Astros Minor League Recap: June 28th, 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 (26-20) lost 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
France started for the Skeeters and pitched pretty well striking out 9 over 4.2 innings while allowing 2 runs. De La Cruz put the Skeeters on the board in the 3rd with an RBI single and in the 4th the Skeeters got 2 more on Stubbs and De Goti RBI singles. McKee and Kelly both had scoreless outings in relief. Papierski added an RBI single in the 8th to make it 4-2 Skeeters. Blanco came on to close it in the 9th and allowed 2 runs as OKC tied it up at 4. The game went to extras and OKC scored a run off of Martes in the 11th. The run was unearned and Martes struck out 4 in his 2 innings. The Skeeters went down in order in the 11th as they lost this one 5-4.
Note: France has 63 K in 41.1 innings this season.
- Alex De Goti, SS: 1-for-6, RBI
- Jake Meyers, LF: 2-for-5
- C.J. Hinojosa, 3B: 3-for-5, R, 2B, SB
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Jose Siri, CF: 2-for-5, R, SB
- Michael Papierski, 1B: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- Garrett Stubbs, DH: 1-for-5, R, RBI
- J.P. France, RHP: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 9 K
- Colin McKee, RHP: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Michael Kelly, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Ronel Blanco, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Francis Martes, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (22-26) OFF
A+: Asheville Tourists (22-25) OFF
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (17-29) OFF
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
SL: Brett Conine (3.86 ERA) – 7:05 CT
CC: TBD – 7:05 CT
AV: TBD – 6:00 CT
FV: TBD – 5:30 CT
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