What the Heck, Bobby?: Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Round Rock was off

Akeem Bostick will start the first game of a new series with Reno at 7:05.

Arkansas 3, Corpus Christi 1

W- Darren McCaughan (5-3)
L- Carson LaRue (1-3)
S- Wyatt Mills (3)

CC home runs: Seth Beer (4, 13 season; solo in 4th)

Carson LaRue went the distance... and had to take a loss.

LaRue allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits, walked two, and struck out five. Seth Beer went 2-4 and his solo homer in the 4th represented Corpus Christi's only scoring play.

J.B. Bukauskas gets the start in game two of this series and he'll face Nabil Crismatt at 7:10.

Fayetteville 5, Myrtle Beach 1

W- Luis Garcia (2-0, 6-0 season)
L- Erick Leal (0-1)
S- Willy Collado (3)

Fayetteville home runs: Enmanuel Valdez (2, 5 season; grand slam in 1st)

The Woodpeckers only scored in one inning but it was enough to give them the victory.

Fayetteville parlayed a bases-loaded situation to lead off the 1st into their five runs. Jake Adams opened the scoring with a sac fly. Chandler Taylor drew a walk to re-load the bases and two batters later, Enmanuel Valdez launched a grand slam. Michael Papierski went 2-3 and was the only person on either side to finish with a multi-hit game.

Luis Garcia started things off in dominant fashion, allowing just one hit, walking one, and striking out six in five shutout innings of work. Jojanse Torres was the first man out of the Woodpeckers bullpen and he allowed an unearned run thanks to an error; he also allowed two hits, walked four, and struck out five in three innings.

Leovanny Rodríguez got the first out of the 9th with a strikeout, but he also walked the bases loaded and Willy Collado was summoned to try and extricate him from this predicament. Collado did so successfully as he struck out both Pelicans he faced to secure the win.

The Woodpeckers are looking for the sweep. Brett Conine will take on Alex Lange at 7:00 Eastern.

Quad Cities 10, Beloit 9

W- Felipe Tejada (2-0)
L- Chase Cohen (4-6)

QC home runs: None.

Against all odds brought by the horrible hand that Mother Nature dealt us, your Quad Cities River Bandits are FIRST HALF CHAMPIONS 💪🏻🔥 #QuadGoals pic.twitter.com/rWIrEAAUsW
— Quad Cities River Bandits (@QCRiverBandits) June 12, 2019

The Banditos basically spent the entire first half of their schedule on the road due to the persistent threat of flooding in the Quad Cities, which rendered Modern Woodmen Park virtually inaccessible. Nevertheless, they found a way to win baseball games. This one got a bit too close for comfort but they managed to hang on.

Everyone in the lineup recorded at least one hit and the Banditos pounded out 20 on the evening. Lotta pepper, though... 17 singles and three doubles. Wilyer Abreu, after going 0-17 to start the season, went 4-5 tonight. He's 6-9 in his last two games so he raised his average from .000 all the way up to .231.

José Alberto Rivera pitched three innings and allowed four runs on seven hits, walked three, and struck out one. Felipe Tejada was the first man out of the Quad Cities bullpen and he went four innings, allowing two runs on two hits, walking two, and striking out three. Riley Cabral got the last two innings and he allowed three runs on four hits, walked two, and struck out one.

Cody Deason gets the start in game two of this series. He'll go against Reid Birlingmair at 6:30.

DSL Red Sox1 9, DSL Astros 1

W- Beiker Piñeda (1-0)
L- Misael Tamarez (0-2)
S- Carlos Velez (1)

DSL home runs: None.

Both teams scored in the first and then the Sox used a couple of big innings to bury the Dominican 'Stros.

Misael Tamarez went 3.1 innings and allowed four runs (two earned, one inherited runner charged to him) on two hits, walked three, and struck out seven. Edinson Batista went three innings and allowed five runs (two inherited runners charged to him) on four hits, walked one, and struck out four. Cristofer Mezquita got the last two outs of the 7th but also allowed two singles, one of which resulted in two runs being charged to Batista. Luis Vega threw two scoreless in his pro debut, allowing two hits, walking one, and striking out three.

Miguel Palma's sac fly in the 1st was the DSL Astros' only scoring play of the day. Yohander Martinez went 2-3.

These two teams will play again at the Red Sox complex at 11:30 AM Atlantic.

Tuesday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.

Luis Vega, RHP, DSL Astros: 2 IP, 2 H, BB, 3 K