Houston Astros Minor League Recap: July 2nd
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (41-39) won 7-1 (BOX SCORE)
Tommy Shirley got the start for Fresno and had one of his better outings of the season tossing 6.2 scoreless innings giving up just 5 hits. Fresno got on the board in the 3rd inning with a solo HR from Stassi, his 4th of the season. In the 4th inning Fresno added another run on a Moran RBI single. Fresno added two more runs in the 6th with one run scoring on an error and one runs scoring on a wild pitch. The Grizzlies would end up scoring 3 more in the 8th inning with a 2 run double from Stassi and an RBI single from Kemp. Gustave tossed a scoreless 9th to seal it.
- Alex Bregman, SS: 2-for-5
- Colin Moran, 3B: 2-for-4, 2 R, RBI, BB
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 3-for-5, RBI, SB
- Preston Tucker, LF: 1-for-5, R
- Tyler White, 1B: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2 SB
- Max Stassi, C: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
- Thomas Shirley, LHP: 6.2 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Jandel Gustave, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (52-27) won 6-3 (BOX SCORE)
Corpus gets back in the win column. Grills got the start and went 7 innings allowing 3 earned runs. Corpus got their offense going in the 3rd inning with 4 runs thanks to a sac fly from McDonald, RBI double from Vasquez, and a 2 run single from Tanielu. Corpus added another 2 runs with a 2 run HR from Pena in the 8th inning. West closed out the game with two scoreless innings to pick up the save.
- Derek Fisher, CF: 0-for-4, R
- J.D. Davis, DH: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Chase McDonald, 1B: 1-for-3, RBI
- Danry Vasquez, LF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 2-for-4, 2 RBI
- Chan Moon, 2B: 1-for-3, R
- Roberto Pena, C: 1-for-1, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Evan Grills, LHP: 7.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Aaron West, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (40-39) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)
All the scoring came in the first inning. Jethawks opened an early lead with a Laureano RBI groundout scoring Sewald. Armenteros got the start for Lancaster and gave up 3 runs in the first inning, the only runs he would allow over his five innings of work. Lancaster only managed 3 hits on the night and was unable to get anything else going.
- Johnny Sewald, DH: 2-for-4, R, 2B, 2 SB
- Brooks Marlow, 2B: 1-for-2, 2B, BB
- Rogelio Armenteros, RHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Jacob Dorris, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (36-43) lost 7-1 (BOX SCORE)
Offense was silent last night for QC. Perez got the start and while he gave up 3 runs over 5 innings of work, all three came in the first inning. He didn’t allow a hit in his final four innings. The offense didn’t get going until the 6th inning when Duarte hit an RBI single, the only run they would score.
- Osvaldo Duarte, S: 2-for-4, RBI, SB
- Anthony Hermelyn, DH: 1-for-4
- Connor Goedert, 1B: 1-for-4
- Bobby Wernes, 3B: 1-for-3, R, SB
- Franklin Perez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (7-9) lost 5-1 (BOX SCORE)
Tri-City struggled to get the offense going. Sandoval got the start and went the first three inning allowing just 1 run. Smith relieved him and gave up 4 runs in his 0.2 innings of work. Brey tossed 3.1 scoreless innings in relief with 4 strikeouts. Tri-City was only able to get on the board once with a Wrenn RBI single in the 8th inning.
- Stephen Wrenn, LF: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- Daz Cameron, CF: 1-for-4
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-4
- Alex DeGoti, SS: 1-for-2, R, BB
- Edgardo Sandoval, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Howie Brey, LHP: 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (4-6) won 6-2 (BOX SCORE)
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-4
- Tyler Wolfe, 3B: 2-for-5, R, RBI, SB
- Wander Franco, DH: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
- Frankeny Fernandez, CF: 2-for-5, R, 3B, RBI
- Luis Payano, RF: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Gabriel Bracamonte, C: 1-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB
- Framber Valdez, RHP: 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
- Devin Raftery, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
ROOKIE: GCL Astros (2-6) lost 12-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Reiny Beltre, 3B: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
- Joan Mauricio, SS: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, SB
- Alex Winkelman, LHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brad Peacock (4.65 ERA)
CC: Kent Emanuel (2.76 ERA)
LAN: Dean Deetz (4.03 ERA)
QC: Albert Abreu (4.79 ERA)
TC: Hector Perez (0.77 ERA)
GV: Carlos Hiraldo (11.81 ERA)
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**Photo Credit: Kiel Maddox/Fresno Grizzlies**
