Astros Minor League Recap: May 30th, 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 (15-6) won 8-0 (BOX SCORE)
Torres started for the Skeeters and tossed 4 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts. Dawson put the Skeeters on the board in the 3rd inning with a grand slam, his 2nd HR of the season. That was followed up with a Siri RBI single and Hinojosa sacrifice fly as the Skeeters took a 6-0 lead. In the 6th, the offense added two more runs on a Toro RBI single and a run scoring on an error. Martinez relieved Torres and tossed 2 scoreless with 5 strikeouts. McKee closed it out with 3 perfect innings and 5 strikeouts to seal the win.
Note: Dawson is hitting .318 with 21 BB in 18 games.
- Alex De Goti, 2B: 3-for-4, 2 R, 3 2B, BB
- Ronnie Dawson, CF: 1-for-2, R, HR, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 2 SB
- Abraham Toro, DH: 3-for-5, R, 2B, RBI, SB
- Jose Siri, RF: 1-for-5, R, RBI
- Lorenzo Quintana, 1B: 2-for-4
- C.J. Hinojosa, 3B: 0-for-3, RBI
- Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-3, R
- Jojanse Torres, RHP: 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
- Seth Martinez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Colin McKee, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (WIN)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (11-12) won 7-0 (BOX SCORE)
Bermudez started for the Hooks and went 4.2 scoreless innings while striking out 6. It took a while to get the offense going but they put up a 3 spot in the 6th on a Leon bases loaded walk and a Stubbs 2 run single. In the 7th, the Hooks got two more runs on a Gonzalez 2 run HR. The offense added more insurance in the 8th scoring two runs on a Matijevic RBI single and Hensley RBI single. France closed it out tossing 4 perfect innings with 7 strikeouts.
Note: Bermudez has a 2.66 ERA with 3 BB/39 K in 23.2 innings.
- Marty Costes, RF: 2-for-5, R
- J.J. Matijevic, 1B: 2-for-5, R, RBI
- Norel Gonzalez, LF: 2-for-5, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
- David Hensley, SS: 2-for-5, RBI
- Chandler Taylor, DH: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Grae Kessinger, 2B: 0-for-3, R, BB, SB
- Pedro Leon, CF: 0-for-2, RBI, 2 BB
- C.J. Stubbs, C: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI, SB
- Jonathan Bermudez, LHP: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Jon Olczak, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- J.P. France, RHP: 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K (WIN)
A+: Asheville Tourists (12-11) lost 6-2 (BOX SCORE)
The offense got on the board early scoring 2 runs in the first on a fielder’s choice and error. Ruppenthal got the start for the Tourists and went 3 innings allowing 4 runs. He was relieved by Endersby who allowed 2 runs over 4 innings with 5 strikeouts. Tejada tossed 2 scoreless innings in relief but the offense was unable to get anything else going.
Note: Tejada has a 1.32 ERA with 20 K in 13.2 innings.
- Matthew Barefoot, CF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Korey Lee, C: 1-for-3
- Scott Schreiber, RF: 0-for-3, RBI, BB
- Matt Ruppenthal, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
- Jimmy Endersby, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Felipe Tejada, RHP: 2.10 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (9-15) lost 12-2 (BOX SCORE)
Barry started for Fayetteville and struggled allowing 5 runs over 3.2 innings, all scoring in the 4th. The Woodpeckers got their first run in the 4th on a Paulino solo HR. Vega relieved Barry and allowed 4 runs in 2.1 innings. The offense got one run back in the 7th on an Alvarez sac fly, but Meszaros came in and allowed 3 more runs as the Woodpeckers lost 12-2.
- Juan Paulino, C: 2-for-3, R, 2B, HR, RBI, BB
- Kenedy Corona, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Jose Alvarez, 1B: 0-for-3, RBI
- Shea Barry, RHP: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Luis Vega, RHP: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Janos Meszaros, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Whit Drennan, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
SL: TBD – 2:05 CT
CC: OFF
AV: OFF
FV: OFF
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