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Astros Minor League Recap: June 22nd

Jimmy Price

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June 23, 2021

Astros Minor League Recap: June 22nd, 2021

Another day of minor league baseball is in the books and you can see all the Astros affiliates results below.

AAA: Sugar Land Skeeters (25-11) lost 11-7 (BOX SCORE)

France started for the Skeeters and went 3 innings allowing just 1 run. He was relieved by Olczak who allowed 6 runs in 2 innings. The offense got on the board in the second on a Papierski RBI double. They picked up another run in the 4th on a Shaver RBI single. In the 5th, they scored 2 runs on a De La Cruz 2 run double. McKee came in next and allowed a run and Blanco allowed 3 in his inning of work. Matijevic added a solo HR in the 7th. In the 9th, the Skeeters got solo HRs from Meyers and Siri but it wasn’t enough to complete the rally.

Note: Meyers is hitting .306 with 8 HR in June.

Jake Meyers, RF: 2-for-5, 2 R, HR, RBI
J.J. Matijevic, LF: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI
Bryan De La Cruz, CF: 4-for-5, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
Jose Siri, DH: 1-for-5, 2 R, HR, RBI, SB
Michael Papierski, 1B: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB
Colton Shaver, C: 2-for-3, RBI, BB
AJ Lee, SS: 1-for-4, 2B

J.P. France, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
Jon Olczak, RHP: 2.0 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Colin McKee, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
Ronel Blanco, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Kit Scheetz, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (18-24) lost 6-4 (BOX SCORE)

Bermudez started for the Hooks and went 5 innings allowing 3 runs with 5 strikeouts. The offense took a 2-0 lead in the 2nd getting an RBI triple from Lee and a Manea RBI single. In the 4th, the Hooks got back to back HRs from Lee and Manea to take the lead. Conn relieved Bermudez and allowed a run and Henderson allowed 2 runs as the Sod Poodles took the lead. The offense was unable to make a comeback as the Hooks fell 6-4.

KOREY LEE SOLO HR!!! pic.twitter.com/Xrtz8Hh1Sn

— Astros Future (@AstrosFuture) June 23, 2021

Note: Lee is hitting .331 in 36 games this season.

Chandler Taylor, RF: 1-for-4, R
Korey Lee, C: 3-for-4, 2 R, 3B, HR, 2 RBI
Scott Manea, DH: 2-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB

Jonathan Bermudez, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Devin Conn, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Layne Henderson, RHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Felipe Tejada, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

A+: Asheville Tourists (19-23) won 15-14 (BOX SCORE)

Ruppenthal started and allowed 4 runs over 5 innings. The offense came out on fire scoring 6 runs in the first inning on a Schreiber RBI single, Valdez 3 run HR, Stubbs RBI double and Carrasco RBI double. They got 3 more in the 2nd on another Valdez 3 run HR. After the Dash got a couple back, the Tourists scored 3 more in the 4th on a Holderbach 2 run double and Orr RBI double. Valdez would add an RBI double in the 6th and McKenna connected on a solo HR in the 7th. The final run came from an Orr RBI double. The bullpen struggled with Cody allowed 6 runs in just 0.2 innings. Ceballos allowed 2 runs in the 9th but was able to close it out.

Note: Valdez has 12 HR, 46 RBI in 38 games this season.

Alex McKenna, CF: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
Wilyer Abreu, RF: 0-for-4, R, BB
Joe Perez, 3B: 2-for-5, 2 R
Scott Schreiber, 1B: 4-for-4, 5 R, RBI, BB
Enmanuel Valdez, 2B: 4-for-5, 3 R, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI
Alex Holderbach, C: 1-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI
Cody Orr, LF: 3-for-5, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
C.J. Stubbs, DH: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB, SB
Deury Carrasco, SS: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB

Matt Ruppenthal, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Danny Cody, RHP: 0.2 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Chandler Casey, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
Yeremi Ceballos, LHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (SAVE)

A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (16-25) won 4-1 (BOX SCORE)

Robaina started for the Woodpeckers and tossed 5 innings allowing just 1 unearned run. The offense picked ip 2 runs in the first on a Rodriguez 2 run double and 2 runs in the 6th on a Berryhill 2 run double. Santos relieved Robaina making his Astros minor league debut (2nd round pick in 2020) and pitched well striking out 5 over 2.2 scoreless innings. Tokar closed it out with 1.1 scoreless innings.

Note: Perry and Santos both made their 2021 debuts last night.