PreStros Morning Report: May 13

TL;DR

*Organization goes 2-2 on the day; Composite 82-72 record.
*OKC gets a solo homer from Domingo Santana for a 1-0 win over Colorado Springs in a game with six total hits that finished in under two hours.
*Luis Cruz lasted just 0.1IP as San Antonio beats Corpus, 7-4.
*Three JetHawks pitchers combine for a no-hitter against Bakersfield in a 1-0 win.
*Quad Cities gets down early and can't recover in a 10-4 loss. .

Oklahoma City (22-18)

Leather: Jake Buchanan threw 7.2IP, allowing 2H/0ER, 4K:2BB, and recording 14 groundball outs. Jason Stoffel allowed a hit in 0.1IP and Josh Fields struck out the side in the 9th to record his first save for the RedHawks.

Wood: The RedHawks only got three hits themselves, including Domingo Santana's blast (and a walk for Santana). Adron Chambers and Enrique Hernandez had your other hits.

Man of the Match: Jake Buchanan.

Corpus (19-19)

San Antonio scored five first-inning runs in a 7-4 win over Corpus.

Leather: Luis Cruz lasted just 0.1IP, giving up 2H/5ER, 0K:3BB. Andrew Robinson threw 3.2IP, 3H/0ER, 3K:0BB; Alex Sogard allowed 3H/2ER in 2IP, and Michael Dimock struck out three in 2IP.

Wood: Rene Garcia was 3x4 with two doubles; Matt Duffy (2B, RBI) and Joe Sclafani (RBI) had two hits each. Nolan Fontana was 0x1 with 2BB; Telvin Nash hit his 3rd homer of the season, and Andrew Aplin added a double.

Man of the Match: Rene Garcia

Lancaster (23-16)

Lancaster scored a run in the bottom of the 2nd, which would be all they needed as Josh Hader, J.D. Osborne, and Daniel Minor held Bakersfield hitless.

Leather: Hader threw 6IP, striking out six and walking four; Osborne threw 2IP, striking out one and walking one; and Daniel Minor struck out two in 1IP.

Wood: Jordan Scott had the RBI that scored Danry Vasquez for the lone JetHawks run; Dan Gulbransen had a double and a walk. Rio Ruiz added a single.

Man of the Match: Gotta go with Hader, Osborne, and Minor.

Quad Cities (18-19)

Wisconsin jumped out to a 6-0 lead by the time Quad Cities got on the board. The RiverBandits cut it to 6-4, but Wisconsin answered with two in the 6th and two more in the 8th.

Leather: Edison Frias gave up 8H/6ER, 3K:0BB in 4IP; Zach Morton allowed 3H/2ER, 3K:1BB in 2IP, and Andrew Walter allowed 1H/2R (1ER), 2K:1BB in 2IP.

Wood: The RiverBandits were 1x10 w/RISP, and everybody in the lineup had at least one hit. Tanner Mathis was 2x4 with a triple; Tyler White was 1x4 with a two-run homer. Brett Booth added a double. Ronnie Mitchell had a single and a stolen base.

Man of the Match: How about Tyler White?

PreStros Morning Report: July 8

Oklahoma City (49-41), 1.0 GB

Asher Wojciechowski was super-human last night as OKC beat the Junior Rangers 5-0. Wojo pitched a complete game one-hitter, striking out five and walking one. Two double plays along the way meant that he faced the minimum, 27 batters.

Grossman was 2x4 with 2 RBI. Marwin Gonzalez was 1x5 with 1 2B and 3 RBI. George Springer went 1x3 with 1 BB and 1 SB

Man of the Match: Asher Wojciechowski

Corpus (9-9), 1.0 GB

Bobby Doran turned in a strong start and Preston Tucker showed signs of getting things on track as he propelled CC to a 4-2 win over Tulsa. Doran turned in 6 IP, allowing 4H/2R with 2K:2BB. Carlos Quevedo, Pat Urckfitz, and Jorge De Leon combined for 3 shutout innings in relief, with Quevedo giving up 1 H and De Leon adding 1 K.

Tucker went 2x4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI. Max Stassi added a solo HR as he went 1x4.

Man of the Match: Preston Tucker

Lancaster (14-5), 2.0 up

Lancaster lost to High Desert 7-3. Tyson Perez threw 6 IP and gave up 8H/6R with 1K:3BB. Theron Geith threw 2 IP and allowing 3H/1R with 2 K.

