Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Monday, August 10, 2015

With the full-season affiliates off, Monday was the short-season and complex leagues' time to shine.

Lowell 7, Tri-City 4

W- Matt Kent (5-0)
L- Adam Whitt (2-2)
S- Trevor Kelley (1)

TC home runs: None.

The ValleyCats led 4-1 after the 1st inning, but Lowell had an offensive outburst that turned the tide of the game in their favor midway through it.

Aaron Mizell put Tri-City in the lead with a 2-run double in the 1st inning. Pat Porter brought him home with a single, and Bobby Wernes scored on a groundout from Alex Melendez.

The only run that Harold Arauz allowed in his 4 innings was a solo homer from Andrew Benintendi in the 1st. Arauz allowed one other hit, walked 2, and struck out 6. David Schmidt was the first man out; he allowed 2 runs (1 inherited runner charged to him), a solo homer to former Arizona State linebacker Brandon Magee, and walked 1 as he got 2 outs in the 5th. Adam Whitt allowed 4 runs (3 earned) on 5 hits, walked 1, and struck out 4 in 2.1 innings, and Juan Carlos Santos walked 4 and struck out 4 over 2 scoreless innings.

In the rubber game of this series, Ralph Garza Jr. will take on Dioscar Romero at 11:00 A.M. Eastern.

Game 1: Greeneville 5, Elizabethton 3

W- Joselo Pinales (1-2)
L- Jose Abreu (0-2)

Greeneville home runs: None.

The Appy Astros scored 2 in the 6th to tie and 2 in the 7th to take the lead, and eventually, the first game of this twinbill, which was in a rain delay for a while.

Daz Cameron opened the scoring in the 3rd when he ripped an RBI triple, although he got thrown out at the plate trying to turn that into an inside-the-park homer. Myles Straw hit a sac fly in the 6th, and Brauly Mejia later added an RBI double. Daz found himself at the center of another Greeneville run-scoring play as he reached on an error that allowed Ford Stainback and Straw to score the go-ahead runs in the 7th inning.

Jose Hernandez went 4 innings and allowed a run on a sac fly in the 4th, a double that also occurred in the 4th, and struck out 1. Cris Santamaria allowed a 2-run homer to Kamran Young in the 5th, which was the only hit he allowed in 1.2 innings. He walked 3 and fanned 2. Joselo Pinales inherited a bases-loaded situation, but he was able to navigate out of trouble. He went 1.1 innings and struck out 2.

Game 2: Elizabethton 3, Greeneville 2

W- Anthony McIver (2-1)
L- Alejandro Solarte (0-3)

Greeneville home runs: None.

The Twins returned the favor by walking off with a win in the nightcap.

Osvaldo Duarte opened the scoring with an RBI single in the 2nd inning. Myles Straw finished 3-3 with 2 doubles and an RBI single in the 5th.

Yhoan Acosta allowed a run on 5 hits, walked 1, and struck out 5 in 5 innings. Alejandro Solarte threw a scoreless 6th, but the 2 runs in the 7th that won the game for Elizabethton were inherited runners that were charged to him. He walked 2 and struck out 1. Starlyng Sanchez allowed the walk-off 2-run single with 2 outs in the 7th.

Salvador Montaño will start the lone home game of this series, which will begin at 7:00 Eastern.

GCL Astros

The Kissimmee Stros played the Tigers in a twinbill and lost game 1 by a score of 6-2, and also dropped game 2 2-0.

Wander Franco hit a solo shot (2) in game 1. Thomas Eshelman, the Astros' 2nd-round pick out of Cal State Fullerton in June, allowed a run on 2 hits in 2 innings in his pro debut.

They were held to 1 hit in game 2. Carlos Hiraldo allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 7 hits, walked 1, and fanned 5 in 5 innings.

DSL Astros Blue 7, DSL Athletics 3

W- Framber Valdez (4-1)
L- Wandisson Charles (1-4)

Blue home runs: None.

The Blue team got some separation in a 1-run game, which allowed them to get the win.

Reiny Beltre opened the scoring with an RBI double in the 1st, and he wound up scoring himself on an error. Andy Piñeda scored on a wild pitch in the 3rd, and Angel De Leon drew a bases-loaded walk in the 5th. Cristopher Luciano ripped an RBI double in the 6th. Piñeda drew a bases-loaded walk in the 8th, and Angel Tejeda scored the final run of the day when Luciano grounded into a double play.

Framber Valdez got the win as he allowed a run, a hit, walked 1, and struck out 4 in 4.1 innings.

DSL Nationals 10, DSL Astros Orange 8 in 10 innings

W- Francys Peguero (2-1)
L- Harlen Florencio (1-1)
S- Jose Jimenez (1)

Orange home runs: Anardo Peralta (1, 2-run in 4th)

The Orange team couldn't hold a 7-3 lead.

Anardo Peralta finished 2-4 with a 2-run homer in the 4th inning, while Carlos Machado went 3-5 with a double and 2 runs scored. Brandon Benavente ripped a 2-run double in the 5th.

Diosward Gonzalez was the first man out of the bullpen for the Orange team, and he was the only Orange team pitcher who threw a scoreless outing, walking 1 and striking out 1 in 2 innings.