Astros Minor League Playoff Recap: September 14th, 2017
Quad Cities inches closer to a Championship!
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (2-0) won 5-0 (BOX SCORE)
Quad Cities pulled off another dominant win. Sandoval got the start and was very good tossing 6 scoreless innings with 2 strikeouts. The offense once again got off to a nice start getting 1 run in the first inning on a Toro-Hernandez RBI single.
The River Bandits would add 2 more runs in the 6th inning on a McCormick RBI single and a Sieber RBI single. They continued to play add on in the 8th getting an RBI single from Moran. Matijevic added an RBI double in the 9th to make it 5-0. Montano pitched 3 scoreless innings to close it out and pick up the save.
Note: Moran is hitting .414 (12-for-29) in 8 playoff games.
- Chas McCormick, CF: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
- Colin Moran, DH: 2-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Troy Sieber, 1B: 2-for-5, RBI
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 2B: 2-for-4, RBI, BB
- Josh Rojas, RF: 0-for-3, 2 BB
- J.J. Matijevic, LF: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI
- Wander Franco, 3B: 2-for-5, R, 2B
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 2-for-4, 2 R
- Patrick Sandoval, LHP: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Salvador Montano, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (SAVE)
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**Photo Credit: Richard Guill**
