Astros Minor League Recap: May 22nd, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (18-27) lost 9-0 (BOX SCORE)
This game was closer than the final score indicated. Martinez got the start and was solid allowing 2 runs over 6.1 innings. Unfortunately, the offense had a rough day managing just 4 hits the entire game. Gudan tossed 1.2 scoreless innings in relief. Memphis exploded for 7 in the 9th to really put the game out of reach.
Note: Hernandez is hitting .286 with an .881 OPS this season.
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 0-for-2, BB
- Teoscar Hernandez, RF: 1-for-4, 2B, SB
- Tyler White, 2B: 0-for-1, 2 BB
- Reid Brignac, SS: 1-for-4
- Eduardo de Oleo, C: 2-for-3
- David Martinez, RHP: 6.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Reymin Guduan, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Ryan Thompson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (22-22) won 7-6 (BOX SCORE)
Wild game for Corpus Christ last night. Smith got the start and went 5 innings allowing 3 runs, though all 3 were unearned. He lowered his ERA to 3.23 this season. Laureano got the Hooks scoring started with an RBI groundout in the 2nd inning. In the 6th, Davis connected on a 2 run HR, his 10th HR of the season. Corpus entered the 8th inning down 4-3 but took the lead on back to back HR from Woodward and Ferguson.
Frisco re-took the lead in the bottom of the 8th with their own two runs. Corpus wouldn’t go away though as Laureano came through with a big 2 run triple to re-take the lead. Laureano has struggled a bit but does have 22 RBI in 41 games. Thompson pitched a scoreless 9th to close it out.
Note: Ferguson is hitting .395 over his last 10 games.
- Drew Ferguson, LF: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Bryan Muniz, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 R
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 2-for-4, R
- Ramon Laureano, RF: 1-for-4, 3B, 3 RBI
- Trent Woodward, C: 1-for-2, 2 R, HR, RBI, 2 BB
- Kyle Smith, RHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Jacob Dorris, RHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (WIN)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (27-18) lost 8-1 (BOX SCORE)
Couple rough days for Buies Creek. Perez has been great this season but had his first bad start last night allowing 8 runs, 5 earned over 5 innings of work. He still has a 3.03 ERA this season with 53 K in 38.2 innings. The offense only managed 3 hits with the lone run coming on a Martin solo HR in the 9th inning. Sierra had another strong outing tossing 3 scoreless innings with 3 strikeouts in relief.
Note: Martin is hitting .357 with 2 HR, 10 RBI in his last 10 games.
- Jason Martin, DH: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
- Myles Straw, LF: 0-for-3, BB
- Jake Rogers, C: 0-for-3, BB
- Kyle Tucker, CF: 1-for-4
- Pat Porter, RF: 1-for-4, SB
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 0-for-2, 2 BB
- Hector Perez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Carlos Sierra, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (21-21) won 5-1 (BOX SCORE)
Cionel Perez put on a show last night for Quad Cities. He was dominant from the start striking out 7 of the first 10 batters. He finished tossing 7 no-hit innings with just 1 BB/10 K. He also did this on just 78 pitches. Almonte got Quad Cities on the board in the 2nd inning with a 2 run HR. In the bottom of the 8th the River Bandits added 3 more runs on a Robinson 2 run double and a Dawson RBI single. Hill pitched the last 2 innings allowing 1 earned run.
Note: Robinson is hitting .333 with 2 HR, 8 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 1-for-4
- Rodrigo Ayarza, 3B: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 1-for-4, R
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Marcos Almonte, 2B: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Daz Cameron, RF: 2-for-3, SB
- Cionel Perez, LHP: 7.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K (WIN)
- Kevin Hill, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: David Paulino (3.00 ERA)
CC: Kent Emanuel (5.35 ERA)
BC: Alex Winkelman (1.39 ERA)
QC: Gabriel Valdez (2.45 ERA)
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