What the Heck, Bobby?: Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Sunday, May 26, 2019

Nashville 9, Round Rock 5

W- Phillips Valdez (1-6)
L- Rogelio Armenteros (1-4)

RR home runs: Kyle Tucker (16, solo in 4th)

The Express had one last chance to get closer in the 9th, but they left the bases loaded to end the game.

Rogelio Armenteros went 3.2 innings and allowed five runs on nine hits (two-run homer), walked one, and struck out five. José Hernández-Urquidy tagged in for 3.1 innings and allowed four runs on a pair of two-run homers. He allowed four other hits and struck out seven. Kit Scheetz worked around a hit to throw a scoreless 8th.

Kyle Tucker led off the 4th with a home run. Round Rock loaded the bases to lead off the 6th and parlayed the situation into four runs. Alex De Goti and José Altuve singled and Tucker drew a walk to load them up for Yordan Alvarez, who hit a sac fly. Drew Ferguson hit an RBI single and then A.J. Reed walked to reload the bases for Taylor Jones, who came through with a two-run single. Jones went 2-3 and was the only player in the Express lineup to finish with more than one hit. Altuve went 1-5 and scored a run in his first rehab game.

Round Rock and Nashville will play two games on Memorial Day. The first contest is a game that originally began on April 18 but was suspended due to the weather. That game will resume at 12:05. Cy Sneed will take on Tim Dillard in the regularly scheduled game, which will last seven innings.

Corpus Christi 9, Frisco 1

W- Bryan Abreu (3-1, 4-1 season)
L- Tyler Phillips (0-2)

CC home runs: Josh Rojas 2 (7; solo in 2nd, solo in 8th), Seth Beer (2, 11 season; 3-run in 1st)

The Raspas dominated the Roughriders in all facets of the game as they romped to a Sunday win and earned the split.

Corpus landed some haymakers early as they put up five in the opening inning. Josh Rojas and Chas McCormick led things off with base hits and Abraham Toro opened the scoring with an RBI single to bring Rojas home. One batter later, Seth Beer launched a three-run home run into the bullpen. Granden Goetzman followed with a double and he came around to score on Chuckie Robinson's single. Rojas led off the 2nd with a homer. In the 5th, Goetzman flared a ball over the first baseman's head for an RBI double and he wound up scoring on an infield single from Osvaldo Duarte. Rojas capped off the evening by launching his second home run of the game in the 8th.

Rojas finished 3-5 on the night and he notched his third multi-homer game in his last six. In the span of a week, he went from having one home run on the season to seven. Beer and Goetzman had two hits and scored two runs apiece.

Cristian Javier walked two and struck out six in 4.2 innings. Bryan Abreu tagged in for 3.1 innings and he allowed a run on two hits, walked two, and struck out five. Justin Ferrell got a groundout, a fly ball out, and a line drive out as part of a 1-2-3 9th.

The Hooks have Memorial Day off. They'll start a three-game series in Midland on Tuesday.

Fayetteville 6, Lynchburg 2

W- Shawn Dubin (1-3, 2-3 season)
L- Adam Scott (2-5)

Fayetteville home runs: Jonathan Arauz (3, 2-run in 5th)

The Woodpeckers jumped out to an early lead and got a solid performance from their pitchers as they took the lead in their series with the Hillcats.

Shawn Dubin allowed a run on four hits, walked two, and struck out four in five innings of work. Brett Conine was the first man out of the Fayetteville bullpen and he allowed a run on two hits and struck out three. Tanner Duncan struck out one in a 1-2-3 9th inning.

Jacob Meyers opened the scoring in the 2nd inning with a two-run double and he ended up scoring on Jonathan Arauz's double. Arauz, who extended his hitting streak to ten games, struck again in the 5th by whacking a two-run home run. Marty Costes added an RBI single in the 6th. He and Meyers both finished with three hits on the afternoon.

Arauz finished 2-4 on the day and is hitting .500 during his current hitting streak. He was hitting .175/.277/.289 on May 16. Ten days later, his line now stands at .260/.352/.403 on the year.

Nivaldo Rodríguez will start the series finale. First pitch is at 6:30 Eastern.

Quad Cities 8, Wisconsin 4

W- Luís García (3-0)
L- Logan Gillaspie (1-1)

QC home runs: None.

An early outburst propelled the Banditos to a victory on Sunday.

Jonathan Lacroix put Quad Cities on the board with an RBI double in the 2nd inning and he scored on an error that allowed Michael Wielansky to reach. Wielansky came home on a single from Trey Dawson, who got thrown out trying to stretch it into a double.

The Timber Rattlers scored twice in the top of the 3rd to tie the game, but Quad Cities got those runs back in the bottom half to regain control. César Salazar hit an RBI single and then David Hensley hit a sac fly. In the 4th, Ross Adolph hit a two-run single and then scored on Jeremy Peña's sac fly. Austin Dennis finished 2-4 with a stolen base (8). Wielansky was the only man in the lineup to go hitless, but he managed to score twice.

Luís García went five innings and allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits, walked two, and struck out six. Manny Ramirez got the 6th for his season debut; he got two outs, both via strikeout, but he also allowed a single and a run on a bases-loaded walk, one of three that he issued in the inning. Felipe Tejada got Manny out of the jam without incurring further damage. He pitched 1.1 perfect innings, striking out two. Humberto Castellanos allowed a hit, walked one, and struck out two over the last two innings.

Austin Hansen takes on Aaron Ashby in the series finale. First pitch is at 5:15.

Sunday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.