Astros Farm Report: 4/8

Bringing you the latest news from down on the Astros farm ...

TRANSACTIONS
(I will start up an ongoing transaction post shortly that will focus on comings and goings in the organization throughout the season.)

4-7: RHP Brendan Feldmann assigned to Fayetteville from Corpus Christi
4-7: RHP Edgardo Sandoval voluntarily retired (he pitched on Saturday and then retired on Sunday; I'm not sure what's going on with that!)
4-7: RHP Tanner Duncan assigned to Corpus Christi
4-6: RHP Brendan Feldmann assigned to Corpus Christi

Players who started the 2019 season on the DL
C Ruben Castro
RHP Nick Hernandez
RHP Alex House
OF Alex McKenna
RHP Hansel Paulino
RHP Erasmo Pinales
RHP Abdiel Saldana
RHP Kyle Serrano
RHP Jairo Solis

Restricted List
RHP Francis Martes (80-game suspension)

2019 STANDINGS

AAA ROUND ROCK (Pacific Coast League)

T2nd 2-2 .500 1.0GB W1

AA CORPUS CHRISTI (Texas League)

1st 3-1 .750 -.-GB W2

ADV A FAYETTEVILLE (Carolina League)

T4th 1-3 .250 2.0GB L3

LOW A QUAD CITIES (Midwest League)

T6th 1-3 .250 2.0GB L3

WATCH THIS SPACE

I plan to use "this space" to feature players who are currently flying below the radar, but who deserve a look.

Nivaldo Rodriguez - July 2018

Photo by Jayne Hansen

RHP Nivaldo Rodriguez
Rodriguez signed with the Astros out of Venezuela in June 2016. Never considered a top prospect, Rodriguez has nonetheless continued a slow, steady and successful climb up the ladder. After compiling a 4-1 record with a 2.91 ERA and a 1.042 WHIP in 14 appearances (7 starts) for Tri-City in 2018 (13 BB:50 K in 55.2 IP), he has gotten off to a VERY good start with his first appearance at Quad Cities in 2019, allowing one hit, zero runs, one walk and striking out eight in his first five-inning start. He will be 22 later this month.

FORMER ASTRO UPDATE

Originally drafted by the Astros in the 8th round in 2013 out of Orange Lutheran High School (CA), OF Jason Martin was included in the January 2018 trade to the Pirates for RHP Gerrit Cole. After hitting .270/.343/.443/.786 in 580 minor league games, Martin made his major league debut Saturday and this happened ...

Jason Martin didn't waste any time picking up his first #MLB hit. The #Pirates' No. 11 prospect lined a single up the middle in his first career at-bat.

Live @Pirates prospect stats: https://t.co/3Uc9Qz7t4z pic.twitter.com/NroIa9GJgA

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) April 6, 2019

Congratulations!! Martin is the 49th player I've interviewed who has made his major league debut. Who will be #50?

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

And finally, in an homage (nice word for ripoff) to Astros County's musical selection, I plan to start bringing you random pictorial selections ...

Roseate Spoonbill

Smith Oaks Rookery - March 2019

Photo by Jayne Hansen

Astros Farm Report: 1/15

Catching you up on the latest Astros MiLB offseason news ...

WISHING A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO

Yoanys Quiala - August 2017

Photo by Jayne Hansen

1-15: RHP Yoanys Quiala (24)
1-17: OF Kyle Tucker (21)
1-18: SS Osvaldo Duarte (22)

ROSTER MOVES/TRANSACTIONS

I certainly don't need to inform my readers about the big weekend trade with Pittsburgh to obtain RHP Garrit Cole in exchange for RHP Joe Musgrove, RHP Michael Feliz, 3B Colin Moran and OF Jason Martin. Baseball America has a very good post on what the Astros gained and what they lost from a talent perspective. And J.J. Cooper of BA weighs in with some additional thoughts on Moran. MLB Pipeline has updated their 2017 postseason prospect rankings to remove Moran (#5) and Martin (#15). RHP Jairo Solis has been slotted in at #21 and OF Ronnie Dawson has been added at #30.

19-year old Joe Musgrove - August 2012

Photo by Jayne Hansen

What these various pundits don't weigh in on is what else the Astros fans are losing. If you are on twitter, you might have seen many tweets of praise for Joe Musgrove ...

Hey, @pirates, in Joe Musgrove you’re getting one of the all-time good dudes. Here’s a column I wrote on him last season. https://t.co/ClcQV03G4g

— Richard Justice (@richardjustice) January 14, 2018

Was with Joe Musgrove in Corpus Christi on caravan all day Thursday. One of my favorite guys in my time with the #Astros; great pitcher & great person. Wish him nothing but the best in Pittsburgh.

— Robert Ford (@raford3) January 14, 2018

Best of luck to @musgrove23Stros, pictured here with @ABREG_1 toward the end of FanFest yesterday. Joe is a talented pitcher and a heck of a human. Hope he has great success with the Pirates. pic.twitter.com/r9CEs3cv7e

— Alyson Footer (@alysonfooter) January 14, 2018

@musgrove23Stros UR one of the best people to play for @astros. Thank u for doing everything asked and more. I will always root for you. Best wishes to @DianeMusgrove

— Bill Brown (@BrownieTw) January 14, 2018

Thank you @musgrove23Stros for all you did for Kingwood after the flood.

— Mike Fast (@fastballs) January 14, 2018

Pennsylvania gained a good one. Bring a little San Diego to the great state, @musgrove23Stros 🤙

— Derek Fisher (@defish21) January 14, 2018

Any fan who has ever had the opportunity to interact with Joe from the low minors all the way up to Houston will know what a special person he is, generous with his time and his heart. I first interviewed Joe when he was only 19 and I immediately fell in love with him. He was sweet and charming ... a gentle giant like my father. Every time I spoke with him from that point forward just cemented my impression of him as a really special person. He and his wonderful family will be missed. Best of luck to Joe, Michael, Colin and Jason as they continue their baseball journeys!

Thanks for the memories H-Town. Waddup Steel City! pic.twitter.com/upXWFVTuUJ

— Joe Musgrove (@ItsbuccnJoe59) January 14, 2018

One additional note ... as of 1/14, the Astros 40-man roster stands at 38 with the addition of Cole and the subtraction of Musgrove, Feliz and Moran. I do not think it was a coincidence that Astros General Manager Luhnow's trade allows him much more flexibility to identify and patch holes where the team sees them as the season approaches. Had he given up top prospects not on the 40-man roster, Luhnow would still have had his hands tied with a full roster and much less room to maneuver.

