Houston Astros Minor League Recap: July 5th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (43-41) won 5-2 (BOX SCORE)
Musgrove got the start for the Grizzlies last night and pitched well. He went 5 innings allowing 2 runs, both in the 4th, with 0 walks to 6 strikeouts. Fresno got on the board in the 2nd inning with a solo HR from White, his 4th in AAA. Fresno was down 2-1 in the 7th but rallied for 3 runs thanks to an RBI single from Aplin and a 2 run double from Stassi. The Grizzlies would get another run in the 8th on a Moran RBI single. McCurry tossed two scoreless innings followed by scoreless inning from Fields. Hoyt came on in the 9th and picked up his 22nd save.
- Alex Bregman, SS: 1-for-4
- Preston Tucker, LF: 1-for-4, R
- Tyler White, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Colin Moran, 3B: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Jon Kemmer, RF: 1-for-4, R
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 1-for-3, R, RBI
- Max Stassi, C: 2-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI
- Joseph Musgrove, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Josh Fields, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- James Hoyt, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (54-29) won 7-5 (BOX SCORE)
Mayfield stays hot in win for Corpus. Sneed got the start and this one and rolled through the first five innings. He ended up giving up 3 runs in 6.1 innings of work. Corpus got on the board in the first inning on a 2 run HR from Mayfield. The Hooks got 4 runs in the 3rd inning on RBI doubles from Davis, McDonald and Hyde. Mayfield added another run with a sac fly in the 8th inning. West closed the game with 1.2 scoreless innings.
- James Ramsay, RF: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
- Derek Fisher, CF: 1-for-4, BB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 3-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- Chase McDonald, DH: 1-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- Mott Hyde, 2B: 2-for-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Aaron West, RHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (42-41) won 10-7 (BOX SCORE)
Nice win for Lancaster. The Jethawks got the scoring started with a Muniz sac fly in the first. In the 2nd inning the Jethawks would drop a 6 spot thanks to a bases loaded walk to Sewald, Laureano 2 run single, Muniz 2 run single, and Muniz scoring on a balk. James started for Lancaster and gave up 5 runs over 6 innings with 6 strikeouts. Lancaster added 2 more runs in the 7th on RBI singles from Nunez and Sewald. Dorris picked up the save tossing 2.2 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts.
- Johnny Sewald, LF: 1-for-4, R, 2 RBI, BB
- Bobby Boyd, DH: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB
- Ramon Laureano, CF: 2-for-3, R, 2 RBI, BB
- Bryan Muniz, 1B: 2-for-4, R, 3 RBI
- Keach Ballard, SS: 1-for-5, R
- Drew Ferguson, RF: 0-for-3, RBI, 2 BB
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 1-for-5, R
- Antonio Nunez, 3B: 2-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Joshua James, RHP: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
- Jacob Dorris, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (38-45) lost 2-0 (BOX SCORE)
Pitching was solid but the bats went quiet. Quiala got the start and had one of his better outings of the season going 7 innings and allowing just 1 earned run. Offensively the River Bandits couldn’t get anything going and only managed five hits, 2 of them doubles. Murphy pitched two scoreless innings to finish the game but the 2 runs Beloit got early was too much.
- Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 1-for-4, 2B
- Kyle Tucker, CF: 1-for-4, 2B
- Christian Correa, C: 1-for-3
- Anthony Hermelyn, DH: 1-for-3
- Arturo Michelena, 3B: 1-for-2, BB
- Yoanys Quiala, RHP: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Chris Murphy, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (9-11) lost 7-5 (BOX SCORE)
Tough loss late for the ValleyCats. Pinales got the start in this one and pitched well going 5 innings and giving up just 1 run. In the 5th inning Birk hit a sac fly, which tied the game at 1. Tri-City entered the bottom of the 7th down 4-1 but Birk came through with an RBI double and Mejia added an RBI groundout to cut the lead to 4-3. In the 9th inning Birk hit a solo HR to tie the game at 4 and send it to extras. Unfortunately State College put up 3 runs in the 11th and Tri-City was only able to respon with a Robinson solo HR.
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 4-for-5, R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
- Stephen Wrenn, LF: 1-for-5, SB
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-5
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-5, 2 RBI
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI
- Alex DeGoti, SS: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (5-8) POSTPONED
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Mike Hauschild (2.95 ERA)
CC: Francis Martes (4.10 ERA)
LAN: Trent Thornton (4.37 ERA)
QC: Matt Bower (2.64 ERA)
TC: OFF
GV: TBD
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**Photo Credit: Kiel Maddox/Fresno Grizzlies**
