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Astros Minor League Recap: July 9,2012

By Subber10

A lot happened over the weekend, and that's for sure. First, Jeff Luhnow followed up his wizzardry by trading Carlos Lee for something more than just having a pulse by going on the road to see some of the minor league teams. He started off with Greeneville and took in their double-header on Friday night. He then went to the other side of the country and has watched two Lancaster games. Ross Seaton missed a complete game shutout by two-thirds of an inning, but had given up two baserunners on weak hits in the ninth, so pulling him was understandable. Adrian Houser tossed his best game in front of Luhnow and George Springer was "en fuego" for Luhnow last night (Luhnow's words, not mine). Let me not forget to throw in that Jonathan Singleton went 3-4 with a walk in the Futures game. I'd say more, but I haven't watched it yet. I have it recorded and should get time to watch it today.

One of my sources for a lot of information took in the Hooks game last night and sent me some of his notes from what he saw.

  • Rob Rasmussen is tiny! However, last night he pounded the strikezone and mixed in his off-speed pitches well. He was 90-91 on his fastball. He saw him as more of a long-relief type pitcher in the future.
  • He was impressed with Drew Muren. Muren makes things look easy. Glides well, has an easy stroke, and a very good arm. His home run last night wasn't a cheap shot either, cleared the bullpens in the outfield.
  • Jonathan Villar has what it takes. Looked good in the plate appearances where he hit a single, HR, and a bunt single. However, the other two AB's he dropped his hands and got tied up. Very simple fix in keeping his hands up. Has glimpses of greatness followed by making you shake your head. Where have you read that before?
  • Austin Wates didn't get a chance to really show anything in the field, but in comparison to Muren, the arm and speed don't match up. That's why you still see Muren in CF and Wates in LF.

Friday Games

Oklahoma City won 5-4 (11 innings)

  • Armando Galarraga-6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO, 2 HR, 7/4 GO/AO, 91 pitches GS: 50
  • Juan Abreu-2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO
  • Mickey Storey 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 SO
  • Jimmy Paredes 2B-1-7, 2B, SO
  • J.B. Shuck CF, LF-2-4, 2 BB
  • Mike Hessman 1B-1-5, 2B, BB, SO
  • Brett Wallace 3B-1-4, 2 BB, SO
  • Justin Maxwell CF-1-2, 2B
  • Angel Sanchez SS-2-4
  • Carlos Corporan C-5-5, 2B, BB

Corpus Christi won 3-0

  • Ross Seaton-8 1/3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 8 SO, 7/5 GO/AO, 100 pitches-Awesome! GS: 83
  • Jason Stoffel-2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
  • Jonathan Singleton 1B-0-1, 3 BB, SO
  • Drew Muren CF-3-3, BB

Lancaster won 6-5

  • Nicholas Tropeano-6 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO, 2 HR, 9/3 GO/AO
  • Jose Trinidad-3 Ip, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 SO
  • Domingo Santana RF-2-5, 2B, 2 SO
  • Chris Epps DH-2-4, BB, 2 SO
  • Jonathan Meyer 3B-2-5, 2 SO
  • Ben Orloff SS-2-3, 2B

Lexington lost 5-4

  • Luis Cruz-6 Ip, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR, 9/2 GO/AO
  • Murilo Gouvea-2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO
  • Delino DeShields Jr. 2B-3-5, 2B, SO, SB, CS, PO
  • Matt Duffy DH-2-4, 2B, HR, BB, SO
  • Mike Kvasnicka RF-1-4, 2B
  • Justin Gominsky CF-2-3, BB

Tri-City lost 3-1

  • Vincent Velasquez-5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO, 1 HR, 2/7 GO/AO
  • Jeremiah Meiners-3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO, 3/2 GO/AO
  • Blake Ford-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO
  • Andrew Aplin CF-2-4, 2B
  • Jesse Wierzbicki 1B-2-3, HR

Greeneville lost 1-0

  • Adrian Houser-7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 SO, 10/1 GO/AO
  • Zachary Hardoin-2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO
  • Terrell Joyce DH-2-4, CS, PO
  • Jean Batista 2B, 1B-0-2, 2 BB

Greeneville won 4-2

  • Richard Rodriguez-5 Ip, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO,1 HR, 5/1 GO/AO
  • Zachary Dando-2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB,1 SO, 3/1 GO/AO
  • Jose Monzon CF-1-2, HR, BB, SO
  • Terrell Joyce LF-3-3, 2B
  • Ariel Ovando RF-2-3, SO
  • James Howick SS-0-1, 2 BB

GCL won 6-1

  • Michael Feliz-8 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO, 13/4 GO/AO
  • Juan Mojica-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO
  • Carlos Correa SS-1-4, 2B, SO
  • Yonathan Mejia 1B-2-4
  • Juan Santana 2B, SS-2-4, 2B, SO
  • Alfredo Gonzalez C-2-4, 2B

DSL lost 11-6

  • Juan Hernandez-2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 4/1 GO/AO
  • Frederick Serrano LF-0-3, 2 BB, 2 SO
  • Brauly Mejia RF-2-5, 2 SB
  • Marlon Avea C-1-3, 2B

Saturday Games

Oklahoma City lost 9-5

  • Brett Oberholtzer-4 IP, 12 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 5 HR, 3/5 GO/AO, 93 pitches
  • Sergio Perez-2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO, 3/0 Go/AO
  • Jonnathan Aristil-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO
  • Marwin Gonzalez SS-2-4, BB, SO
  • Fernando Martinez LF-2-4, 2B, OF Assist
  • Travis Buck RF-2-4
  • Carlos Corporan C-2-4
  • J.B. Shuck PH-1-1, 2B
  • Jordan Kreke 3B-1-2, 2B

