Astros Minor League Recap: June 14th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (39-27) lost 4-1 (BOX SCORE)
Sneed started for Fresno and started off the game well with 5 scoreless innings but then allowed 3 runs in the 6th. He ended up going 5.1 innings allowing the 3 runs. The Fresno offense struggled scoring just 1 run on a Tanielu RBI single in the 6th. New Orleans picked up another run in the 7th as they won 4-1.
Note: Federowicz is hitting .346 in 30 games for Fresno this season.
- Kyle Tucker, RF: 1-for-4
- Tim Federowicz, C: 2-for-3, R, BB
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Buddy Boshers, LHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (40-26) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Hartman got the start for the Hooks last night and allowed 1 run over 5 innings with 6 strikeouts. He was relieved by Quiala who tossed 3 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts. The Hooks offense struggled for most of the night but Rojas connected on a 2 run HR in the 8th inning to give Corpus Christi a 2-1 lead. Ferrell closed it out with a scoreless 9th inning.
Note: Ferrell last 10 outings – 0.71 ERA, 12.2 IP, 7 H, 1 BB, 16 K
- Josh Rojas, LF: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B
- Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-3, R
- Ryan Hartman, LHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
- Yoanys Quiala, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (36-30) lost 2-0 (BOX SCORE)
Rough night for the offense as they managed just 3 hits, all singles. Ivey got the start and pitched pretty well allowing 2 runs over 5 innings of work. He was relieved by Perez who tossed 3 scoreless innings but the offense was unable to push across a run.
Note: Perez has 16 K over his last 9.2 innings and 63 K in 53.2 innings this season.
- J.J. Matijevic, LF: 1-for-4
- Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-3, BB
- Luis Payano, RF: 1-for-3
- Tyler Ivey, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Hector Perez, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (37-30) won 5-2 (BOX SCORE)
The River Bandits got on the board with 3 runs in the 4th inning on a Shaver RBI groundout and a Sierra 2 run single. Rosado started the game for Quad Cities and dominated going 7.2 innings allowing just 1 unearned run and striking out 5. The River Bandits would pick up 2 more insurance runs in the 8th on a De La Cruz RBI single. Sanabria retired the last hitter in the 9th to get the save.
Note: Julks is hitting .333 over his last 10 games.
- Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 0-for-4, R, SB
- Corey Julks, CF: 1-for-3, 2 R
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Cody Bohanek, DH: 1-for-4, R
- Colton Shaver, 1B: 1-for-3, 2B
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-3, 2 RBI
- Cesar Rosado, RHP: 7.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K (WIN)
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Mike Hauschild (4.68 ERA)
CC: Corbin Martin (2.97 ERA)
BC: Carson LaRue (4.80 ERA)
QC: Patrick Sandoval (3.00 ERA)
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