Astros Minor League Recap: May 11th, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (14-20) won 5-3 (BOX SCORE)
Fresno jumped out to an early lead in this one on a sac fly fron White in the first innng. In the 2nd inning, they scored 3 time on an RBI single from Kemp and a 2 run single from Tucker. Paulino made his return to the mound and tossed 3 shutout innings. Martinez relieved him and allowed 3 solo HR in 3 innings. Fresno added another run in the 6th on a Kemp RBI groundout. Comer and Jankowski closed the game out with scoreless outings.
Note: Tucker has 26 RBI in 30 games this season.
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 2-for-5, 2 RBI, SB
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- Teoscar Hernandez, RF: 2-for-4
- Preston Tucker, DH: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, BB
- Max Stassi, C: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Reid Brignac, SS: 3-for-4, 2 R
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 1-for-3, R, BB
- David Paulino, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
- David Martinez, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Kevin Comer, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Jordan Jankowski, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (15-18) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)
Another loss making it 8 straight losses for Corpus. Smith was on the mound and was fantastic tossing 6 shutout innings with 6 strikeouts. Corpus scored their only run in the 4th inning on an RBI double from Garcia. Midland battled against the bullpen though with Peterson allowing 2 runs and Ferrell giving up 1 run. Corpus went down in order in the 9th, losing their 8th straight game.
Note: Smith lowered his ERA to 4.03 on the season
- Bobby Boyd, LF: 1-for-4, 3B
- Jamie Ritchie, DH: 1-for-3, BB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 0-for-3, BB
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 0-for-3, R, BB, SB
- Alejandro Garcia, CF: 1-for-4, 2B
- Kyle Smith, RHP: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Eric Peterson, RHP: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Michael Freeman, LHP: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (20-14) lost 10-8 (BOX SCORE)
Adcock made his Buies Creek debut last night and it didn’t go well as he allowed 7 runs in 3.1 innings. Going into the bottom of the 4th the Astros were down 7-0 but battled and got 3 runs on a de Oleo RBI single, Hermelyn RBI single and another run scoring on a passed ball. Buies Creek would then go down 10-3 but continued battling getting 2 in the 6th on a Birk sac fly and Sewald RBI double. They would scratch off a run in the 7th, 8th, and 9th on a Tucker RBI double, Hermelyn RBI single and McCall RBI groundout but it wasn’t enough.
Note: Tucker has 23 XBH in 32 games this season.
- Myles Straw, CF: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-5, 2B
- Kyle Tucker, LF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 3B, RBI, BB
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-4, 2 R, RBI
- Eduardo de Oleo, C: 1-for-5, 2 R, RBI
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 2-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Anthony Hermelyn, DH: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, BB
- Johnny Sewald, RF: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI
- Brett Adcock, LHP: 3.1 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Carlos Sierra, RHP: 1.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Howie Brey, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (16-16) lost 5-3 (BOX SCORE)
Whitley got the start for the River Bandits and while he struggled early (4 runs in 2 innings) he tossed three scoreless after. He finished with 1 BB/6 K. Rogers continued his nice start to the season with a solo HR in the first inning, his 6th HR of the season. In the 2nd inning, Jones added an RBI single to make it 3-2. Ayarza came through with an RBI single in the 7th to make it 4-3. Pinales was solid allowing just 1 run over 3 innings. Unfortunately, the offense couldn’t get anything going in the 8th or 9th and lost 5-3.
Note: Robinson is now up to .286 this season.
- Rodrigo Ayarza, SS: 1-for-4, RBI
- Daz Cameron, CF: 1-for-4, 2 SB
- Jake Rogers, DH: 2-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB, SB
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-4, R
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-4, R, 2B
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Forrest Whitley, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Trent Thornton (0.75 ERA)
CC: Dean Deetz (0.79 ERA)
BC: Alex Winkelman (1.96 ERA)
QC: Jorge Alcala (2.22 ERA)
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**Photo Credit: Kiel Maddox/Fresno Grizzlies**
