Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Sunday, August 11, 2019

Fayetteville sweep!

Albuquerque 6, Round Rock 5

W- Yency Almonte (2-3)
L- Brendan McCurry (3-3)

RR home runs: Jamie Ritchie (5, solo in 7th), Drew Ferguson (10, 2-run in 7th)

Hard to believe that the E-Train had a no-hitter through seven innings. The Isotopes scored five in the 8th to tie and walked off with the win in the 9th.

Rogelio Armenteros walked four and struck out four over 6.1 shutout and no-hit innings. Cy Sneed got an inning-ending double play after coming on for Armenteros in the 7th. Brad Peacock and Brendan McCurry had rough nights at the office.

Garrett Stubbs ripped an RBI double in the 5th and he came around to score on an error following a Jamie Ritchie single. Ritchie smacked a solo homer in the 7th and Drew Ferguson launched a two-run homer later in the inning. Everyone in the Round Rock lineup recorded a hit; Ritchie finished with two.

Framber Valdez goes up against Jeff Hoffman in game three. First pitch is at 6:35 Mountain.

Corpus Christi 8, Midland 2

W- Cristian Javier (7-3)
L- James Naile (6-7)
S- Bryan Abreu (2)

CC home runs: Jacob Meyers (9, 2-run in 5th), Jake Adams (16, solo in 7th), Colton Shaver (18, 3-run in 8th)

The Hooks bashed three home runs on Sunday as they avoided the sweep in West Texas.

Cristian Javier, well... he continued to do what he's done all season, namely, not give up hits. He allowed one hit, walked three, and struck out eight over five shutout innings. Bryan Abreu pitched the last four innings and he allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits, walked four, and struck out six. Abreu crossed the century mark in strikeouts in this outing; he's the 11th pitcher in the system to reach 100 strikeouts this season.

Osvaldo Duarte opened the scoring when he ripped an RBI double in the 5th. Aníbal Sierra added a sac fly and then Jacob Meyers launched a two-run homer. Jake Adams led off the 7th with a homer and Colton Shaver put the finishing touches on this game by whacking a three-run homer in the 8th. Everyone in the Corpus lineup recorded a hit; Adams went 2-4 and scored twice. He scored the other run on Sierra's sac fly in the 5th.

The Hooks will begin a four-game series with Frisco at 6:15.

Fayetteville 4, Winston-Salem 2

W- Jojanse Torres (9-0)
L- Taylor Varnell (0-1)
S- Humberto Castellanos (5)

Fayetteville home runs: None.

The Woodpeckers earned the sweep thanks to a three-run 5th that gave them the lead.

Chandler Taylor opened the scoring with a sac fly in the 3rd inning. Scott Schreiber provided the decisive hit in the 5th, a two-run triple that turned into a Little League home run. Corey Julks finished 3-4 with a couple of doubles and scored on Schreiber's triple. David Hensley went 2-4.

Jojanse Torres went five innings and allowed two runs on five hits, walked three, and struck out three. César Rosado was the first man out of the Fayetteville bullpen and he went 2.2 innings, allowing a hit, walking one, and striking out four. Humberto Castellanos got the four-out save, striking out one.

Fayetteville has Monday off. They'll start a three-game set with Down East on Tuesday.

Quad Cities 3, Wisconsin 2

W- José Bravo (6-5)
L- Tyler Gillies (3-2)

QC home runs: Oscar Campos (2, solo in 6th)

The Banditos edged out the Timber Rattlers behind a fine relief performance from José Bravo.

Alex McKenna opened the scoring with an RBI single in the 5th. After Wisconsin took the lead with two runs in the bottom of the 5th, Oscar Campos tied the game with a solo blast in the 6th. Orlando Marquez put Quad Cities back in front with a sac fly in the 8th. McKenna finished 2-5 on the afternoon.

Brett Daniels went 4.2 innings and he allowed two runs on five hits, walked two, and struck out three. Bravo stranded the two runners he inherited from Daniels to end the 5th and he went on to throw 4.1 scoreless, allowing a hit and striking out three.

