Astros Minor League Recap: May 1st, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (11-14) won 11-7 (BOX SCORE)
Frias got the start and struggled again allowing 7 runs in 4 innings, though just 2 were earned. Tucker got the scoring started with a solo HR in the 1st inning, his 4th HR of the season. In the 2nd inning, Fresno added 2 more on a 2 run HR from Aplin. They continued to play add on getting another run in the 3rd on a White RBI triple. They entered the 6th down 7-4 but tied it up on a Fisher 3 run HR. In the 7th inning they got another 3 runs on a Reed RBI double, White RBI double and a Centeno RBI single. Tucker continued his hotting hitting with an RBI double in the 8th to make it 11-7. The bullpen of Guduan and Jankowski had scoreless outings to seal the win.
Note: Reed has 10 hits in his last 4 games and is now hitting .306 this season.
- Preston Tucker, DH: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, 3B, HR, 2 RBI
- Derek Fisher, CF: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
- A.J. Reed, 1B: 4-for-5, 2 R, 2 2B, RBI
- Tyler White, 3B: 2-for-5, R, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Juan Centeno, C: 2-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- Edison Frias, RHP: 4.0 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Jordan Jankowski, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (15-9) won 6-2 (BOX SCORE)
Deetz continued his nice start to the season with another good performance. He went 5 innings allowing 1 run with 4 strikeouts. The Hooks got 2 runs in the 1st inning on a Ferguson solo HR and a Woodward RBI double. Corpus would get got another 4 runs in the 6th inning on a Muniz 2 run double and a Ferguson 2 run single. Freeman tossed 2 scoreless innings and Ferrell closed it out allowing 1 run in 2 innings.
Note: After a slow start, Ferguson is up to .280 with 3 HR, 13 RBI on the season.
- Drew Ferguson, LF: 2-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI, SB
- Ramon Laureano, CF: 2-for-4, R, SB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 1-for-4, R
- Trent Woodward, C: 1-for-2, R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Bryan Muniz, 1B: 1-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Michael Freeman, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (17-8) won 8-7 (BOX SCORE)
Buies Creek keeps on winning. The Astros got started quick getting 1 run in the first three innings with Straw scoring on a wild pitch, de Oleo sac fly, and a Martin solo HR. Winkelman got the start and was great again tossing 5 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts. See note below on his season. In the 6th, Porter added a 2 run HR. McCall added an RBI single in the 7th and an Duarte RBI triple and him later scoring on a wild pitch led to 2 more runs. The bullpen gave up some runs but the lead was big enough to hold on for the win.
Note: Winkelman has a 2.25 ERA with 2 BB/26 K in 20 IP.
- Jason Martin, LF: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB, 2 SB
- Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-4, R, SB
- Kyle Tucker, RF: 2-for-5, R, 2B, SB
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-3, RBI, 2 BB
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-5, R
- Anibal Sierra, SS: 2-for-4, R, 2B, BB
- Pat Porter, DH: 1-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Eduardo de Oleo, C: 2-for-3, R, 2 2B, RBI, BB
- Osvaldo Duarte, 3B: 1-for-4, R, 3B, RBI, BB
- Alex Winkelman, LHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (WIN)
- Justin Ferrell, RHP: 1.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Sebastian Kessay, LHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (12-10) OFF
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brian Holmes (6.87 ERA)
CC: TBD
BC: Matt Bower (4.08 ERA)
QC: Ryan Hartman (2.04 ERA)
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