Astros Minor League Recap: June 3rd, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (34-23) SUSPENDED
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (33-23) lost 13-1 (BOX SCORE)
Rough day for the Hooks’ pitching staff. Hartman got the start and allowed 7 runs over 2.2 innings. He was relieved by Justin Ferrell who held his own and struck out 5 over 2.1 scoreless innings. The offense only scored once on a solo HR from Cesar in the 7th inning. Hiraldo, Pinales, and Sierra all allowed runs in relief in the blowout.
Note: Cesar is hitting .409 with 4 HR, 7 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-4
- Josh Reddick, RF: 1-for-4
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-4
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Stephen Wrenn, DH: 2-for-4
- Alex De Goti, SS: 2-for-3
- Lorenzo Quintana, C: 1-for-3, 2B
- Ryan Hartman, LHP: 2.2 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Justin Ferrell, RHP: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Carlos Sierra, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (32-24) won 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Valdez got the start in this one and pitched well but allowed 3 unearned runs following an error. The offense first got on the board in the 2nd inning on a Payano RBI single. They scored again in the 4th on a Matijevic RBI groundout to make it 3-2. In the bottom of the 5th Buies Creek got 2 runs on an Angarita 2 run single. Bielak closed the game out with 4 scoreless innings to get the save.
Note: Bielak has a 2.36 ERA with 14 BB/64 K in 45.2 innings this year.
- Alfredo Angarita, 2B: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, BB
- Chas McCormick, RF: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- J.J. Matijevic, LF: 1-for-3, R, RBI, SB
- Luis Payano, DH: 2-for-2, R, RBI, BB
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-3, R
- Gabriel Valdez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Brandon Bielak, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (SAVE)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (32-25) won 11-7 (BOX SCORE)
Nice come from behind win for the River Bandits. Rosado got the start and allowed 3 runs in 2 innings. He was relieved by Feldman who allowed 3 runs and the River Bandits found themselves down 6-0 heading into the bottom of the 3rd. Tovalin got Quad Cities on the board with an RBI double in the 3rd. The River Bandits inched closed in the 4th getting 4 runs on an Adams RBI single and Tovalin 3 run HR. Beloit picked up another run in the 7th to make it 7-5. The River Bandits would rally again getting 6 tuns in the bottom of the 7th on an Arauz RBI walk, Julks RBI walk, Adams 2 run double, Garcia RBI single and another run scoring on an error. Sanabria closed it out with 2 scoreless innings. Sandoval tossed 4 innings allowing 1 unearned run in relief.
Note: Sandoval last 8 outings – 1.42 ERA, 38.0 IP, 29 H, 6 ER, 7 BB, 43 K
- Jake Meyers, CF: 1-for-4, BB
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 0-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Corey Julks, LF: 0-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Miguelangel Sierra, 2B: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2B
- Jake Adams, DH: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI
- Roman Garcia, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 2-for-3, 2 R, BB
- Adrian Tovalin, 3B: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
- Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-4, R
- Cesar Rosado, RHP: 2.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
- Brendan Feldmann, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Patrick Sandoval, LHP: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: OFF
CC: OFF
BC: OFF
QC: OFF
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