Astros Minor League Recap: May 4th, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (12-16) lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
Martinez was on the hill for the Grizzlies last night and had one of his better outings allowing 3 runs over 5 innings. Fresno finally got on the board on a Fisher RBI groundout in the 5th inning. Lefites, Guduan and Stutzman, both had scoreless outings. The Grizzlies would only score one more run on a Centeno RBI single in the 9th but fell 4-2.
Note: Stutzman has a 1.59 ERA this season in 11.1 innings.
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 2-for-4
- Derek Fisher, RF: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Jon Kemmer, DH: 2-for-4, R, 2B
- Tyler White, 3B: 1-for-3, BB
- Juan Centeno, C: 1-for-4, RBI
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 1-for-4, R
- David Martinez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Kevin Comer, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Sean Stutzman, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (15-12) lost 5-2 (BOX SCORE)
Another rough night for the Hooks’ offense. Sneed got the start last night and allowed 4 runs over 4 innings, though he did have 8 strikeouts. Boyd got the scoring started in 2nd inning when he drew a bases loaded walk. They would only get 1 more in the 4th with Hyde scoring on a balk. The bullpen went the next four allowing just 1 run.
Note: Singleton has 9 RBI and 10 BB in his last 10 games.
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 2-for-5
- Alejandro Garcia, LF: 2-for-4
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-2, R, 2B, 2 BB
- Bobby Boyd, CF: 1-for-2, RBI, 2 BB
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 8 K
- Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (19-9) won 9-4 (BOX SCORE)
Perez got the start last night and, while he struggled a bit, he still showed his ability striking out 7 over 5 innings. He allowed 4 runs, though just 2 earned. Buies Creek has one big inning but it was all they needed. In the 4th inning, Buies Creek scored all 9 runs. They got an RBI single from Duarte, RBI walk to Michelena, RBI walk to Sewald, Straw RBI single, and a 3 run double from McCall. The bullpen was great with Kessay throwing three scoreless innings and Hernandez striking out the side in the 9th.
Note: Straw is hitting .302 through 25 games this season.
- Myles Straw, RF: 3-for-5, 2 R, RBI
- Johnny Sewald, LF: 0-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Jason Martin, CF: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 3 RBI, BB
- Pat Porter, DH: 1-for-4, 2B, BB
- Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-5, R
- Osvaldo Duarte, 2B: 1-for-5, R, RBI
- Arturo Michelena, 3B: 0-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Hector Perez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K (WIN)
- Sebastian Kessay, LHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
- Nick Hernandez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (14-11) won 11-3 (BOX SCORE)
Adcock keeps on keeping on. He went 6 innings allowing just 1 run with 11 strikeouts. His season ERA is now 1.14. Quad Cities got on the board in the 4th with 2 runs thanks to a 2 run HR from Almonte. In the 5th inning, DeGoti added a 2 run HR to extend their lead. Later in the inning, the River Bandits drew three straight walks and Almonte cleared the bases with a grand slam, his 2nd HR of the game and 5th of the season. They got 3 more runs in the 6th on a sac fly from Rogers and RBI singles from Cesar and Robinson. Williams closed out the game striking out 5 over 2 scoreless innings.
Note: Adcock has 37 K in just 23.2 innings this season.
- Alex DeGoti, SS: 1-for-4,2 R, HR, 2 RBI
- Jake Rogers, DH: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Chuckie Robinson, DH: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Marcos Almonte, CF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI
- Rodrigo Ayarza, 2B: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, SB
- Brett Adcock, LHP: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K (WIN)
- Salvador Montano, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 1 K
- Lucas Williams, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Trent Thornton (1.50 ERA)
CC: Kyle Smith (5.50 ERA)
BC: Elieser Hernandez (5.31 ERA)
QC: Cionel Perez (23.63 ERA)
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