What the Heck, Bobby?: Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Sunday, June 2, 2019

Let's play two in Frisco!

Iowa 8, Round Rock 5

W- Pedro Strop (1-0)
L- Cy Sneed (3-6)
S- Rowan Wick (2)

RR home runs: Yordan Alvarez (21, solo in 1st), Aníbal Sierra (1, 2 season; solo in 4th)

The Chupacabras fell victim to the homer as they served up six to the Demonios. Both of these teams transformed into their Copa de la Diversión identities for this game. This game started out well enough, but the Demonios finished the game on an 8-1 run after the 2nd inning.

Yordan Alvarez whacked a solo homer in the 1st to open the scoring. Round Rock got three in the 2nd thanks to a Nick Tanielu RBI double, an Aníbal Sierra sac fly, and a Josh Rojas RBI single. Sierra launched a homer to lead off the 4th. Drew Ferguson went 3-5 on the afternoon while Rojas had two hits and stole a base (3, 16 season).

Cy Sneed pitched five innings and allowed six runs (one inherited runner charged to him) on eight hits (four solo homers), walked two, and struck out four. Ronel Blanco was the first man out of the Round Rock bullpen and he allowed two runs on three hits (solo and two-run homers), walked one, and struck out three. One of the runs on the two-run homer was charged to Sneed. Ralph Garza Jr. allowed a hit over 1.1 scoreless innings.

Round Rock will have Monday off. They'll begin a three-game series in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

Game 1: Corpus Christi 6, Frisco 4

W- Justin Ferrell (1-2)
L- Tyler Phillips (0-3)
S- Carlos Sanabria (3, 4 season)

CC home runs: None.

The Hooks got out to a fast start in game one... but so did the Roughriders. Fortunately, theirs was a bit quicker and they managed to hold on for the win.

Corpus got three in the 1st thanks to a pair of RBI singles from Abraham Toro and Seth Beer and a sac fly from Granden Goetzman. Beer struck again in the 2nd with a two-run single and Luis Santana poked a ball through the infield to score Goetzman in the 5th. Beer and Santana had two hits apiece in game one.

Bryan Abreu went 1.2 innings and allowed four runs on three hits and walked four. The bullpen picked him up by keeping Frisco off the board the rest of the way. Justin Ferrell was first and he allowed a hit and struck out two in 2.1 innings. Willy Collado pitched 2.2 innings in his Texas League debut, allowing two hits and walking one. Carlos Sanabria struck out the one man he faced to end game one.

Game 2: Corpus Christi 2, Frisco 1

W- Cristian Javier (1-1, 3-1 season)
L- Joe Barlow (0-1)
S- Jonathan Bermúdez (1)

CC home runs: Granden Goetzman (11, solo in 5th)

Cristian Javier shined and some clutch plays allowed the Hooks to sweep the twinbill and take the series.

Javier allowed a run on a solo homer, three other hits, walked one, and struck out nine in 5.2 innings of work. Jonathan Bermúdez came on with two outs in the 6th; he allowed a single to the first man he faced, but Chas McCormick nailed the runner trying to score to end the inning. Bermúdez went on to throw a 1-2-3 7th to secure the win, getting a groundout and two fly ball outs to end the night.

Granden Goetzman led off the 5th with a homer and he came through in the 6th with an RBI single that broke a 1-1 tie. The Hooks had a chance to tack on with the bases loaded but Goetzman's RBI base hit was all they could get. Fortunately, it was enough. Goetzman finished 2-3 in game two.

Brett Adcock will take on Matt Milburn as the Hooks return home to start a three-game series with Midland. First pitch is at 6:15.

Winston-Salem 3, Fayetteville 2

W- Codi Heuer (3-1)
L- Jacob Billingsley (0-2)
S- Will Kincanon (1)

Fayetteville home runs: None.

The Woodpeckers mounted a 9th-inning rally that fell just short. Three of their four losses to Winston-Salem have been by one run.

Scott Schreiber opened the scoring with an RBI single in the 1st inning. Miguelangel Sierra hit an RBI single in the 9th. Bryan de la Cruz followed by drawing a walk to load the bases, but Enmanuel Valdez hit into a force out to end the game. Valdez and Jacob Meyers finished with two hits apiece.

Shawn Dubin had a fine day on the mound as he allowed a run on three hits, walked one, and struck out seven in seven innings of work. Jacob Billingsley and Tommy DeJuneas pitched an inning apiece; Billingsley allowed an unearned run on a sac fly, walked one, and struck out one in the 8th, while DeJuneas allowed a run on two hits, walked one, and struck out two in the 9th.

Nivaldo Rodríguez will take on Konnor Pilkington in game two of this series. First pitch is at 7:00 Eastern.

Burlington 2, Quad Cities 1

W- José Soriano (4-5)
L- Julio Robaina (0-1)
S- Austin Krzeminski (2)

QC home runs: None.

A rough inning on defense allowed the Bees to snatch this game from under the Banditos' noses.

Jeremy Peña nearly had a grand slam in the 3rd but he had to settle for a sac fly. Carlos Machado, who scored on the play, finished 2-3. Peña also extended his hitting streak to 15 games.

Austin Hansen continues to shut down the Midwest League as he allowed two hits, walked one, and struck out six over six shutout innings. His current scoreless streak now stands at 33.2 innings. That streak was in a bit of jeopardy in the 6th as the Bees put two runners in scoring position to lead off the inning. However, he pulled himself together to escape that predicament and retired the next three batters. Julio Robaina pitched the final two innings and he allowed two unearned runs on an error and a wild pitch in the 8th. Robaina walked three and struck out four.

Quad Cities has Monday off. They'll start a three-game series with Peoria at 6:35.

Sunday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.