Houston Astros Minor League Recap: May 24th
All four teams in the Astros system were in action with the Grizzlies, Hooks, and Jethawks winning. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (19-25) won 14-3 (BOX SCORE)
Nice win for Fresno as they inch back to .500. They got off to a good start in the bottom of the 1st when Matt Duffy hit a 3 run HR. In the bottom of the third Duffy homered again, this time a 2 run shot. Stassi added an RBI single to extend the lead to 6-0. In the bottom of the 5th they put up four runs with an RBI double from Kemmer, sac fly from Fontana, and a 2 run double from Singleton. Fresno wasn’t done there either as they would score two in the 6th and then Singleton capped off the scoring with a solo HR, his 13th of the season and 3rd in last two games. Valdez got the start and gave up 1 run over 5 innings of work. Fields and Guduan both allowed one run but the offense had more than enough runs to win it.
- Danny Worth, 2B: 2-for-4, 2 R, RBI, BB
- AJ Reed, 1B: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- Preston Tucker, LF: 1-for-5, R
- Matt Duffy, 3B: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI
- Jon Singleton, DH: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB
- Jon Kemmer, RF: 3-for-5, 3 R, 2B, RBI, SB
- Max Stassi, C: 2-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Nolan Fontana, SS: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB, SB
- Cesar Valdez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Josh Fields, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (27-17) won 7-4 (BOX SCORE)
Corpus flexed their muscles early in this one. In the bottom of the first Alex Bregman hit a solo HR to left (12). Fisher would single bringing up JD Davis who knocked a 2 run HR to left center, his 8th HR. Cy Sneed got the start and was great through the first 5 innings he allowed just one hit, a solo HR. He ran into a bit of trouble in the 6th but ended up allowing just 2 ER in 5.2 innings. Corpus added three more runs in the 5th with a 2 run single from Fisher and Bregman scoring on a fielder’s choice. Gonzalez added an RBI triple to cap the scoring. Peterson and McCurry both allowed one run in their outings but Corpus offense gave them plenty of wiggle room.
- Derek Fisher, CF: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI
- Alex Bregman, SS: 1-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI
- JD Davis, 3B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Conrad Gregor, 1B: 2-for-4, R
- Nick Tanielu, 2B: 1-for-4
- Alfredo Gonzalez, C: 2-for-4, 3B, RBI
- James Ramsay, LF: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Eric Peterson, RHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (20-23) won 11-9 (BOX SCORE)
Lancaster breaks out the bats with 11 runs on 11 hits. They got out to a quick start with 6 runs on just 4 hits in the first inning. They got RBIs from Laureano, Muniz, Ritchie, Sewald, and Trompiz. They would continue to play add on with a run in the 2nd inning (Ritchie sac fly), 3rd inning (Martin HR #4), and 4th inning (Nunez scoring on wild pitch). Dykxhoorn got the start and allowed 4 runs, just 1 earned, over 5 innings with 6 strikeouts. They would add another run in the 6th and one more in the 7th on a Martin RBI double. Dorris was dominant closing the game out with 5 K in just 2.1 scoreless innings.
- Bobby Boyd, LF: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB, SB
- Ramon Laureano, CF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Bryan Muniz, 1B: 2-for-5, R, RBI
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 1-for-3, R, 2 RBI
- Jason Martin, RF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Antonio Nunez, 3B: 2-for-5, 3 R, SB
- Johnny Sewald, DH: 1-for-4, R
- Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Jacob Dorris, RHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (18-26) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Quad Cities offense falls short in tough loss. Perez got the start and pitched really well allowing just 1 run over 4 innings. Keep in mind he is only 18 years old playing in a league where the aveage age is nearly 22 years old. Whitt added a scoreless inning. McCanna pitched the last three innings allowing just 1 run. QC’s offense was able to scratch across 1 run in the 9th with Wernes scoring on a wild pitch, but that is all they would get.
- Anthony Hermelyn, C: 1-for-4
- Keach Ballard, SS: 1-for-3
- Kyle Tucker, RF: 0-for-3, BB
- Osvaldo Duarte, CF: 1-for-4
- Bobby Wernes, 3B: 1-for-3, R
- Franklin Perez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Adam Whitt, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Kevin McCanna, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Joe Musgrove (2.45 ERA)
CC: Keegan Yuhl (3.26 ERA)
LAN: Elieser Hernandez (7.18 ERA)
QC: Makay Nelson (3.86 ERA)
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