Astros Minor League Playoff Recap: September 7th
The minor league playoffs got started for Corpus and Lancaster last night. Let’s take a look at how the teams and prospects performed.
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (0-1) lost 6-2 (BOX SCORE)
Hooks fall in the first game of the playoffs. Martes got the start and gave up 10 hits and 3 runs over his 6 innings of work. Corpus went into the 6th down 3-0 but started to rally. They got one run in the 6th inning on a Tanielu solo HR. In the 7th, Stubbs added an RBI single to cut the deficit to 3-2. The game stayed 3-2 headed to the 9th but Midland tacked on three more and Corpus was unable to put anything else together. The Hooks managed 12 hits and 5 walks but were only able to scrape across the two runs.
- Bobby Boyd, RF: 1-for-5, 2B
- Drew Ferguson, LF: 2-for-5, R, 2B, 3B
- Garrett Stubbs, DH: 2-for-5, RBI, SB
- Nick Tanielu, 2B: 2-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-4, BB
- Ramon Laureano, CF: 1-for-4, BB
- Roberto Pena, C: 2-for-5
- Francis Martes, RHP: 6.0 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Ryan Thompson, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Kevin Comer, RHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Jacob Dorris, RHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (0-1) lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Wild game last night. The Jethawks got the scoring started on a Mizell solo HR in the 3rd inning but Rancho Cucamonga tied it up in the bottom of the inning. Lancaster got another run in the 5th on a Sewald RBI single but Rancho would respond once again. Dykxhoorn got the start and went 7 innings allowing 2 runs with 7 strikeouts. Lancaster once again took the lead in the 8th on Ritchie RBI double, but once again Rancho tied it back up immediately. McCanna tosses 4 innings in relief allowing just 1 unearned run. The game would stay tied at 3 until the 16th thanks to 3 scoreless innings from Thome. In the bottom of the 16th, Rancho Cucamonga was able to get a run and walk-off for the game one win.
- Johnny Sewald, DH: 4-for-7, RBI, BB
- Trent Woodward, 3B: 2-for-5, BB
- Aaron Mizell, 2B: 2-for-5, R, HR, RBI, 2 BB
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 3-for-6, 2B, RBI
- Jason Martin, LF: 1-for-7, R
- Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
- Kevin McCanna, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Alex Winkelman, LHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
CC: Trent Thornton (-.– ERA)
LAN: TBD
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