Houston Astros Minor League Recap: April 8th
Another night in the books for the Astros minor league system. Fresno lets the bats loose and more great pitching in Corpus. Check out how the prospects did in the games from last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (1-1) won 6-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 2-for-5, R
- Nolan Fontana, SS: 2-for-3, 4 R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
- AJ Reed, 1B: 2-for-5, 3 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Colin Moran, 3B: 2-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Jon Kemmer, RF: 1-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Jon Singleton, DH: 3-for-4, R, HR, 4 RBI, BB
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 1-for-4, R, BB, SB
- Roberto Pena, C: 2-for-5, RBI
- Asher Wojciechowski, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- James Hoyt, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (1-1) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Derek Fisher, RF: 0-for-3, BB
- Alex Bregman, SS: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- JD Davis, 3B: 1-for-3, BB
- Conrad Gregor, 1B: 1-for-4
- David Paulino, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Kyle Smith, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (0-1) suspended due to rain, 4-1 Lancaster in 5th inning (BOX SCORE)
- Drew Ferguson, DH: 1-for-5, R, SB
- Jason Martin, LF: 1-for-2, R, 2B
- Ramon Laureano, RF: 1-for-2, R, 3B, RBI
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 2-for-2, RBI, SB
- Alejandro Garcia, DH: 1-for-2, R
- Andrew Walter, RHP: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (0-2) lost 6-2 (BOX SCORE)
- Johnny Sewald, LF: 1-for-5, R
- Daz Cameron, CF: 0-for-2, RBI, BB
- Kyle Tucker, RF: 0-for-2, RBI, 2 BB
- Bobby Wernes, 3B: 1-for-4
- Brooks Marlow, 2B: 1-for-3, BB
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Albert Abreu, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brady Rodgers (-.– ERA)
CC: Francis Martes (-.– ERA)
LAN: Trent Thornton (-.– ERA)
QC: Chris Murphy (-.– ERA)
**Photo Credit: Tammy Tucker**
