Round Rock
The Express made the most of their 3 hits and 4 walks by scoring 3 runs but their pitchers gave up 10 hits, one walk and 4 runs in their loss to Omaha.
The catcher position is getting very deep in RR with the news that Humberto Quintero has accepted his assignment to RR. That gives them Q, recently signed Josh Paul, J. R. House, Joshua Johnson and James Goethals (inactive bullpen catcher). Something is going to have to happen soon.Read More
Minor Game Recap, QualbenCardinals 6, Astros 4
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You knew the Astros were going to give up runs tonight. Knowing Chris Sampson was feeling a bit under the weather due to the flu he’s been fighting and because he’s the Astros number five starter you expected him to give up some runs.
And he did, 2 runs in the first and then one every other inning until he was pulled in the fifth for Brian Moehler. And yet, the Astro pitchers weren’t done for the night. They continued the pattern of giving up a run every other inning.
“[I was] coming off the field and he approached me,” Backe said. “I don’t know. It’s apparent that we don’t like each other. That’s OK. There’s plenty of people I don’t like in this game. It doesn’t matter. It’s baseball. It’s the way it goes. The competition between he and I just escalated and it’s OK. It’s no big deal. This is what makes it fun.”
Backe said. “I felt like he confronted me at the wrong time. I don’t think it was very professional on his part. It’s OK. Cooper was there, and he heard everything. It wasn’t going to go any farther than what it did. He had to say his piece to me, I said my piece to him and that’s it.”
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Chris Sampson missed Monday’s home opener after catching the flu bug that’s been circling around the Astros’ clubhouse,…
Salem
It took 14 innings but the Avs got the win. Koby Clemens went 3 for 6 at the plate, just a HR short of the cycle. The Blue Rocks were testing him on the base paths with 8 stolen base attempts. They were successful in 5. Jimmy Van Ostrand also went 3 for 6.
In the 11th and in the 13th, Wlad Sutil was at the plate with two outs and the go ahead run on 3rd. He struck out both times. The second strike out caused Avs play by play man, Jason Benetti to quip that the base runners were heard saying “You picked a fine time to leave us Sutil”.Read More
Clemens, James, Minor Game Recap, SappCardinals 5, Astros 3
W: Reyes (1-0) | L: Geary (0-1)
HR: none
The reflected glow from last night’s exciting home opener victory faded quickly as the Astros could only dent the Jakes mound staff early, scoring all three of their runs in the third inning and mustered a mere three hits in the final 6 frames as the Coards of St. Louis evened the series at a game apiece.Read More
