Houston Astros Minor League Recap: June 1st
Three teams in action last night with Quad Cities playing a double header. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (22-28) POSTPONED
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (31-20) won 10-2 (BOX SCORE)
Hooks had a great month of May and they kick off June in style. Corpus got off to a quick start with 3 runs in the first but only 1 hit. Hernandez, Bregman, and Fisher all walked to start the game. Hernandez scored on a Gregor walk and then Gonzalez had a 2 run single. They added two more in the 3rd with an RBI double for McDonald and Tanielu sac fly. They continued to play add on in the 4th with a 2 run double from Davis and he ended up scoring on a wild pitch. They would add two more with a Hernandez RBI single and Hernandez scoring on another wild pitch. As a team they drew 13 walks. Yuhl got the start and was great allowing 2 earned runs over 6 innings. West tossed 3 scoreless innings to close the game on his birthday.
- Teoscar Hernandez, RF: 1-for-3, 3 R, RBI, 3 BB, SB
- Alex Bregman, SS: 0-for-3, 2 R, 3 BB
- Derek Fisher, CF: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 BB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 1-for-6, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Chase McDonald, DH: 2-for-5, R, 2 2B, RBI
- Conrad Gregor, 1B: 0-for-1, RBI, 4 BB
- Alfredo Gonzalez, C: 2-for-5, 2 RBI
- Nick Tanielu, 2B: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Keegan Yuhl, RHP: 6.0 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Aaron West, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (26-26) won 6-1 (BOX SCORE)
Lancaster is finally back to .500 on the season. They jumped out to a quick early lead with 4 runs in the first inning. In the first Sewald lead off with a double and scored on a Laureano single. Marlow would follow with a 2 run triple and would score on a groundout. Armenteros got the start and was great. He went 5 innings and allowed just 1 run with 6 strikeouts. Deetz pitched in relief and threw 2.2 scoreless innings. Lancaster would add a run in the 8th on a Martin RBI single and one more in the 9th on a Laureano sac-fly. Dorris closed the game with a scoreless 1.1 innings, his 4th straight scoreless outing.
- Johnny Sewald, RF: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 2B
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Ramon Laureano, LF: 1-for-4, R, 2 RBI
- Brooks Marlow, 2B: 2-for-4, 2 R, 3B, 2 RBI, BB
- Jason Martin, CF: 2-for-4, RBI
- Antonio Nunez, 3B: 1-for-3, BB
- Rogelio Armenteros, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Jacob Dorris, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (22-30)
GAME 1 – lost 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
Quad Cities got out to an early lead in this one with 2 runs in the first inning thanks to Tucker ground out and a Goedert sac fly. They would add a run in the 2nd on a Straw RBI single. Unfortunately starter Abreu got roughed up a bit. He allowed 5 runs in 2.2 innings with 5 BB/4 K. Person pitched in relief and did well throwing a scoreless 3.1 innings with 4 strikeouts. The River Bandits would add a run in the 7th but would fall 5-4.
- Myles Straw, LF: 1-for-3, R, RBI
- Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Kyle Tucker, CF: 1-for-3, RBI
- Connor Goedert, 3B: 0-for-2, RBI
- Pat Porter, LF: 0-for-2, R, BB
- Christian Correa, C: 2-for-3
- Arturo Michelena, 2B: 1-for-3, R
- Albert Abreu, RHP: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 4 K
- Zac Person, LHP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
GAME 2 – lost 6-4 (BOX SCORE)
Quad Cities lost the double header but did battle for the full game. Nelson got the start but gave up 6 runs, 3 earned over just 2.2 innings. Quad Cities entered the 4th down 6-0 but would start to battle. They scored one in the 4th on a McCall inside the park HR. Score one in the 6th on a sac fly from Tucker and 2 more runs in the 7th on a Ballard RBI double and Straw RBI triple. Whitt pitched the final 3.1 innings without giving up a run and striking out 5, but the offense fell just short.
- Myles Straw, LF: 2-for-4, 3B, RBI
- Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 2-for-4, R, 3B
- Kyle Tucker, CF: 1-for-2, RBI
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
- Kristian Trompiz, 3B: 2-for-3, R
- Keach Ballard, 2B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI
- Makay Nelson, RHP: 2.2 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Adam Whitt, RHP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: GAME 1 – Brady Rodgers (3.64 ERA); GAME 2 – Mike Hauschild (3.96 ERA)
CC: David Paulino (2.03 ERA)
LAN: TBD
QC: Jose Hernandez (5.20 ERA)
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