Astros Minor League Recap: June 30th, 2019
Another day of minor league action in the books. See the results below.
AAA: Round Rock Express (48-34) won 7-6 (BOX SCORE)
Bielak turned in another quality outing allowing 3 runs over 6 innings. Tucker put the Express out in front early with a grand slam in the first inning. Reed added an RBI single in the 4th and a solo HR in the 7th. The pen allowed some runs but the Express were able hold on for the 7-6 win.
Note: Tucker has a .954 in 76 games this season.
- Alex De Goti, SS: 1-for-4, RBI
- Derek Fisher, RF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Joshua Rojas, 2B: 1-for-3, R
- Drew Ferguson, CF: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Kyle Tucker, LF: 1-for-2, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, SB
- AJ Reed, 1B: 3-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-3, R, 2B
- Brandon Bielak, RHP: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 0 K (WIN)
- Kit Scheetz, LHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Felip Paulino, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (37-42) lost 11-6 (BOX SCORE)
LaRue started for the Hooks and got roughed up allowing 9 runs over 3.2 innings. The Hooks scored early though on a leadoff HR from De La Cruz and another run scoring on a wild pitch in the first inning. Duarte added a solo HR in the 5th. The Hooks got a couple more runs on a Toro solo HR in the 7th and a De La Cruz 2 run double in the 8th. It wasn’t enough though as they lost 11-6.
Note: De La Cruz is hitting .311 in 15 games in AA.
- Bryan De La Cruz, LF: 3-for-5, R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
- Ronnie Dawson, CF: 1-for-4, R, BB, SB
- Abraham Toro, 2B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Granden Goetzman, RF: 1-for-4, 2B, BB
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Carson LaRue, RHP: 3.2 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 8 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
- Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
- Colin McKee, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Justin Ferrell, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A+: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (37-43) won 8-4 (BOX SCORE)
France started for the Woodpeckers and allowed 1 run over 5 innings. The offense got the scoring started scoring 2 runs in the first on Julks and Adams sac flies. They got another in the 2nd on an Arauz solo HR. The Pelicans took a 4-3 lead but the Woodpeckers rebounded with 4 runs in the 8th on on an Adams grand slam. Manea added a sac fly in the 8th to make it 8-4. Billingsley closed it out tossing 2 scoreless innings.
Note: Adams has 12 HR, 52 RBI in 67 games this season.
- Jeremy Pena, 2B: 2-for-4, 2 R, BB
- Jake Meyers, CF: 1-for-3, R
- Corey Julks, RF: 1-for-1, R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
- Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-3, R, HR, 5 RBI
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Miguelangel Sierra, 3B: 2-for-4, R, 3B
- Ruben Castro, C: 1-for-3, R, BB
- J.P. France, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Jojanse Torres, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 0 K (WIN)
- Jacob Billingsley, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (SAVE)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (48-26) SUSPENDED
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (6-9) won 5-3 (BOX SCORE)
- Andres Santana, RF: 2-for-5, RBI
- Grae Kessinger, SS: 2-for-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Zach Biermann, LF: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB
- C.J. Stubbs, C: 1-for-3, BB
- AJ Lee, 2B: 3-for-3, 3 R, BB, SB
- Cole McDonald, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Manny Ramirez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
- Hansel Paulino, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Julio Robaina, LHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
RR: TBD – 6:05 PM CT
CC: Brandon Bailey (3.55 ERA) – 7:05 PM CT
FV: TBD – 6:00 PM CT
QC: Matt Ruppenthal (4.40 ERA) – 6:30 PM CT
TC: TBD – 6:00 PM CT
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