What the Heck, Bobby?: Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Fresno 9, New Orleans 2

W- Brock Dykxhoorn (1-0, 3-0 season)
L- Pablo Lopez (1-1)

Fresno home runs: Tyler White (13, 3-run in 1st), A.J. Reed (16, 3-run in 6th)

Brock Dykxhoorn was fantastic once again and the Grizzlies, clearly miffed by how they got to New Orleans later than expected, administered a beatdown to the Baby Cakes.

The Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer allowed one run in his 6.2 innings and it came on a homer from Scott Van Slyke. Dykxhoorn allowed one other hit, walked two, and struck out nine. Kent Emanuel was the first man out of the Fresno bullpen and allowed a run on four hits while striking out one in 1.1 innings. Ralph Garza worked around a couple of walks to throw a scoreless 9th, striking out one.

Tyler White, clearly miffed about his luggage, released some of his pent-up frustration in the opening frame by launching a three-run homer. Hope he got his bags...

The Grizz tacked on six more in the 6th inning as Nick Tanielu hit a two-run single and came around to score on a Kyle Tucker double. A.J. Reed drove in Fresno's final three runs of the night with a home run. Tucker and Tanielu both finished with three hits, while Reed had two.

Cy Sneed takes on Jarlín Garcia in game two of this series. First pitch is at 7:00.

Corpus Christi 4, Midland 3

W- Erasmo Pinales (1-2)
L- Jarrett Martin (1-2)

CC home runs: None.

Forrest Whitley is good.

Whitley navigated his way out of some early trouble in the 2nd as he issued a walk and then allowed a double, but he finished the inning by striking out the next two batters he faced. He ended up going four innings and allowed two hits, walked two, and struck out six. Kit Scheetz tagged in for 2.2 innings and allowed three runs on five hits, walked one, and struck out two. Erasmo Pinales pitched the last 2.1 innings, allowing two hits and striking out one.

Myles Straw drew a walk to lead off the 3rd. He advanced to third on a Josh Rojas single and scored the first run of the night on a wild pitch. Taylor Jones doubled to start the 6th inning and came home on a Randy César double. César came home on a base hit from Ryne Birk. César, who extended his hitting streak to 35 games with that double, drew a walk with one out in the 8th and scored what turned out to be the winning run on a single from Jamie Ritchie. Stephen Wrenn went 2-2 and drew a couple of walks.

Ryan Hartman will start game two of this series. First pitch is at 7:00.

Buies Creek 2, Carolina 1

W- Cristian Javier (1-0, 3-2 season)
L- Devin Williams (0-1)
S- Colin McKee (2)

BC home runs: None.

The Carolina Stros got the series win behind a dominant start from Cristian Javier.

Javier started his second stint in the Carolina League by not allowing a hit in his six innings. He walked three and struck out five. Abdiel Saldaña allowed a run on three hits, walked one, and struck out three in two innings, and Colin McKee struck out one in a 1-2-3 9th inning to close it out.

Carlos Canelón ripped a double to start the 3rd and scored the first run of the game on an Osvaldo Duarte groundout. Luis Payano added an RBI single in the 6th. Duarte and Canelón both finished with two hits on the evening.

Buies Creek has the day off; they'll start a three-game series in Potomac on Thursday.

Quad Cities 5, Clinton 4

W- Parker Mushinski (3-1)
L- Scott Boches (1-1)
S- Willy Collado (2)

QC home runs: Colton Shaver (8, solo in 4th)

The LumberKings scored twice in the 7th and two more in the 8th to take the lead... only to see the Banditos score three in the bottom half of the 8th to regain the lead.

Leovanny Rodriguez did not allow a hit in his 4.2 innings; he walked three and struck out seven. Brendan Feldmann struck out the only man he faced to end the 5th inning. Parker Mushinski tagged in for three innings and allowed four runs on four hits (two-run homer), walked two, and struck out four. Willy Collado closed it out by striking out one in a 1-2-3 9th.

Colton Shaver drove in Quad Cities' first two runs of the evening with a sac fly in the 2nd and a solo homer in the 4th. Let's fast forward to the bottom of the 8th.

Jake Meyers and Corey Julks singled to lead off the inning. Julks was forced out at second base, but Bryan de la Cruz beat the double play. One batter later, Cody Bohanek whacked a two-run triple to tie the game at 4. Shaver opened the scoring with a sac fly... and he closed it out with a sac fly that turned out to be the difference in this game. Bohanek, Meyers, and Julks all finished with two hits on the evening.

César Rosado will get the start as the Banditos look for the sweep. He'll take on Ray Kerr at 6:35.

DSL Red Sox1 7, DSL Astros 4

W- Manuel Ramirez (1-0)
L- Franny Cobos (0-1)
S- Osvaldo de la Rosa (2)

DSL home runs: Victor Mascai (2, solo in 7th), Rolando Espinosa (1, 2-run in 7th)

Four errors doomed the Academy in this one. They allowed seven runs, but only one of them went down as an earned run.

Victor Mascai went 2-3 and led off the 7th with a homer. Rolando Espinosa smacked a two-run homer later in the frame. Yefri Carrillo led off the 8th with a single and scored on a double from Jeury Castillo.

Franny Cobos went three innings and allowed an unearned run on an RBI single and struck out two. Jherson Pereira was the first man out of the DSL bullpen; he allowed six runs (one earned, two inherited runners charged to him) on three hits, walked one, and struck out one. Ronny Garcia allowed a hit and got the last out of the 6th with a strikeout. Alfredi Jimenez struck out four over three perfect innings.

Wednesday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.