The cumulative Astros offseason transaction list can be found here.

FALL AND WINTER LEAGUE UPDATES

Since most of the Astros minor leaguers are finished with winter ball, I'll only be including the active players here. For the final stats for players having participated in the Arizona Fall League, Venezuelan Winter League, Mexican Pacific Winter League and the Dominican Winter League, please visit my Farm Report from 1/1.

AUSTRALIAN BASEBALL LEAGUE (ABL)

MiLB.com is currently down for maintenance. Therefore, I cannot currently access the specifics of Ayarza's last four games, but it appears that he continues to have a good amount of success with the Bite. The ABL regular season will conclude on January 27th.

Adelaide Bite
Rodrigo Ayarza - 32G .295/.331/.508 8-2B 6HR 13RBI 7BB:27SO 5SB:2CS

PUERTO RICAN WINTER LEAGUE (LBPRC)

Again, I can't access the boxscores for detailed information at this time, but Sierra lowered his ERA over three points in one appearance and Castro had his first and only at-bat (so far) of his winter campaign resulting in an RBI double.

Cangrejeros de Santurce
RHP Carlos Sierra - 3G 2.1IP 7.71 ERA 3.429 WHIP 1SO:5BB
C Ruben Castro - 1G 1.000/1.000/2.000 1-2B 1RBI

NEWS AND LINKS

Baseball America gave us an early look at the Top 10 Astros prospect list as the Gerrit Cole trade loomed. Colin Moran's #9 ranking and (according to J.J. Cooper) Jason Martin's #19 ranking look to be in the upcoming BA Prospect Handbook as their press deadline came and went last week. Also according to Cooper, an Astros prospect will be gracing the cover. I will assume that player to be Forrest Whitley since they have him ranked as the top Astros prospect.

In case you missed it, I started a "Beyond the Top 30" series, looking at both those Astros players who are considered Top 30 prospects and others at each position who may not be top talents (or may grow to be), but will be interesting to watch nonetheless. So far we've looked at ...

Shortstops
Second Basemen
First Basemen - coming this week

Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Wednesday, August 9, 2017

El Paso 5, Fresno 3

W- Dillon Overton (4-5)
L- Dean Deetz (3-4, 7-6 season)
S- Cory Mazzoni (1)

Fresno home runs: Jack Mayfield (5, 19 season; solo in 2nd), Tony Kemp (10, solo in 6th), A.J. Reed (24, solo in 9th)

The Grizzlies got three solo shots.... but not much else on offense as they couldn't quite come back from an early 4-0 deficit. A.J. Reed went 2-4 on the night.

Dean Deetz went 2 innings and allowed 4 runs (3 earned) on 4 hits, walked 3, and struck out 4. Jacob Dorris and Ashur Tolliver pitched 3 innings apiece; Dorris allowed a hit and fanned 3, while Tolliver allowed a run on 2 hits, walked 4, and struck out 3. Brendan McCurry struck out 1 in a 1-2-3 9th.

Mike Hauschild gets the start in the finale. He'll face Chad Huffman at 7:05 Pacific.

Corpus Christi 10, Tulsa 7

W- Ryan Thompson (2-2, 2-3 season)
L- Shea Spitzbarth (2-4)

CC home runs: Rico Noel (1, solo in 2nd), Dexture McCall (5, 9 season; solo in 5th), Arturo Michelena (1, 2-run in 7th), Jason Martin (10, 17 season; walk-off grand slam in 9th)

The Hooks scored 6 in the bottom of the 9th to steal one from right under the Drillers.

Framber Valdez went 4.1 innings and allowed 3 runs (1 inherited runner charged to him) on 5 hits, walked 2, and struck out 6. Cy Sneed was the first man out of the Corpus bullpen and went 3 innings, allowing 4 runs on 4 hits, walking 2, and striking out 4. Ryan Thompson allowed a hit and fanned 2 over 1.2 scoreless.

Both teams scored a run in the 2nd inning; Corpus got theirs on Rico Noel's first homer as a member of the Astros organization. Dex McCall launched a solo homer in the 5th, and Arturo Michelena hit a 2-run homer in the 7th that tied the game at 4. The Drillers got 3 in the 8th to re-take the lead.

Ryne Birk led off the bottom of the 9th with a single, which prompted Tulsa to make a pitching change. McCall greeted new Drillers pitcher Shea Spitzbarth with a single. Michelena went down on strikes, but Colin Walsh hit an RBI single to cut the Tulsa lead to 7-5. Tony Nuñez singled to load the bases for Kyle Tucker, who hit a sac fly to bring Corpus to within a run. Jamie Ritchie legged out an infield single to re-load the bases for Jason Martin, who sent the Whataburger Field crowd home in ecstasy with a walk-off grand slam while down to his last strike. Martin and McCall both finished with 3 hits on the evening.

Franklin Perez will take on Mitchell White in the series finale. First pitch is at 7:05.

Buies Creek 3, Salem 2

W- Elieser Hernandez (4-3, 5-3 season)
L- Matthew Gorst (0-1)

BC home runs: Jake Rogers (10, 16 season; solo in 4th)

The Carolina Stros got a run in the 9th to break a 2-2 tie.

Anthony Hermelyn hit a pair of RBI singles; he opened the scoring in the 2nd and drove in the go-ahead run in the 9th. Jake Rogers also went 2-3 and smacked a homer to begin the 4th. Taylor Jones went 2-4 with a double and scored what turned out to be the winning run.

Forrest Whitley went 4 innings and allowed 2 runs on 6 hits (solo homer), walked 3, and struck out 7. It was not his sharpest performance as he also uncorked 4 wild pitches. Erasmo Pinales worked around a hit to throw a scoreless 5th, striking out 1. Elieser Hernandez allowed 3 hits and struck out 1 over the final 4 innings.

Cionel Perez will start the series finale. He'll go up against former Aggie Matt Kent at 7:05 Eastern.

Quad Cities was off

The Banditos will begin a 4-game series in Cedar Rapids tonight at 6:35. Carlos Sanabria will take on Tyler Watson.

Tri-City 7, Lowell 2

W- Ben Smith (5-2)
L- Nick Duron (2-4)
S- Corbin Martin (1)

TC home runs: Jonathan Arauz (1, 2-run in 1st), Adrian Tovalin (4, 8 season; 2-run in 3rd)

The ValleyCats got back to the .500 mark thanks to a pair of 2-run blasts and a dominating outing from Corbin Martin to end the game.

