Houston Astros Minor League Recap: June 17th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the book. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (30-36) lost 10-4 (BOX SCORE)
Rough night for Musgrove. He allowed 6 earned runs in 5 innings of work with 1 BB/3 K. Fresno got on the board with a Mayfield RBI single in the 4th inning. They would get 3 more runs in the 7th with a 2 run single from Duffy and an RBI triple from Tucker. Guduan tossed two scoreless innings in relief. Unfortunately, Jankowski gave up 4 runs in the 8th which put the game out of reach.
- AJ Reed, DH: 1-for-5
- Matt Duffy, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 1-for-5, R
- Colin Moran, 3B: 1-for-3, BB
- Nolan Fontana, SS: 2-for-5, R
- Preston Tucker, RF: 3-for-4, 2B, 3B, RBI
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Tyler Heineman, C: 1-for-2, 2 BB
- Joseph Musgrove, RHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (44-23) won 10-3 (BOX SCORE)
Huge 7th inning lifts Hooks to the win. Sneed got the start for Corpus last night and pitched well going 5 innings allowing 2 runs with 7 strikeouts. Corpus got 2 runs in the 5th inning with a Vasquez RBI single and another run scoring on an error. Smith allowed 1 run in his 3 innings of work. The game would go into the 7th tied at 3 and Corpus exploded for 7 runs. In the 7th they got an RBI single from Moon, RBI single from Tanielu, RBI walk from Gregor and a grand slam from Hyde. Sanudo pitched a scoreless 9th to close out the game.
- Teoscar Hernandez, DH: 0-for-4, R, BB
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 1-for-4, R, RBI
- Danry Vasquez, LF: 1-for-3, R, RBI, 2 BB
- Mott Hyde, SS: 1-for-4, R, HR, 4 RBI
- Conrad Gregor, 1B: 0-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Alfredo Gonzalez, C: 2-for-3, R, 2 2B
- Chan Moon, 2B: 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI, BB
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
- Kyle Smith, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Gonzalo Sanudo, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (34-33) lost 12-5 (BOX SCORE)
Bower got the start but was roughed up giving up 10 runs, 6 earned over 3.2 innings. Lancaster got on the board with a sac fly from Nunez in the 2nd innings. In the Martin hit a 3 run HR, his 12th HR of the season. Comer and Thompson both had scoreless outings but Lancaster only managed four hits on the night.
- Jason Martin, CF: 1-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Garrett Stubbs, DH: 1-for-4, R
- Trent Woodward, C: 1-for-3, R, 2B
- Brooks Marlow, 3B: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Matt Bower, LHP: 3.2 IP, 10 H, 10 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Kevin Comer, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
- Ryan Thompson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (29-38) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Rough night for the offense as they only managed the one run in 14 innings. The one run came on a Duarte solo HR in the 3rd inning. Perez got the start and went 5 innings allowing 1 run with 6 strikeouts. McCanna and Garza both tossed 4 scoreless innings in relief. Unfortunately, Whitt gave up a run in the 14th and QC was unable to come back.
- Osvaldo Duarte, RF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, 2 BB, SB
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 2-for-5, SB
- Myles Straw, CF: 0-for-5, 2 BB, SB
- Connor Goedert, LF: 1-for-6, 2B
- Franklin Perez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
- Kevin McCanna, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (1-0) won 13-1 (BOX SCORE)
Tri-City got the season off right with a blowout win. Bostick got the start and went 6 shutout innings with 0 BB/2 K. Wrenn lead-off the bottom of the first with a solo HR, his first professional HR. The ValleyCats put up 5 runs in the 5th inning thanks to a Cameron 2 run double, Jones RBI double, Rogers RBI double, and Mejia RBI double. Tri-City would have another big inning in the 7th with another 5 runs. In the 7th they got an RBI single from Benedetti and a grand slam from Jones. Kessay pitched the final 3 innings allowing 1 run with 7 strikeouts.
- Stephen Wrenn, LF: 2-for-4, 4 R, HR, RBI, 2 BB
- Daz Cameron, CF: 1-for-2, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB
- Carmen Benedetti, DH: 2-for-5, R, RBI
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 5 RBI
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 2-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- Jake Rogers, C: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Brauly Mejia, RF: 2-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Akeem Bostick, RHP: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Sebastian Kessay, LHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brady Rodgers (2.90 ERA)
CC: David Paulino (1.73 ERA)
LAN: Rogelio Armenteros (3.00 ERA)
QC: Albert Abreu (5.89 ERA)
TC: TBD
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