Astros Minor League Playoff Recap: September 8th, 2018
Another day of minor league baseball in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (2-2) lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
Mayfield put the Grizzlies on the board in the first inning on an RBI double to go up 1-0. The offense would really struggle after that. Sneed started for Fresno and was rolling through 6 but allowed 3 runs in the 7th inning. Emanuel relieved him and allowed another run as Fresno went down 4-1. Alvarez hit a solo HR in the 9th to try and start a comeback but that was all they would get as they dropped game 4, 4-2.
- Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-4, R
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 2-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB
- Yordan Alvarez, DH: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Alex De Goti, SS: 1-for-2, BB
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Kent Emanuel, LHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Akeem Bostick, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (2-2) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)
The Hooks finished game 3 early yesterday and lost 8-7. They started game 4 shortly after. Bukauskas started and pitched well allowing just 1 run over 6 innings with 7 strikeouts. The Hooks only scored one run which came on a de Oleo solo HR in the 3rd. Scheetz relieved JB and allowed 2 runs in the 7th as San Antonio won game 4, 3-1. The final game of the series is this afternoon.
- Ronnie Dawson, CF: 1-for-3, BB
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B
- Chas McCormick, LF: 1-for-4, 2B
- Eduardo de Oleo, C: 2-for-3, R, HR, RBI
- J.B. Bukauskas, RHP: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
- Kit Scheetz, LHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (3-0) OFF
A: Quad Cities River Bandits – Season Over
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (1-0) won 3-0 (BOX SCORE)
- Carlos Machado, LF: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 2-for-4
- Oscar Campos, C: 2-for-3, BB
- Austin Dennis, 2B: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Ramiro Rodriguez, CF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Shawn Dubin, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Jose Alberto Rivera, RHP: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
- Joey Gonzalez, RHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- R.J. Freure, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brock Dykxhoorn
CC: TBD
BC: OFF
QC: SEASON OVER
TRI: TBD
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