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The Express knocked the ball all over the park last night and held on for a 7-5 victory. Mark Saccamanno stretched his hitting streak to 6 games with a 3 for 4 performance that included a double and a homer run with 3 RBI. Reggie Abercrombie also went 3-5 with two doubles and a triple. Josh Miller grabbed his first win by pitching 6 shutout innings in his first start after 3 bull pen appearances.
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Chad Reineke lasted only 3 1/3 innings for the second consecutive start. The Express couldn’t dig out of the hole and lost 6-1.
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Brian Bogusevic pitched six solid innings but got no decision. New acquisition, Jose Oyervidez, was the man of the hour putting out the 2 on, nobody out fire in the 9th with only 6 pitches to preserve a 3-2 win.
The Hooks bats are warming up and a few are even streaking:
Bogusevic, Minor game recaps, Reineke, TrinidadManzella (five), Paz (six), outfielder Ray Sadler (four) and Sutton (six) extended hitting streaks on Tuesday. Sutton, who is batting .375, has hits in all 11 of his starts.
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The night started rough for the Express but ended on a good note. I-Cub starter Sean Marshall, who was the last cut out of spring training, pitched 3 innings striking out 6 of the 9 batters he faced. Luckily for the Express, Marshall had a 45 pitch limit as he was being stretched out to return to a starters role after hanging out in the bull pen.
Josh Mueke’s bounced back after giving up a first inning homer to only allow 2 other hits over 5 innings, while striking out 5 and walking none. He earned the win after his teammates scored 2 in the sixth and single runs in the 7th and 8th for a 4-2 win. Read More
Bogusevic, Clemens, Minor game recaps, Mueke, TrinidadMcTaggart got a run down on the last two top picks at the elite camp this week:
On Bogusevic:
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“Last year was a big year for him,” Astros assistant general manager Ricky Bennett said. “For the first time, he started to show that consistency. He’s a little older and only pitching full time for about two years now.
Bogusevic is working on his slider & change up during the off season.
On Sapp:
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“He’s really made some strides thus far, but we’d like to see some more consistency,” Bennett said. “He’s at a point now and he’s been in the organization a couple of years, this is normally the time a few of them start to make that jump and show more consistency.”
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The Astros have been monitoring Sapp’s big-body physique in an effort to keep him in better shape. He has been doing pilates and recently started doing hot yoga, which is yoga in room heated to 95-100 degrees.
Bogusevic, Minor News, Sapp