Houston Astros Minor League Report - 8.27.13
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HOUSTON ASTROS MINOR LEAGUE REPORT - 8.27.13 OKLAHOMA CITY CORPUS CHRISTI LANCASTER QUAD CITIES REDHAWKS HOOKS JETHAWKS RIVER BANDITS Pacific Coast League (Triple A) Texas League (Double A) California League (A Advanced) Midwest League (A) LAST NIGHT Nashville 6, Oklahoma City 3 LAST NIGHT Corpus Christi 5, San Antonio 0 LAST NIGHT Rancho Cucamonga 4, Lancaster 1 LAST NIGHT Burlington 3, Quad Cities 2 WIN RHP Jimmy Nelson (4-6) WIN LHP Luis Cruz (2-0) WIN RHP Edwin Carl (1-1) WIN LHP Eswarlin Jimenez (1-0) LOSS RHP Ross Seaton (3-7) LOSS RHP Josh Geer (8-5) LOSS RHP Vincent Velasquez (0-2) LOSS RHP Patrick Christensen (0-1) SAVE LHP Travis Webb (1) SAVE N/A SAVE LHP Daniel Coulombe (1) SAVE N/A HR N/A HR Leo Heras (1) HR N/A HR N/A TRI-CITY GREENEVILLE GCL DSL VALLEYCATS ASTROS ASTROS ASTROS New York-Penn League (A Short-Season) Appalachian League (Rookie) Gulf Coast League (Rookie) Dominican Summer League (Rookie) LAST NIGHT Brooklyn 8, Tri-City 1 LAST NIGHT Greeneville 3, Bluefield 2 YESTERDAY GCL Tigers 9, GCL Astros 1 The DSL Astros finished their season at WIN LHP Dario Alvarez (2-4) WIN RHP Austin Chrismon (3-1) WIN RHP Micah Kellogg (3-2) 39-31 and in 3rd place in their division. It LOSS RHP Adrian Houser (0-3) LOSS RHP Joe Lovecchio (4-2) LOSS RHPJuan Santos (2-3) marked the club’s 1st season with a record SAVE N/A SAVE N/A SAVE N/A above .500 since 2006. HR N/A HR N/A HR N/A 2013 RECORD LAST GAME MANAGER Tony DeFrancesco OKLAHOMA CITY WEB okcredhawks.com 78-59 L 6-3 PR CONTACT Alex Freedman REDHAWKS (1st Place) vs. Nashville ([email protected]) TONIGHT’S GAME: Oklahoma City Redhawks vs. Nashville Sounds 7:05 p.m. CT | PROBABLE STARTER: LHP Eric Berger (5-3, 3.36 ERA) • Nashville Sounds 6 (53-84), Oklahoma City Redhawks 3 (78-59) • CF George Springer went 2x4 with a walk, a run scored and a stolen base...he leads the minor leagues with 37 HR and is looking to become the 1st minor leaguer to hit 40 • Last night’s loss snapped OKC’s 17-game home winning streak...the club is up 6 HR and steal 40 bases in the same season (has 43 SB)...is the 1st minor leaguer with games in the division with only 7 games remaining in the regular season. 30+ HR and 30+ SB since 2009 (Grant Desme with OAK). • In his 3rd game with the RedHawks since getting signed out of the Mexican • 1B Jon Singleton went 2x3 with 2 walks and 3 RBI...has hit in 4 straight games at a League, DH Japhet Amador went 2x5...he is hitting .385 (5x13) in his 3 games with .429 (6x14) clip with 3 walks and 4 RBI. OKC. 2ND HALF RECORD LAST GAME MANAGER Keith Bodie CORPUS CHRISTI WEB cchooks.com 38-25 W 5-0 PR CONTACT Michael Coffin HOOKS (T-1st Place) at San Antonio ([email protected]) TONIGHT’S GAME: Corpus Christi Hooks at Frisco RoughRiders 7:05 p.m. CT | PROBABLE STARTER: LHP David Rollins (0-1, 2.38 ERA) • Corpus Christi Hooks 5 (80-53), San Antonio Missions 0 (76-56) • LF Leo Heras (3x4, HR, 4RBI) doubled and hit a 3-run homer, his first MiLB home run...Heras was signed by the Astros out of the Mexican League on August 18...has • LHP Luis Cruz (0ER, 9.0IP) hurled a 2-hit shutout, striking out a career-high 14 and hit .412 (7x17) with 5 RBI and a 1.324 OPS in his 4 games with the Hooks. walking 1...tied a Hooks single-game record for strikeouts, set on June 27, 2011 by Xavier Cedeno...retired the first 10 batters he faced...struck out 6 straight hitters • DH Matt Duffy (2x4) extended his hitting streak to 8 games (10x31, .323)...RF Preston from the 6th thru 7th innings...retired the final 13...in his 3 outings with the Hooks Tucker went 2x4 and recorded his 99th RBI of the year...1B Erik Castro (2x4) hit 2 since getting promoted from Lancaster, has gone 2-0 with a 0.56 ERA (1ER/16.0IP) doubles. and 19 K’s...leads the Astros minor league system with 148 strikeouts. 