Astros Minor League Recap: June 3rd, 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 (17-7) lost 8-1 (BOX SCORE)
Donato made his AAA debut and struggled a bit allowing 6 runs over 3.2 innings. The offense only scored one run on the night and that came on a Siri RBI double in the first inning. Kelly and Eades has scoreless outings in relief but the Skeeters’ offense was unable to get anything going and dropped this one 8-1.
Note: Siri has 32 RBI in 22 games this season.
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Jose Siri, RF: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Lorenzo Quintana, C: 2-for-4, 2B
- Chad Donato, RHP: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
- Michael Kelly, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Brandon Bielak, RHP: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Ryan Eades, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (11-15) lost 12-7 (BOX SCORE)
Rosado started and things completely unraveled in the 2nd inning. After a scoreless first inning, Rosado allowed 6 runs in the 2nd before getting pulled for McKee. Unfortunately McKee allowed another 4 runs as the Hooks went down 10-0 in the 2nd inning. McKee would allow 2 more in the 3rd. The Hooks offense got on the board in the 3rd inning on a Gonzalez RBI groundout and a run scoring on a wild pitch. They picked up another run in the 4th on a Stubbs RBI single. They got 2 more runs in the 6th on a Stubbs RBI groundout and Costes RBI single to make it 12-5. The offense kept battling getting two more in the 7th on a wild pitch and Taylor sac fly. Mushinski pitched in relief and tossed 5 scoreless innings. Unfortunately the offense was unable to finish the comeback and lost 12-7.
Note: Matijevic has a .878 OPS in 21 games this season.
- Marty Costes, RF: 2-for-5, RBI
- J.J. Matijevic, DH: 2-for-5, R, 2B
- Norel Gonzalez, 1B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Jake Adams, 3B: 1-for-4, R, BB
- David Hensley, 2B: 1-for-4, 2B, BB
- Chandler Taylor, CF: 1-for-2, R, RBI, BB
- Corey Julks, LF: 1-for-4, R
- Pedro Leon, SS: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB
- C.J. Stubbs, C: 1-for-3, R, RBI
- Cesar Rosado, RHP: 1.2 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Colin McKee, RHP: 1.1 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Parker Mushinski, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 K
A+: Asheville Tourists (13-13) won 3-1 (BOX SCORE)
Bravo got the start for the Tourists and pitched really well striking out 7 over 6 innings while allowing just 1 run. The Tourists got all 3 of their runs on a Valdez 3 run HR in the 3rd, his 5th HR of the season. Ceballos has 1.2 scoreless innings in relief. He was relieved by Tejada who tossed a scoreless inning before Casey came in and got the final out to close it.
Note: Valdez has 5 HR, 24 RBI in 23 games this season.
- Enmanuel Valdez, 3B: 1-for-3, R, HR, 3 RBI, BB
- Alex Holderbach, 1B: 1-for-3, R
- AJ Lee, SS: 0-for-1, R, 2 BB, SB
- Jose Bravo, RHP: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K (WIN)
- Yeremi Ceballos, LHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
- Felipe Tejada, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Chandler Casey, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (9-16) POSTPONED
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
SL: TBD – 7:05 CT
CC: J.P. France (4.35 ERA) – 7:00 CT
AV: Danny Cody (8.74 ERA) – 6:05 CT
FV: TBD – 3:00 CT
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