Fresno 8, Sacramento 3
W- Josh James (3-4)
L- Daniel Camarena (0-5)
Fresno home runs: Jake Marisnick (3, 2-run in 4th)
The Tacos busted this game open with a four-run 3rd inning, it was #JakeDay in the Central Valley, and Josh James racked up the strikeouts once again.
James, however, had to settle for a bare minimum quality start after the Rivercats got to him for three runs in the 6th. He allowed four hits, walked two, and struck out a dozen in probably the most dominant bare minimum quality start I've heard of. Ken Giles, Dean Deetz, and Buddy Boshers all turned in scoreless innings. Giles, in his first AAA appearance since 2014, allowed two hits and fanned two in the 7th. Sacramento loaded the bases on Deetz in the 8th with a couple of hits and a walk, but he got out of it unscathed, striking out two in the process. Boshers struck out two in a 1-2-3 9th.
Jake doubled with one out in the 3rd and scored on a D.J. Fisher single. Taylor Jones legged out an infield single and J.D. Davis walked to load the bases for Yordan Alvarez, who came through with a two-run single. Jack Mayfield followed with an RBI double. Tony Nuñez walked to start the 4th and one batter later, Marisnick launched a homer. Fisher singled and eventually scored on a base hit from Davis. Mayfield scored Fresno's final run in the 5th on an error after Nuñez flied out.
Jake finished 3-5 on the evening, a triple shy of the cycle. Fisher, Jones, Davis, and Mayfield all finished with two hits in the contest.
Cy Sneed will face Casey Kelly in game three of this series. First pitch is at 7:05 Pacific.
Corpus Christi 4, Frisco 3
W- Ralph Garza Jr. (4-0, 4-1 season)
L- Ryne Slack (1-3)
CC home runs: Stephen Wrenn (7, 2-run in 5th)
Frisco broke a 2-2 tie with a run in the 9th... only to see the Hooks walk off with the win in the bottom of the 9th.
Jorge Alcala turned in the longest outing of his career. He threw eight innings and the two runs he allowed came on a homer, which was the only extra-base hit that he allowed all night. Alcala allowed five other hits, walked one, and struck out eight. Ralph Garza Jr. allowed an unearned run on a sac fly, a single, and struck out one in the 9th.
Both teams hit two-run homers in the 5th; Stephen Wrenn was responsible and his blast in the bottom half tied the game. The Hooks loaded the bases to start the 9th by drawing three walks, one intentionally. Wrenn, who led off the inning, scored the tying run on a sac fly from Chas McCormick. Alex De Goti got plunked to re-load the bases for Eduardo de Oleo, who won it by legging out an infield single that scored Josh Rojas. De Goti finished 3-4 with a double and de Oleo finished 2-5 with the winning base hit. Wrenn scored twice and stole two bases, which gives him 32 thefts on the year.
Hector Perez will make his first Texas League start in the series finale. He'll face Brett Martin at 7:05.
Buies Creek was off
The Carolina Stros will start a three-game series with Salem tonight at 6:00 Eastern.
Quad Cities was off
Parker Mushinski will start the first of a three-game series against South Bend at 6:35. He will be opposed by Erling Moreno.
Brooklyn 5, Tri-City 0
W- Jaison Vilera (3-1)
L- Mark Moclair (1-3)
TC home runs: None.
The ValleyCats were kept off the scoreboard to begin a new series.
Tri-City's only extra-base hit in this game was a double from Alex Holderbach.
Mark Moclair allowed two runs on two hits, walked two, and struck out four in 1.2 innings. Shawn Dubin was the first man out of the Tri-City bullpen and had the longest outing as he allowed a run on four hits and struck out two in 2.1 innings of work. Brett Conine and Hansel Paulino both threw two innings. Conine allowed a run on two hits and struck out three, while Paulino was the only ValleyCats pitcher who turned in a scoreless outing; he allowed a hit and fanned two. Riley Cabral allowed a run on three hits and struck out one in the 9th.
Tri-City gets back to it at 7:00 Eastern.
GCL Astros 4, GCL Nationals 3
W- Miguel Figueroa (1-1)
L- Bobby Milacki (2-1)
GCL home runs: Deury Carrasco (1, solo in 6th)
The Palm Beach Stros scored twice in the 8th to snatch a win from their complex mates.
David Paulino went three innings and allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits, walked one, and struck out two. Jayson Schroeder, the Astros' second-round pick in last month's draft, made his pro debut and worked around a hit and a walk to throw a scoreless 4th. Layne Henderson allowed two hits, walked one, and struck out two in three scoreless, and Miguel Figueroa allowed a couple of hits and struck out one over two scoreless innings.
Sean Mendoza went 2-4 and scored the GCL squad's first run of the day on a Carlos Diaz groundout in the 5th inning. Deury Carrasco smacked a solo homer in the 6th, giving him the first home run of his career. Carrasco tied the game with an RBI triple in the 8th and scored the go-ahead run on Mendoza's single. Carrasco and Yorbin Ceuta also finished with two hits on the afternoon.
DSL Astros 2, DSL Red Sox1 1
W- Valente Bellozo (1-1)
L- Aldo Ramirez (1-2)
S- Alfredi Jimenez (1)
DSL home runs: None.
The Academy only had two hits on the day... but they scored more runs, so they got the win.
Their two runs came on an error that allowed Jeury Castillo and Javier Bermúdez to score in the 2nd inning.
Valente Bellozo allowed three hits, walked two, and struck out two over five shutout innings and Alfredi Jimenez allowed an unearned run on four hits and fanned five over the last four innings.
Tuesday's Stars
All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.
DSL Astros pitchers: W 2-1 vs. Red Sox 1
9 IP, 7 H, unearned run, 2 BB, 7 K
Valente Bellozo: W (1-1), 5 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 2 K
Alfredi Jimenez: Save (1), 4 IP, 4 H, unearned run, 5 K
GCL Astros bullpen: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 3 K
Jayson Schroder: IP, H, BB in pro debut
Layne Henderson: 3 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 K
Miguel Figueroa: W (2-1), 2 IP, 2 H, K
Deury Carrasco, IF, and Sean Mendoza, IF, GCL Astros
Carrasco: 2-4, 3B, solo HR (1, 1st of career), 2 RBI, 2 R
Mendoza: 2-4, RBI, R
Stephen Wrenn, OF, and Eduardo de Oleo, C, Corpus Christi
Wrenn: 2-R HR (7), 2 R, 2 SB (32)
De Oleo: 2-5, walk-off RBI single in 9th
Jorge Alcala, RHP, Corpus Christi
Career-high 8 IP, 6 H (2-R HR allowed), 2 ER, BB, 8 K
Jake Marisnick, OF, Fresno
3-5, 2B, 2-R HR (3), 2 R
Josh James, RHP, Fresno
6 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 12 K
Dustin, the DSL had an 'All Star' game recently ... glancing at the box score I saw a couple of Astros, including one of our Brazilians. Do you know if there were more?
ReplyDeleteAs far as I know, only Ernesto Jaquez and Victor Mascai appeared in the game, so I think they might've been the DSL Astros' only representatives.
DeleteThank you Dustin ... Jaquez is either too much better or too much older than his DSL competition - 0.28 ERA and 0.53 WHIP over 32 innings. Off to Florida with that stud!
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