What the Heck, Bobby?: Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Saturday, June 9, 2018

Oklahoma City 4, Fresno 2

W- Jason Richman (1-0)
L- Trent Thornton (4-4)
S- Joe Broussard (4)

Fresno home runs: Tyler White (12, solo in 1st), A.J. Reed (13, solo in 6th)

The Dodgers got two in the 7th to take the lead and one more in the 9th for insurance as they evened up the series

The two solo home runs you see above represented all the scoring that Fresno did on Saturday. A.J. Reed finished 3-4, while Tyler White and J.D. Davis both went 2-4.

Trent Thornton went seven innings, allowing three runs on eight hits (two-run homer), walking one, and striking out five. Buddy Boshers pitched the last two innings and allowed a run on two hits, walked one, and struck out one.

Rogelio Armenteros will face Guillermo Moscoso in game three of this series. First pitch is at 5:05 Pacific.

San Antonio 9, Corpus Christi 4

W- Cal Quantrill (5-3)
L- Yoanys Quiala (5-5)

CC home runs: None.

The Hooks fell behind 7-0 after the 4th. They attempted to rally back but the Missions salted this one away with a couple of insurance runs in the top of the 9th.

Randy César hit a one-out double in the 6th to extend his hitting streak to 31 games. He advanced to third on a Ryne Birk single and scored Corpus Christi's first run when Birk was forced out at second. Stephen Wrenn, who hit into that force out, stole second and scored on a Jamie Ritchie single. Ritchie came home on a single from Alex De Goti. Wrenn led off the 8th with a double and Ritchie took his place at second after smacking a double of his own. Ritchie went 3-4 on the night. Josh Rojas finished 2-5.

Yoanys Quiala went three innings and allowed five runs on five hits (solo and two-run homers), walked three, and struck out three. Erasmo Pinales was the first man out of the Hooks bullpen and he allowed two runs on two hits, walked two, and struck out five in his two innings. Chris Nunn was the only Corpus pitcher to turn in a scoreless outing as he allowed three hits, walked two, and struck out three in three innings. Kit Scheetz allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits and struck out one in the 9th.

Jorge Alcala will make his first Texas League start in game two of this series. He'll take on former Astros draft pick Jacob Nix at 6:05.

Buies Creek 6, Down East 1

W- Brandon Bielak (5-3)
L- Steven Bruce (1-2)

BC home runs: Jake Adams 2 (2, 10 season; 2-run in 5th, 2-run in 8th)

Jake Adams opened up his account in the Carolina League and spurred the Carolina Stros to a series win in the latest iteration of the Lone Star Series in North Carolina.

Both of Adams' hits in this game left the yard and both of them resulted in two runs. He opened the scoring in the 5th with his first two-run blast. Ronnie Dawson ripped an RBI double in the 6th and scored on a Troy Sieber single. Adams launched his second two-run homer of the evening in the 8th inning to bring in the last two Buies Creek runs. He and Luis Payano both finished 2-4; Dawson scored three times.

Brandon Bielak allowed two hits, walked one, and struck out five over five shutout innings. The Wood Ducks spoiled the shutout with a homer off Adam Bleday in the bottom of the 8th, which was the only hit that he allowed in his 2.1 innings of work. Bleday also walked one and struck out four. Robert Corniel struck out one over 1.2 perfect innings to secure the win.

The Carolina Stros will look for the sweep at 4:00 Eastern.

Quad Cities 7, Peoria 5

W- Patrick Sandoval (6-1)
L- Alex Fagalde (1-2)
S- Willy Collado (1)

QC home runs: Bryan de la Cruz (2, 2-run in 5th), Cody Bohanek (3, 2-run in 8th)

The Banditos were on their way to a shutout win... until the Chiefs woke up and made the result of this game a little less certain. Fortunately, Quad Cities found a way to put out the fire and secured the win.

Patrick Sandoval allowed just three hits and struck out seven over five shutout innings. César Rosado cruised through two innings but the wheels fell off for him in the 8th inning. In 2.1 innings, Rosado allowed five runs (one inherited runner charged to him) on five hits, walked two, and struck out three. Willy Collado did allow one of the two runners he inherited from Rosado to score on a sac fly, but he prevented Peoria from inflicting any further damage. He went 1.2 innings, walking one and striking out two.

Bryan de la Cruz led off the 4th with a single and he scored the first run of the evening on an Adrian Tovalin double. Tovalin eventually scored on a single from Cody Bohanek. De La Cruz whacked a two-run homer in the 5th. Jonathan Lacroix singled with one out in the 8th, advanced on a wild pitch, and scored on a single from Mike Papierski, which prompted Peoria to make a pitching change. Bryan Dobzanski came on for the Chiefs and Bohanek greeted him with a two-run home run.

Everyone in the Quad Cities lineup recorded a hit; de la Cruz had three, while Bohanek finished with two.

Peter Solomon will take on Evan Guillory in game three of this series. First pitch is at 2:00.

DSL Braves 3, DSL Astros 1

W- Lisandro Santos (1-0)
L- Diosmerky Taveras (1-1)

DSL home runs: None.

There's something about the 2nd inning for the Academy. I think this is like the third time in the last five or six days that they've lost because the other team had a big 2nd inning.

Diosmerky Taveras, Christian Mejias, and Jairo Lopez all pitched three innings. Taveras got the start and allowed three runs on three hits, walked three, and struck out two. Mejias walked one and struck out four, while Lopez allowed a hit and struck out five.

Junior Marte ripped an RBI double in the 4th to bring in the DSL team's only run. Jose Alvarez finished 3-3 on the day.

The Academy has Sunday off.

Saturday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.

Christian Mejias, LHP, DSL Astros: 3 IP, BB, 4 K
Jairo Lopez, RHP, DSL Astros: 3 IP, H, 5 K