Astros Minor League Recap: May 22nd

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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