Astros Minor League Recap: May 5th, 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 – NO GAME
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (1-1) won 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
France got the start for the Hooks and had a dominant night. He allowed 2 runs over 6 innings while racking up 11 strikeouts. The Hooks got their first run in the 4th on a Manea RBI single. In the bottom of the 6th, Kessinger connected on a 2 run shot to give the Hooks a 3-2 lead. Paredes made a rehab appearance and tossed a scoreless 7th inning. Julks added a little insurance with an RBI double in the 8th. Beck closed it out with 2 scoreless innings and 5 strikeouts.
- Pedro Leon, SS: 0-for-4, 3 K
- J.J. Matijevic, LF: 2-for-3, BB
- Chandler Taylor, DH: 2-for-3, R, BB, SB
- Corey Julks, RF: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB
- Scott Manea, C: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Grae Kessinger, 2B: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- J.P. France, RHP: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 11 K (WIN)
- Enoli Paredes, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Hunter Peck, LHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (SAVE)
A+: Asheville Tourists (1-1) won 6-1 (BOX SCORE)
McDonald got the start for the Tourists but went just 1 scoreless inning. Not sure if it was injury related or not. The Tourists got their first run in the first inning on a Schreiber RBI triple. McDonald was relieved by Casey who tossed 4 scoreless innings. The Tourists blew the game open a bit in the 4th scoring 4 runs on a Lee RBI groundout and a 3 run single from Valdez. Cody tossed 3 innings in relief allowing just 1 run. The Tourists picked up another run in the 8th on a Rodriguez RBI single. Conn came in for the 9th inning and closed it out with a scoreless inning.
- Alex McKenna, CF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 BBB
- Enmanuel Valdez, 2B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Korey Lee, C: 1-for-4, R
- Scott Schreiber, 1B: 1-for-4, 3B, RBI
- Wilyer Abreu, DH: 0-for-3, R, BB, SB
- Freudis Nova, SS: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB, SB
- Ramiro Rodriguez, RF: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Cole McDonald, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Chandler Casey, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (WIN)
- Danny Cody, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Devin Conn, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (0-2) lost 5-3 (BOX SCORE)
Moclair made his 2021 debut for the Woodpeckers as he tossed 4 scoreless innings with 7 strikeouts. The Woodpeckers picked up their first run on a wild pitch in the 5th inning. Jimenez relieved Moclair but allowed 3 runs in 2.2 innings. Urdaneta brought the Woodpeckers closer as he connected on a solo HR in the top of the 8th. Mezquita relieved Jimenez but faced some tough luck as he allowed 2 unearned runs and the Mudcats extended their lead to 5-2. The Woodpeckers got one run back in the 9th, but fell 5-3.
- Ronaldo Urdaneta, 2B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Nerio Rodriguez, DH: 0-for-1, R, 3 BB
- Luke Berryhill, C: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Adonis Giron, RF: 1-for-4, 2B
- Mark Moclair, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
- Alfredi Jimenez, RHP: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Cristofer Mezquita, LHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
SL: TBD – 7:35 PM CT
CC: Jonathan Bermudez (-.– ERA) – 6:35 PM CT
AV: Matt Ruppenthal (-.– ERA) – 5:35 PM CT
FV: TBD – 6:00 PM CT
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