Recapping the Minors: May 9th

The Quad Cities River Bandits (Low Single-A) have had tough luck with the rain. They will now play five games over the next three days as part of makeup games from postponements. With their postponement on Thursday, the Astros only had three of their affiliates in action. Let’s see how they performed in yesterday’s games.

Minor League Moves:

From CC to OKC – Austin Wates

From LC to CC – Kenny Long

From OKC to LC – Kyle Hallock

Quad Cities: Activate Rio Ruiz, recieve Jamaine Cotton from lower minors.

OKC – 3 Tacoma – 1

Jonathan Villar – 2/4, 1 K, 2 SB (12)

Brandon Laird – 1/3, 1 RBI, 1 SB (1)

Brett Wallace – 2/3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K

Asher Wojciechowski (W) – 6 IP, 5 Hits, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K – Awesome!

Rhiner Cruz – 2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Jose Valdez (S) – 1 IP, 1 Hit, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

CC – 4 Frisco – 6

Jiovanni Mier – 1/4, 2 K, 1 CS (4)

George Springer – 0/3, 3 K

Domingo Santana – 1/4, 1 2B, 2 K

Jonathan Meyer – 1/3, 1 2B, 1 RBI

Erik Castro – 1/4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 Error (2)

Jake Buchanan – 5 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K – Should be next in line for a promotion

Carlos Quevedo (L) – 1.1 IP, 5 Hits, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 HR

Alex Sogard – 2.2 IP, 3 Hits, 1 Run, 0 ER, 1 BB

LC – 10 Lake Elsinore – 4

Andrew Aplin – 3/5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB (4)

MP Cokinos – 1/3, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB

Telvin Nash – 1/2, 1 HR (3), 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K – Good game as he was in a mini-slump this week

Tyler Heineman – 2/4, 1 2B, 1 K

Chris Epps – 1/3, 1 HR (2), 3 RBI

Aaron West – 3 IP, 4 Hits, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Theron Geith (W) – 2 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

Blair Walters – 3 IP, 3 Hits, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K

Travis Ballew – 1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

QC – PPD (Rain)

This Weekend’s Scheduled Starting Pitchers (According To Team Website):

OKC – Brett Oberholtzer, Ross Seaton, Jarred Cosart

CC – Nick Tropeano, TBD, TBD

LC – Brady Rodgers, Tyson Perez, Thomas Shirley

QC – TBD (Friday Game 1), Vincent Velasquez (Friday Game 2), Daniel Minor (Saturday Game 1), TBD (Saturday Game 2), TBD