Astros Minor League Recap: May 9th, 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 (3-1) lost 6-4 (BOX SCORE)
Hartman got the start for the Skeeters in this one. He struggled some though allowed 5 runs in 5 innings. Jones put Sugar Land on the board in the 3rd inning with a 2 run HR, his first of the season. McKee tossed two scoreless innings before Blanco allowed a run in the 8th. The Skeeters rallied for 2 runs in the 9th on a Jones 2 run double, but that was all they would get as they dropped this one 6-4.
Note: Jones has a 1.841 OPS in 3 games.
- Bryan De La Cruz, CF: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Ronnie Dawson, RF: 1-for-2, 2 R, 2B, 3 BB
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, BB
- Lorenzo Quintana, DH: 2-for-5
- Jose Siri, LF: 2-for-5, 2 2B
- Ryan Hartman, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Colin McKee, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Ronel Blanco, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (2-4) lost 7-5 (BOX SCORE)
Donato made his second start of the season and pitched well allowing just 1 run over 4 innings of work. The Hooks put a 5 spot on the Missions in the 4th on a Kessinger RBI single and Manea grand slam to go up 5-1. Unfortunately, Rosado relieved Donato and allowed 4 runs in 3 innings and Collado allowed 2 more. The offense was unable to get anything else going and the Hooks lost 7-5.
Note: Donato has 9 K in 7 IP this season.
- Corey Julks, CF: 2-for-4, SB
- David Hensley, SS: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Colton Shaver, 3B: 1-for-3, R
- Norel Gonzalez, DH: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Grae Kessinger, 2B: 1-for-4, R, RBI
- Scott Manea, C: 1-for-3, R, HR, 4 RBI, BB
- Chad Donato, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Cesar Rosado, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Willy Collado, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
A+: Asheville Tourists (3-2) CANCELLED
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (1-5) lost 8-5 (BOX SCORE)
Tamarez got the start for the Woodpeckers and allowed 2 runs over 4 innings. Fayetteville got two runs back in the third on solo HRs from Daniels and Barefoot. After a scoreless inning from Garcia, Gomez came in and allowed 6 runs in 2.1 innings. Ramirez connected on a solo HR in the 6th and then Whitcomb had a 2 run single in the 7th but it wasn’t enough as the Woodpeckers dropped this one, 8-5.
Note: Whitcomb is hitting .389 in 4 games this season.
- Joe Perez, 3B: 2-for-4, BB
- Zach Daniels, CF: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- J.C. Correa, SS: 1-for-4, R
- Matthew Barefoot, CF: 1-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI, 2 BB
- Shay Whitcombd, DH: 2-for-5, RBI
- Justin Dirden, RF: 1-for-5, 2B
- Yeuris Ramirez, 1B: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- Ronaldo Urdaneta, 2B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB, 2 SB
- Misael Tamarez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
- Freylin Garcia, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Cesar Gomez, RHP: 2.1 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Kevin Holcomb, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
SL: TBD – 7:35 PM CT
CC: OFF
AV: OFF
FV: OFF
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