Astros Minor League Playoff Recap: September 9th, 2017
The Quad Cities River Bandits are the only minor league team left in the playoffs, and they got the second round started last night.
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (1-0) won 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
Wild game in Quad Cities last night. Sanabria got the start and struggled in the 2nd inning allowing 4 runs before being pulled after just 1.2 innings. He was reliever by Yohan Ramirez who was very good tossing 5.1 scoreless innings with 6 strikeouts.
The offense got things going in the 7th though. De La Cruz started the scoring with a 2 run single, McCormick added an RBI single, and a 4th run scored on an error to tie the game. The QC bullpen continued to pitch well keeping the game 4-4 until the 10th. In the bottom of the 10th, Rojas came through with an RBI single to RF to win it 5-4.
Note: Rojas has 4 RBI in 4 playoff games so far.
- Chas McCormick, CF: 1-for-5, RBI
- Colin Moran, 3B: 0-for-4, BB
- Josh Rojas, RF: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, DH: 2-for-4, BB
- Raymond Henderson, 2B: 2-for-4, R
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-4, R
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 5.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
- Devon Carr, LHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Jesus Balaguer, RHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)
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