Houston Astros Minor League Recap: June 10th
All four full season teams as well as the DSL squads in action. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (25-34) lost 6-3 (BOX SCORE)
Peacock got the start for the Grizzlies in this one. He gave up 4 runs, all unearned, over 5 innings of work. Fresno got their scoring started in the bottom of the 2nd inning when AJ Reed hit a solo HR to center, his 8th HR of the season. They would get another run in the 3rd on a bases loaded walk from Worth. Gustave pitched two innings and relief and gave up 2 runs. Unfortunately, Fresno’s offense wasn’t able to much else together and lost 6-3.
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 1-for-4, BB
- Nolan Fontana, 2B: 1-for-5, RBI
- Danny Worth, 3B: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- AJ Reed, DH: 2-for-4, R, 3B, HR, RBI
- Max Stassi, C: 1-for-4, 2B
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 2-for-4, 2 R, SB
- Brad Peacock, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Jordan Jankowski, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Josh Fields, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (37-22) lost 7-6 (BOX SCORE)
Tough loss for Corpus in extra innings. They fell behind 1-0 after two innings but would bounce back. They score 2 run in the 3rd inning on a Bregman 2 run single. In the 4th inning they got a 2 run single from Garcia and an RBI single from Teoscar to go up 5-1. Frias got the start and while he was good the first 4 innings, he gave up 4 runs in the 5th and the game was tied. The game went to the 10th and McCurry gave up 2 runs. Tanielu hit a solo HR in the bottom of the inning to make it 7-6 but that is all they would get.
- Teoscar Hernandez, RF: 2-for-4, RBI, 2 SB
- Derek Fisher, CF: 1-for-2, 3 BB, SB
- Alex Bregman, SS: 1-for-5, 2 RBI
- Nick Tanielu, 2B: 3-for-5, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Conrad Gregor, 1B: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- Alfredo Gonzalez, C: 1-for-2, 2 R, BB
- Alejandro Garcia, LF: 2-for-5, 2 RBI
- Edison Frias, RHP: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 8 K
- Evan Grills, LHP: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (32-28) lost 4-1 (BOX SCORE)
Offense was quiet in loss last night. Dykxhoorn got the start and wasn’t too bad going 5 innings, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts. The only scoring for Lancaster came on a Reynoso RBI single in the second inning. Dorris and Comer combined to pitch the final 3 innings with Dorris giving up 1 run. Laureano and Boyd both had two hits and Stubbs and Ferguson both had a double.
- Bobby Boyd, DH: 2-for-3
- Ramon Laureano, LF: 2-for-4, SB
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-4, 2B
- Drew Ferguson, RF: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Luis Reynoso, SS: 1-for-3, RBI
- Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Jacob Dorris, RHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Kevin Comer, RHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (25-35) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)
Quad Cities could only muster one run in this game. Murphy got the start and allowed just 1 earned run over 5 innings of work. The River Bandits got on the board with a solo HR from Porter, his 3rd of the season. Quiala pitched the second half of the tandem and wasn’t bad giving up 2 runs, 0 earned, over 3 innings of work. Trompiz and Goedert both doubled but that would do it for the offense.
- Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-4, SB
- Osvaldo Duarte, RF: 1-for-3
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-3, 2B, BB, SB
- Connor Goedert, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B
- Pat Porter, LF: 1-for-2, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Chris Murphy, RHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
- Yoanys Quiala, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
DSL Astros Orange (6-0) won 10-4 (BOX SCORE)
DSL Astros Blue (5-1) won 2-0 (BOX SCORE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Cesar Valdez (5.40 ERA)
CC: TBD
LAN: TBD
QC: Franklin Perez (2.81 ERA)
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