Astros Minor League Recap: June 26th, 2019
Another day of minor league action in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Round Rock Express (46-32) won 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
Urquidy continued his dominance of AAA last night tossing 6 scoreless innings with 9 strikeouts. He now has 64 K in 43.2 AAA innings. Mayfield put the Express on the board in the 6th with an RBI single. The Express entered the 9th down 2-1 but rallied to score 3 runs on a Rojas RBI double, Ritchie RBI fielder’s choice, and McCormick RBI single. Guduan and Paulino but struck out 3 each over the final 2 innings to close it out.
Note: Urquidy now has 15 BB/104 K in 76.2 innings this season.
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 1-for-4, RBI
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Joshua Rojas, 2B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Chas McCormick, RF: 1-for-4, RBI, SB
- Jose Urquidy,RHP: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Felipe Paulino, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (36-39) OFF
A+: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (36-40) lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
Garcia started for the Woodpeckers and pitched well allowing just 1 unearned run over 5 innings while striking out 8. Schreiber put the Woodpeckers on the board with an RBI single in the 6th to make it 1-1. The bullpen struggled with Donato allowed 3 runs in the 7th. The offense got one back in the 9th on a Taylor RBI double but that was it as they lost 4-2.
Note: Garcia has a 2.35 ERA with 88 K in 61.1 innings this season.
- Marty Costes, RF: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Chandler Taylor, CF: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB
- Michael Papierski, DH: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- J.J. Matijevic, LF: 2-for-3, 2B, BB
- Scott Schreiber, 1B: 2-for-4, RBI, SB
- Luis Garcia, RHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
- Chad Donato, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (46-25) won 7-5 (BOX SCORE)
Bravo started and went 4 innings allowing 5 runs (all in the 4th) while striking out 7. The River Bandits got on the board in the 3rd on a Pena solo HR and Campos RBI double. After falling behind 5-2, they would score 3 runs in the 5th on a run scoring wild pitch, Dennis sac fly and Campos RBI single. They added 2 more in the 7th and 8th with a run scoring on an error and another on a McKenna RBI groundout. Rivera closed it out with 5 scoreless innings.
Note: Adolph is hitting .377 with 1.117 in June.
- Jeremy Pena, SS: 2-for-4, 3 R, HR, RBI, SB
- Ross Adolph, CF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B
- Austin Dennis, RF: 0-for-2, RBI, BB
- Oscar Campos, C: 3-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- David Hensley, 1B: 1-for-4, R, SB
- Alex McKenna, CF: 0-for-3, RBI, BB
- Carlos Machado, LF: 1-for-4, SB
- Jose Bravo, RHP: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
- Jose Rivera, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 6 K (WIN)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (4-7)
Game 1 – lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
- E.P. Reese, LF: 2-for-4
- Nathan Perry, DH: 2-for-3
- Preston Pavlica, CF: 1-for-2, R, HR, RBI
- Jayson Schroeder, RHP: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Miguel Figueroa, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Hansel Paulino, RHP: 0.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Game 2 – lost 7-0 (BOX SCORE)
- Juan Paulino, LF: 1-for-3, SB
- Christian Mejias, RHP: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K
- Michael Horrell, RHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Shea Barry, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
RR: TBD – 7:05 PM CT
CC: Cristian Javier (2.36 ERA) – 7:05 PM CT
FV: TBD – 6:00 PM CT
QC: Felipe Tejada (3.32 ERA) – 6:35 PM CT
TC: Angel Macuare (12.15 ERA) – 6:05 PM CT
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