Houston Astros Minor League Recap: July 7th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (44-41) won 14-0 (BOX SCORE)
Dominating win for Fresno last night. Hauschild got the start for the Grizzlies and was flat out dominant. He tossed 8 scoreless innings allowing just 2 hits, 1 walk, while striking out 9. The offense did more than enough. Bregman hit another HR, a solo shot to RF, in the first to start the scoring. In the 3rd inning Fresno added two more runs on a White 2 run HR. In the 7th inning they opened up the lead with 4 more runs thanks to an RBI single from Moran, 2 run double from Teoscar, and a Singleton RBI single. Fresno would finish off their night with 6 runs in the 8th. In that inning Tucker hit a solo HR, Fontana had an RBI double, Kemp added a 2 run double and Bregman capped it off with a 2 run single. Every Fresno player in the lineup had a hit and scored a run.
- Tony Kemp, CF: 2-for-6, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Alex Bregman, SS: 2-for-6, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Preston Tucker, LF: 4-for-6, 4 R, 2 2B, HR, RBI
- Tyler White, DH: 4-for-4, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Colin Moran, 3B: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI
- Teoscar Hernandez, RF: 2-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 2-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Nolan Fontana, 2B: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Tyler Heineman, C: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 BB
- Mike Hauschild, RHP: 8.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (55-29) won 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Corpus rallies late to pick up the win. Martes was on the mound for the Hooks in this one and had a nice outing. He finished going 6 innings allowing 1 earned run with 7 strikeouts. Corpus got on the board in the 2nd inning with a 2 run double from Stubbs. Weathersby made his AA debut pitched two scoreless innings in relief of Martes. The game would stay tied at 2 into the 9th inning. In the top of the 9th, a run scored on a force out an then Garcia came through with an RBI single. Thompson picked up the save but did give up a run in the 9th.
- Alejandro Garcia, RF: 1-for-2, RBI
- Derek Fisher, CF: 1-for-4, 2B
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Danry Vasquez, LF: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B
- Chase McDonald, 1B: 1-for-3, BB
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Francis Martes, RHP: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
- Scott Weathersby, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Ryan Thompson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (43-41) won 9-6 (BOX SCORE)
Just a typical California League game last night. Lancaster got their scoring started with 3 runs in the 2nd inning on a Ritchie 3 run HR. Lancaster would get two more runs in the 3rd inning thanks to a 2 run single from Ballard. Thornton got the start and went 6.2 innings allowing 4 runs with 6 strikeouts. Boyd and Martin added RBI single in the 6th to extend the lead. Deemes tossed a scoreless 1.2 innings to pick up the save for Lancaster.
- Bobby Boyd, LF: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Jason Martin, CF: 3-for-5, R, 2B, RBI, SB
- Ramon Laureano, RF: 1-for-4, 2 R, BB, 2 SB
- Bryan Muniz, 1B: 1-for-5, SB
- Keach Ballard, 3B: 1-for-3, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- Drew Ferguson, DH: 1-for-3, R, 2 RBI, BB
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 2-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI, BB
- Aaron Mizell, 2B: 2-for-3, R, BB
- Trent Thornton, RHP: 6.2 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Ryan Deemes, RHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (39-45) won 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
Quad Cities wins this one having to battle back multiple times. Bower started for the River Bandits and struck out 6 while allowing 2 runs over 5 innings. Quad Cities was down 2-0 going into the bottom of the 4th. In the 4th they rallied for 3 runs with an RBI double from Tucker, a sac fly from Hermelyn, and a run scoring on a passed ball. Beloit scored two runs in the 8th to retake the lead but the River Bandits would respond. In the bottom of the 8th, Michelena came through with a 2 run single to give QC the lead. Whitt closed it out with a scoreless 9th inning.
- Osvaldo Duarte, RF: 1-for-4, R
- Arturo Michelena, 2B: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI
- Kyle Tucker, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-3, R
- Matt Bower, LHP: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Adam Whitt, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (9-11) OFF
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (6-9)
GAME 1 – won 7-6 (BOX SCORE)
- Miguelangel Sierra, 2B: 3-for-4, R, 3B, BB, SB
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Raymond Henderson, C: 1-for-2, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 1-for-3, R, 3B, RBI, BB
- Marcos Almonte, 3B: 1-for-4, R, SB
- Angelo Serrano, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Josue Uribe, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
GAME 2 – lost 13-3 (BOX SCORE)
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-2, R, HR, RBI
- Justin Garcia, 1B: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Colin McKee, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Thomas Shirley (4.46 ERA)
CC: Evan Grills (2.19 ERA)
LAN: Rogelio Armenteros (2.96 ERA)
QC: Franklin Perez (3.53 ERA)
TC: TBD
GV: Carlos Sanabria (5.27 ERA)
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