Astros Mash. Club Marlins 11-0

I wish I could say the Astros’ frontline starters did the damage in this lopsided win. Alas, most of the runs were scored at the end of the game by Astros minor leaguers against Marlins minor leaguers. Poor Xavier Meachem. The 22-year-old Marlin made his first appearance in a big league game and now has a career ERA of 135.00.

But there was some legitimate good stuff in here. First, surprise non-roster-invitee Logan VanWey passed his test, completing 1.2 innings to start the game without allowing a run on one hit with two Ks. He lowered his Spring ERA to 0.71.

Two other surprise relief hopefuls did nothing to hurt their chances of travelling to Houston. Steven Okert extended his streak of…