2012 Astros Minor League Thread

Yawn... too lazy today, so here's the WTHB recap and the Crawfish Boxes recap.

 

Morning links, courtesy of Appy Astros:

Greeneville Hitters report

Observations from last night's game vs. Kingsport

Pitchers report

 

Carlos Correa went 3-5 with an RBI as the GCLstros pounded the Cardinals 10-4. Best performance of the day went to Juan Santana, who was 4-5 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI.

 

Brandon Meredith now has 12 home runs this season. Tonight is his 68th game for Lexington. The 12 homers are good for 4th on the team, despite the fact that he's played 20 fewer than Mike Kvasnicka (who leads with 15) and 40 less than Matt Duffy and Zach Johnson (who both have 13).

 

Marc Krauss just did it again, guys...

 

Yep. Lots of DH options now in the system.

And Krauss does it yet again.

 

Mr. Springer just hit home run #22. So, I am waiting for his promotion to Corpus Christi

 

John Sickels' Preseason Top 20, Revisited

Just to make sure that I'm not stepping on John Sickels' fingers, I'm not posting the article.

 

Thursday Stories

Jose Cisnero making a statement. We could see him in Houston in September...

Close, but no cigar for Corpus.

I eagerly await the mass promotions.

Tri-City being Tri-City.

Recap

OKC got an impressive start from Jose Cisnero in their 7-1 drubbing of Tacoma. Cisnero won his 2nd straight start by going 7 innings and allowing a run on 5 hits, walked 2, and struck out 7. Crash Hessman had a 2-run shot in the 3rd, his 29th of the season. Chris Wallace had a 2-run double in the 6th. Travis Buck went 2-5 with an RBI single, and J.B. Shuck had an RBI forceout. Juan Abreu and Mark Hamburger pitched a scoreless inning apiece.

Corpus came close to completing their comeback, but they fell just short against San Antonio, losing 8-7. The Hooks fought back from a 4-0 deficit after the top of the 1st by answering with 3 in the bottom half, on a Jonathan Singleton RBI groundout and a 2-run homer from Drew Locke (6). The Hooks took the lead in the 2nd on the 1st of 2 2-run shots from Marc Krauss. Unfortunately, that would be all the scoring they did until the 9th, when Krauss sent another 2-run homer out. After that, Singleton grounded out and Locke struck out to end it. Krauss went 3-4 with the 2 homers (4; 19 season) and scored 3 times. Ross Seaton only lasted 3 innings and allowed 4 runs on 6 hits, walked 1, and struck out 5. Erick Abreu came off the DL to make his first outing and promptly allowed 4 runs on 5 hits (3 homers) in 4 innings. He walked 1 and struck out 3.

Lancaster doubled up Stockton in hits (10-5), but got doubled up in the run column, as they lost 6-3. George Springer went 2-5 with a solo blast in the 3rd, his 22nd of the season. Alex Todd was 3-5 from the leadoff spot. Erik Castro and Chris Epps drove in the other runs. Blair Walters got roughed up again, as he allowed 6 runs (5 earned) on 5 hits (2 home runs), walked 3, and struck out 3. Carlos Quevedo walked 2 and fanned 6 in 2 2/3 scoreless and hitless innings of relief, and Andrew Robinson struck out 2 in a 1-2-3 8th inning.

Lexington is continuing to claw their way back into contention in the Sally League, as they knocked off Asheville 9-5. Zach Johnson had an RBI double and a 2-run homer, his 14th. Brandon Meredith had an RBI single and a solo shot, his 12th of the season. Luis Alvarez and Nolan Fontana each drove in 1. Fontana had his customary multi-walk game, had 2 steals (8), and scored 3 times. Luis Ordosgoitti went 5 2/3 innings and allowed 4 runs (3 earned) on 8 hits (2-run homer), walked 1, and struck out 4.

Tri-City just keeps winning. I don't even know how to describe it anymore. They put down Batavia 6-2 behind another Aaron West effort. He allowed a run on 5 hits, walked 1, and struck out 7 in 6 innings of work. His ERA somehow climbed to 1.05. Oh, the humanity. Everyone had a hit except for Jarrod McKinney, who still got 2 RBI on a groundout and a sac fly. Catfish Elkins hit a solo shot in the 3rd, his 4th of the year. Jobduan Morales went 3-4 with a double and an RBI single.

Greeneville continues to have their uneven performance as of late, as they fell to Kingsport 7-4. Brian Blasik had an RBI triple and an RBI single, driving in D'Andre Toney each time. Angel Ibanez had a 2-run double in the 7th. Francis Ramirez got knocked out early, allowing 5 runs on 4 hits in only 1 2/3 innings of work. He walked 2 and struck out 3. Christian Garcia threw 3 1/3 scoreless, allowing a hit and fanning 2. Tanner Bushue allowed 2 unearned runs on 3 hits in his 3 innings, and he walked 1 and fanned 7.

The GCLstros had some fun in a 10-4 romp over the Cardinals. Carlos Correa went 3-5 with an RBI. But, the best performance of the day went to Juan Santana, who was 4-5 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI. The River had an RBI double, and Kenny Diaz also had an RBI. Wallace Gonzalez went 2-4 with an RBI and scored twice. Jandel Gustave went 1 1/3 innings and allowed 4 runs (1 earned) on 2 hits, walked 3, and struck out 2. Ricardo Batista got the win, allowing a hit, walking 2, and fanning 2 in 2 1/3 scoreless innings.

The Academy scored 10 in the 6th to take the lead against the Rays, but they still found a way to lose, walking off losers by a score of 12-11. Yeah, they scored 10 in an inning and still managed to lose. Mesac Laguna had a grand slam, his 5th homer of the season. Marlon Avea went 2-5 with a solo homer (1), a 2-run double, and scored 3 times. Luis Reynoso went 2-4 with 2 RBI singles in the 6th inning. Johan Tomas De La Cruz had an RBI single. Rayderson Chevalier went 3 2/3 innings and allowed 5 runs (4 earned) on 8 hits (solo homer) and struck out 2. The bullpen blew it.