Astros Minor League Recap: May 26th

Astros Minor League Recap: May 26th, 2018

Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (29-21) lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)

Hauschild got the start and while he allowed 4 runs over 7 innings, all 4 came in the 3rd inning. Fresno chipped away at the lead with a run in the 7th on Garcia groundout. In the 8th the Grizzlies would pick up two more on a Reed solo HR and Tanielu RBI single. The comeback came up short as the Grizzlies went down in order in the 9th.

Note: Reed has 5 HR, 10 RBI and 11 BB/6 SO over his last 10 games.

• AJ Reed, 1B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
• Tim Federowicz, C: 2-for-4, R, 2 2B
• Nick Tanielu, 3B: 2-for-3, R, RBI, BB
• Drew Ferguson, CF: 1-for-2, 2 BB

• Mike Hauschild, RHP: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 9 K
• Kent Emanuel, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (28-21) won 7-2 (BOX SCORE)

Framber Valdez turned in a solid outing for Corpus last night allowing 2 runs over 6 innings with both runs coming in the 1st. Birk got the scoring started with a sac fly in the first inning. Birk tied the game in the third on an RBI groundout. In the 5th Cesar had an RBI single to take a 3-2 lead. A Jones RBI single in the 7th and a De Goti 3 run HR in the 8th capped of the night for the Hooks. Stutzman and Sierra were solid in relief to close it.

Note: Straw is hitting .378 with 8 BB/4 SO and 8 SB over his last 10 games.

• Myles Straw, CF: 5-for-5, 3 R, 2 2B, SB
• Josh Rojas, LF: 0-for-4, R, BB
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-2, RBI, 2 BB
• Randy Cesar, DH: 3-for-4, RBI
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 0-for-3, 2 RBI
• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-4, R, 3B
• Lorenzo Quintana, C: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Alex De Goti, 3B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI

• Framber Valdez, LHP: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (WIN)
• Sean Stutzman, LHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
• Carlos Sierra, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (SAVE)

A+: Buies Creek Astros (27-22) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)

Alcala got the start and allowed 2 runs over 5 innings. He has been very good over his last 8 outings. Dawson got the Astros on the board with a solo HR in the 4th. It wasn’t enough though as it was the only run Buies Creek would score.

Note: Alcala last 8 outings – 1.85 ERA, 34.0 IP, 18 H, 7 ER, 11 BB, 40 K

• Ronnie Dawson, CF: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI, SB
• Chas McCormick, RF: 1-for-3, SB

• Jorge Alcala, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (27-22)

Game 1 – won 12-0 (BOX SCORE)

Yohan Ramirez got the start and was great tossing 6 scoreless innings. The offense was on fire from the start getting 6 runs in the first inning on a Sierra 2 run double, Papierski RBI single, and De La Cruz 3 run double. They got 2 more in the 2nd on a Sierra 2 run HR to make it 8-0. In the 3rd inning the River Bandits picked up 3 more on a Meyers RBI single, and a 2 run single from Arauz. This was more than enough for the pitching ad they won 12-0.

Note: Sierra is hitting .350 with 10 RBI over last 10 games.

• Jake Meyers, CF: 1-for-4, R, RBI
• Jonathan Arauz, 2B: 3-for-4, R, RBI
• Corey Julks, RF: 2-for-4, 2 R
• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 3-for-4, 3 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
• Jake Adams, 1B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
• Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-4, R, RBI
• Bryan De La Cruz, DH: 2-for-2, R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, BB
• Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 1-for-2, R, 2B, BB

• Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (WIN)
• Dariel Aquino, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Game 2 – lost 5-1 (BOX SCORE)

Javier dominated this game going 6 scoreless innings allowing just 1 hit and striking out 9. Unfortunately, the offense struggled to get much going after Garcia allowed 3 runs in the 8th. The River Bandits got one back in the bottom of the inning but fell 3-1.

Note: Javier has 48 K over his last 28 innings pitched.

• Jake Meyers, CF: 3-for-4, 2B
• Colton Shaver, 3B: 0-for-3, R

• Cristian Javier, RHP: 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K
• Luis Garcia, RHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Trent Thornton (3.49 ERA)

CC: Alex Winkelman (5.01 ERA)

BC: TBD

QC: Parker Mushinski (1.34 ERA)

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