Guadalupe Chavez will get the start in the series finale as the Banditos look for the sweep. He'll go against Adam Hill at 12:05.

Tri-City 5, Connecticut 1

W- Valente Bellozo (6-0)
L- Cristhian Tortosa (1-3)

TC home runs: Luis Santana (1, solo in 9th)

The ValleyCats stunned the Tigers as they scored four in the 8th and tacked on one more in the 9th for good measure.

Juan Pablo Lopez allowed a run on four hits, walked one, and struck out two in five innings. Valente Bellozo shut it down in the last four innings as he allowed just one hit and struck out eight.

A.J. Lee got plunked and Nate Perry walked to lead off the 8th. Jordan Brewer came in to pinch-run for Perry; he and Lee both advanced on C.J. Stubbs' flyout and then Korey Lee got a free pass to first to load the bases for Joe Perez, who promptly sent everyone home with a triple. Perez trotted home on a single from Luis Guerrero. Luis Santana capped off the evening when he launched a homer to lead off the 9th. Santana finished 3-4 in this one.

The ValleyCats and Tigers will continue this series at 7:05 Eastern.

GCL Cardinals 2, GCL Astros 1

W- Nathanael Heredia (5-1)
L- Misael Tamarez (3-4)
S- Luis Tena (1)

GCL home runs: None.

The Palm Beach 'Stros had ten hits but they only had one run to show for it.

Jayson Schroeder allowed an unearned run on a sac fly, walked two, and struck out two in two innings. Misael Tamarez was the first man out of the bullpen and he allowed an unearned run on three hits, walked one, and struck out three in three innings. Alfredi Jimenez struck out four over two perfect innings and Alex Palmer walked one and struck out one in a scoreless 8th.

Gerry Castillo finished 3-4 and he scored the GCLstros' only run of the day on a double from Rolando Espinosa in the 5th inning.

Sunday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.

Alfredi Jimenez, RHP, GCL Astros: 2 IP, 4 K; perfect outing

Cristian Javier, RHP, Corpus Christi

W (7-3), 5 IP, H, 3 BB, 8 K

Jake Adams, 1B, and Colton Shaver, 3B/C, Corpus Christi

Adams: 2-4, solo HR (16), 2 R

Shaver: 1-3, 3-R HR (18)

Tri-City ValleyCats pitchers: W 5-1 @ Connecticut

9 IP, 5 H, ER, BB, 10 K

Juan Pablo Lopez: 5 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 2 K

Valente Bellozo: W (6-0), 4 IP, H, 8 K

Luis Santana, IF, and Joe Perez, 3B, Tri-City

Santana: 3-4, solo HR (1)

Perez: 1-3, go-ahead 3-run triple in 8th

Fayetteville Woodpeckers bullpen

4 IP, H, BB, 5 K

César Rosado: 2.2 IP, H, BB, 4 K

Humberto Castellanos: Save (5), 1.1 IP, K

Corey Julks, OF, Fayetteville

3-4, 2 2B, R

José Bravo, RHP, Quad Cities

W (6-5), 4.1 IP, H, 3 K

Jamie Ritchie, C, Round Rock

2-4, solo HR (5)

Rogelio Armenteros, RHP, Round Rock

6.1 IP, 4 BB, 4 K

Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Friday, May 31, 2019

How were things down on the farm on the final day of May?

Round Rock 8, Iowa 1

W- Rogelio Armenteros (2-4)
L- Trevor Clifton (1-4)
S- Gabriel Valdez (1)

RR home runs: Lorenzo Quintana 2 (2, 6 season; 2-run in 3rd, solo in 8th)

A Cuban player went off. It was not Yordan Alvarez, who went 0-2 and was intentionally walked three times. Instead, it was Yordan's compatriot, Lorenzo Quintana, who went off as he blasted his first two home runs at the Triple-A level. I'll get to that in a moment.

Rogelio Armenteros, another member of the Cuban contingent, went off on the mound as he allowed a run on three hits, walked two, and struck out seven in six innings of work. Gabriel Valdez walked one and struck out two over the final three innings.