Brandon Bielak allowed 2 runs on 4 hits and struck out 3 in 4 innings. Ben Smith worked around a couple of walks to throw a scoreless 5th, striking out 2. Martin shut things down for the final 4 innings, walking 1 and striking out 9 to record his first save as a pro.

J.J. Matijevic hit a one-out single in the 1st and Jonathan Arauz opened the scoring by launching a homer. Adrian Tovalin whacked a 2-run homer of his own in the 3rd inning. Tovalin scored on a wild pitch in the 6th and Kyle Davis added an RBI single not long after. Tovalin scored the last run of the evening in the 7th on another wild pitch that Colton Shaver stole 2nd on. Arauz (2-R HR, 2 R), Tovalin (2-R HR, 3 R), and Gabriel Bracamonte (3B, R) all finished with 2 hits on the night.

J.B. Bukauskas makes his Tri-City debut in the series finale. First pitch is at 6:35 Eastern.

Elizabethton 6, Greeneville 1

W- Edwar Colina (3-3)
L- Jheyson Caraballo (1-2)

Greeneville home runs: None.

The Twins scored twice... in three consecutive innings to take the opener.

Jheyson Caraballo and Gerardo Bojorquez pitched 4 innings apiece. Caraballo allowed 4 runs on 7 hits (2-run homer), walked 2, and struck out 5. Bojorquez allowed 2 runs on 5 hits and fanned 5.

Jose Benjamin spoiled the shutout with a pinch-hit RBI single in the 8th inning. Patrick Mathis went 2-4 with a double.

Hansel Paulino takes on Brusdar Graterol in game 2. First pitch is at 7:00 Eastern.

GCL Astros 4, GCL Nationals 0

W- Maikel Sepulveda (5-3)
L- Tomás Alastre (2-1)

GCL home runs: Juan Piñeda (2, 3 season; solo in 3rd)

The Palm Beach Stros shut out their complex mates on Wednesday, holding the Nationals to 4 hits.

Maikel Sepulveda allowed 3 hits and struck out 2 in 5 innings. Austin Kerns was the first man out of the GCLstros bullpen and went 3 innings, allowing a hit, walking 1, and striking out 1. Brendan Feldmann struck out 2 in a 1-2-3 9th to complete the shutout.

Carlos Machado went 2-4 and opened the scoring with an RBI single in the 1st inning. After Machado's single, Angel Tejeda scored on Trent Woodward's groundout. Juan Piñeda smacked a homer to start the 3rd. César Cortez walked to lead off the 4th, stole 2nd, then scored on two straight wild pitches. Piñeda finished 3-4 on the day.

DSL Astros Blue 16, DSL Braves 2

W- Jose Antonio Hernandez (3-2)
L- Luis De Jesus (2-4)

Blue home runs: None.

Team Blue only had one extra-base hit, but they still managed to score 16 runs thanks to 8 walks, 13 hits, and 5 Braves errors.

Antonio Pujols allowed 2 hits, walked 1, and struck out 4 in 4 innings. Jose Antonio Hernandez was the first man out of the Blue team bullpen and went 3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits, walking 1, and striking out 2. Christopher Javier walked 1 and fanned 3 over the last 2 innings.

DSL Astros Orange 3, DSL Indians/Brewers 0

W- Fredy Medina (4-2)

L- Henry Medina (3-4)
S- Cristofer Melendez (2)

Orange home runs: Ramiro Rodriguez (5, solo in 5th), Marco Van Der Wijst (1, solo in 5th)

Team Orange could only push across 3 runs with their 13 hits, but they also shut out the Brewdians.

Ramiro Rodriguez and Marco Van Der Wijst launched back-to-back solo homers in the 5th to break a 0-0 tie and Deury Carrasco stole home in the 8th. Rodriguez and Van Der Wijst both finished 2-3. Sean Mendoza went 3-5, while Carrasco and Jose Castillo both went 2-4. Carrasco had 2 steals, giving him 21 on the year.

Wender Oberto allowed 3 hits, walked 1, and struck out 4 in 3 innings. Fredy Medina tagged in for 4 no-hit innings, walking 2 and striking out 6. Cristofer Melendez allowed a hit and struck out 2 in the final 2 innings for the save.

Wednesday's Stars

DSL Astros Blue: W 16-2 @ DSL Braves—16 R, 13 H (12 singles, 1 double)

Ronaldo Urdaneta: 3-5, 2 RBI, R

Yorbin Ceuta: 3-5, 2B, 3 RBI, R

Rhandall Sanchez: 2-6, RBI, 3 R

DSL Astros Orange: W 3-0 vs. DSL Indians/Brewers

Ramiro Rodriguez and Marco Van Der Wijst: 2-3, solo HR each (Rodriguez: 5 HR, Van Der Wijst: 1 HR)

Deury Carrasco: 2-4, 2 SB (21); stole home in 8th inning

Fredy Medina: W (4-2), 4 IP, 2 BB, 6 K

Cristofer Melendez: Save (2), 2 IP, H, 2 K

Adrian Tovalin's photo is his mugshot on MiLB.com.

Jonathan Arauz, IF, and Adrian Tovalin, 3B/1B, Tri-City

Arauz: 2-4, 2-R HR (1), 2 R

Tovalin: 2-5, 2-R HR (4, 8 season), 3 R

Photo by Don Carson

Corbin Martin, RHP, Tri-City

Save (1), 4 IP, BB, 9 K

Anthony Hermelyn, C, and Jake Rogers, C, Buies Creek

Hermelyn: 2-3, 2 RBI singles; drove in go-ahead run in 9th

Rogers: 2-3, solo HR (10, 16 season)

Elieser Hernandez, RHP, Buies Creek

W (4-3, 5-3 season), 4 IP, 3 H, K

Dexture McCall, 1B, and Jason Martin, OF, Corpus Christi

McCall: 3-4, solo HR (5, 9 season), 3 R

Martin: 3-5, walk-off grand slam (10, 17 season)

Jacob Dorris, RHP, Fresno

3 IP, H, 3 K

Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Saturday, August 5, 2017

Iowa 6, Fresno 1

W- Felix Peña (2-1)
L- Rogelio Armenteros (5-1, 7-4 season)

Fresno home runs: None.

After the Grizzlies got on the board first, the I-Cubs swiftly seized control with 4 runs in the 5th.

