Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Monday, July 29, 2019

Travel days... light days.

Round Rock was off

The E-Train is back home and they'll start a three-game series with Fresno at 7:05. Framber Valdez will face Ben Braymer.

Corpus Christi 7, Springfield 6 (10 innings)

W- Erasmo Pinales (1-1)
L- Bryan Dobzanski (1-1)
S- Carlos Sanabria (6)

CC home runs: Abraham Toro 2 (16; 2-run in 4th, solo in 6th), Chuckie Robinson (7, solo in 5th), Seth Beer (24, solo in 6th), Colton Shaver (15, solo in 6th)

The Hooks sent five balls out of the park in regulation and got a run in the first extra frame to nip the Cardinals.

J.B. Bukauskas pitched 4.2 innings and he allowed three runs on three hits (2-run homer), walked five, and struck out four. Tommy DeJuneas got a fly ball out to end the 5th. Tyler Ivey was next; he threw 2.2 innings and allowed three runs on five hits (solo and 2-run homers), walked one, and struck out three. Erasmo Pinales threw two scoreless (final out of the 8th, all of the 9th, first two outs of the 10th), walking two and getting all six outs via strikeout. Carlos Sanabria recorded a strikeout to end the game.

Abraham Toro put Corpus on the board when he smacked a two-run homer in the 4th. Chuckie Robinson sent the first pitch he saw out of the park in the 5th inning, and then in the 6th, Toro, Seth Beer, and Colton Shaver whacked back-to-back-to-back solo home runs. Toro, who finished 3-5 on the night, ripped an RBI double in the 10th to put the Hooks back in front.

Cristian Javier will get the series finale. He'll face Evan Kruczynski at 6:30.

Fayetteville was off

The Woodpeckers are in Wilmington and they'll kick off a three-game series at 6:35 Eastern.

Beloit 11, Quad Cities 3

W- Reid Birlingmair (4-6)
L- Matt Ruppenthal (3-5)
S- Joe DeMers (2)

QC home runs: None.

After taking the opener, the Banditos ended up dropping the final three games, which included getting swept in a Sunday doubleheader.

Matt Ruppenthal and Luis de Paula, unfortunately, had to bear the brunt of the Snappers' assault. Devin Conn walked one and struck out two over the final two innings.

Trey Dawson scored on an error in the 8th. David Hensley ripped an RBI double in the 9th and he came in to score on a single from Dawson, who finished 2-4. Freúdis Nova also finished 2-4 on the night.

Abdiel Saldaña will start the first of a four-game series with Burlington; the first two games will take place in the Quad Cities. First pitch is at 6:35.

Tri-City was off

The ValleyCats kick off a three-game series with Batavia at 7:00 Eastern.

GCL Astros 1, GCL Marlins 0

W- Misael Tamarez (3-2)
L- Yeremin Lara (1-2)
S- Brayan de Paula (1)

GCL home runs: None.

There was only one run in this game and it belonged to the Palm Beach 'Stros.

Sean Mendoza scored on an error in the 3rd inning following an Alfredo Angarita groundout.

Parker Mushinski and Misael Tamarez started things off with three scoreless innings apiece. Mushinski allowed two hits, walked one, and struck out four, while Tamarez allowed a hit, walked two, and struck out one. Diosmerky Taveras walked one and struck out two in 1.2 innings and Brayan de Paula did what Taveras did in 1.1 innings to complete the shutout.

DSL Astros 11, DSL Braves 10

W- Carlos Calderón (4-2)
L- Leonardo Vargas (0-1)
S- Ronny Garcia (3)

DSL home runs: None.

The Braves got three in the 9th to cut the Dominican 'Stros lead to just one run but they managed to escape with the victory.

Omar Díaz hit an RBI single in the 6th and smacked a two-run triple in the 8th inning. Sebastian Grullón also finished with two hits; he had an RBI single in the 1st and scored twice.

Carlos Calderón got the win as he allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits, walked two, and struck out three.

Monday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.

Omar Díaz, OF, DSL Astros: 2-4, 3B, 3 RBI

Abraham Toro, 3B, Corpus Christi

3-5, 2B, 2 HR (16), 4 RBI, 2 R

Erasmo Pinales, RHP, Corpus Christi

W (1-1), 2 IP, 2 BB, 6 K

Parker Mushinski is the only person who is pictured.

GCL Astros pitchers: W 1-0 @ GCL Marlins

9 IP, 3 H, 5 BB, 9 K

Parker Mushinski: 3 IP, 2 H, BB, 4 K

Misael Tamarez: W (3-2), 3 IP, H, 2 BB, K

Diosmerky Taveras: 1.2 IP, BB, 2 K

Brayan de Paula: Save (1), 1.1 IP, BB, 2 K

Devin Conn, RHP, Quad Cities

2 IP, BB, 2 K