2ND HALF RECORD LAST GAME MANAGER Rodney Linares LANCASTER WEB jethawks.com 39-24 L 4-1 PR CONTACT Jason Schwartz JETHAWKS (1st Place) vs. Rancho Cucamonga ([email protected]) TONIGHT’S GAME: Lancaster JetHawks vs. Lake Elsinore Storm 9:00 p.m. CT | PROBABLE STARTER: TBA • Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 4 (61-72), Lancaster JetHawks 1 (78-55) • SS Carlos Perdomo led the offense with a 3x3 night...RF Chris Epps (1x3) walked and hit his 32nd double of the season. • Lancaster’s 4-game winning streak was snapped last night...the club clinched the 2nd half title in the CAL League on Sunday...the ‘Hawks also won the 1st half title. • RHP Vincent Velasquez (4ER, 5.0IP) drew the loss but struck out 7 over his 5.0 in- nings of work...struck out 5 in a row. 2ND HALF RECORD LAST GAME MANAGER Omar Lopez QUAD CITIES WEB riverbandits.com 37-25 W 3-2 PR CONTACT Marco LaNave RIVER BANDITS (2nd Place) at Burlington ([email protected]) TONIGHT’S GAME: Quad Cities River Bandits at Burlington Bees 6:30 p.m. CT | PROBABLE STARTER: RHP Daniel Minor (7-3, 3.63 ERA) • Burlington Bees 3 (52-76), Quad Cities River Bandits 2 (75-56) • 3B Rio Ruiz (2x4, RBI) hit his 29th double...Ruiz is hitting .306 (15x49) with 3 homers, 6 doubles and a .983 OPS over his last 13 games. • The River Bandits had their win streak halted at 4 with last night’s, 3-2 loss in extra- innings (10.0 innings)...Quad Cities clinched a playoff berth on Sunday. • SS Carlos Correa went 1x4...he is 3rd in the Midwest League with a .319 batting average and 2nd in OBP (.404). • Recently acquired LHP Josh Hader (0ER, 6.0IP) struck out 6 over 6.0 shutout frames but did not factor into the decision...gave up 4 hits and walked none...has gone 2-0 • LF Danry Vasquez was 1x3 with a run scored...has hit .286 (28x98) in his 26 games with a 3.06 ERA (6ER/17.2IP) in 4 starts with Quad Cities. with Quad Cities. 2013 RECORD LAST GAME MANAGER Ed Romero TRI-CITY WEB tcvalleycats.com 40-26 L 8-1 PR CONTACT Chris Chenes VALLEYCATS (1st Place) at Brooklyn ([email protected]) TONIGHT’S GAME: Tri-City ValleyCats at Brooklyn Cyclones 6:00 p.m. CT | PROBABLE STARTER: TBA • Brooklyn Cyclones 8 (35-31), Tri-City ValleyCats 1 (40-26) • The ValleyCats 5-game winning streak was snapped last night...they still own a 4-game lead for 1st place in the Stedler Division with 10 games to go. • RHP Adrian Houser (3ER, 1.1IP) was chased from the game early...LHP Randall Fant (1ER, 5.0IP) tossed 5.0 solid innings of relief, allowing 2 runs (1 earned)...struck out 7 with no walks...Fant was a 29th round pick out of the Univ. of Arkansas this year. 2013 RECORD LAST GAME MANAGER Josh Bonifay GREENEVILLE WEB greenevilleastros.com 37-27 W 3-2 PR CONTACT Hunter Reed ASTROS (1st Place) vs. Bluefield ([email protected]) TONIGHT’S GAME: Greeneville Astros vs. Bluefield Blue Jays 6:00 p.m. CT | PROBABLE STARTER: RHP Francis Ramirez (0-1, 21.00 ERA) • Greeneville Astros 3 (37-27), Bluefield Blue Jays 2 (40-23) • Leading the offense was LF Tanner Mathis (2x4), CF Brett Phillips (1x2, 2BB) and C Brian Holberton (1x5, 2B). • The Astros had their 2nd consecutive walk-off win, with SS Thomas Lindauer (2x3) scoring on a throwing error in the bottom of the 9th...on Sunday, CF Tanner Mathis • Starter RHP Frederick Tiburcio (2ER, 5.2IP) fanned 6 and walked 1 over his 5.2 in- hit a walk-off single in the 10th inning...the Astros are up by a half game with just nings but did not get a decision...RHP Austin Chrismon (0ER, 3.1IP) tossed 3.1 score- 4 games remaining in the season...they are 16-7 in one-run games this season and less innings of relief for the victory...he has a 3.06 ERA (11ER, 32.1IP) this year with have won a club-record 21 games at home. the Astros. 2013 RECORD LAST GAME GULF COAST LEAGUE MANAGER Edgar Alfonso 26-31 L 9-1 WEB MiLB.com ASTROS (3rd Place) at GCL Tigers TODAY’S GAME: GCL Astros vs. GCL Tigers 11:00 a.m. CT • GCL Tigers 9 (31-26), GCL Astros 1 (26-31) • Starter RHP Joe Musgrove (1ER, 6.0IP) pitched well, holding the Tigers to just 1 run on 4 hits over 6.0 innings...struck out 4 and walked 2. • 1B Yonathan Mejia went 2x4 with a double and a run scored...C Jacob Nottingham (1x4, RBI) drove in the lone run for the Astros with a double. 2013 RECORD LAST GAME DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE MANAGER Johan Maya 39-31 W 6-2 WEB MiLB.com ASTROS (3rd Place) vs. DSL Mariners TODAY’S GAME: • The DSL Astros finished their season in 3rd place in with a 39-31 record...was their • IF Jean Estrella led the team with a .306 (52x170) batting average...OF Hector Roa 1st season with a record above .500 since 2006 when the club went 36-30.