Astros Minor League Recap: May 31st

Astros Minor League Recap: May 31st, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (23-30) OFF

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (26-26) lost 5-4 (BOX SCORE)

Armenteros, who has been phenomenal this season, got the start last night for the Hooks. He went 5 innings allowing 2 runs with 1 walk to 5 strikeouts. Stubbs had a solid day at the plate and scored the first run for the Hooks in the 5th inning on a double play. Stubbs is hitting .364 over his last 10 games. Armenteros left the game down 2-1 but Springfield was able to score 3 runs off of James.

The Hooks tried to battle back getting 2 runs in the 7th with Singleton scoring on a double play and an RBI single from Woodward driving in Stubbs. Tucker had a good night in just his 2nd game in Double-A. He finished with two hits, a double and a solo HR in the 8th that made it 5-4. Unfortunately, the Hooks weren’t able to rally in the 9th and fell 5-4.

Note: Armenteros has 60 K in 46.2 innings.

• Kyle Tucker, RF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, RBI
• J.D. Davis, 3B: 1-for-3, BB
• Jon Singleton, 1B: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-4, 2 R
• Trent Woodward, DH: 1-for-4, RBI

• Rogelio Armenteros, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
• Josh James, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (30-23) lost 9-8 (BOX SCORE)

Back and forth game in Buies Creek last night. Hartman got the start and struggled last night allowing 6 runs and 4 walks over 3.2 innings. Buies Creek fell behind 1-0 but rallied for 3 runs in the 2nd inning on a Johnson 2 run triple and a McCall RBI single. Buies Creek got 2 more in the 3rd on an RBI double from DeGoti and a run scoring on an error.

The Astros fell behind 8-5 but got 2 back in the 5th on a Sierra RBI single and Straw RBI double. Buies Creek went into the 9th down 9-7. With 2 outs and 2 on, McCall hit a double to left field scoring Rogers but DeGoti was gunned down at the plate to end the rally and the game. Rogers picked up 2 more hits and is hitting .364 since his promotion to High-A.

Note: Straw finished May with a .297 BA/.434 OBP in 25 games

• Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI, SB
• Stephen Wrenn, LF: 1-for-5, SB
• Jake Rogers, C: 2-for-4, 3 R, 2B, BB
• Alex DeGoti, 2B: 2-for-3, 3 R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
• Spencer Johnson, DH: 1-for-5, R, 3B, 2 RBI
• Dexture McCall, 1B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
• Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-3, RBI, BB

• Ryan Hartman, LHP: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
• Howie Brey, LHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
• Brett Adcock, LHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (26-25) lost 0-3 (BOX SCORE)

Paredes got the start last night and was great going 5 hitless innings with 5 strikeouts. Unfortunately, it was a rough nice for the Quad Cities offense as they only managed 3 hits on the night. Alvarez had one of those hits and also drew a walk. Cameron added a double and Dawson had a stolen base but they weren’t able to push any runs across.

Note: Alvarez is hitting .377 in 15 games for Quad Cities

• Carmen Benedetti, RF: 0-for-3, BB
• Yordan Alvarez, DH: 1-for-3, BB
• Ronnie Dawson, LF: 0-for-2, 2 BB, SB
• Daz Cameron, CF: 1-for-3, 2B
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-3

• Enoli Paredes, RHP: 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
• Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Salvador Montano, LHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Francis Martes (4.55 ERA)

CC: Cy Sneed (5.49 ERA)

BC: Jorge Alcala (2.79 ERA)

QC: TBD

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