Rogelio Armenteros wasn't bad in his 5+ innings, but he probably deserved a better ending to his evening than allowing a 2-run homer in the 6th to the last man he faced, which also put Iowa in the lead. The other 4 hits that Armenteros allowed were all singles; he also walked 2 and struck out 9. Ashur Tolliver (6th), Jordan Jankowski (7th), and Jumbo Diaz (8th) all threw an inning out of the bullpen. Tolliver and Jankowski both allowed 2 runs on 2 hits; Jankowski also walked and struck out a batter. Jumbo struck out 1 in a 1-2-3 inning.

Jack Mayfield scored Fresno's only run when Alejandro Garcia beat out a double play attempt in the 5th inning. The Grizzlies only had 4 hits in this game.

David Martinez will start the series finale, and he'll take on Eddie Butler at 1:08.

Frisco 4, Corpus Christi 1

W- Tyson Ross (1-0)
L- Alex Winkelman (1-6, 3-6 season)
S- Nick Gardewine (4)

CC home runs: None.

Hard to win a game when only two players in the lineup are the entire offense.

Ryne Birk went 2-3 with an RBI single in the 7th that accounted for the Hooks' only run. Jason Martin also had 2 hits and scored that one run. Together, they provided all of Corpus Christi's offensive production on Saturday.

Alex Winkelman and Akeem Bostick threw 4 innings apiece. Winkelman allowed 3 runs on 4 hits, walked 1, and struck out 3, while Bostick allowed 3 hits, walked 3, and struck out 4.

Yoanys Quiala starts the series finale. First pitch is at 7:05.

Buies Creek 7, Carolina 5

W- Ryan Hartman (2-3, 5-4 season)
L- Kodi Medeiros (4-9)
S- Sean Stutzman (3)

BC home runs: None.

The Carolina Stros only scored in one inning, but it turned out to be enough to get them the win.

Ryan Hartman went 5.1 innings and allowed 3 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits, walked 3, and struck out 2. All three runs that were charged to him were inherited runners that scored. Carlos Sierra was the first man out of the Buies Creek bullpen and allowed 2 runs of his own on 3 hits, walked 2, and struck out 3 in 2.2 innings. Sean Stutzman threw a 1-2-3 9th to get the save, striking out 1.

All 7 Buies Creek runs came in the 4th inning. Stephen Wrenn and Yordan Alvarez both singled to start the inning and Jake Rogers followed with a 2-run triple to open the scoring. Rogers came home on a Randy César single. César moved over on Carmen Benedetti's single and scored on Rodrigo Ayarza's single. Ayarza's RBI single was the first of four such plays in a row; Myles Straw, Wrenn, and Alvarez all followed with RBI singles of their own.

Wrenn, Alvarez, and César all finished with 2 hits on the evening. Rogers' triple was Buies Creek's only extra-base hit of the game, so they essentially subjected the Mudcats to a thousand cuts in that huge 4th inning.

Hector Perez will face Conor Harber in the series finale. First pitch is at 2:00 Eastern.

Quad Cities 8, Beloit 2

W- Ronel Blanco (5-3, 5-4 season)
L- Matt Milburn (6-9)
S- Patrick Sandoval (1)

QC home runs: Daz Cameron (12, 2-run in 3rd)

The Banditos cruised to the victory on Saturday with a 5-run 3rd and an outstanding performance on the hill.

Ronel Blanco walked 3 and struck out 3 over 5 no-hit innings. The Snappers spoiled the no-hitter and the shutout with a couple of runs on 3 hits off Patrick Sandoval in the 9th. Sandoval struck out 6 in his 4 innings of work.

All 5 Quad Cities runs in the 3rd came with two outs. Chas McCormick led it off with a double. Osvaldo Duarte flew out and Ronnie Dawson struck out to jeopardize things a little. Chuckie Robinson came through with an RBI single to open the scoring, and then Troy Sieber ripped a double to bring him in. Abraham Toro-Hernandez followed with an RBI triple, and Daz Cameron landed the big blow by whacking a 2-run homer. Dawson walked to start the 5th, made his way to 3rd thanks to a couple of wild pitches, and came home on a single from Sieber. Dawson finished 2-3 and hit a 2-run single in the 6th. He's now on a 14-game hitting streak. Daz went 2-4 on the night, while Robinson (RBI, R) and Sieber (2B, 2 RBI, R) both finished 3-4.

Abdiel Saldaña takes on Xavier Altamirano at 1:15.

Aberdeen 3, Tri-City 2

W- Josh Keaton (1-2)
L- Tyler Ivey (0-3)
S- William Reed Hayes (4)

TC home runs: None.

The ValleyCats got 2 in the 6th to take the lead... only to see the Ironbirds regain control with a couple of their own in the 7th.

Those two runs came when Jake Meyers scored on a wild pitch and Bryan De La Cruz came home on a balk. Kyle Davis went 2-4 with a double.

Carlos Hiraldo went 5 innings and allowed a run on 4 hits, walked 1, and struck out 1. Tyler Ivey was the first man out of the bullpen and went 3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits, walking 1, and striking out 6. Diogenes Almengo struck out 1 in a scoreless 9th inning.

Matt Ruppenthal starts game 2. First pitch is at 5:00 Eastern.

Greeneville 7, Danville 4

W- Cole Watts (2-3)
L- Jesús Heredia (1-3)

Greeneville home runs: None.

The Appy Astros avoided the sweep behind a 5-run 6th inning that put them up 7-3.

Jose Benjamin opened the scoring with a 2-run single in the 1st inning. This was their only scoring play until that big 6th.

Frankeny Fernandez started things off by drawing a walk. He'd score the tying run on an error, and then Greeneville had the bases loaded, which they scored their other four runs off of. Joan Mauricio hit an RBI single, Wilson Amador added a sac fly, and Cody Bohanek and Gilberto Celestino chipped in with RBI singles of their own. Bohanek and Benjamin both finished with 2 hits on the evening, while Amador stole a couple of bases (13). Celestino extended his hitting streak to 8 games with that RBI single.

Hansel Paulino went 3 innings and allowed 2 runs on 5 hits, walked 2, and struck out 4. Willy Collado came on for 2 innings and allowed a run on a double, walked 2, and struck out 3. Cole Watts pitched the last 4 innings and allowed a run on a solo homer, 2 other hits, and struck out 4.

Greeneville will begin a 3-game series with Burlington at 6:00 Eastern.

GCL Cardinals 10, GCL Astros 5

W- Brian Pirela (2-3)
L- Tanner Duncan (1-2)

GCL home runs: Nathan Perry (2, solo in 5th)

Three big innings from the Cardinals doomed the Palm Beach Stros on Saturday.