Quintana opened the scoring with a two-run shot in the 3rd inning. Kyle Tucker scored on a wild pitch in the 5th inning. Round Rock got a pair of RBI singles from Alex De Goti and Drew Ferguson in the 6th and they tacked on three more runs in the 8th for good measure as Quintana led off the inning with his second homer of the evening and then they got a couple of bases-loaded walks from Taylor Jones and Nick Tanielu. Quintana was the only player on either side to finish with a multi-hit game.

José Hernández-Urquidy will take on Adbert Alzolay in game three of this series. First pitch is at 7:05.

Frisco 6, Corpus Christi 5 (12 innings)

W- Locke St. John (3-2)
L- Layne Henderson (0-1)

CC home runs: Abraham Toro (10, grand slam in 8th)

The Hooks got back into this game with a grand slam before ultimately walking off with the loss in extras.

J.B. Bukauskas pitched 4.1 innings and allowed two runs on three hits, walked four, and struck out six. Hunter Martin was the first man out of the Corpus bullpen and the two runs he allowed in his 1.2 innings came on a homer. Martin also allowed two other hits and struck out one. Nick Hernandez and Colin McKee followed with two innings apiece. Hernandez struck out one in a perfect outing, while McKee allowed a run on two hits and walked two, one intentionally. Layne Henderson pitched a scoreless 11th inning but failed to record an out in the 12th, where the Roughriders scored the winning run against him. Henderson allowed two hits, walked one, and struck out one.

Corpus couldn't get anything going offensively until the 8th when they suddenly found themselves in a tie game when Abraham Toro launched a grand slam to put them on the board. Osvaldo Duarte started the 10th in scoring position and scored on Stephen Wrenn's double. Luis Santana led off the 12th at second base and advanced to third on an Alfredo Angarita sac bunt, but they couldn't push him across. Wrenn finished 2-6 on the evening.

Bryan Abreu gets the start for game two of this series and he'll go up against Tyler Phillips at 7:05.

Wilmington 5, Fayetteville 3

W- Daniel Tillo (4-4)
L- Chad Donato (3-6)
S- Tad Ratliff (12)

Fayetteville home runs: None.

Both teams scored in the same number of innings, but the difference here was the Blue Rocks putting up a pair of crooked numbers.

Jonathan Arauz extended his hitting streak to 14 games with a base hit in the 1st, put Fayetteville on the board with a sac fly in the 3rd, and scored on Michael Papierski's single in the 6th. Papierski drew a walk in the 9th and eventually scored on a single from Enmanuel Valdez. No one in the Woodpeckers lineup had more than one hit; Miguelangel Sierra's double was their only extra-base hit of the night.

Chad Donato went five innings and allowed three runs on five hits (two-run homer), walked one, and struck out four. Yohan Ramirez allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits and struck out eight over the final four innings.

Brett Conine will start the series finale and he'll face Daniel Lynch at 5:00 Eastern.

Quad Cities 13, Burlington 10 (10 innings)

W- Riley Cabral (1-0)
L- Mayky Pérez (0-2)

QC home runs: Michael Wielansky (2, 2-run in 2nd), David Hensley (3, 2-run in 4th)

The Banditos came out on top to open this series between the top two teams in the Midwest League's Western Division as they scored more runs in one extra inning than they did in the nine regulation innings.

Michael Wielansky opened the scoring with a two-run home run in the 2nd and the Banditos got two more runs in the inning on a Carlos Machado RBI triple and an RBI single from Austin Dennis. David Hensley launched a two-run homer in the 4th. Let's fast-forward to the 10th.

Dennis started the 10th at second base and he didn't have to wait long to score because Jeremy Peña led things off with an RBI single. Freúdis Nova walked and then Ruben Castro ripped an RBI double to bring Peña home. Wielansky followed by adding a two-run triple to his ledger. Trey Dawson proceeded to draw a walk. Ross Adolph went down on strikes for the first out, but Machado came through with a two-run single. Dennis capped off the assault with an RBI single.

