Houston Astros Minor League Recap: July 22nd
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (52-45) won 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Hauschild started for the Grizzlies last night and turned in another quality start. He went 6.2 innings allowing 3 runs and striking out 10. Fresno got on the board first with Teoscar scoring on a passed ball in the second inning. Fresno would enter the 6th inning down 2-1 and take the lead with 2 runs thanks to a White HR and a Kemmer RBI single. Albuquerque would eventually tie it sending the game to the 9th at 3-3. Stassi lead off the bottom of the 9th and crushed a walk-off HR to left field to win it for Frenso.
- Alex Bregman, LF: 0-for-3, BB
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 1-for-3, BB
- Tyler White, SS: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Teoscar Hernandez, RF: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 2-for-4
- Max Stassi, C: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Jon Kemmer, DH: 1-for-2, RBI
- Mike Hauschild, RHP: 6.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 10 K
- Kevin Chapman, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Josh Fields, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (WIN)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (60-38) won 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Corpus gets back on track with a solid win. The Hooks jumped out to an early lead with Fontana scoring on a Davis RBI groundout in the 1st inning. Frias was on the mound for Corpus and was great. He finished going 7 innings and allowing 1 run with 5 strikeouts. In the 6th inning Vasquez hit an RBI double to give the Hooks a 2-1 lead. They would add another run on a Tanielu solo HR in the 7th and one more run in the 8th on a Vasquez solo HR. West gave up 2 unearned runs in the 9th but the Hooks were able to hold on.
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 0-for-4, R, RBI
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-4, SB
- Nolan Fontana, SS: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB, SB
- Derek Fisher, CF: 2-for-4, SB
- Danry Vasquez, DH: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, RBI
- Nick Tanielu, 2B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
- Edison Frias, RHP: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (WIN)
- Aaron West, RHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Albert Minnis, LHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (53-45) lost 9-8 (BOX SCORE)
Lancaster lost by the same scored they won by yesterday. The fell behind 6-0 by the third inning but would battle back. They got on the board with an RBI triple from Sewald and a Nunez RBI groundout. In the 4th they added another run on a Wik RBI single. The Jethawks would get two more in the 5th on a Nunez RBI single and Nunez scoring on a passed ball. Lancaster added two more in the 7th to make it a 9-8 game. Unfortunately they weren’t able to get anything else going and lost by that score.
- Johnny Sewald, LF: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, 3B, RBI
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB
- Trent Woodward, C: 1-for-3, R, 2B
- Jason Martin, RF: 1-for-4, BB
- Jamie Ritchie, 1B: 1-for-4, R, RBI
- Marc Wik, 3B: 2-for-4, 2 RBI
- Keach Ballard, 2B: 2-for-3, R, BB
- Alex Winkelman, LHP: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 6 BB, 0 K
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (46-51) lost 3-2 (BOX SCORE)
Tough loss late for Quad Cities. Hernandez got the start and was dominant. He gave up 2 runs in the 3rd inning but finished going 6.1 innings allowing just the 2 runs and 14 strikeouts. Quad Cities tied the game in the 7th with a run on a Goedert RBI double and another scoring on a groundout. The game would stay tied at 2 until the 9th when Dayton’s Vasquez hit a solo HR. Quad Cities went down in order in the 9th and fell 3-2.
- Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-3, BB
- Hector Roa, DH: fern1-for-4, R
- Arturo Michelena, 2B: 1-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Connor Goedert, LF: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB
- Elieser Hernandez, RHP: 6.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 14 K
- Zac Person, LHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (17-17) lost 13-7 (BOX SCORE)
Tri-City got this game started off well with a Robinson RBI double in the top of the 1st. The game stayed 1-0 until the 4th when Staten Island scored 5 runs. Tri-City bounced back with 3 of their own with 2 runs scoring on an error and an RBI groundout. Tri-City added two more runs in the 7th but Staten Island continued to add on to their lead and win in 13-7.
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2B, BB
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 1-for-5, RBI
- Carmen Benedetti, RF: 0-for-3, 2 RBI, BB
- Chuckie Robinson, DH: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-4, 2B
- Agapito Barrios, RHP: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (16-13) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Miguelangel Sierra, 2B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Marcos Almonte, CF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, 3B
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-3
- Nathan Thompson, LHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Tyler Britton, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- Salvador Montano, LHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (SAVE)
**Also of note: Astros 2016 1st round pick, Forrest Whitley, made his professional debut going 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K for the Gulf Coast League Astros**
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brad Peacock (4.34 ERA)
CC: Keegan Yuhl (3.05 ERA)
LAN: Akeem Bostick (3.31 ERA)
QC: Jose Hernandez (2.66 ERA)
TC: TBD
GV: Abdiel Saldana (3.24 ERA)
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