Astros Minor League Recap: May 3rd, 2019
Another day of minor league action in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Round Rock Express (16-10) SUSPENDED
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (13-14) POSTPONED
A+: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (15-14) lost 9-6 (BOX SCORE)
Mushinski got the start last night and pitched well allowing just 2 runs over 5.1 innings while striking out 10. The Woodpeckers jumped out to an early lead scoring 4 runs in the 2nd inning on a De La Cruz 2 run single and Beer 2 run single. In the 7th, Beer added another RBI single to make it 5-2. The Wood Ducks battled back and scored 4 in the 8th off of Martin. Manea tied the game in the 8th on a sac fly. The game went to extras and the Wood Ducks scored 3 runs in the top of the 10th. Unfortunately the bats were silent in the bottom of the inning as they fell 9-6.
Note: Mushinski has 7 BB/40 K in 24.1 innings this season.
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 1-for-5, R, 2 RBI
- Jake Meyers, CF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB
- Seth Beer, 1B: 2-for-4, 3 RBI
- Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-5, R
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 2-for-5, 2 R, SB
- Scott Manea, DH: 1-for-4, RBI
- Miguelangel Sierra, 2B: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Parker Mushinski, LHP: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 K
- Hunter Martin, RHP: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Willy Collado, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Jacob Billingsley, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (15-10) won 2-0 (BOX SCORE)
Ruppenthal started for the River Bandits and tossed 4 scoreless innings, though he did walk 4 and strikeout 4. He was relieved by Torres who dominated striking out 7 over 3 innings. Schreiber provided the only scoring for Quad Cities with a 2 run HR in the 6th inning. Castellanos picked up the save tossing 2 scoreless innings to close it.
Note: Torres has a 0.00 ERA with 14 K in 8 innings this season.
- Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 2-for-4, 2B, R
- Scott Schreiber, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Alex Holderbach, C: 2-for-3, BB
- Matt Ruppenthal, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
- Jojanse Torres, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K (WIN)
- Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
RR: Forrest Whitley (7.71 ERA) – 7:05 PM CT
CC: Bryan Abreu (12.00 ERA) – 7:05 PM CT
FV: J.P. France (5.19 ERA) – 4:00 PM CT
QC: Brett Daniels (5.68 ERA) – 6:05 PM CT
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