HOUSTON ASTROS MINOR LEAGUE REPORT - 7.23.14 OKLAHOMA CITY CORPUS CHRISTI LANCASTER QUAD CITIES REDHAWKS HOOKS JETHAWKS RIVER BANDITS Pacific Coast League (Triple A) Texas League (Double A) California League (Class A Advanced) Midwest League (Class A) LAST NIGHT LAST NIGHT LAST NIGHT YESTERDAY Round Rock 4, Oklahoma City 1 San Antonio 11, Corpus Christi 1 Lancaster 11, Modesto 8 Scheduled Off Day WIN LHP Robbie Ross Jr. (2-3) WIN RHP Bryce Morrow (3-2) WIN RHP Patrick Christensen (1-0) WIN LOSS RHP Paul Clemens (5-2) LOSS RHP Kyle Smith (4-3) LOSS RHP Tyler Gagnon (0-1) LOSS SAVE RHP Spencer Patton (15) SAVE none SAVE none SAVE HR none HR Jonathan Meyer (2) HR Jon Kemmer 2 (4) HR TRI-CITY GREENEVILLE GCL DSL ASTROS VALLEYCATS ASTROS ASTROS BLUE/ORANGE New York-Penn League (Short Season A) Appalachian League (Rookie) Gulf Coast League (Rookie) Dominican Summer League (Rookie) LAST NIGHT LAST NIGHT LAST NIGHT ASTROS BLUE ASTROS ORANGE Tri-City 4, Connecticut 3 Kingsport 5, Greeneville 0 GCL Astros 4, GCL Blue Jays 2 HOU 8, KC 3 NYM 18, HOU 7 WIN RHP Ryan Thompson (2-0) WIN LHP Blake Taylor (1-0) WIN RHP Justin Ferrell (1-1) W: Gabriel Valdez W: Randinson Suazo LOSS RHP Paul Voelker (0-1) LOSS LHP Austin Nicely (1-5) LOSS RHP Daniel Rodriguez (0-3) L: Frandy Diaz L: Adonis Pena SAVE none SAVE none SAVE none S: none S: none HR Alfredo Gonzalez (2) HR none HR none HR: none HR: Felix Lucas 2014 RECORD LAST GAME MANAGER Tony DeFrancesco OKLAHOMA CITY WEB okcredhawks.com REDHAWKS 52-53 L 4-1 PR CONTACT Alex Freedman (3rd Place) vs. Round Rock ([email protected]) TONIGHT’S GAME: Oklahoma City vs. Round Rock Express, 7:05 p.m. CT | PROBABLE STARTER: RHP David Martinez (5-6, 5.14 ERA) • The RedHawks fell to Round Rock, 4-1, Tuesday evening at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. • Starter RHP Collin McHugh (ER, 5.0IP) allowed a run on 3 hits and 1 walk...struck out 5 batters in his rehab outing. • 2B Ronald Torreyes (2x5) and 1B Matt Duffy (2x4, RBI) led the Red- Hawks with 2 hits each. 2014 RECORD LAST GAME MANAGER Keith Bodie CORPUS CHRISTI WEB cchooks.com HOOKS 50-52 L 11-1 PR CONTACT Michael Coffin (4th Place) at San Antonio ([email protected]) TONIGHT’S GAME: Corpus Christi at San Antonio Missions, 7:05 p.m. CT | PROBABLE STARTER: RHP Brady Rodgers (4-10, 4.55 ERA) First Half Record (34-36, 4th place), Second Half Record (16-16, T-3rd being promoted to Corpus Christi. place) • The Hooks dropped their contest to the Missions, 11-1. • 3B Jonathan Meyer (1x3, HR, RBI) connected for a solo homer, provid- ing the only run for the Hooks. • 1B Conrad Gregor (1x3) collected his 1st Double A two-bagger since 2014 RECORD LAST GAME MANAGER Rodney Linares LANCASTER WEB jethawks.com JETHAWKS 60-42 W 11- 8 PR CONTACT Jason Schwartz (T-1st Place) vs. Modesto ([email protected]) TONIGHT’S GAME: Scheduled Off Day | PROBABLE STARTER: First Half Record (44-26, 1st place), Second Half Record (16-16, 3rd place) • 3B Rio Ruiz (2x3), CF Teoscar Hernandez (2x5) and DH Austin Elkins (2x4) all had multi-hit games...Hernandez picked up his 29th stolen base • Lancaster rallied to score 5 runs in the 8th inning, defeating Modesto, 11- of the season, tying him for 2nd in the California League. 