Andrew Aplin was 2x4 with 1 2B, 1 R, and 1 RBI. Joe Sclafani went 2x3 with 1 BB

Man of the Match: Andrew Aplin

Quad Cities (12-5), 0.0 GB

Cancelled 

Tri-City (14-8) 2.0 up

The ValleyCats and the IronBirds locked up for 11 and a half innings before a walk-off home run in the 12th gave Tri-City a 2-1 win. Randall Fant threw 5 scoreless innings with 4 H and 2 K. Zach Morton went 4 IP, allowing 3H/1R with 5K:1BB. Richard Rodriguez went the final 3 IP allowing 1 H and striking out an amazing 8 batters.

Tony Kemp was the only ValleyCat hitting for most of the game, finishing 4x5 with 1 R, but had 2 CS. Ryan Dineen supplied the game-winner while going 1x5.

Man of the Match: Tough call. Four strong individual performances and one clutch hit. (channeling my inner Oprah) YOU get a Man of the Match, YOU get a Man of the Match, YOU get a Man of the Match, YOU get a Man of the Match, YOU get a Man of the Match! EVERYBODY GETS A MAN OF THE MATCH!!!!!

Greeneville (10-8), 2.5 GB

The Astros avoided the sweep by beating Kingston 3-2. Sebastian Kessay threw 2.2 IP, allowing just a solo HR with 3 K. Christian Garcia went 2.1 scoreless innings with 1 H, 1 K, and 1 BB. Austin Chrismon threw 2 IP, giving up 3H/1R. JD Osborne went the final 2 scoreless with 2 H and 5 K for his fifth save. Osborne has been lights out so far for Greeneville. In 6 games and 10 innings, he has yet to allow a run while tallying 19 strikeouts to just 2 walks. With runners on, opponents are hitting just .053 against him so far.

Tanner Mathis was 2x3 with 1 RBI. Chase McDonald went 1x4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Man of the Match: JD Osborne

GCL Astros (8-5), 1.5 GB

The Astros unloaded on the Braves, winning 13-1. Joe Bircher went 5 shutout innings with 6 H and 4 K. Javier Lozano threw 1 IP, giving up 0H/1R (unearned) with 1K:1BB. Chris Munnely went 1 scoreless with 1 BB. Kevin Ferguson went the final 2 IP with 1 K.

Luis Reynoso went 4x6 with 1 2B and 2 R. Tyler White went 2x3 with 1 2B, 2 R, and 2 RBI. Jean Batista was 3x4 with 1 2B, 2 R, and 2 RBI. Jacob Nottingham was 1x2 with 2 BB, 1 HR, 2 R, and 2 RBI. Luis De La Rosa was 1x2 with 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 R, and 3 RBI.

Man of the Match: Joe Bircher

DSL Astros (18-11) 1.5 GB

The Astros squeeked one out against the Red Sox, winning 4-3. Juan Hernandez pitched 1.1 innings and gave up 3H/2R with 2K:2BB. Junior Garcia went 4.2 scoreless IP with 1 H and 3 K. Victor Mesa threw 1 IP, allowing 2H/1R (unearned) with 1K:1BB. Christhoper Santamaria went 1.1 scoreless, and Angel Heredia (yep, this guy) finished up the final .2 IP with 1 H and 2 K.

Luis Payano was 1x3 with 1 2B, 1 R, and 1 RBI. Hector Roa was 1x4 with 1 2B and 1 R. Jarico Reynoso was 1x3 with 1 R and 1 RBI.

Man of the Match: Junior Garcia

Signings update

Okay, so there was a decent amount of news last night regarding draft signings courtesy of Brian McTaggart.

Mark Appel: Not signed, but fully engaged in talks. Luhnow hopes to sign him this week.

Andrew Thurman: The 2nd Round pick signed for full slot value ($1,397,200) and will report to Tri-City.

The Astros also signed 28th Round pick Jordan Mills, 30th Round pick Jorge Perez, 33rd Round pick Tyler White, and 36th Round pick J.D. Osborne.

And, thanks to Dustin on Twitter, we find that the Astros have signed undrafted free agents Brett Clements and Kevin Ferguson.

Clements, a catcher out of Nova Southeastern University (J.D. Martinez's alma mater), is 5'9" 180lbs and hit .292/.400/.359 with 22K:24BB for the Sharks in 2013, starting 42 of 46 games and committing two errors.

Kevin Ferguson is a pitcher from Northeastern University and led the Huskies in wins (seven), IP (104.1IP), and ERA (2.59). In 104.1IP, Ferguson allowed 90H/30ER, 93K:28BB and a .231 BAA.

36-1067: J.D. Osborne

With the 1st pick of the 36th Round (1067th overall), the Astros select 6'5" 225lb LHP J.D. Osborne from Wofford College.

Osborne was 2-1 with a 4.86 ERA in 33.1 innings with 37 strikeouts but 31 walks, though he did go all season without allowing a home run.