Houston Astros Minor League Recap: May 21st
Three teams in the Astros system walk away with a win but unfortunately the Hooks winning streak came to an end. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (17-24) won 7-1 (BOX SCORE)
Fresno picks up the win behind a dominant performance from Brady Rodgers. Rodgers went 6.2 innings allowing just 1 earned run while striking out 11. Fresno got on the board with back to back homers from Singleton and Kemmer in the 2nd inning. They would play add-on in the 5th with RBIs from Duffy, Kemmer, and Heineman. Fields and Chapman finished the game with scoreless innings. Singleton and Heineman both had two hits each and Fresno had a total of five batters with at least 1 RBI.
- Danny Worth, 2B: 1-for-5, R
- Preston Tucker, DH: 0-for-2, R, 3 BB
- Matt Duffy, 3B: 1-for-5, R, RBI
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Tyler Heineman, C: 2-for-3, RBI, 2 BB
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
- Eury Perez, CF: 1-for-3, R, 2 SB
- Brady Rodgers, RHP: 6.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 11 K (WIN)
- Josh Fields, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Kevin Chapman, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (25-16) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)
Hooks finally lose snapping their winning streak at 11 games. Paulino got the start and was great. He went 6 innings allowing just 2 earned runs and striking out 8. The 2 runs he allowed were in the first inning. Unfortunately the Hooks offense couldn’t get anything going. The only run they scored was on a JD Davis RBI single in the first inning. They managed 9 hits in the game with only one being extra bases. Heredia pitched the final two innings striking out 4.
- Derek Fisher, RF: 2-for-3, BB
- Alex Bregman, 3B: 2-for-4, R
- JD Davis, DH: 1-for-4, RBI
- Alfredo Gonzalez, C: 1-for-4, 2B
- Alejandro Garcia, LF: 2-for-4
- David Paulino, RHP: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
- Angel Heredia, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (19-21) won 7-5 (BOX SCORE)
Lancaster continues to inch closer to .500. Deetz got the start last night and allowed 2 earned runs over 4 innings with 5 strikeouts. This was a back and forth game with Lancaster coming out on top. Lancaster jumped out to an early lead with a first inning RBI double from Marlow. Marlow would drive in two more runs in the 3rd inning. In the 4th inning Jason Martin hit a solo HR, his 3rd HR of the season. Lancaster entered the 8th inning down a run. They were able to take the lead with sac fly from Martin and a bases loaded walk from Laureano. Armenteros was great in relief allowing just 1 run in 3.1 innings. Deemes closed the game with a scoreless 1.2 innings.
- Johnny Sewald, RF: 1-for-3, 2 BB, SB
- Ramon Laureano, CF: 0-for-3, R, RBI, 2 BB, SB
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB, SB
- Brooks Marlow, 2B: 2-for-5, 2B, 3 RBI
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-4, R, BB, SB
- Bryan Muniz, 1B: 2-for-5, R, 3B
- Jason Martin, LF: 1-for-2, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
- Rogelio Armenteros, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
- Ryan Deemes, RHP; 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (18-23) won 10-4 (BOX SCORE)
Yesterday I mentioned inconsistent with the offense after picking up just two hits, well last night they got 14 hits. Hernandez got the start and wasn’t bad going 4.2 innings with 2 earned runs. QC went into the 6th inning down 2-0 and exploded for 6 runs. Mizell had an RBI single and Porter capped off the inning with a 3 run HR. They were done there putting up another 3 runs in the 8th thanks to RBIs from Michelena, Straw and Tucker. Winkelman went four innings in relief allowing just 1 earned run and striking out four.
- Aaron Mizell, 2B: 2-for-5, R, BB, SB
- Myles Straw, RF: 2-for-3, 2 RBI, BB
- Kyle Tucker, CF: 0-for-3, R, RBI, SB
- Pat Porter, LF: 1-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 2B
- Arturo Michelena, SS: 4-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 3 RBI
- Christian Correa, C: 2-for-4, R, BB
- Keach Ballard, DH: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 BB
- Jose Hernandez, RHP: 4.1 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Alex Winkelman, LHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Zac Person, LHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Mike Hauschild (3.95 ERA)
CC: Brian Holmes (3.69 ERA)
LAN: Joshua James (3.16 ERA)
QC: Yoanys Quiala (5.63 ERA)
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