Houston Astros Minor League Recap: April 25th
Only two teams in action. Fresno got back on track and Corpus suffered a tough loss in extras. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (8-9) won 7-4 (BOX SCORE)
Fresno got off to a hot start scoring six runs in the top of the 2nd inning with RBI from five different Fresno hitters. Tommy Shirley had a solid outing but ended up giving up four runs in 5.1 innings. Colin Moran went 2-for-4 with a run, walk and is now hitting .317 on the season. Kemmer had a good game with two doubles raising his average to .213. The bullpen came in and closed the game out. Hoyt was electric striking out five batters in two innings. Hoyt season line: 1.74 ERA, 10.1 IP, 5 H, 5 BB, 18 K.
- AJ Reed, DH: 1-for-5, RBI
- Colin Moran, 3B: 2-for-4, R, BB
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 2-for-4, RBI, BB
- Danny Worth, SS: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 2-for-4, R, 2 2B, RBI
- Eury Perez, RF: 1-for-5, R, 3B, 2 RBI
- Tyler Heineman, C: 1-for-2, 2 R, BB
- Thomas Shirley, LHP: 5.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- Cesar Valdez, RHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- James Hoyt, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (9-7) lost 8-7 (BOX SCORE)
Very tough game to lose for Corpus. Through two innings they jumped out to a 7-0 lead. Unfortunately the Midland bullpen tossed 12 scoreless innings to follow as the Hooks lost in 14 innings. The highlights were Mayfield and Ramsay who both went deep. Teoscar added two RBI and McDonald added two hits. Reymin Guduan was great again in two perfect innings.
- James Ramsay, DH: 2-for-6, R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
- Teoscar Hernandez, RF: 1-for-6, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-5, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Chase McDonald, 1B: 2-for-3, R, BB
- Danry Vasquez, LF: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (5-10) OFF
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (7-11) OFF
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brad Peacock (3.21 ERA)
CC: Joseph Musgrove (0.73 ERA)
LAN: TBD
QC: Jose Hernandez (3.86 ERA)
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