Astros Minor League Recap: May 9th

Another day of minor league action is in the books. See the results below.

AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (12-20) won 24-8 (BOX SCORE)

Blanco started for Sugar Land and allowed 1 run over 2.1 innings but walked 5. Conn tossed 1.2 scoreless before Allgeyer allowed 3 runs in 2.1 innings. The pen kept the game tight until Lee put them on the board in the 8th with an RBI double. In the 9th, Perez connected on a 2 run HR and then Machado scored on a wild pitch to tie it up. After a scoreless inning from Gomez, Leon was able to walk it off with an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th.

Note: Dirden has 15 RBI in 5 games in May.

• Bligh Madris, LF: 1-for-4, BB
• Grae Kessinger, 3B: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB
• Korey Lee, C: 2-for-5, R, 2 2B, RBI
• Pedro Leon, 2B: 1-for-5, RBI
• Justin Dirden, CF: 1-for-4, R
• Joe Perez, RF: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Dixon Machado, SS: 0-for-1, R, 3 BB

• Ronel Blanco, RHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 1 K
• Devin Conn, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
• Nick Allgeyer, LHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Blake Taylor, LHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
• Parker Mushinski, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Matt Ruppenthal, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
• Cesar Gomez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)

Today’s minor league starters:

SL: TBD – 11:05 CT

CC: Julio Robaina – 5:05 CT

AV: Alex Santos – 10:00 CT; Game 2 – TBD

FV: TBD – 6:05 CT