Astros Minor League Recap: May 17th, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (16-24) won 6-5 (BOX SCORE)
Paulino made his second start back from the DL yesterday and pitched well allowing 3 runs over 6 innings. Fisher got Fresno on the board with an RBI double in the 5th inning. Fresno entered the 6th down 3-1 but tied the game on a Moran RBI double and a Brignac sac fly. Nashville took a 4-3 lead, but Fresno tied it right back up on a Kemmer solo HR in the 8th. In the top of the 9th, Nashville took a lead again, this time 5-4. Fresno wasn’t done though. Tucker lead off with a walk and then Reed connected on a deep 2 run HR to right field to give Fresno the walk-off win.
Note: Moran has 5 HR, 19 RBI in just 23 games this season.
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Derek Fisher, CF: 3-for-5, 2 2B, RBI
- Preston Tucker, RF: 0-for-4, R, RBI
- A.J. Reed, DH: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
- Tyler White, 3B: 1-for-4, R
- Colin Moran, 1B: 2-for-3, 2 2B, RBI, BB
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- David Paulino, RHP: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
- Ashur Tolliver, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Jordan Jankowski, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Dayan Diaz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (WIN)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (18-21) lost 5-3 (BOX SCORE)
Emanuel was on the mound for the Hooks last night. He 5.1 innings allowing 5 runs, 4 earned. Davis continued his hot hitting with a solo HR to lead off the 4th inning. Corpus was down 5-1 and tried to rally getting 2 in the 8th on a Nunez RBI single and a Woodward RBI groundout. Thompson and Stutzman had scoreless relief outings but the offense wasn’t able to get anything else going.
Note: Davis is now hitting .285 with 9 HR in 32 games
- Drew Ferguson, CF: 1-for-5
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 0-for-3, R, BB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 3-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 0-for-4, R, BB
- Alejandro Garcia, LF: 1-for-4, R
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 1-for-3, BB
- Trent Woodward, DH: 2-for-4
- Antonio Nunez, 2B: 3-for-4, RBI
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-4, RBI
- Kent Emanuel, LHP: 5.1 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Ryan Thompson, RHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Sean Stutzman, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (25-15) won 6-2 (BOX SCORE)
This game got off to a quick start with Buies Creek scoring on a Rogers RBI triple in the first inning. After Myrtle Beach tied the game in the bottom of the 1st, Buies Creek dropped 3 runs in the 2nd on a Rogers bases loaded walk and a Tucker 2 run single. Adcock started for Buies Creek and allowed 2 runs over his 5 innings of work. McCall added a sac fly in the 5th and Tucker added an RBI single in the 6th for some insurance runs. Winkelman relieved Adcock and struck out 7 over 3.1 scoreless innings. Brey came in and picked up the last two outs to close out the game.
Note: Winkelman has 46 K in 32.1 IP this season
- Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-4, 2 BB
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-5, 2 R, BB
- Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-4, 3B, 2 RBI, BB
- Kyle Tucker, RF: 2-for-4, 3 RBI, BB
- Spencer Johnson, 1B: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- Pat Porter, LF: 1-for-3, BB
- Dexture McCall, DH: 0-for-3, RBI, BB
- Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- Arturo Michelena, 3B: 1-for-3, 2 R, SB
- Brett Adcock, LHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Alex Winkelman, LHP: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
- Howie Brey, LHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (19-18) won 6-3 (BOX SCORE)
Valdez pitched the first 4 innings last night striking out 7 but was pulled after a weather delay. Quad Cities struck first getting 2 runs in the 1st inning on a Henderson RBI single and a Benedetti RBI double. They exploded for 4 in the 3rd inning on a Jones sac fly, Franco RBI groundout, and Duarte 2 run single. C. Perez pitched the next 4 innings allowing 2 runs. Pinales tossed a scoreless 9th inning to close it out.
Note: Benedetti has 4 doubles in his last 3 games
- Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 SB
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 1-for-4, R
- Marcos Almonte, 2B: 1-for-4, R
- Ray Henderson-Lozano, C: 2-for-4, R, RBI
- Carmen Benedetti, RF: 2-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Daz Cameron, CF: 1-for-4, R
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 0-for-2, R, RBI
- Wander Franco, 3B: 0-for-3, RBI
- Dustin Hunt, RHP: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Kevin Hill, RHP: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Lucas Williams, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Salvador Montano, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Trent Thornton (2.60 ERA)
CC: Dean Deetz (1.30 ERA)
BC: Matt Bower (4.11 ERA)
QC: Forrest Whitley (4.80 ERA)
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