Astros Minor League Recap: June 22nd, 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 (25-11) lost 11-7 (BOX SCORE)
France started for the Skeeters and went 3 innings allowing just 1 run. He was relieved by Olczak who allowed 6 runs in 2 innings. The offense got on the board in the second on a Papierski RBI double. They picked up another run in the 4th on a Shaver RBI single. In the 5th, they scored 2 runs on a De La Cruz 2 run double. McKee came in next and allowed a run and Blanco allowed 3 in his inning of work. Matijevic added a solo HR in the 7th. In the 9th, the Skeeters got solo HRs from Meyers and Siri but it wasn’t enough to complete the rally.
Note: Meyers is hitting .306 with 8 HR in June.
- Jake Meyers, RF: 2-for-5, 2 R, HR, RBI
- J.J. Matijevic, LF: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI
- Bryan De La Cruz, CF: 4-for-5, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
- Jose Siri, DH: 1-for-5, 2 R, HR, RBI, SB
- Michael Papierski, 1B: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB
- Colton Shaver, C: 2-for-3, RBI, BB
- AJ Lee, SS: 1-for-4, 2B
- J.P. France, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
- Jon Olczak, RHP: 2.0 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Colin McKee, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Ronel Blanco, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Kit Scheetz, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (18-24) lost 6-4 (BOX SCORE)
Bermudez started for the Hooks and went 5 innings allowing 3 runs with 5 strikeouts. The offense took a 2-0 lead in the 2nd getting an RBI triple from Lee and a Manea RBI single. In the 4th, the Hooks got back to back HRs from Lee and Manea to take the lead. Conn relieved Bermudez and allowed a run and Henderson allowed 2 runs as the Sod Poodles took the lead. The offense was unable to make a comeback as the Hooks fell 6-4.
KOREY LEE SOLO HR!!! pic.twitter.com/Xrtz8Hh1Sn
— Astros Future (@AstrosFuture) June 23, 2021
Note: Lee is hitting .331 in 36 games this season.
- Chandler Taylor, RF: 1-for-4, R
- Korey Lee, C: 3-for-4, 2 R, 3B, HR, 2 RBI
- Scott Manea, DH: 2-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Jonathan Bermudez, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Devin Conn, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Layne Henderson, RHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Felipe Tejada, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
A+: Asheville Tourists (19-23) won 15-14 (BOX SCORE)
Ruppenthal started and allowed 4 runs over 5 innings. The offense came out on fire scoring 6 runs in the first inning on a Schreiber RBI single, Valdez 3 run HR, Stubbs RBI double and Carrasco RBI double. They got 3 more in the 2nd on another Valdez 3 run HR. After the Dash got a couple back, the Tourists scored 3 more in the 4th on a Holderbach 2 run double and Orr RBI double. Valdez would add an RBI double in the 6th and McKenna connected on a solo HR in the 7th. The final run came from an Orr RBI double. The bullpen struggled with Cody allowed 6 runs in just 0.2 innings. Ceballos allowed 2 runs in the 9th but was able to close it out.
Note: Valdez has 12 HR, 46 RBI in 38 games this season.
- Alex McKenna, CF: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- Wilyer Abreu, RF: 0-for-4, R, BB
- Joe Perez, 3B: 2-for-5, 2 R
- Scott Schreiber, 1B: 4-for-4, 5 R, RBI, BB
- Enmanuel Valdez, 2B: 4-for-5, 3 R, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI
- Alex Holderbach, C: 1-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Cody Orr, LF: 3-for-5, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
- C.J. Stubbs, DH: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB, SB
- Deury Carrasco, SS: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB
- Matt Ruppenthal, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Danny Cody, RHP: 0.2 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Chandler Casey, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Yeremi Ceballos, LHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (SAVE)
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (16-25) won 4-1 (BOX SCORE)
Robaina started for the Woodpeckers and tossed 5 innings allowing just 1 unearned run. The offense picked ip 2 runs in the first on a Rodriguez 2 run double and 2 runs in the 6th on a Berryhill 2 run double. Santos relieved Robaina making his Astros minor league debut (2nd round pick in 2020) and pitched well striking out 5 over 2.2 scoreless innings. Tokar closed it out with 1.1 scoreless innings.
Note: Perry and Santos both made their 2021 debuts last night.
- Nathan Perry, C: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Jordan Brewer, LF: 2-for-4, R
- Nerio Rodriguez, DH: 1-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI
- J.C. Correa, SS: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Zach Daniels, CF: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Luke Berryhill, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Julio Robaina, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K (WIN)
- Alex Santos, RHP: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Heitor Tokar, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
SL: OFF
CC: TBD – 6:35 CT
AV: Angel Macuare (9.90 ERA) – 5:35 CT
FV: TBD – 6:00 CT
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