Everyone in the original starting nine scored at least once. Peña, who now has a 13-game hitting streak, finished 4-6 on the night. Machado finished 3-5, while Dennis and Wielansky had two hits apiece.

R.J. Freure got the start and the one run he allowed in his four innings came on a solo homer. Freure also allowed three other hits, walked four, and struck out eight. Manny Ramirez came on for the 5th but he only got one out via the strikeout. He allowed three runs (two earned, one inherited runner charged to him) and walked three.

Felipe Tejada was the next man up and the one run he allowed came on a solo homer. He also allowed one of Ramirez's runners to score, but the solo homer was the only run that he allowed and was charged to him. Overall, Tejada pitched 3.1 innings and allowed two hits, walked two, and struck out nine. Riley Cabral allowed a run on two hits and walked one in 1.1 innings, and things got a bit nervy in the bottom of the 10th as the Bees got four runs off of Cody Deason; three of them were earned. Deason allowed four hits, walked one, and struck out two.

Deason is listed as the starter for game two of this series but his appearance in the 10th inning nixed that. Whoever gets the start for Quad Cities will take on Luis Alvarado at 6:30.

Friday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise.

Round Rock Express pitchers: W 8-1 vs. Iowa

9 IP, 3 H, ER, 3 BB, 9 K

Rogelio Armenteros: W (2-4), 6 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 BB, 7 K

Gabriel Valdez: Save (1), 3 IP, BB, 2 K

Lorenzo Quintana, C, Round Rock

2-3, 2 HR (2, 6 season), 3 RBI, 3 R

Yohan Ramirez, RHP, Fayetteville

4 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), 8 K

Abraham Toro, 3B, Corpus Christi

Game-tying grand slam (10) in 8th inning

Nick Hernandez, RHP, Corpus Christi

2 IP, K; perfect outing

R.J. Freure, RHP, and Felipe Tejada, RHP, Quad Cities

Freure: 4 IP, 3 H (solo HR allowed), ER, 4 BB, 8 K

Tejada: 3.1 IP, 2 H (solo HR allowed), ER, 2 BB, 9 K

Austin Dennis, OF, Jeremy Peña, SS, Michael Wielansky, IF, and Carlos Machado, OF, Quad Cities

Dennis: 2-6, 2 RBI, R

Peña: 4-6, RBI, R; 13-game hitting streak

Wielansky: 2-4, 3B, 2-R HR (2), 4 RBI, 2 R

Machado: 3-5, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, 3 R

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.

Corpus Christi Hooks pitchers: W 5-1 @ Amarillo

9 IP, 6 H, ER, BB, 15 K

Brandon Bielak: W (3-0), 6 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 9 K

Carlos Sanabria: 2 IP, 3 H, 4 K

Erasmo Pinales: IP, H, 2 K

Seth Beer, 1B/OF, and Abraham Toro (behind Brandon Bielak in the first photo), 3B, Corpus Christi

Beer: 3-4, 2 RBI, R

Toro: 2-3, RBI, R

Alex De Goti, IF, and Kyle Tucker, OF, Round Rock

De Goti: 2-5, 3-R HR (7), 4 RBI

Tucker: 2-4, solo HR (12)

Rogelio Armenteros, RHP, and Kent Emanuel, LHP, Round Rock

Armenteros: 5 IP, 2 H (solo HR allowed), ER, 3 BB, 5 K

Emanuel: 3 IP, 4 H, ER, 5 K

This is his mugshot on MiLB.com.

Jacob Meyers, OF, Fayetteville

2-5, 2B, 2 RBI

Cody Deason, RHP, Quad Cities

W (4-1), 4 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, HB, career-high 9 K

These four guys had all the hits for Quad Cities on Monday.

Austin Dennis: 2-5, RBI, 2 R

Jeremy Peña: 2-3, RBI, 2 R

Marty Costes: 2-5, 3B, 5 RBI

Michael Wielansky: 2-4, R

Astros Minor League Recaps

Results for Sunday, May 5, 2019

Quad Cities sweep!

