight with 4 in the 1st. J.D. Davis kicked off the proceedings with an RBI double. An A.J. Reed RBI groundout and a pair of RBI singles from Alfredo Gonzalez and Brian Holberton followed. Reed added an RBI single in the 4th.

Holberton ripped an RBI double in the 5th inning, although he was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple. Marc Wik followed by smacking his 3rd homer of the year. James Ramsay scored the final Lancaster run of the evening when Holberton grounded into a double play in the 7th. Brett Phillips, Davis, and Gonzalez all finished 3-5, while at the bottom of the order, Holberton and Wik were both 2-5.

Dan Mengden got his first win in the Cali League as he allowed 2 runs on 4 hits, walked 1, and struck out 4. Kevin Comer closed it out in his Lancaster debut; he went 4 innings and allowed a run on 4 hits, walked 1, and fanned 3.

Bryan Radziewski gets the start in game 2 of this series. He will take on Zack Godley at 6 Pacific.

Quad Cities and South Bend was cancelled

Due to rain. As this was the final meeting between the River Bandits and the newly-minted Cubs, this game will not be made up. The River Bandits have an off day today as they head home. On Wednesday, they'll welcome the Lansing Lugnuts to Modern Woodmen Park.

DSL Astros Blue 10, DSL Rays 9

W- Jose Rosario (1-1)
L- Miguel De La Cruz (0-1)
S- Dariel Aquino (1)

Blue home runs: None.

The Blue team was outhit 16-8 and were down 6-3 after the 3rd inning, but they still managed to emerge with the victory. Such is life in the Dominican Summer League. It got a little hairy late as the Rays scored 3 in the 8th to make it a 1-run game.

Both teams traded 2 runs in the 1st inning. Andy Piñeda led off the game with a walk, and a passed ball and 2 wild pitches later, he scored the first run of the morning. Orlando Marquez added an RBI groundout. Another wild pitch in the 2nd allowed Cristopher Luciano to score. The Rays got 4 in the 3rd to take the lead, but the Blue tied it with 3 in the 4th. Their 3 runs scored on zero hits. They drew 3 walks to open up the frame. Andy Piñeda hit an RBI groundout, and two more wild pitches allowed Carlos Canelon and Juan Piñeda to score. In the 5th, they got an RBI double from Jose Benjamin, a 2-run double from Canelon, and a sac fly from Andy Piñeda. Angel De Leon finished 3-5 with a double and a run scored. He has a 5-game hitting streak and has a hit in 7 of the 8 games he's played so far.

Felipe Tejada went 3+ innings and allowed 6 runs on 8 hits while striking out 4. Jose Rosario allowed 3 runs on 7 hits, walked 3, and struck out 5 in 4.1 innings. Saul Martinez got the 2nd out of the 8th inning with a strikeout. Dariel Aquino allowed a hit as he got the final 4 outs of the game.

The Blue team played the Phillies today.

DSL Cardinals 13, DSL Astros Orange 1


W- David Oca (2-0)
L- Juan Cuevas (0-1)

Orange home runs: None.

They commited 9 errors???

The Orange team still can't seem to get off the schneid. They committed 9 errors in this game. This is not a fabrication... it's what the MILB.com box score says.

They did hold a lead for a bit as Brandon Benavente hit an RBI single in the 2nd. He and Ronny Rafael had 2 hits apiece.

Juan Robles has emerged as a bit of a bright spot in a tough start for the Orange team so far. He walked 2 and struck out 7 over 4 innings. Juan Cuevas allowed 9 runs, but amazingly, only 1 of them was counted as an earned run. He went 2 innings and allowed 4 hits (3-run homer) and struck out 1. Michael Richez also pitched 2 innings; he allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 4 hits and walked 2. Ezequiel Madera allowed 2 runs, a double (1 run scored on that double), and walked 3 in the 9th.

The Orange team played the Mariners 2 today.