8, and completing the 4-game series sweep...The JetHawks became the 1st team in the California League to notch 60 wins on the season. • RF Jon Kemmer (3x4, 2HR, 6RBI) homered twice and drove in a career- high 6 RBI. 2014 RECORD LAST GAME MANAGER Omar Lopez QUAD CITIES WEB riverbandits.com RIVER BANDITS 50-49 W 5-2 PR CONTACT Marco LaNave (5th Place) vs. Lake County ([email protected]) TONIGHT’S GAME: Quad Cities at Dayton Dragons, 6:00 p.m. CT | PROBABLE STARTER: RHP Kevin Comer (1-2, 4.50 ERA) First Half Record (35-34, 5th place), Second Half Record (15-15, 6th place) • Quad Cities observed a scheduled off day on Tuesday and will travel to Dayton for a 3-game series. 2014 RECORD LAST GAME MANAGER Ed Romero TRI-CITY WEB tcvalleycats.com VALLEYCATS 26-12 W 4-3 PR CONTACT Chris Chenes (1st Place) at Connecticut ([email protected]) TODAY’S GAME: Tri-City at Connecticut Tigers, 10:05 a.m. CT | PROBABLE STARTER: RHP Troy Scribner (5-1, 1.03 ERA) • C Alfredo Gonzalez (2x3, HR, RBI) homered in the 3rd inning and • Starter RHP Luis Ordosgoitti (ER, 5.0IP) tossed 5.0 solid innings, allow- scored the go-ahead run for the ValleyCats in the 9th inning in a 4-3 vic- ing an ER on 3 hits and striking out 3 batters. tory over Connecticut. • SS Mott Hyde (2x4) picked up 2 hits in the win. • CF Bobby Boyd (1x2, RBI) walked, singled and earned an RBI after be- ing hit by a pitch with the bases loaded for Tri-City...his .380 batting aver- age leads the New York-Penn League. 2014 RECORD LAST GAME MANAGER Josh Bonifay GREENEVILLE WEB greenevilleastros.com ASTROS 14-17 L 5-0 PR CONTACT Hunter Reed (4th Place) at Kingsport ([email protected]) TONIGHT’S GAME: Greeneville at Kingsport Mets, 6:00 p.m. CT | PROBABLE STARTER: RHP Robert Kahana (1-1, 3.45 ERA) • Greeneville was blanked by Kingsport, 5-0, last night. • LHP Austin Nicely (1ER, 5.0IP) was charged with the loss despite al- lowing just 1ER...gave up 2 hits and walked 1 while striking out 2 batters. • 1B Yonathan Mejia (2x4) collected the only 2 hits for the Astros. 2014 RECORD LAST GAME GULF COAST LEAGUE MANAGER Marty Malloy ASTROS 15-13 W 4-2 WEB MiLB.com (2nd Place) vs. GCL Blue Jays TODAY’S GAME: GCL Astros vs. GCL Braves, 12:00 p.m. • TheL GC Astros utilized a 3-run 8th inning to defeat the GCL Blue Jays, scored...collected his 2nd 3-hit game over his last 3 contests. 4-2, Tuesday afternoon. • 2B Jean Estrella (2x4), DH Dexture McCall (2x4) and RF Luis Payano • Starter RHP Vincent Velasquez (0ER, 4.0IP) struck out 10 of the 15 batt- (2x2, RBI) all had 2-hit games...Payano swiped his 1st base of the season. ters he faced during a rehab outing with the GCL Astros...allowed just 1 hit and 1 walk. • 1B Hector Roa (3x4, 2RBI) led the charge with 2 doubles and a run 2014 RECORD LAST GAME DOMINICAN SUMMER BLUE MANAGER Johan Maya Blue: 20-24 Blue: W 8-3 ORANGE MANAGER Charlie Romero LEAGUE ASTROS Orange: 16-28 Orange: L 18-7 WEB MiLB.com TODAY’S GAMES: DSL Astros Blue vs. DSL Rays, 10:30 a.m. | DSL Astros Orange at DSL Cubs, 10:30 a.m. DSL Astros Blue: DSL Astros Orange: • The DSL Astros Blue rallied for to score all their runs over the 5th thru 8th • The DSL Astros Orange fell to the DSL Mets2, 18-7, yesterday. innings to top the DSL Royals, 8-3. • 2B Frankeny Fernandez (2x4, 2RBI) and RF Jose Benjamin (2x3) led • RHP Gabriel Valdez (0ER, 5.0IP) tossed 5.0 scoreless frames to earn his the Astros with 2 hits apiece. 3rd win of the season...scattered 3 hits and punched out 2 batters. • DH Felix Lucas (1x3, HR, RBI) pinch-hit in the 6th inning and belted his • LHP Salvador Montano (3ER, 4.0IP) fanned 8 batters over 4.0IP. 1st professional home run. .