Game 1 (resumed from Friday): San Antonio 10, Round Rock 9

W- Michael Tonkin (3-0)
L- Ralph Garza Jr. (3-1)

RR home runs: Kyle Tucker (7, solo in 1st), Taylor Jones (7, 3-run in 1st)

This game was originally scheduled for Friday but was suspended due to rain. Unfortunately, the Express, doing business on Sunday as the Chupacabras, walked off with the loss after blowing a 6-1 lead.

Round Rock scored six in the opening inning thanks to a pair of RBI singles from Jack Mayfield and Yordan Alvarez. Taylor Jones landed an early haymaker when he whacked a three-run homer, and then Kyle Tucker followed up with a solo blast of his own. In the 6th inning, Alex De Goti hit a two-run single and Jamie Ritchie scored on a wild pitch. De Goti finished 2-5 from the leadoff spot. Myles Straw went 2-4 with a stolen base, his eighth of the season.

Rogelio Armenteros went three innings and the one run he allowed came on a solo homer hit by Nate Orf in the 1st inning. He allowed one other hit and struck out six. Forrest Whitley was the first man out after play resumed and let's just say that his struggles continued. He only recorded two outs in the 4th and allowed five runs on four hits (three-run homer), walked one, and struck out one. Brendan McCurry came on for three innings and allowed a run on two hits, walked two, and struck out four. Ralph Garza Jr. pitched two innings and allowed three runs on five hits, walked two, and struck out one; San Antonio scored the winning run with two outs in the 9th.

Game 2 (regularly scheduled game): San Antonio 6, Round Rock 1

W- Donnie Hart (1-1)
L- Cy Sneed (0-4)

RR home runs: Alex De Goti (5, solo in 6th)

Round Rock didn't fare much better in the regularly scheduled game as the Flying Chanclas got three in the 2nd and three more in the 3rd to cruise to the victory.

Cy Sneed pitched two innings and allowed five runs (two inherited runners charged to him) on six hits, walked two, and struck out three. He did not record an out in the 3rd inning. Kent Emanuel took ownership of the 3rd and the two runners he inherited from Sneed both scored. In three innings, Emanuel allowed a run of his own on two hits. Nick Tanielu threw a 1-2-3 6th as he got a groundout and two pop fly outs.

Alex De Goti's solo shot in the 6th inning was the Chupacabras' lone scoring play in this game.

Ryan Hartman will get the start in the series finale. He'll face Zack Brown at 11:05 AM.

Tulsa 9, Corpus Christi 8

W- Shea Spitzbarth (1-1)
L- Brendan Feldmann (1-2)

CC home runs: None.

The Hooks fell behind 5-0 after the 1st inning and their 9th-inning rally fell just short.

Carson LaRue only recorded one out before leaving the game. He allowed five runs (two inherited runners charged to him) on two hits (solo homer) and walked four. Brendan Feldmann was the first man out of the Corpus bullpen on Sunday afternoon; he pitched 2.2 innings and allowed four runs (two earned) on four hits (solo homer) and walked one. Colin McKee and Justin Ferrell restored order to the game with scoreless outings. McKee walked one and struck out five over 2.2 innings and Ferrell walked one and struck out two in 2.1 innings of work.

Lorenzo Quintana put the Hooks on the board with a two-run single in the 2nd inning. In the 3rd, Josh Rojas and Chas McCormick hit RBI singles and Quintana tied the game at 5 by adding an RBI double to his ledger. Unfortunately, the Drillers regained control with four in the bottom of the 3rd.

Carmen Benedetti reached on an error to lead off the 9th and Aníbal Sierra ripped a double to put two men in scoring position for Ronnie Dawson, who promptly brought them in with a single. Dawson advanced to second on a wild pitch, but Osvaldo Duarte and Abraham Toro both struck out. Granden Goetzman was able to bring Dawson in with an RBI single, but he ended up getting stranded when Josh Rojas grounded out to the pitcher to end the game. Duarte finished 3-5 on the afternoon while Rojas and Quintana had two hits apiece.

Game three between the Hooks and the Drillers will also be a matinee starting at 12:05. Whoever gets the start for Corpus will take on Mitchell White.