Nathan Perry put the GCLstros on the board with a solo homer in the 5th inning. Carlos Machado hit an RBI single in the 6th and later pulled off a double steal with Wander Franco. An errant throw allowed Franco to come home with another run. Juan Piñeda ripped an RBI double in the 8th and Andres Santana hit an RBI single in the 9th. Santana and Enmanuel Valdez (2B, R, 2 SB) had 2 hits apiece.

Tanner Duncan went 4 innings and allowed 3 runs on 4 hits and struck out 4. Matt Merrill pitched the 5th but only got two outs; he allowed 4 runs (3 earned) on 4 hits and walked 1. Diosward Gonzalez was next; he allowed 3 runs (3 earned) on 2 hits, walked 2, and struck out 2 in 2.1 innings. Chauncey Nuñez allowed a hit and struck out 2 in a scoreless 9th.

DSL Royals 4, DSL Astros Blue 2

W- Adriam Castillo (3-0)
L- Kilvio Peralta (0-1)
S- Adrian Alcantara (3)

Blue home runs: None.

Wilyer Abreu went 2-4 and his 2-run single in the 6th was the Blue team's only scoring play.

Kilvio Peralta allowed 2 runs on 2 hits in 2 innings. Freylin Garcia followed with 5 innings, allowing a run on 4 hits and striking out 5. Luis Garcia and Jervic Chavez pitched an inning apiece; Garcia allowed a run on 2 hits and walked 1 in the 8th, while Chavez worked around an error to throw a scoreless 9th.

DSL Pirates 7, DSL Astros Orange 1 in 8 innings

W- Noe Toribio (2-2)
L- Jesus Bernaez (1-4)

Orange home runs: None.

This game was called due to severe weather just before the 9th inning began.

Michael Garcia scored the Orange team's only run on a groundout in the 8th. Fildex Perfecto went 3-3.

Miguel Matos allowed a hit and struck out 6 over the last 4 innings of this game.

Saturday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.

Miguel Matos, RHP, DSL Astros Orange: 4 IP, H, 6 K
Freylin Garcia, RHP, DSL Astros Blue: 5 IP, 4 H, ER, 5 K

Wilyer Abreu, OF, DSL Astros Blue: 2-4, 2 RBI

Ryne Birk, 2B, and Jason Martin, OF, Corpus Christi

Birk: 2-3, RBI

Martin: 2-4, R

Both of them accounted for all of Corpus Christi's offensive production on Saturday.

Akeem Bostick, RHP, Corpus Christi

4 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 4 K

Rogelio Armenteros, RHP, Fresno

L (5-1, 7-4 season), 5 IP, 5 H (2-R HR allowed), 2 ER, 2 BB, 9 K

Quad Cities River Bandits pitchers: W 8-2 vs. Beloit

9 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 9 K

No-hitter through 8 innings

Ronel Blanco: W (5-3, 5-4 season), 5 IP, 3 BB, 3 K

Patrick Sandoval: Save (1), 4 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 6 K

Daz Cameron, OF, and Troy Sieber, 1B, Quad Cities

Cameron: 2-4, 2B, 2-R HR (12)

Sieber: 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R

Carlos Hiraldo, RHP, Tri-City

5 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, K

Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Day games galore to start off a new month.

Omaha 9, Fresno 1

W- Jake Junis (3-5)
L- Kent Emanuel (1-1, 6-6 season)
S- Pedro Fernandez (1)

Fresno home runs: Tony Kemp (9, solo in 3rd)

Rough start to a new month for the Grizz.

Tony Kemp homered to lead off the 3rd for Fresno's only run; it was also their only extra-base hit of the day. Drew Ferguson pinch-hit for Kemp in the 8th and singled in his first AAA plate appearance.

Kent Emanuel... had a tough day, and I'll leave it at that. The one hit that Jacob Dorris allowed in his 2 innings was a solo homer to Cheslor Cuthbert in the 6th. Dorris struck out 1 in his outing. Ashur Tolliver worked around a hit to throw a scoreless 8th, striking out 1.

Fresno has Wednesday off. They'll begin a 4-game series in Iowa on Thursday.

San Antonio 7, Corpus Christi 3

W- Eric Lauer (3-2)
L- Framber Valdez (4-3, 6-6 season)

CC home runs: None.

A 6-0 deficit proved to be too much for the Hooks to overcome.

Framber Valdez allowed 6 runs (5 earned) on 9 hits (solo homer), walked 3, and struck out 5 in 5.1 innings. Ralph Garza Jr. pitched 2.2 innings and allowed one hit, a solo homer hit by Stephen McGee. Garza also struck out 3 in his time on the mound.

Kyle Tucker scored Corpus Christi's first run on an error in the 6th. Jason Martin added another run with an RBI single. Martin went 2-3 and hit another RBI single in the 8th inning. Jon Singleton also finished 2-3 on the evening.

Josh James takes the mound for the series finale. He'll go up against Cal Quantrill at 7:05.

Buies Creek 6, Wilmington 1

W- Forrest Whitley (3-1, 5-4 season)
L- Cristian Castillo (6-8)
S- Sean Stutzman (2)

BC home runs: Alex De Goti (2, 5 season; solo in 4th)

Forrest Whitley rebounded from a rare off night and the Carolina Stros busted this one open with a 4-run 5th inning.

Whitley allowed a run on 5 hits, walked 1, and struck out 6 in his 5 innings. Sean Stutzman finished things off by striking out 2 over 4 perfect innings.

Both teams scored a run in the 2nd inning; Buies Creek's came on an error. Randy César stole 3rd and the errant throw allowed him to trot home. Alex De Goti's solo blast in the 4th put them back in front.

Myles Straw sparked the big 5th inning with a one-out infield single. Stephen Wrenn also hit an infield single and they both advanced on the ensuing error. Yordan Alvarez walked to load 'em up for Jake Rogers, who proceeded to rip a 2-run double. Taylor Jones followed with a sac fly, and César hit an RBI single to bring in the last run of the evening. César and Wrenn had 2 hits apiece.

Elieser Hernandez will face Collin Rodgers in the series finale. First pitch is at 6:35 Eastern.

Quad Cities 6, Kane County 3

W- Carson LaRue (11-4)
L- Connor Grey (0-1)
S- Abdiel Saldaña (2)

QC home runs: None.

The Banditos doubled up the Cougars to earn a split in the series.

Carson LaRue went 5 innings and allowed 2 runs on 5 hits, walked 1, and struck out 6. Abdiel Saldaña finished it off by allowing a run on 4 hits and fanning 8 over the last 4 innings. The 8 strikeouts are a new career-high for Saldaña.

