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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