Down East 6, Fayetteville 5

W- Alex Eubanks (2-0)
L- Chad Donato (3-3)
S- DeMarcus Evans (5)

Fayetteville home runs: Jacob Meyers (3, 2-run in 9th)

Unfortunately, not all of the firsts in Fayetteville's inaugural season can be celebrated. They suffered a first of an unsavory kind on Sunday: getting swept in a home series. Their 9th-inning rally also fell one run short.

Jake Adams hit an RBI single in the 1st inning and then came around to score on Colton Shaver's double. Jacob Meyers hit a sac fly in the 7th and then smacked a two-run homer in the 9th to cut the Woodpeckers' deficit to one run. Sadly, they could not get the tying run home. Shaver, who is starting to get some playing time as a catcher, finished 2-4 and both of his hits were doubles. Alfredo Angarita reached in all of his plate appearances, going 2-2 with a couple of walks and a run scored. Meyers drove in the last three Fayetteville runs.

Chad Donato went five innings and allowed three runs on seven hits (two-run homer) and struck out six. Leovanny Rodríguez and Joey Gonzalez pitched two innings apiece; Leovanny allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits and fanned two, while Gonzalez allowed an RBI single, walked one, and struck out three.

The Woodpeckers will have Monday off before they hit the road. They'll look to get back on track with a three-game series against Carolina starting Tuesday.

Quad Cities 4, Fort Wayne 3 in 11 innings

W- Luis Garcia (2-0)
L- Carlos Belen (0-3)

QC home runs: None.

With this victory, the Banditos swept this past week's roadtrip and have now won six straight.

After both teams combined to put up 12 zeroes on the board, Enmanuel Valdez finally opened the scoring with an RBI single in the 7th. He'd eventually score on César Salazar's groundout. Quad Cities was retired in order in the top of the 10th and Luis Garcia stranded runners on the corners to end the bottom of the 10th.

Trey Dawson started the top of the 11th in scoring position and he scored the go-ahead run on an error that also allowed Jonathan Lacroix to reach. Lacroix scored on Valdez's second RBI single of the day. Valdez finished 3-5 on the afternoon and also doubled and stole a base (2). Jeremy Peña went 2-4 and scored on Valdez's first RBI single.

Brett Daniels and Luis Garcia both threw five innings. Daniels allowed five hits, walked three, and struck out three in a scoreless outing, while Garcia allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits, walked one, and struck out six. Devin Conn allowed a run on a groundout in the 11th and got a strikeout to end the game.

With the continued flooding problems in the Quad Cities, the River Bandits will host the Lansing Lugnuts at Banks Field, on the campus of the University of Iowa. Austin Hansen will take on Cobi Johnson at 6:35.

Sunday's Stars

All photos are from Jayne unless stated otherwise. Standout performances from Round Rock's suspended game on Friday will also be included here.

Rogelio Armenteros, RHP, Round Rock

3 IP, 2 H (solo HR allowed), 6 K in Friday's game

Alex De Goti, IF, Round Rock

Friday: 2-5, 2 RBI, R

Sunday: Solo HR (5)

Colin McKee, RHP, and Justin Ferrell, RHP, Corpus Christi

McKee: 2.2 IP, BB, 5 K

Ferrell: 2.1 IP, BB, 2 K

Josh Rojas, UTIL, and Lorenzo Quintana, C, Corpus Christi

Rojas: 2-5, RBI, 2 R

Quintana: 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI

This is his mugshot on MiLB.com.

Jacob Meyers, OF, Fayetteville

1-4, 2-R HR (3), 3 RBI

Enmanuel Valdez, IF, Quad Cities

3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R, SB (2)

Quad Cities River Bandits pitchers: W 4-3 (11 innings) @ Fort Wayne

11 IP, 8 H, 3 R (1 ER), 4 BB, 10 K

Brett Daniels: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 BB, 3 K

Luis Garcia: W (2-0), 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), BB, 6 K

Devin Conn: Save (2), IP, unearned run, K