TL;DR
*Astros affiliates went 1-1 on the day; composite 244-215 domestic record.
*Telvin Nash was 3x4 with a double in a 6-3 Corpus loss to Midland.
*Randy Cesar went 4x5 with three runs scored in a 6-5 GCL Astros win.
Oklahoma City (50-49, 2.5 GB)
All-Star Break.
Corpus (13-12, 3.5 GB; 47-48 overall)
A 4-run 3rd inning gave Midland all they needed in a 6-3 win at Corpus. Mike Hauschild allowed 7H/5ER, 8K:3BB in 5IP; Richard Rodriguez allowed just 1H/0ER, 5K:0BB in 3IP, and Mitchell Lambson allowed an unearned run in 1IP with 2Ks.
Telvin Nash was 3x4 with a double and an RBI; Ruben Sosa (2B, 2RBI) and Andrew Aplin (BB, outfield assist) had two hits each.
Man of the Match: Telvin Nash
Lancaster (12-13, 6GB; 56-39 overall)
Off.
Quad Cities (12-12, 5GB; 47-46 overall)
Off.
Tri-City (20-11, 5.0 up)
Off.
Greeneville (12-12, 3.5 GB)
Off.
GCL Astros (12-10, tied)
Despite committing three errors, the GCL Astros scored the final three runs of the game for a 6-5 win over the GCL Pirates. Joselo Pinales allowed 5H/3R (2ER), 1K:2BB in 3IP; J.D. Osborne allowed 0H/2ER, 0K:3BB in 0.2IP; Cristhopher Santamaria allowed 3H/0ER, 4K:1BB in 3.1IP while Alejandro Solarte and Juan Delis threw a scoreless inning each.
Randy Cesar was 4x5 with a double and three runs scored; Brauly Mejia (2B, BB, RBI) and Ruben Castro (2RBI) had two hits each.
Man of the Match: Randy Cesar
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
