Houston Astros Minor League Recap: July 14th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (47-42) won 6-2 (BOX SCORE)
Fresno starts the post All-Star break schedule off right. Valdez got the start for the Grizzlies and once again was very good. He went 7 innings allowing just 1 run lowering his ERA to 3.19. Fresno got their scoring started in the first with a White RBI single. They would get another 2 runs in the 3rd inning on a White 2 run HR, his 7th HR in AAA. In the 4th Singleton added an RBI double to extend the lead. Singleton would later hit a solo HR, his 15th of the season. Teoscar capped the scoring with a sac fly in the 7th inning. Gustave tossed a scoreless 8th and Guduan struck out the side in the 9th to seal it.
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 3-for-4, R, BB
- Alex Bregman, SS: 1-for-5
- Preston Tucker, LF: 1-for-5, R
- Tyler White, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, BB
- Colin Moran, 3B: 1-for-5
- Teoscar Hernandez, RF: 1-for-2, R, RBI, BB
- Jon Singleton, DH: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 1-for-4
- Cesar Valdez, RHP: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Jandel Gustave, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (58-32) lost 10-1 (BOX SCORE)
The score doesn’t fully tell the story as this one was closer than it indicates. Martes started for the Hooks and allowed 2 runs over 6.1 innings with 7 strikeouts. All three runs came in the 3rd inning. Unfortunately the bats had a rough night. Corpus was able to get on the board with a solo HR from Davis in the 6th but that is all they would get. The score stayed 3-1 until Frisco put up 7 runs in the 9th inning.
- James Ramsay, LF: 1-for-3, 2 BB, SB
- Derek Fisher, CF: 1-for-5
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Nick Tanielu, 2B: 3-for-5
- Conrad Gregor, 1B: 1-for-3, 3B, BB
- Mott Hyde, SS: 1-for-4, 2B
- Francis Martes, RHP: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (48-42)
GAME 1 – won 3-0 (BOX SCORE)
Great first game for the Jethawks. Thornton was on the mound and finished tossing a complete game shutout (7 innings) with 4 strikeouts. Lancaster got on the board in the 5th with an RBI double from Marlow. They would add another 2 runs in the 7th on a 2 run HR from Laureano, his 7th of the season. The 3 runs were plenty for Thornton as he dominated San Jose.
- Johnny Sewald, RF: 2-for-3, R, 2B, SB
- Ramon Laureano, LF: 2-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Jason Martin, CF: 1-for-3, 2B
- Brooks Marlow, 3B: 1-for-2, 2B, RBI
- Trent Thornton, RHP: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
GAME 2 – won 9-4 (BOX SCORE)
Lancaster finished off the sweep of the double header with a nice win. They scored early and made this one a blowout fast. Lancaster scored 3 runs in the first inning on Muniz and Ferguson RBI singles and a 3rd run scoring on a wild pitch. They added 3 more in the 2nd inning on a 2 run HR from Laureano and a solo HR from Muniz. The runs kept coming in the 3rd with a Wik 2 run triple. Laureano tripled in the 4th and came around to score on a Muniz RBI single. At this point they Jethawks were up 9-0. San Jose battled getting four off of Armenteros, but he still managed to go 5 innings and struck out 7. McCanna closed the game with two scoreless innings.
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2B, BB
- Ramon Laureano, RF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 3B, HR, 2 RBI
- Bryan Muniz, 1B: 3-for-4, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI
- Brooks Marlow, DH: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Drew Ferguson, LF: 2-for-3, R, BB, SB
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 1-for-4, R
- Marc Wik, 3B: 1-for-4, 3B, 2 RBI
- Rogelio Armenteros, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
- Kevin McCanna, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (42-48) won 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
Bower was on the mound for the River Bandits last night and had a great outing. He went 7 innings allowing just 2 earned runs with 0 BB/8 K. Quad Cities got on the board in the 2nd inning on a Roa solo HR, his 2nd of the season. Hermelyn later in the inning added an RBI single to make it 2-0. Goedert added another run in the 8th with an RBI single. Ferrell and Garza combined to throw 2 scoreless innings to close out the game.
- Myles Straw, LF: 2-for-4, BB
- Hector Roa, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Pat Porter, RF: 3-for-4, R, 2B, SB
- Kristian Trompiz, 2B: 2-for-3, R, 3B
- Connor Goedert, DH: 1-for-4, RBI
- Anthony Hermelyn, C: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Matt Bower, LHP: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K (WIN)
- Justin Ferrell, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (14-13) won 2-0 (BOX SCORE)
Good pitching and one bit hit lifts the ValleyCats to the win. Perez got the start and went 4.1 innings allowing just 2 hits, no runs, with 5 strikeouts. Brey finished off the 5th keeping the score tied 0-0. The game would stay 0-0 into the 7th. In the bottom of the 7th, Astros 2nd round pick Dawson, hit a 2 run HR to give Tri-City the lead. Chavez pitched the final four innings without giving up a run and Tri-City hung on for the 2-0 victory.
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-4
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 1-for-4, SB
- Carmen Benedetti, DH: 1-for-3
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 2-for-2, R, BB
- Ronnie Dawson, RF: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-3, 2B
- Hector Perez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Howie Brey, LHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Enrique Chavez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (9-11) POSTPONED
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Thomas Shirley (4.88 ERA)
CC: Evan Grills (3.81 ERA)
LAN: Dean Deetz (4.02 ERA)
QC: Franklin Perez (3.32 ERA)
TC: Kevin Hill (6.43 ERA)
GV: Carlos Hiraldo (10.13 ERA); Patrick Sandoval (4.42 ERA)
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**Photo Credit: Kiel Maddox/Fresno Grizzlies**
