Houston Astros Minor League Recap: July 4th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (42-40) won 4-1 (BOX SCORE)
Bregman and Teoscar carry the Grizzlies to the win in this one. Valdez got the start and pitched well giving up 1 run over 7 innings of work. The Grizzlies got on the board in the 3rd inning on a 2 run HR from Bregman. In the 8th the Grizzlies added two more runs on a solo HR from Bregman and an RBI triple from Teoscar. Bregman now has 18 HR overall between AA/AAA. McCurry tossed a scoreless 8th and Hoyt pitched a perfect 9th with 2 strikeouts to pick up the save.
- Teoscar Hernandez, RF: 2-for-4, 2B, 3B, RBI
- Alex Bregman, SS: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI
- Tyler White, 1B: 1-for-4
- Matt Duffy, 3B: 2-for-4
- Tyler Heineman, C: 1-for-2, R, BB
- Cesar Valdez, RHP: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (WIN)
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- James Hoyt, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (53-28) won 10-2 (BOX SCORE)
This game got out of hand late. Davis opened the scoring with a solo HR in the 2nd inning, his 13th HR of the season. Frias rolled through the first four but then gave up 3 unearned runs in the 5th. The game stayed at 3-1 until Tulsa put up 7 runs off of Peterson and Thompson. Corpus did get a run in the 8th on an error but that would be it for the scoring as they fell 10-2.
- Derek Fisher, CF: 1-for-4, RBI
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Conrad Gregor, 1B: 1-for-4, R, 2B, 3 RBI, BB
- Danry Vasquez, LF: 1-for-4
- Nick Tanielu, 2B: 1-for-4
- Roberto Pena, C: 1-for-3, R
- Edison Frias, RHP: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (41-40) won 9-7 (BOX SCORE)
Nice comeback win for the Jethawks. Sewald opened the scoring with a solo HR in the bottom of the first inning. Bostick got the start for Lancaster and gave up 5 runs, 4 earned, over 5 innings of work. Lancaster got 2 more runs in the second on a Marlow RBI single and a Ferguson sac fly. They would go into the 7th down 7-3 and that is when the rally started. They got 2 runs in the 7th thanks to a 2 run double from Muniz. In the 8th they put up 4 runs on a Sewald RBI single, Boyd 2 run single, and Muniz RBI double. Deemes closed the game with 2 scoreless innings.
- Johnny Sewald, RF: 3-for-4, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB, SB
- Bobby Boyd, LF: 1-for-5, R, 2 RBI, SB
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Bryan Muniz, 1B: 2-for-5, 2 2B, 3 RBI
- Jason Martin, CF: 1-for-4, R
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 1-for-1, 2 R, 2B, 3 BB
- Brooks Marlow, 2B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Akeem Bostick, RHP: 5.0 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Ryan Deemes, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (37-44) won 9-1 (BOX SCORE)
Quad Cities won this one on the back of a great start from Elieser Hernandez. He finished with 8 shutout innings giving up just 1 hit and striking out 10. Quad Cities got on the board early with an RBI single from McCall in the 1st inning. In the 2nd inning Trompiz added a 2 run HR, his first HR of the season. In the 4th QC added another run on a Straw RBI single. The River Bandits dropped a 4 spot in the 8th inning with an RBI triple from Trompiz, 2 run single from McCall and an RBI double from Heremelyn. This offensive output was more than enough for Hernandez.
- Myles Straw, CF: 3-for-4, 2 R, RBI, BB
- Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 2-for-4, R, BB
- Kyle Tucker, LF: 0-for-4, R, BB, SB
- Dexture McCall, DH: 2-for-3, 3 RBI, 2 BB
- Anthony Hermelyn, C: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Connor Goedert, 1B: 3-for-4, 3 R, 2B
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 2-for-4, R, 3B, HR, 3 RBI
- Elieser Hernandez, RHP: 8.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K (WIN)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (8-10) lost 9-7 (BOX SCORE)
Tough loss for Tri-City in this back and forth game. Hill got the start and gave up 3 runs in the first inning but Tri-City responded with 4 runs in the bottom of the 1st on a 2 run double from Wrenn and a 2 run double from Cesar. Unfortunately the pitching staff couldn’t hold the lead. Tri-City went into the 6th inning down 7-4 and Birk came through with a 2 run single but the bullpen gave up another 2 runs. Alex DeGoti added an RBI single in the 8th but that is all the ValleyCats would get.
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 2-for-5, R, 2 RBI
- Stephen Wrenn, LF: 2-for-4, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
- Daz Cameron, CF: 1-for-5, R
- Ronnie Dawson, RF: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 3-for-4, 2 RBI, BB
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-5, 2B
- Brauly Mejia, DH: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 3-for-4, R
- Alex DeGoti, SS: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB, SB
- Austin Nicely, LHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Chris Cotton, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Nick Hernandez, RHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (4-8) lost 7-3 (BOX SCORE)
- Miguelangel Sierra, 2B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 2-for-4
- Tyler Wolfe, 3B: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- Chaz Pal, LF: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Patrick Sandoval, LHP: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brady Rodgers (2.77 ERA)
CC: Keegan Yuhl (2.41 ERA)
LAN: Brock Dykxhoorn (4.02 ERA)
QC: Jose Hernandez (3.41 ERA)
TC: Ryan Hartman (4.15 ERA)
GV: Nathan Thompson (4.91 ERA)
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