Astros Minor League Recap: May 22nd, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (28-18) won 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Armenteros had another solid outing last night striking out 8 in 5 innings while allowing 3 runs. Reed put the Grizzlies on the board with a 2 run double in the 4th inning. The game would move to the 9th with Fresno trailing 3-2. After the first two batters reached, Garcia came through with a 2 run walk-off single to win. Garza made his AAA debut and pitched 3 scoreless innings.
Note: Reed has 37 RBI in 43 games this season.
- Alejandro Garcia, RF: 1-for-2, 2 RBI
- Kyle Tucker, LF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB, SB
- Tyler White, SS: 1-for-3, R, BB
- AJ Reed, 1B: 1-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Cody Bohanek, 2B: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Rogelio Armenteros, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (26-19) won 9-3 (BOX SCORE)
Ryan Hartman got the start for the Hooks last night and was solid allowing 3 runs over 6 innings while striking out 7. Quintana got the Hooks on the board with an RBI single in the 2nd inning. In the 5th inning the Hooks rallied for 6 runs on a Quintana solo HR, Wrenn RBI single, Rojas RBI single, Jones RBI single, Benedetti RBI single, and DeGoti RBI single. Nunn and Ferrell combined to throw 3 scoreless innings in relief as the Hooks picked up the win.
Note: Rojas is hitting .475 with 6 RBI, 5 SB over his last 10 games.
- Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-5, R
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 SB
- Josh Rojas, 3B: 2-for-5, R, 3B, 2 RBI, SB
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-4, 2 R, RBI, BB
- Carmen Benedetti, LF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
- Lorenzo Quintana, C: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB, SB
- Alex De Goti, SS: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Ryan Hartman, LHP: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 7 K (WIN)
- Chris Nunn, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (25-19) won 12-4 (BOX SCORE)
Hector Perez has struggled a bit this season but was very good last night allowing just 1 run over 5 innings. The offense got things started quick on a Toro RBI double and McCormick RBI double in the 1st inning. Dawson added an RBI single in the 5th and Duarte stole home on a double steal to extend the lead. In the 7th the Astros picked up 2 more on a Dawson RBI single and Matijevic RBI triple to make it 7-1. The offense capped the game with a McCormick RBI double and Payano 2 run HR in the 9th. Bielak allowed 3 runs in relief but the offense scored more than enough to win it.
Note: Matijevic is hitting .326 with 1.018 OPS in 24 games this season.
- Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 3-for-5, 3 R, 4 SB
- Ronnie Dawson, CF: 2-for-5, R, 2 RBI, 2 SB
- Abraham Toro, 3B: 1-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- J.J. Matijevic, LF: 2-for-5, R, 2 3B, RBI
- Chas McCormick, RF: 2-for-5, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
- Troy Sieber, 1B: 2-for-5, 2 R
- Luis Payano, DH: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
- Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Hector Perez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Brandon Bielak, RHP: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Ronel Blanco, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (24-20) won 8-0 (BOX SCORE)
Leovanny Rodriguez pitched in his second game of the season yesterday and was dominant allowing just 2 hits over 5 shutout innings with 9 strikeouts. Adams got the scoring started with a solo HR in the 4th. In the 5th the River Bandits picked up 2 runs on a Julks RBI single and Sierra RBI double. They picked up 2 more in the 6th on Meyers 2 run double and 2 more in the 7th on a Jake Adams 2 run HR. The bullpen of Mushinski and Garcia had scoreless outings contributing to the combined shutout.
Note: Mushinski has a 1.34 ERA with 45 K in 33.2 innings this season.
- Jake Meyers, CF: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI, SB
- Jonathan Arauz, 2B: 1-for-4, R, 2B, BB
- Corey Julks, RF: 4-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, SB
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI
- Jake Adams, DH: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI
- Colton Shaver, 3B: 2-for-4, R, 2B
- Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 1-for-3, R
- Leovanny Rodriguez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K (WIN)
- Parker Mushinski, LHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Luis Garcia, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Josh James (4.50 ERA)
CC: Yoanys Quiala (6.32 ERA)
BC: GM 1 – Carson LaRue (3.67 ERA); GM 2 – TBD
QC: Patrick Sandoval (3.57 ERA)
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