Astros Minor League Recap: May 24th

Astros Minor League Recap: May 24th, 2017

Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (18-29) lost 5-3 (BOX SCORE)

The game started out well for Fresno as they scored twice in the first inning on a White 2 run HR. Thorton got the start and only went 4 innings allowing 3 runs, 2 earned. Fresno picked up their 3rd run in the 3rd on a Moran sac fly. The game would stay tied at 3 until the 7th when Tacoma would take a 4-3. Tacoma added on 1 more run in the 8th to make it 5-3.

Note: White picked up 3 hits bringing his season average to .280

• Tony Kemp, 2B: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, SB
• Tyler White, SS: 3-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Colin Moran, 3B: 0-for-3, RBI
• A.J. Reed, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B
• Preston Tucker, DH: 1-for-4
• Jon Kemmer, RF: 1-for-4, SB
• Eduardo de Oleo, C: 1-for-4, 2B

• Trent Thornton, RHP: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Aaron West, RHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Kevin Comer, RHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Dayan Diaz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (23-23)

GAME 1 lost 3-2 (BOX SCORE)

Winkelman made his Double-A debut yesterday in game 1 and pitched well allowing just 1 run over 6 innings with 5 strikeouts. He left the game with a lead thanks to a Ferguson solo HR in the 3rd and a Davis RBI single in the 5th. Unfortunately, Thome couldn’t hold the lead allowing 2 runs over the final 2 innings.

Note: Winkelman now has 6 BB/51 K in 38.1 innings this season

• Drew Ferguson, CF: 1-for-2, 2 R, HR, RBI, 2 BB
• J.D. Davis, DH: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
• Jamie Ritchie, C: 2-for-3, BB
• Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-4
• Ramon Laureano, RF: 1-for-4
• Bryan Muniz, 1B: 1-for-4

• Alex Winkelman, LHP: 6.0 IP, 9 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
• Andrew Thome, RHP: 2.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

GAME 2 won 5-2 (BOX SCORE)

Corpus got a nice start from Ramirez last night as he struck out 8 over 4.2 innings while allowing just 1 run. Woodward got the scoring started with an RBI single in the first inning. In the 2nd, Stubbs came through with a 2 run single to make it 3-0. Ferguson added a 2 run single in the 6th inning to make it 5-1. Stutzman picked up the win allowing 1 run over 2.1 innings.

Note: Ferguson is hitting .412 over his last 10 games

• Drew Ferguson, LF: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-4, 2 RBI
• Ramon Laureano, RF: 0-for-2, BB
• Trent Woodward, DH: 1-for-2, RBI, BB
• Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-3, R
• Bobby Boyd, CF: 3-for-3, 2 R, 2 2B
• Antonio Nunez, SS: 1-for-2, BB

• Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
• Sean Stutzman, LHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)

A+: Buies Creek Astros (28-18) won 8-3 (BOX SCORE)

Perez made his return to the mound last night allowing 3 runs over 2.1 innings. So while not a great performance, it is nice to see him back out there. Buies Creek jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with an RBI groundout from Tucker and another run scoring on an error. Rogers connected on a solo HR in the 2nd, his first since his promotion to High-A. They would get 3 more that inning on a 2 run single from Cesar with 1 more scoring on an error. Porter added an RBI single in the 3rd to make it 7-3. Rogers capped off a great game with another solo HR in the 5th. The game would end after 5 innings due to weather.

Note: Straw is hitting .353 over his last 10 games

• Jason Martin, LF: 1-for-3, R, 3B
• Myles Straw, RF: 2-for-2, R, BB
• Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-2, 2 RBI, BB
• Kyle Tucker, CF: 0-for-3, R, RBI
• Jake Rogers, C: 3-for-3, 2 R, 2B, 2 HR, 2 RBI
• Pat Porter, DH: 1-for-2, R, RBI, BB
• Spencer Johnson, 1B: 1-for-2, R

• Franklin Perez, RHP: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Sebastian Kessay, LHP: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (WIN)

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (22-22) lost 7-4 (BOX SCORE)

One rough inning lost it for Quad Cities last night. The River Bandits jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the 2nd on an RBI double from Jones and a 2 run double from Duarte. Peoria put up 5 runs in the 5th inning on just two hits. All 5 runs were charges to Sanabria as he went just 4.1 innings. He was relieved by Whitley who allowed 1 run over 2.2 innings with 4 strikeouts. Quad Cities would get 1 in the 5th on an Almonte RBI single but Peoria got 2 more runs to ice it late.

Note: Almonte is now hitting .321 this season

• Daz Cameron, CF: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB, SB
• Yordan Alvarez, LF: 0-for-3, 2 BB
• Ronnie Dawson, RF: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Marcos Almonte, 2B: 4-for-5, R, RBI
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
• Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 1-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB

• Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 4.1 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
• Forrest Whitley, RHP: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
• Ronel Blanco, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Mike Hauschild (9.42 ERA)

CC: Rogelio Armenteros (1.25 ERA)

BC: TBD

QC: Enoli Paredes (2.86 ERA)

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