Quad Cities got off to a fast start with 3 in the 1st inning: Ronnie Dawson singled to lead off the afternoon and scored the first run on a Chuckie Robinson groundout. Troy Sieber followed with an RBI single and he wound up scoring on a sac fly. In the 6th, Dawson hit a sac fly and Carmen Benedetti followed with an RBI single. Daz Cameron provided some insurance with an RBI single in the 9th.

Dawson (2B, RBI, R), Benedetti (RBI, R), Abraham Toro-Hernandez (2 BB), and Daz (RBI, R) all finished with 2 hits on the day. Sieber reached in all five of his plate appearances, going 3-3 with a double and a couple of walks. Dawson now has a 10-game hitting streak.

The River Bandits are back home and they'll start a 3-game series with Burlington at 6:35.

Tri-City 5, Vermont 0

W- Luis Ramirez (1-2)
L- Brian Howard (0-1)
S- Colin McKee (3)

TC home runs: None.

The ValleyCats posted two straight shutouts to take this series from the Lake Monsters.

Nathan Thompson started it off by allowing 2 hits, walking 3, and striking out 3 in 3.1 innings. Luis Ramirez was the first man out of the Tri-City bullpen and went 2.2 innings, allowing 2 hits and striking out 1. Colin McKee completed the shutout by allowing 2 hits, walking 1, and striking out 4 over the final 3 innings.

Corey Julks scored the first run of the day on an error following a Jonathan Arauz single in the 2nd inning. Arauz, who made it to 2nd base on the Vermont gaffe, scored on a Kyle Davis double. Davis came around to score on Carlos Canelon's RBI single. The ValleyCats got two more in the 7th on a pair of sac flies from Bryan De La Cruz and J.J. Matijevic. Arauz finished 2-4 on the afternoon.

The ValleyCats will start a 3-game series in Brooklyn at 7:00 Eastern.

Burlington 7, Greeneville 0

W- Connor Mayes (3-0)
L- Tim Hardy (0-2)

Greeneville home runs: None.

All three games in this series were blowouts. The Royals, unfortunately, won two of them.

All four Appy Astros hits were doubles. Gilberto Celestino had two of them; the other two belonged to Frankeny Fernandez and Reiny Beltre. Celestino now has a 5-game hitting streak.

Leovanny Rodriguez allowed 4 hits, walked 1, and struck out 7 over 5 shutout innings. The Royals went off on the Greeneville bullpen. Tim Hardy went 2 innings and allowed 3 runs on 4 hits (2-run homer) and walked 1, while Johsson Arias allowed 4 runs on 3 hits, walked 2, and struck out 1 in the 8th.

After a day off, Greeneville will begin a 3-game series with Danville on Thursday.

GCL Marlins 8, GCL Astros 3

W- Alberto Guerrero (1-1)
L- Kyle Serrano (0-1)

GCL home runs: Wander Franco (3, 8 season; solo in 5th)

A couple of big innings from the Marlins doomed the Palm Beach Stros on Tuesday.

Kyle Serrano made his professional debut, which did not last long. He got 2 outs in the first, both via strikeout, but also allowed 4 runs and walked 4. Only one of the runs was earned, and three of the runs scored after he departed. Juan Pablo Lopez was the first man out of the bullpen and allowed an unearned run on a single and struck out 1 in 2.1 innings. Nivaldo Rodriguez allowed 3 runs on 4 hits and struck out 4 in 2 innings. Saul Martinez, Devin Raftery, and Austin Kerns all pitched a scoreless inning. Martinez worked around a hit and a walk and recorded a strikeout in the 6th. Raftery walked 1 and struck out 1 in the 7th, and Kerns tightroped out of a bases-loaded jam (2 walks and a hit) in the 8th, striking out 1.

Enmanuel Valdez tripled to start the game and scored the first run of the afternoon on Juan Piñeda's groundout. Wander Franco finished 3-4 and drove in the other two runs with a double and a solo homer.

DSL Astros Blue 3, DSL Marlins 2

W- Angel Ortega (2-1)
L- Juan Borges (1-1)
S- Jervic Chavez (3)

Blue home runs: None.

The Blue team edged the Marlins with a run in the 7th to break a 2-2 tie.

Both teams scored their two runs in the 4th; Team Blue got theirs on an error that allowed Yeuris Ramirez to score and a sac fly from Leonardo Gonzalez. Wilyer Abreu broke the tie with an RBI single in the 7th inning. Ramirez and Abreu both finished with 2 hits on the day.

Jean Reyes allowed 2 runs on 3 hits and walked 1 in 3.1 innings. Diosmerky Taveras got the final two outs of the 4th, working around a walk to do so. Angel Ortega followed with 3 scoreless, allowing a hit, walking 1, and striking out 2, and Jervic Chavez allowed a hit, walked 1, and struck out 2 in the final 2 innings to earn the save.

DSL Astros Orange 4, DSL Cubs1 3

W- Fredis Guerrero (3-0)
L- Riger Fernandez (0-2)
S- Luis De Paula (4)

Orange home runs: None.

The Orange team snatched a win from the Cubs by erasing a 3-0 deficit in the late stages of this game.

Fildex Perfecto ripped an RBI triple in the 6th to put Team Orange on the board and Sean Mendoza tied the game with a 2-run single. Deury Carrasco scored what turned out to be the winning run on an error in the 9th inning. Mendoza finished 4-4 and also stole a couple of bases (13). Ramiro Rodriguez went 2-4 with a stolen base (7) and scored a run.

Elian Rodriguez went 2.2 innings and allowed 3 runs on 5 hits, walked 2, and struck out 4. Fredis Guerrero tagged in to throw 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing 2 hits, walking 3, and striking out 5. Luis De Paula threw a 1-2-3 9th to get the save.

Tuesday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.

