Houston Astros Minor League Recap: June 20th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (32-37) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Fresno picks up a solid win behind a great pitching performance behind Shirley. Shirley went 6 innings without allowing a run and striking out 5. Fresno got the scoring started with a Reed sac-fly in the first inning scoring Aplin who doubled. McCurry relieved Shirley and made his AAA debut. He pitched well going 2 perfect innings with 2 strikeouts. In the top of the 9th Reed hit a solo HR, his 10th of the season, to give Fresno a 2-0 lead. Hoyt allowed a run in the 9th but still picked up the save.
- Colin Moran, 3B: 1-for-4
- AJ Reed, 1B: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 2-for-4, R, 2B
- Preston Tucker, LF: 1-for-3, 3B
- Thomas Shirley, LHP: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (WIN)
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- James Hoyt, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (47-23) won 5-3 (BOX SCORE)
It took 11 innings but Corpus picks up another win. Emanuel got the start and pitched well allowing 1 earned run in 5 innings of work. In the top of the Corpus picked up a run on a Gregor RBI double to tie the game at 1. Corpus would take the lead on a Davis RBI single in the 6th innings. Martes relieved Emanuel and went 4 innings allowing 1 run with 7 strikeouts. The game would stayed tied at 2 until the 11th when Corpus scored 3 runs thanks to a Garcia 2 run single and him eventually scoring on a wild pitch. West gave up a solo HR in the bottom of the 11th but was able to hold on for the win. Just to note, Bregman got hit in the head by a pitch and exited the game, though reports said he appeared to be okay.
- Teoscar Hernandez, RF: 1-for-6, SB
- Alex Bregman, SS: 1-for-3, 2B
- Derek Fisher, CF: 0-for-2, 2 R, 3 BB, SB
- JD Davis, 3B: 2-for-3, RBI, 2 BB
- Conrad Gregor, 1B: 2-for-5, R, 2 2B, RBI
- Roberto Pena, C: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- Alejandro Garcia, LF: 2-for-5, R, 2 RBI
- Kent Emanuel, LHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Francis Martes, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
- Aaron West, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (34-45) OFF
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (31-38) OFF
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (2-2) won 10-9 (BOX SCORE)
Adcock made his professional debut in this but went just 1.2 innings giving up 1 run with 3 strikeouts. Castro pitched the next four innings but allowing 4 runs. TC got the offense started with 2 runs in the 3rd on a Wrenn RBI single and Cameron later scoring on an error. They would add 2 more runs in the 6th thanks to a 2 run double from Benedetti. Wrenn added a sac fly in the 7th to bring the ValleyCats within a run. With TC down a run, Rogers came through with an RBI double to tie the game in the 8th inning. The game would stay tied, primarily thanks to Sierra who tossed 6 scoreless innings in relief. In the top of the 14th Tri-City scored four runs on a 2 run single from Cameron and a 2 run HR from Wrenn. Brooklyn would rally for 3 runs but the ValleyCats would hold on for the win.
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 3-for-9, R, HR, 4 RBI, SB
- Daz Cameron, LF: 2-for-9, 2 R, 2 RBI
- Ronnie Dawson, RF: 2-for-6, R, BB, SB
- Carmen Benedetti, RF: 3-for-8, 2B, 2 RBI
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-6, 2 R, 2B, 2 BB
- Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI
- Alex DeGoti, SS: 1-for-6, 2B, BB
- Kolbey Carpenter, 3B: 2-for-5, 3 R, 2 BB
- Marcos Almonte, 2B: 3-for-7, R, 2 2B, SB
- Brett Adcock, LHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Carlos Sierra, RHP: 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Nick Hernandez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brad Peacock (5.19 ERA)
CC: Evan Grills (1.98 ERA)
LAN: OFF (All-Star Break)
QC: OFF (All-Star Break)
TC: Sebastian Kessay (3.00 ERA)
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