What the Heck, Bobby?: Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Monday, May 20, 2019

Nashville 8, Round Rock 6 in 12 innings

W- Tim Dillard (3-2)
L- Jamie Ritchie (????) (0-1)
S- David Carpenter (6)

RR home runs: Alex De Goti (7, 3-run in 3rd), Jack Mayfield (9, solo in 4th), Kyle Tucker (12, solo in 4th)

The Express blew a 5-1 lead as they ended up dropping four of five to the last-place team in the PCL's American Northern division. Nashville scored seven of their eight runs after the 7th inning and Tim Dillard got his second win of the series; he got the other win as a starter on Friday.

Round Rock's first five runs all came on home runs. Alex De Goti clubbed a three-run homer in the 3rd and then Jack Mayfield and Kyle Tucker led off the 4th with back-to-back solo homers. De Goti hit an RBI single in the 11th that tied the game at 6. Those three home runs were the only extra-base hits for the Express in this game. De Goti (3-R HR, 4 RBI), Myles Straw (SB), Tucker (solo HR), and Nick Tanielu (2 R) all finished with two hits in the game. Straw now has 15 stolen bases on the season.

Rogelio Armenteros went five innings and the one run he allowed came on a homer hit by Delino DeShields, one of just two hits that he surrendered during his start. Armenteros also walked three and struck out five. Kent Emanuel and Ralph Garza Jr. both pitched three innings with contrasting results. Emanuel allowed a run on four hits and fanned five, while Garza allowed four runs (three earned) on six hits (solo homer) and struck out two. Jamie Ritchie was summoned to pitch and he ended up taking the loss after allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits and striking out one in the 12th.

I believe that Ritchie was pitching because the Express had no one else available. Ronel Blanco and Reymin Guduan both pitched on Sunday. Akeem Bostick's last outing on Saturday came in relief and he's alternated between starting and relieving this season so I imagine that his next appearance will be as a starter. Cy Sneed could have been an option on three days' rest but if he's going to be getting work as a starter moving forward, that could have opened the Express to even more issues with their pitching staff. Brendan McCurry was placed on the IL before the game and Kit Scheetz was called up to Round Rock as a corresponding move but I don't know if he was actually available to pitch or if there were any logistical issues in getting Scheetz to Round Rock in time.

Brady Rodgers will start the first of a four-game series against San Antonio tonight at 7:05. He'll take on Thomas Jankins.

Corpus Christi 5, Amarillo 1

W- Brandon Bielak (3-0)
L- T.J. Weir (2-3)

CC home runs: None.

No extra-base hits? No problem. Corpus Christi pounded out 13 singles and five of them resulted in runs. In fact, neither team recorded an extra-base hit in this game.

Brandon Bielak was excellent in his six innings as he allowed a run on a sac fly, two hits, walked one, and struck out nine. Carlos Sanabria allowed three hits and struck out four over two scoreless innings, and in his 2019 debut, Erasmo Pinales allowed a hit and struck out two in the 9th.

Seth Beer and Ronnie Dawson opened the scoring with RBI singles in the 1st inning. Abraham Toro and Beer added (you guessed it) two more RBI singles in the 2nd and Granden Goetzman chipped in with... an RBI single in the 7th. Beer finished 3-4 on the night, while Toro, Josh Rojas, and Lorenzo Quintana all had two hits.

Bryan Abreu gets the start in game two of this series and he'll face Lake Bachar at 7:05.

Winston-Salem 6, Fayetteville 2

W- Cristian Castillo (2-5)
L- Shawn Dubin (0-3, 1-3 season)

Fayetteville home runs: None.

The Dash dashed out to a 3-0 lead after the 1st and kept the Woodpeckers at bay.

Jacob Meyers went 2-5 and his two-run double in the 7th represented the lone Fayetteville scoring play. Corey Julks finished 2-4 and both of his hits were doubles.

Shawn Dubin went four innings and allowed four runs on six hits, walked four, and struck out four. Tanner Duncan and Jacob Billingsley both pitched two innings and they both posted identical lines: they both allowed a run on two hits, walked two, and struck out one.

After a successful Carolina League debut, Brett Conine will look to keep that momentum rolling. He'll take on Jorgan Cavanerio at 7:00 Eastern.

Quad Cities 7, Kane County 5

W- Cody Deason (4-1)
L- Kenny Hernandez (4-1)

QC home runs: None.

The big inning has been a running theme recently for the Banditos and they used one of those to win the first game of this new series in suburban Chicago. Quad Cities scored five in the 7th to take control of this game.

Luis García had a rare off night as pitched five innings and allowed five runs (four earned) on four hits (two-run homer), walked four, and struck out five. Cody Deason picked him up by shutting down the Cougars, allowing two hits, walking two, and striking out a career-high nine over the final four innings. Deason also hit a batter but was excellent otherwise.

Marty Costes put the Banditos on the board with a two-run single in the 3rd. A couple of errors allowed Trey Dawson and Alex Holderbach to reach and then a one-out single from Michael Wielansky loaded the bases for Austin Dennis, who hit an RBI single to bring in Dawson and cut into the deficit. Holderbach ended up scoring on catcher's interference, which prompted Kane County to make a pitching change. Jeremy Peña was credited with an RBI on the play. Marty Costes greeted the new Cougars pitcher, Wesley Rodriguez, by bringing everyone in with a triple that put Quad Cities in front.

Quad Cities had eight hits in this game and they all belonged to four players: Dennis, Peña, Costes, and Wielansky. The top three (Dennis, Peña, and Costes) were all responsible for driving in the runs; Dennis and Peña drove in one while Costes had five. Costes has 16 RBI on the season and 12 of them have come in the last four days.

Brett Daniels faces Matt Tabor in game two of this series. First pitch is at noon.

Monday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.