DSL Astros Blue bullpen: 5.2 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 4 K
Diosmerky Taveras: 0.2 IP, BB
Angel Ortega: W (2-1), 3 IP, H, BB, 2 K
Jervic Chavez: Save (3), 2 IP, H, BB, 2 K

DSL Astros Orange bullpen: 6.1 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 5 K
Fredis Guerrero: W (3-0), 5.1 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 5 K
Luis De Paula: Save (4), IP; 1 groundout, 2 fly ball outs

Sean Mendoza, UTIL, DSL Astros Orange: 4-4, 2 RBI, R, 2 SB (13)

Tri-City ValleyCats pitchers: W 5-0 vs. Vermont

2nd consecutive shutout

9 IP, 6 H, 4 BB, 8 K

Nathan Thompson: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 3 K

 Luis Ramirez: W (1-2), 2.2 IP, 2 H, K

Colin McKee: Save (3), 3 IP, 2 H, BB, 4 K

Photo by Bryan Green

Wander Franco, 3B, GCL Astros

3-4, 2B, solo HR (3, 8 season), 2 RBI

Photo by Bryan Green

Leovanny Rodriguez, RHP, Greeneville

5 IP, 4 H, BB, 7 K

Buies Creek Astros pitchers: W 6-1 @ Wilmington

9 IP, 5 H, ER, BB, 8 K

Forrest Whitley: W (3-1, 5-4 season), 5 IP, 5 H, ER, BB, 6 K

Sean Stutzman: Save (2), 4 IP, 2 K; perfect outing

Randy César, 3B, Buies Creek

2-4, 2B, RBI, R, SB (3)

I'm fairly sure that Carson LaRue is in the first picture.

Quad Cities River Bandits pitchers: W 6-3 @ Kane County

9 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, BB, 14 K

Carson LaRue: W (11-4), 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, BB, 6 K

Abdiel Saldaña: Save (2), 4 IP, 4 H, ER, 8 K (career-high)

Troy Sieber, 1B, and Ronnie Dawson, OF, Quad Cities

Sieber: 3-3, 2B, RBI, R, 2 BB

Dawson: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R; currently on 10-game hitting streak

Jason Martin, OF, Corpus Christi

2-3, 2 RBI singles

Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Friday, July 21, 2017

Fresno 5, Round Rock 0

W- Dean Deetz (3-3, 7-5 season)
L- David Ledbetter (2-2)

Fresno home runs: Tyler White (18, 2-run in 1st), Preston Tucker (18, solo in 6th), A.J. Reed (20, solo in 6th), Jon Kemmer (14, solo in 7th)

The Grizzlies battered Arlington's AAA team with four homers to take the first game of this series. This series is the only time where the Astros and Rangers' AAA teams will face each other in 2017.

Tyler White launched a 2-run homer in the 1st to open the scoring. Preston Tucker and A.J. Reed went back-to-back in the 6th, and Jon Kemmer capped off the evening with his solo blast in the 7th. White and Juan Centeno (2B) had 2 hits apiece.

Dean Deetz allowed 5 hits, walked 3, and struck out 7 over 5.1 shutout innings. Brendan McCurry struck out 3 in 1.2 perfect innings. The Express loaded the bases on Ashur Tolliver with a couple of hits and a walk in the 8th, but he worked his way out of the jam in the 8th to keep the shutout alive. Dayan Diaz allowed a hit and struck out 2 in the 9th to complete the shutout.

Mike Hauschild will face James Dykstra in game 2 of this series. First pitch is at 7:05 Pacific.

Midland 6, Corpus Christi 5

W- Carlos Navas (1-3)
L- Framber Valdez (3-2, 5-5 season)
S- Sam Bragg (3)

CC home runs: Jack Mayfield (14, 15 season; 2-run in 1st)

The Hooks knocked Casey Meisner around, but when the RockHounds turned to their bullpen... they didn't fare as well.

Jack Mayfield went 2-5 and opened the scoring with a 2-run homer in the 1st inning. Jason Martin also finished with 2 hits, and one of those was a bases-clearing double in the 3rd inning. Mayfield has homered in three straight games.

Cy Sneed went 4.1 innings and allowed 3 runs (1 inherited runner charged to him) on 7 hits, walked 3, and struck out 1. Framber Valdez tagged in for 2 innings and allowed 3 runs on 5 hits, walked 2, and struck out 2. Riley Ferrell walked 1 over 1.2 scoreless innings.

Franklin Perez makes his first Texas League start tonight as he takes on Dustin Hurlbutt at 7:00.

Buies Creek 5, Carolina 3

W- Erasmo Pinales (1-0, 4-1 season)
L- Conor Harber (2-7)
S- Sean Stutzman (1)

BC home runs: Anthony Hermelyn (2, solo in 4th), Stephen Wrenn (4, 7 season; 2-run in 7th)

The Mudcats managed to tie the game at 3, but Stephen Wrenn's 2-run homer in the 7th put Buies Creek back in front, and that blast proved to be the difference.

Forrest Whitley allowed 2 runs on a double, one other hit, walked 2, and struck out 7 in 3.2 innings. Erasmo Pinales was the first man out of the Astros bullpen and went 3.1 innings. He allowed a run on a strikeout that got away from Jake Rogers. As Rogers threw down to 1B to complete the out, the man on 3rd dashed home and scored. Pinales also allowed a single, walked 2, and struck out 5. Sean Stutzman walked 1 and struck out 3 over the final 2 innings to get the save.

Anthony Hermelyn's homer in the 2nd opened up the scoring. Yordan Alvarez ripped an RBI double in the 4th and scored on a sac fly from Rogers. Wrenn finished 3-5 on the evening and scored on Alvarez's double.

The series now shifts to Buies Creek for the last two games. Brett Adcock will go up against Frank Lopez at 6:00 Eastern.

Quad Cities 14, Lansing 3

W- Patrick Sandoval (1-1, 2-3 season)
L- Osman Gutierrez (2-8)

QC home runs: Daz Cameron (11, 3-run in 1st), Chuckie Robinson (10, 3-run in 5th)

The Banditos outscored the Lugnuts 36-9 in taking 2 of 3 in this series; they scored in all but one inning and pounded out 15 hits on Friday.

Josh Rojas opened the scoring in the 1st with an RBI triple and he ended up scoring on Daz Cameron's 3-run blast. Quad Cities put up one in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th as follows: Carmen Benedetti ripped an RBI double, Chas McCormick drew a bases-loaded walk, and Rojas added a sac fly to his ledger.

In the 5th, Ronnie Dawson hit an RBI single and scored when Chuckie Robinson launched a 3-run homer. Kristian Trompiz smacked an RBI triple in the 6th and scored on an Osvaldo Duarte groundout. Ray Henderson drove in the last River Bandits run with a single in the 7th.

Patrick Sandoval went 5.1 innings and allowed 2 runs on 4 hits, walked 2, and struck out 5. Robert Corniel allowed a run on a force out, a single, walked 4, and struck out 2 in 2.1 innings, and Dustin Hunt walked 3 and struck out 3 in 1.1 innings.

Tonight, Quad Cities will start a 3-game series with the Great Lakes Loons. First pitch is at 6:35.

