Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Tuesday, June 20, 2017

El Paso 11, Fresno 7 in 10 innings

W- Logan Bawcom (1-3)
L- Reymin Guduan (4-4)

Fresno home runs: Jon Kemmer (9, 2-run in 2nd), Max Stassi (7, 3-run in 4th), Colin Moran (16, 2-run in 8th)

Colin Moran tied the game with his 2-run shot in the 8th... but the Chihuahuas went off for 4 in the first extra frame to regain control of the game.

All 7 Fresno runs came on the three home runs they launched on Tuesday; Jon Kemmer put them on the board with his 2-run homer in the 2nd. Max Stassi clubbed a 3-run shot in the 4th, and as mentioned above, Moran smacked a 2-run homer in the 8th to tie the game at 7. Teoscar Hernandez finished 3-5 with a stolen base (9) and scored a run; he's got a nice little 6-game hitting streak going. Kemmer (2-R HR, 2 R) and Preston Tucker (2B, R) had 2 hits apiece.

Kyle Smith went 4 innings and allowed 6 runs on 7 hits (2-run homer) and struck out 5. Tyson Perez allowed a run on a solo homer, two other hits, and struck out 1 in the 5th. Brendan McCurry worked around a hit to throw a scoreless 6th, striking out 1. Kevin Comer followed with 2 scoreless out of the bullpen, allowing a hit and fanning 1. Reymin Guduan pitched a scoreless 9th, but El Paso got to him and Jordan Jankowski in the 10th. In 1.1 innings, Guduan allowed 2 runs, both of which were inherited runners charged to him, on 3 hits and struck out 1. Jankowski got the last 2 outs of the 10th, but not before he allowed 2 runs on 3 hits (3-run homer; 1 run charged to Guduan).

Fresno has today off. They'll start a 4-game series with Sacramento on Thursday at 7:05 Pacific as Trent Thornton takes on Andrew Suarez.

Corpus Christi 6, San Antonio 1

W- Cy Sneed (6-4)
L- Charles Nading (0-2)

CC home runs: Kyle Tucker (4, 13 season; solo in 6th), Jon Singleton (12, 2-run in 8th)

Corpus erupted for 5 in the 8th to break a 1-1 tie; they scored the last 6 runs of this game.

Kyle Tucker put the Hooks on the board with a solo blast in the 6th inning and in the lead with a 2-run double in the 8th. Little Tuck then advanced to 3rd on a wild pitch and scored on a J.D. Davis single. One batter later, Jon Singleton launched a 2-run homer. Tucker (2B, solo HR, 3 RBI, 2 R) and Jack Mayfield both finished 2-4 on the evening.

Josh James didn't get any run support, but that didn't prevent him from turning in an excellent outing; he went 5 innings and allowed a run on 3 hits, walked 2, and struck out 7. The Missions' only run came in the 1st inning, so he and Cy Sneed shut them out for 8 innings. Speaking of Cy Sneed, he went 4 innings and allowed a hit, walked 3, and struck out 4.

Kent Emanuel will start the series finale. He'll face Michael Kelly at 7:05.

Carolina League All-Star Game

The North beat the South by a final score of 2-0.

Myles Straw went 2-4 at the plate, while Nick Hernandez worked around a hit to throw a scoreless 8th.

Buies Creek resumes play on Thursday when they begin a 4-game series in Winston-Salem.

Midwest League All-Star Game

The West All-Stars came away with a 5-2 win.

Carson LaRue got the first two outs of the 8th via strikeout. Marcos Almonte and Chuckie Robinson both entered the game in the 5th. Almonte went 0-2 at the plate while Robinson popped out in his only plate appearance in the 8th inning. Yordan Alvarez and Enoli Paredes did not appear in this game.

The Banditos return to action on Thursday against Cedar Rapids.

Connecticut 9, Tri-City 0

W- Daniel Gonzalez (1-0)
L- Carlos Hiraldo (0-1)

TC home runs: None.

The ValleyCats began their 2017 campaign with a sputter. Connecticut removed all doubts regarding the outcome of this game with 5 runs in the 7th inning.

