Houston Astros Minor League Recap: May 6th
All four teams in the Astros system and it ended in a split. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (13-14) won 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
Nice win for Fresno as they had to battle back for this one. Fresno got the scoring started with a Singleton RBI groundout in the first inning. El Paso responded with a run in the 3rd and the game stayed tied at 1 until the 6th inning when Stassi had an RBI single to give Fresno a 2-1 lead. Shirley ended up going 6 IP allowing just one earned run. El Paso took the lead with three in the 8th. In the top of the 9th Danny Worth had a 2 run single to give Fresno the lead. Hoyt pitched a perfect 9th to seal the win.
- AJ Reed, 1B: 0-for-4, RBI, BB
- Danny Worth, 2B: 3-for-3, 2 R, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- Tony Kemp, LF: 1-for-3, R, 3B, 2 BB
- Max Stassi, C: 2-for-4, RBI
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 2-for-4, R, 2B
- Thomas Shirley, LHP: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- James Hoyt, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (13-14) won 5-3 (BOX SCORE)
Corpus keeps pace with Fresno. Frias got off to a rough start walking the first three batters of the game and giving up two runs in the first. He would settle down and finish with 6 IP, 3 ER. Corpus got their scoring started in the third with RBI from Hyde and Fisher. Vasquez and McDonald each had a sacrifice fly. West pitched in relief and was great with 3 shutout innings. Bregman finished with two hits (both doubles) and a walk.
- Chase McDonald, 1B: 1-for-3, RBI
- Derek Fisher, CF: 1-for-3, RBI
- Alex Bregman, SS: 2-for-4, 2 2B, R, BB
- James Ramsay, RF: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Danry Vasquez, LF: 1-for-3, R, RBI
- Mott Hyde, SS: 1-for-3, R, 3B, RBI, BB
- Edison Frias, RHP: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 5 K (WIN)
- Aaron West, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (SAVE)
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (10-16) lost 14-7 (BOX SCORE)
Dykxhoorn had his first bad start of the season giving up 8 R/6 ER in 4 innings. Weathersby gave up 3 ER in 3.2 innings and Thompson gave up 2 ER in 1.1 innings. Rough night for Lancaster’s pitching. The offense attempted a comeback with multi-hit games from Boyd, Ferguson, and Wik. Tanielu had another hitting and his average is at .320 on the season.
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 1-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- Jason Martin, LF: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Bobby Boyd, CF: 2-for-5, R
- Drew Ferguson, DH: 3-for-5, 2B, RBI
- Alejandro Garcia, RF: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Marc Wik, 2B: 2-for-3, 2 R, BB
- Bryan Muniz, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 4.0 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (11-17) lost 6-0 (BOX SCORE)
Back to back shutout losses for QC. They managed four hits, two from Tucker, but were unable to score a run. Starter McCanna went 5 innings giving up four runs. Garza pitched in relief giving up two runs in 3 innings. The only positive was Tucker with two hits and a stolen base.
- Kyle Tucker, RF: 2-for-4, SB
- Anthony Hermelyn, C: 1-for-3
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-2, BB
- Kevin McCanna, RHP: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Lance McCullers (-.– ERA)
CC: Keegan Yuhl (3.97 ERA)
LAN: Evan Grills (2.45 ERA)
QC: Justin Ferrell (5.79 ERA)
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