What the Heck, Bobby?: Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Wednesday, May 15, 2019

A fine night for the pitchers down on the farm.

Round Rock was off

The Express will welcome Nashville for a five-game set beginning at 7:05.

Corpus Christi 5, Frisco 0

W- Bryan Abreu (1-1, 2-1 season)
L- Emerson Martinez (2-2)
S- Colin McKee (3)

CC home runs: Ronnie Dawson (6, solo in 3rd), Osvaldo Duarte (7, solo in 7th)

Three Hooks pitchers combined on a one-hitter as they took this series from Frisco.

Bryan Abreu started things off by throwing five hitless innings; he walked two and struck out six. Justin Ferrell allowed the one hit, walked two, and struck out two in 1.2 innings. Colin McKee finished things off by allowing a walk and fanning five over the final 2.1 innings to earn the save.

Ronnie Dawson opened the scoring with a homer to lead off the bottom of the 3rd and struck again with an RBI single in the 4th. Lorenzo Quintana followed with an RBI double and Chuckie Robinson chipped in with an RBI base hit. Osvaldo Duarte capped off the scoring by whacking a solo homer in the 7th.

The bottom of the Corpus order took some cues from the Astros' bottom of the order as Dawson (solo HR, 2 RBI, 2 R), Quintana (RBI 2B), and Robinson (RBI single) combined to go 6-13; all of them finished with two hits on the night. Duarte and Stephen Wrenn also had two hits in the game.

The Hooks will now head west to start a four-game series in Midland. Brett Adcock will take on Kyle Friedrichs at 7:00.

Fayetteville 6, Salem 2

W- Brett Conine (1-0, 4-0 season)
L- Daniel Gonzalez (1-4)
S- Shawn Dubin (1, 3 season)

Fayetteville home runs: Scott Manea (3, 2-run in 2nd), Miguelangel Sierra (5, grand slam in 4th)

Normally, it would be tough to win when only two players drive in runs, but when they drive in more than one and when one of them does so with a grand slam, things get slightly easier. It also helps to have solid pitching to accompany players who find themselves having to carry the offensive load.

Brett Conine emerged as a winner in his Carolina League debut as he allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits, walked two, hit a batter, and struck out nine. It's the third time this season that Conine has struck out nine in one of his starts. Shawn Dubin took it home for the save as he allowed a hit, walked one, and struck out five over the final 3.2 innings.

The Woodpeckers only had two scoring plays but they were massive. Scott Manea opened the scoring with a two-run blast in the 2nd inning. After the Red Sox got those two runs back in the 3rd, Miguelangel Sierra clubbed a grand slam in the 4th inning. This was Sierra's second grand slam of the year. He and Manea were the only two players on either side to finish with more than one hit in this game and their homers were Fayetteville's only extra-base hits on the night.

Fayetteville and Salem will wrap up this series at 7:00 Eastern.

Cedar Rapids 1, Quad Cities 0

W- Andrew Cabezas (1-3)
L- Brett Daniels (0-3, 1-3 season)
S- Derek Molina (4)

QC home runs: None.

The Banditos' bats were caught napping on Wednesday afternoon and they had to settle for a split.

Scott Schreiber doubled to lead off the 9th but he was stranded there to end the day. His two-bagger was Quad Cities' lone extra-base hit of the game; Jonathan Lacroix and Trey Dawson had the other two base hits.

Brett Daniels pitched well but the absence of run support meant that he was forced to take the loss. He went six innings and he allowed the lone run on a homer hit by Jared Akins in the 4th. Overall, Daniels allowed four hits, walked three, and struck out three. Humberto Castellanos struck out two over two perfect innings.

Jojanse Torres will make his first start of the season in Peoria, where the Banditos will play four games this weekend. He'll take on Jacob Schlesener at 6:35.

Wednesday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.