Astros Minor League Recap: May 23rd, 2021
Another day of minor league baseball is in the books and you can see all the Astros affiliates results below.
AAA: Sugar Land Skeeters (10-5) won 7-2 (BOX SCORE)
Valdez made his second rehab start and had a solid outing tossing 4 scoreless innings. He threw 54 pitches, 29 for strikes. Taylor also pitched a scoreless inning in a rehab stint. The offense got on the board in the 2nd inning scoring 3 runs on a Rivera sac fly and Papierski 2 run double. In the 5th, Siri added an RBI double to make it 4-0. Siri wasn’t done though as he connected on a 3 run HR in the 7th to make it 7-0. Dubin closed the game out striking out 6 over 4 innings while allowing 2 runs.
Note: Siri is hitting .404 with 5 HR, 28 RBI this season.
- Bryan De La Cruz, CF: 1-for-4, BB
- Ronnie Dawson, DH: 1-for-5, R
- Alex De Goti, SS: 2-for-4, 2 R
- Jose Siri, LF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
- Jake Meyers, RF: 1-for-4, R
- C.J. Hinojosa, 2B: 1-for-4, R
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Yadiel Rivera, 3B: 1-for-3, RBI
- Michael Papierski, 1B: 1-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Framber Valdez, LHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Blake Taylor, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Shawn Dubin, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (WIN)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (6-11) lost 3-0 (BOX SCORE)
Donato got the start for the Hooks and pitched well allowing just 2 runs over 5 innings of work while striking out 6. Mushinski relieved Donato and was solid in relief allowing just 1 run over 3.2 innings with 5 strikeouts. Unfortunately, the offense really struggled picking up just 5 hits, all singles, and they were unable to put any runs on the board in the 3-0 loss.
Note: Donato has 3 BB/20 K in 16 inning this season.
- Pedro Leon, CF: 1-for-4
- J.J. Matijevic, LF: 2-for-4
- Chandler Taylor, DH: 1-for-4
- David Hensley, 3B: 1-for-4
- Chad Donato, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Parker Mushinski, LHP: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Michael Kelly, RHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A+: Asheville Tourists (8-9) won 13-12 (BOX SCORE)
Rivera got the start for Asheville and struggled allowing 5 runs in 2.1 innings. The Tourists fell behind early but got 3 runs in the 3rd on a Rodriguez solo HR and a Lee 2 run double. In the 5th they scored 3 more runs on a Valdez 3 run HR. They followed that up with two more runs in the 6th on an Orr 2 run HR. The Drive would get 4 runs off Cody and 3 runs off Conn to re-take the lead. The Tourists went into the 8th down 12-8 but rallied for 4 runs on a Lee RBI single and a 3 run double from Schreiber. In the bottom of the 9th, A.J. Lee came through with a walk-off RBI single to send the Tourists home with a 13-12 win.
Note: Lee is hitting .318 with 3 HR, 10 RBI this season.
- Alex McKenna, RF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, BB
- Enmanuel Valdez, 2B: 2-for-4, 3 R, HR, 3 RBI, BB
- Korey Lee, DH: 3-for-5, R, 2B, 3 RBI
- Scott Schreiber, 1B: 2-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI, BB
- Alex Holderbach, C: 2-for-5, R, 2 2B
- Cody Orr, 3B: 2-for-5, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, SB
- Ramiro Rodriguez, CF: 2-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- AJ Lee, SS: 1-for-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB
- Jose Alberto Rivera, RHP: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
- Daniel Procopio, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Danny Cody, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Devin Conn, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Chandler Casey, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (9-9) won 9-1 (BOX SCORE)
De Paula started for the Woodpeckers and was dominant tossing 5 scoreless innings while striking out 8. The offense finally got on the board in the 5th on a Paulino RBI single. In the 6th, the Woodpeckers blew it open getting 5 runs on a Whitcomb RBI single, Rodriguez RBI single, Correa RBI single and a Ramirez 2 run double. In the 7th, they added 3 more runs on a Correa 2 run HR and a Corona RBI single. Barry allowed 1 run over 3 innings in relief and then Sprinkle closed it out with a scoreless 9th.
Note: De Paula has 21 K in 13.2 innings this season.
- Ronaldo Urdaneta, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2 BB, SB
- Shay Whitcomb, 3B: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Nerio Rodriguez, DH: 2-for-5, R, 2B, 3B, RBI
- Justin Dirden, RF: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, BB
- J.C. Correa, SS: 2-for-4, 3 R, HR, 3 RBI, BB, SB
- Yeuris Ramirez, 2B: 1-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Juan Paulino, C: 2-for-4, RBI, BB
- Kenedy Corona, RF: 1-for-5, RBI
- Brayan De Paula, LHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K (WIN)
- Shea Barry, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Jonathan Sprinkle, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
SL: TBD – 4:05 CT; Game 2 – TBD
CC: OFF
AV: OFF
FV: OFF
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