The Astros hosted longtime foe NBO for a doubleheader in Saturday and came away with 2 victories. Game 1 starter Paul Ferrari got the win going 5 innings with 6 strikeouts and Eric Natcheim threw the last 2 innings with 3 strikeouts. Kyle Ford had 2 homers and a triple, Kayden Schutt and Eric Underwood had 3 hits, Caleb Ariaz, Michael Doerr and Good Golly Gee Whiz Saldado each had 2 hits and Preston Snyder's first Astro hit was a Homer. Game 2 saw pitcher of the week Brendan Talonen get the win going 4 innings with 7 K's and Josh Czyz threw the last 2 innings with 3 K's. Hitter of the week Kayden Schutt started the scoring with a homer, Michael Doerr had a 3 run triple and Kyle Ford had a 2 run double to round out the scoring.
Astros began the season with Paul Ferrari getting pitcher of the week by throwing four innings of two hit baseball against the Fairfield Indians and Kayden Schuck getting hitter of the week with four hits and two walks including two home runs and four runs scored. Eric Underwood narrowly missed hitter of the week with his own two home runs. Astros improve to 5 and 1 on the season by splitting a double header with Sierra College. Paul Ferrari again got pitcher of the week with six innings and two hits even though Josh Czyz got the win when he gave up 3 runs to lose the lead and then hang on for the win due to Chris Rinaudo bailing him out with a 2 run double in the 9th inning for the win. Chris is hitter of the week with 4 hits and turned 3 double plays after a 15 year layoff from his Reno Astros days at Moana Stadium. Eric Nachtseim started game 2 and left with a tie game and Nolan Craddock got the loss in relief. Donavan Rutfield had 3 hits, James McCabe, Eric Underwood and Michael Doerr had 2 hits with 2 doubles. Astro rookie Shawn Paulie had a bases loaded triple and Baby Astro Bage Gurns also had 2 hits.
Congratulations to Reno Astro Ray Kerr who made his first MLB appearance as a Starting Pitcher for the Atlanta Braves on 5/24/2024!!!