Tri-City 8, Lowell 1

W- Parker Mushinski (2-0)
L- Dakota Smith (2-2)
S- Hunter Martin (1)

TC home runs: J.J. Matijevic (4, solo in 8th)

Tri-City busted this one open with a 4-run 5th inning.

Alex House struck out 4 over 2 scoreless innings. Parker Mushinski allowed 2 hits, walked 2, and struck out 1 in his 3 innings of work, and Hunter Martin allowed a run on 4 hits, walked 1, and struck out 2 over the final 4 innings.

Mike Papierski opened the scoring with an RBI double in the 2nd inning, and Abraham Toro hit an RBI single in the 3rd.

Jake Meyers reached on an error to start the 5th and scored on a Luis Payano double. Payano ended up scoring on an error that allowed Jonathan Arauz to reach, but Arauz got thrown out trying to take 2nd on the play.  Toro, J.J. Matijevic, and Papierski walked to load the bases for Connor MacDonald, who ripped a 2-run double. Payano tripled to lead off the 6th and scored on Arauz's double, and Matijevic capped off the evening with a solo shot in the 8th.

Payano finished a home run shy of the cycle; had he done so, he would have completed the cycle in order. Matijevic (solo HR, 3 R) and Papierski (2B, RBI) both finished 2-3 on the night.

Dallas Keuchel is scheduled to make his second rehab start with the ValleyCats tonight. I'm just going off what Todd Kalas said on the Astros broadcast last night. It's looking as though Keuchel could rejoin the Astros at some point during this roadtrip if all goes well. He'll face Tanner Houck at 5:35 Eastern.

Pulaski 5, Greeneville 4 in 11 innings

W- Matthew Wivinis (3-0)
L- Juan Corniel (0-1, 2-1 season)
S- Kaleb Ort (5)

Greeneville home runs: Colton Shaver (3, 2-run in 3rd)

The Appy Astros got nipped in extra innings to start this new series.

Bryan Abreu and Adam Bleday both pitched 5 innings. They both walked 1 and struck out 7, but their outings also turned out different. Abreu allowed 4 runs on 6 hits, while Bleday allowed 3 hits and nothing more. Juan Corniel allowed a run on 3 hits in the 11th.

Both teams scored a run in the 1st; Greeneville's came on a Brody Westmoreland sac fly. Colton Shaver smacked a 2-run homer in the 3rd inning, and Westmoreland scored on a Frankeny Fernandez RBI single in the 5th. Gilberto Celestino (2B, 2 R, SB) and Ruben Castro both finished 2-5.

Hansel Paulino faces TBA at 6:00 Eastern.

GCL Cardinals 5, GCL Astros 3 through 2.5 innings

This game was suspended due to severe weather. They'll continue on July 26.

Juan Piñeda went 2-2 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI while his fellow Panamanian, Ozziel Sanchez-Galan, has an RBI single and 2 runs scored.

Jairo Solis went 3 innings and allowed 5 runs (2 earned) on 5 hits, walked 1, and struck out 3.

DSL Athletics 5, DSL Astros Blue 2

W- Mario Benjamin-Garnett (1-0)
L- Antonio Pujols (2-1)

Blue home runs: None.

The A's got 4 in the 8th to seize control of this one.

Luis Coronel reached on an error in the 7th that allowed Leonardo Gonzalez to score. Coronel wound up scoring on a wild pitch. Yorbin Ceuta went 3-4.

Jose Antonio Hernandez allowed a run on 3 hits, walked 1, and struck out 6 in 5 innings. Antonio Pujols went 2.2 innings and allowed 4 runs (3 earned, 1 inherited runner charged to him) on 3 hits, walked 1, and struck out 1. Christopher Javier issued a walk, hit a batter, and got the last out of the 8th.

DSL Astros Orange 6, DSL Rangers1 3 in 6.5 innings

W- Fredy Medina (2-1)
L- Daniel Mavo (0-2)

Orange home runs: None.

This game was called due to rain.

Ernesto Jaquez walked 2 and struck out 2 over 4 scoreless innings, while Fredy Medina allowed 3 runs on 5 hits (solo homer), walked 1, and struck out 4 in 3 innings.

Jeury Castillo tripled to lead off the 3rd and scored on a Marco Van Der Wijst sac fly. Team Orange got 5 in the 5th thanks to an error that allowed Michael Garcia and Van Der Wijst to score, a Freudis Nova RBI single, and a 2-run double from Kelvin Perez. Nova and Perez both finished 2-3.

Friday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.

Jose Antonio Hernandez, RHP, DSL Astros Blue: 5 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 6 K

Freudis Nova, IF, DSL Astros Orange: 2-3, 2B, RBI, R
Kelvin Perez, C, DSL Astros Orange: 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI

Ashur Tolliver's photo is his mugshot on MiLB.com.

Fresno Grizzlies pitchers: W 5-0 vs. Round Rock

Dean Deetz: W (3-3, 7-5 season), 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 BB, 7 K

Brendan McCurry: 1.2 IP, 3 K

Ashur Tolliver: IP, 2 H, BB

Dayan Diaz: IP, H, 2 K

Tyler White, IF, Fresno

2-3, 2-R HR (18)

Jack Mayfield, IF, and Jason Martin, OF, Corpus Christi

Mayfield: 2-5, 2-R HR (14, 15 season), 2 R

Martin: 2-3, 2B, 3 RBI

Erasmo Pinales, RHP, and Sean Stutzman, LHP, Buies Creek

Pinales: W (1-0, 4-1 season), 3.1 IP, H, ER, 2 BB, 5 K

Stutzman: Save (1), 2 IP, BB, 3 K

Stephen Wrenn, OF, Buies Creek

3-5, 2-R HR (4, 7 season), 2 R

Photo from Chris Creamer's SportsLogos.Net

Quad Cities River Bandits: W 14-3 vs. Lansing

Outscored Lansing 36-9 in series

Daz Cameron: 2-5, 3-R HR (11)

Chuckie Robinson: 2-4, 3-R HR (10)
Josh Rojas: 2-3, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R

His mugshot on MiLB.com

J.J. Matijevic, UTIL, Tri-City

2-3, solo HR (4), 3 R

Tri-City ValleyCats pitchers: W 8-1 @ Lowell

9 IP, 6 H, ER, 3 BB, 7 K

Alex House: 2 IP, 4 K

Parker Mushinski: W (2-0), 3 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, K

Hunter Martin: Save (1), 4 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 2 K

His mugshot on MiLB.com

Adam Bleday, LHP, Greeneville

5 IP, 3 H, BB, 7 K