Astros Minor League Recap: April 30th, 2019
Another day of minor league action in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Round Rock Express (13-10) POSTPONED
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (12-13) OFF
Note: J.J. Matijevic has been suspended for 50 games for a drug violation.
A+: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (14-12) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)
Dubin made his second start in High-A and while it was better than his first, he still allowed 3 earned runs over 4.2 innings. The offense only managed to score 1 run last night on a Shaver RBI double in the 4th inning. Ramirez relieved Dubin and struck out 8 over 4.1 innings. The offense was unable to mount a comeback.
Note: Ramirez has a 1.77 ERA with 30 K in 20.1 innings this season.
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 1-for-4, R
- Seth Beer, 1B: 1-for-4
- Colton Shaver, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Jake Meyers, CF: 2-for-4, 2B
- Shawn Dubin, RHP: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
- Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 4.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (13-10) won 6-5 (BOX SCORE)
Hansen turned in another great start last night tossing 5 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts. This lowered his season ERA to 2.00. The offense picked up 2 runs in the first on RBI groundouts from Lacroix and Schreiber. In the 3rd inning, Schreiber connected on a 3 run HR to make it 5-0. Salazar added a solo HR in the 6th, his first of the year. Bermudez relieved Hansen and struggled allowing 4 runs, 3 earned. Conn relieved him and allowed one more before getting out of the 7th still up 6-5. The bullpen locked down after that with two scoreless innings to hold the lead.
Note: Hansen has a 2.00 ERA with 22 K in 18 innings this season.
- Alex McKenna, CF: 1-for-4, R
- Enmanuel Valdez, 2B: 3-for-5, R
- Jeremy Pena, SS: 1-for-4, R, BB, SB
- Jonathan Lacroix, LF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Scott Schreiber, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 4 RBI, BB
- Cesar Salazar, C: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Austin Hansen, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Jonathan Bermudez, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Devin Conn, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
- Riley Cabral, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
RR: Akeem Bostick (8.03 ERA) – 11:05 AM CT
CC: Brandon Bielak (5.40 ERA) – 7:05 PM CT
FV: Enoli Paredes (1.17 ERA) – 6:00 PM CT
QC: R.J. Freure (0.63 ERA) – 5:30 PM CT
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