Kristian Trompiz went 2-3 with a double and 2 stolen bases (2, 4 season). Abraham Toro's double was TC's only other hit.

Carlos Hiraldo went 4 innings and allowed 4 runs on 4 hits (solo homer), walked 3, and struck out 5. Diogenes Almengo was the first man out of the ValleyCats bullpen and went 2.2 innings, allowing 3 runs (2 inherited runners charged to him) on 3 hits (solo homer), walking 3, and striking out 2. Colin McKee got the last out of the 7th, but not before he allowed the 2 runs he inherited from Almengo to score. McKee also allowed a 2-run single and walked 3. Ben Smith struck out 2 and hit a batter in a scoreless 8th.

Tri-City will play in front of their home crowd for the first time this season as they welcome the Lowell Spinners to Troy for a 3-game set starting at 7:00 Eastern.

DSL Braves 7, DSL Astros Blue 5

W- Willians Vasquez (1-1)
L- Nathanael Ventura (1-1)
S- Filyer Sanchez (1)

Blue home runs: None.

The Blue team held the Braves to 6 hits, but they lost in the column that counts.

Rhandall Sanchez and Ronaldo Urdaneta scored on wild pitches in the 5th inning. Urdaneta scored another run when he came home on a Samir Caraballo single in the 7th, and Yeuris Ramirez ripped a 2-run double in the 8th. Ramirez and Anthony Rodriguez had 2 hits apiece in this one.

Fredis Guerrero went 4 innings and allowed 2 runs on 4 hits while striking out 3. Gustavo Almonte got 3 groundball outs in a 1-2-3 5th. Nathanael Ventura came on for the 6th but failed to record an out, allowing 3 runs (2 earned, all inherited runners charged to him) and walking 2. Nivaldo Rodriguez took ownership of the 6th and pitched the final 3 innings, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 2 hits, walking 1, and striking out 4.

DSL Astros Orange 7, DSL Indians/Brewers 1

W- Jose Alberto Rivera (1-0)
L- Daritzon Feliz (0-3)

Orange home runs: None.

Team Orange led 5-0 after 2 innings and coasted to the win.

Jose Alberto Rivera struck out 3 in 5 innings; the one baserunner he allowed was the result of an error he committed. Freylin Garcia and Christian Mejias pitched 2 innings apiece; Garcia allowed a run on 2 hits and struck out 1, while Mejias allowed 2 hits and fanned 2.

Deury Carrasco doubled to lead off the 1st. He advanced to 3rd on a Freudis Nova single and scored the first run of the day when Euclides Chavez grounded out. Jose Carrillo followed with an RBI single to score Nova and Jose Alvarez also singled. They both scored when Jeury Castillo ripped a double. Carrillo hit another RBI single in the 2nd; Nova also scored on that play. In the 5th, Carrillo got plunked and scored on an error that allowed Jeury to reach. Carrillo capped off the day with another RBI single in the 7th.

Nova scored on all 3 of Carrillo's RBI singles. He and Alvarez both finished 2-3.

Tuesday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.

Jose Carrillo, C, DSL Astros Orange: 3-3, 3 RBI, 2 R
Freudis Nova, IF, DSL Astros Orange: 2-3, 3 R
Jose Alberto Rivera, RHP, DSL Astros Orange: W (1-0), 5 IP, 3 K
Freylin Garcia, RHP, DSL Astros Orange: 2 IP, 2 H, ER, K
Christian Mejias, RHP, DSL Astros Orange: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 K

Corpus Christi Hooks pitchers

W 6-1 vs. San Antonio

9 IP, 4 H, ER, 5 BB, 11 K

Josh James: 5 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 BB, 7 K

Cy Sneed: W (6-4), 4 IP, H, 3 BB, 4 K

Kyle Tucker, OF, Corpus Christi

2-4, 2B, solo HR (4, 13 season), 3 RBI

Jon Kemmer, OF, Fresno

2-4, 2-R HR (9), 2 R

Carson LaRue, RHP, Quad Cities

0.2 IP, 2 K in Midwest League All-Star Game