Houston Astros Minor League Recap: July 12th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (46-42) OFF
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (57-31) OFF
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (46-42) OFF
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (41-47) OFF
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (13-12) lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Kessay got the start for the ValleyCats in this one and while he struck out 8, he allowed 4 runs in his 4.2 innings of work. Tri-City got on the board in the 4th with Wrenn walking and coming around to score on a fielder’s choice plat. Pinales came in and kept the game close tossing 3.1 innings of no hit baseball. Rogers added a 2 run HR to bring the game to 4-3 but Tri-City was unable to score again.
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB
- Carmen Benedetti, DH: 1-for-4
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 2-for-4
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 3-for-4, R, 2B
- Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Sebastian Kessay, LHP: 4.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
- Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (8-11) OFF
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: OFF
CC: Cy Sneed (3.68 ERA)
LAN: Joshua James (3.25 ERA)
QC: Yoanys Quiala (3.88 ERA)
TC: TBD
GV: Ben Smith (4.50 ERA)
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