Brooks is in a rush today so I thought I would jot down a few quick lines for you on his behalf (AstroB).
The big story last night, and of this weekend, is Hurricane Irene sweeping into the East Coast, so Tri-City's game was postponed, and there will be no game today, so they will play a double header on Monday. It was quite a scramble to get all the baseball in as it was. George Springer went 0-3 in his debut, so hopefully he can notch his first hit on Monday.
Adrian Houser threw possibly his best outing of the season last night, throwing five scoreless. Jordan Scott continues a strong season despite an all-star snub that had some people very worked up earlier this week. Lucas Harrell lowered his AAA ERA in the Astros organisation to 1.72, Brett Wallace cannot buy a home run, Jonathan Singleton continues to strikeout twice in every game he plays and Folty had a rough outing.
This is a question I wanted to ask, but haven't had a chance to ask it, and here seems a good a place as any. If J.D. Martinez, Jose Altuve and Jordan Lyles had not been called up, and continued the pace set in early 2011, hypothetically where would they be in your prospect top 10? Thoughts?
Minor league lines to follow on Friday and Saturday's games.
Friday Games
Oklahoma City won 10-2
- Xavier Cedeno-5 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO, 1 HR, 7/4 GO/AO
- Jose Valdez-1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
- Luis Durango CF-2-5, SO
- Brett Wallace 1B-3-5, 2 SO
- Chris Johnson 3B-1-4, HR, SO
- JR Towles C-2-3
- Ozzie Navarro 2B-2-4, SO
- Drew Locke RF-0-0, 2 BB
Corpus Christi lost 2-1
- Ross Seaton-4 1/3 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 SO, 3/2 GO/AO
- Jon Gaston RF-1-3, HR, 2 SO
Corpus Christi lost 3-2
- Josh Zeid-2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 3/1 GO/Ao
- Jonnathan Aristil-1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
- Kody Hinze 1B-2-3, HR
Lancaster won 9-3
- Andrew Robinson-5 1/3 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 7/2 GO/AO
- Kyle Greenwalt-2 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO, 4/0 GO/AO
- Robert Doran-1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
- Grant Hogue RF-2-6
- Jio Mier SS-3-5, 2B, BB, 2 SO, SB
- Austin Wates CF-1-5, 2 SB
- Jonathan Singleton DH-1-4, 2B, 2 SO
- Jonathan Meyer 3B-2-5
- Erik Castro 1B-3-5, 2B, SO
- Federico Hernandez C-3-5
Lexington lost 7-5
- Mike Foltynewicz-4 1/3 Ip, 7 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO, 5/3 GO/AO
- Brian Streilein-2 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 5/1 GO/AO
- Brad Dydalewicz-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 2/1 GO?AO
- Tyler Burnett 1B-1-3, 2 BB, SO
- Mike Kvasnicka 3B-2-4, 2B, HR
- Ben Heath C-1-3, HR, BB, SO
- Ben Orloff SS-2-3, 2B
- Emilio King CF-2-4, 2B, SB
Tri-City won 8-4
- Jamaine Cotton-5 Ip, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO, 6/4 GO/AO
- Dayan Diaz-3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 SO, 4/1 GO/AO
- Justin Gominsky CF-1-1, 2B, BB
- Drew Muren RF-1-5, 2B, 2 SO
- Raffy Valenzuela 1B-1-3, 2 BB, 2 SO
- Bubby Williams DH-2-4, 2B, SO, CS
- Chris Epps LF-1-3, 2B, BB
Greeneville lost 3-2
- Francis Ramirez-4 2/3 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR, 8/3 GO/AO
- Mattison Smith-1 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO
- Steve Martin-1 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO
- Jordan Scott LF-1-3, 2B, BB
- Ariel Ovando RF-1-4, 2B, SO
- Jesse Wierzbicki 1B-1-4, 2B, SO
- Darwin Rivera 3B-2-4, 2B
GCL Astros won 1-0
- Michael Feliz-5 Ip, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 SO, 8/0 GO/AO
- Frederick Tiburcio-3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 3/3 GO/AO
- Alfredo Gonzalez C-1-3, 2B, SO
- Jose Fernandez SS-2-4, 2B, SO, SB
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Luca Martone 2B-2-3, 2B
Saturday Games
Oklahoma City won 2-1
- Lucas Harrell-8 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 6 BB, 7 SO, 13/3 GO/AO-123 Pitches
- Jeff Fulchino-1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO
- Drew Locke RF-2-3, HR
- Ozzie Navarro 2B-2-3, SO
Corpus Christi lost 6-0
- Paul Clemens-5 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO, 2 HR, 6/5 GO/AO
- Danny Meszaros-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO
- Brandon Wikoff 2B-0-4, 3 SO
Lancaster lost 1-0
- Jake Buchanan- 6 2/3 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 13/2 GO/AO - good number of groundouts.
- Pat Urchfitz- 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 1/2 GO/AO
- Jio Mier SS- 1-4, 2B
- Jonathan Singleton 1B- 2-4, 2 SO
Lexington won 11-3
- Luis Cruz- 5 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO, 2/2 GO/AO
- Ruben Alaniz-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO
- Juan Minaya-3 Ip, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 2 SO, 4/0 GO/AO
- DeLino DeShields 2B-2-5, BB, SO
- Domingo Santana RF-2-4, 2B, 2 SO, OF Assist
- Telvin Nash 1B-2-5, HR, 2 SO
- Mike Kvasnicka 3B-2-5, 2 2B
- Ben Heath DH-2-5, 2B, 2 SO
- Roberto Pena C-4-5, 2 2B
- Emilio King CF-3-4, 2B, HR, OF Assist
Tri-City: PPD because or Irene
Greeneville lost 4-3 (no earned runs)
- Adrian Houser- 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 SO, 2/7 GO/AO
- Josh Magee 2B-2-5, SO, 2 SB, CS
- Chan Moon SS-0-4, 3 SO
- Ariel Ovando RF-1-4, 2 SO
- Jesse Wierzbicki DH-2-4, 2B, SO
- Ronald Sanchez 1B-0-2, 2 BB, SO