Corpus Christi won 7-3

  • Jake Buchanan-6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR, 9/7 GO/AO, 98 pitches
  • Kevin Chapman-1 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO
  • Josh Zeid-2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
  • Jason Stoffel-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO
  • Jonathan Villar SS-0-2, 3 BB, 2 SB-Impressive
  • Andrew Simunic 3B-1-3, 2 BB, SO, SB
  • Jose Martinez DH-3-5, 3B, SB
  • Chris Wallace C-3-5, SO

Lancaster won 9-5

  • Tyson Perez-3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO, 1 HR, 7/2 GO/AO
  • Brad Dydalewicz-3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO
  • Pat Urckfitz-3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 4/0 GO/AO
  • George Springer CF-2-4, BB
  • Erik Castro 1B-2-3, BB
  • Domingo Santana RF-4-5, HR
  • Enrique Hernandez 2B-1-4, 2B, SB
  • Ben Orloff C-0-2, 2 BB

Lexington lost 9-6

  • Luis Ordosgoitti-4 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR, 6/2 GO/AO
  • Nolan Fontana SS-3-5, 2B, SB
  • Matt Duffy 3B-2-5, 2B, 3 SO
  • Justin Gominsky CF, RF-2-4

Tri-City won 8-2

  • Aaron West-5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO, 3/4 GO/AO
  • Kenny Long-1 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 2/0 GO/AO
  • Brad Propst-2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO
  • Neiko Johnson DH-1-2, 4 BB, SB
  • Andrew Aplin CF-2-5, CS
  • Jesse Wiersbicki 3B-2-4, 2B, BB, 2 SB
  • Dan Gulbransen LF-0-3, 2 BB, SO
  • Jobduan Morales 1B-0-3, 2 BB
  • Tyler Heineman C-2-4, SB

Greeneville won 14-2

  • Francis Ramirez-5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO, 1/5 GO/AO
  • Tanner Bushue-3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 SO, 2/1 GO/AO
  • D'Andre Toney CF-3-5, HR, SO, SB
  • Brian Blasik 3B-2-4, HR, BB, SO
  • Terrell Joyce LF-2-4, HR, BB, SO, SB
  • Ariel Ovando RF-2-3, SO
  • Jean Batista SS-2-5, 3B, SO
  • Michael Martinez 1B-2-5, SO
  • Joshua Magee 2B-2-5, 2B, SO

GCL lost 1-0 (12 inning)

  • Agapito Barrios-5 Ip, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 SO, 6/2 GO/AO
  • Brandon Culbreth-3 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO, 3/2 GO/AO
  • Erick Gonzalez-2 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO, 3/1 GO/AO
  • Darwin Rivera 3B-1-5, 3 SO
  • Teoscar Hernandez RF-0-4, BB, 3 SO, 3 SB, 2 OF Assists

DSL won 4-2 (10 innings)

  • Elieser Hernandez-7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 SO, 7/3 GO/AO
  • Rauldison Rodriguez-1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO
  • Yonquelys Martinez-2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 3/0 GO/AO
  • Johan Tomas De La Cruz RF-2-5, PO, SB-Say his name five times fast
  • Mesac Laguna LF-3-4, PO, CS
  • Yoel Silfa 3B-2-4, 2B, BB
  • Pedro Coa 1B-2-4, SO

Sunday Games

Oklahoma City won 3-2

  • Dallas Keuchel-3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO, 3/4 GO/AO, 37 pitches-3 days rest, only scheduled to pitch 3 innings
  • Aneury Rodriguez-3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 2/3 GO/AO
  • Mickey Storey-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO
  • Angel Sanchez 2B-3-3, 2B, BB
  • Carlos Corporan C-1-4, HR, SO

Corpus Christi lost 7-4

  • Rob Rasmussen-5 Ip, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 2 HR, 7/4 GO/AO, 70 pitches
  • Erick Abreu-1 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO
  • Jonathan Villar SS-3-4, HR, BB, SO
  • Jose Martinez 2B-1-5, 2B, SO
  • Drew Locke RF-3-5, CS
  • Austin Wates LF-1-5, 3 SO
  • Drew Muren CF-2-4, 3B, HR, SO
  • Chris Wallace C-2-3, BB

Lancaster won 10-8

  • Jorge De Leon-4 1/3 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 8/4 GO/AO
  • Carlos Quevedo-3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 SO-I know auclairkeithbc is happy!
  • George Springer CF-4-4, 3 2B, BB, 2 SB
  • Jonathan Meyer 3B-3-5, 2B
  • Enrique Hernandez 2B-3-4, 2B, BB, SO

Lexington lost 6-3

  • Jonas Dufek-4 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO, 3 HR, 4/5 GO/AO
  • Thomas Shirley-2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 SO
  • Gabriel Garcia-2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
  • Delino DeShields Jr. 2B-0-3, 2 BB, 2 SO, SB-62 SB on the season...Insane!
  • Nolan Fontana SS-1-2, 3 BB, SO, SB-Very impressed!
  • Matt Duffy 3B-2-3, 2B, 2 BB
  • Justin Gominsky CF-2-5, 2B, 2 SO
  • Ryan McCurdy C-1-3, 2B

Tri-City lost 10-5

  • Brian Holmes-3 1/3 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO, 0/3 Go/AO
  • Jamaine Cotton-3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 SO
  • Andrew Aplin CF-3-5
  • Jobduan Morales C-0-2, 2 BB
  • Emilio King RF-1-3, 2B, BB
  • Joe Sclafani SS-2-4, SB

Greeneville lost 5-2

  • Frederick Tiburcio-5 Ip, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 7/1 GO/AO
  • Scott Zuloaga-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO
  • Christian Garcia-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO
  • Michael Dimock-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
  • No notables

GCL and DSL: Off

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