Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 11th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (65-53) OFF
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (69-48) lost 13-3 (BOX SCORE)
Rough night for Corpus. Sneed got the start and allowed 4 runs over 6 innings but did have 1 BB/6 K. Corpus got on the board in the 1st inning on a Davis sac fly. In the 5th inning they Davis added an RBI double. They added 1 more in the 6th on a Nunez RBI single to make it a 4-3 game. Unfortunately the bullpen allowed 9 runs over the final two innings to put the game out of reach.
- Yulieski Gurriel: DNP
- James Ramsay, CF: 1-for-4, 2 R, BB
- Mott Hyde, 2B: 0-for-3, 2 BB
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 0-for-1, 2 BB
- J.D. Davis, LF: 1-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI
- Roberto Pena, C: 1-for-4, 2B
- Alejandro Garcia, RF: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 1-for-3, RBI
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (65-51) won 8-6 (BOX SCORE)
Bostick was on the mound for the Jethawks last night and 5.2 innings allowing 4 runs. Lancaster got on the board with a bgi 3rd inning scoring 6 runs on a Duarte RBI groundout, Boyd RBI single, Ritchie RBI single and a 2 run double from Woodward. They got another run in the 4th on a Boyd sac fly and one more in the 7th with a run scoring on an error. The bullpen was solid as Weathersby tossed 1.1 scoreless innings and Deetz picked up his first save with a perfect 9th.
- Johnny Sewald, LF: 4-for-5, R, 2 2B, SB
- Bobby Boyd, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2 RBI
- Bryan Muniz, DH: 2-for-5, 2 R
- Jason Martin, RF: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Jamie Ritchie, 1B: 1-for-4, R, RBI
- Trent Woodward, C: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI
- Marc Wik, 3B: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
- Akeem Bostick, RHP: 5.2 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Scott Weathersby, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE(
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (55-60) lost 7-4 (BOX SCORE)
Bower started out the season great but had a rough outing last night allowing 7 runs over 4 innings of work. Quad Cities would get their scoring started in the 6th inning getting 2 runs on a McCall 2 run double. They got another run in the on a Straw RBI single to make it 7-3. Straw added an RBI groundout in the 9th to make it 7-4 but that is all they would get. On a positive note Ferrell tossed 3.2 scoreless innings in relief.
- Myles Straw, RF: 2-for-5, 2 RBI
- Stephen Wrenn, LF: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 2-for-4
- Pat Porter, DH: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Jake Rogers, C: 0-for-3, R
- Arturo Michelena, 2B: 2-for-4, R, 2B
- Matt Bower, LHP: 4.0 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
- Justin Ferrell, RHP: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (29-24) played a double header
GAME 1 – won 13-2 (BOX SCORE)
- Rodrigo Ayarza, 3B: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 4 RBI
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 2-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- Brauly Mejia, CF: 3-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-5, 2 R
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 2-for-3, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB, SB
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 1-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB
- Marcos Almonte, 2B: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Edgardo Sandoval, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
- Makay Nelson, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 1 K (WIN)
GAME 2 – lost 7-0 (BOX SCORE)
- Rodrigo Ayarza, 3B: 1-for-3, BB
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-3
- Spencer Johnson, RF: 1-for-2, BB
- Gabriel Bracamonte, C: 1-for-3
- Enrique Chavez, RHP: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (25-23) lost 14-3 (BOX SCORE)
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Jonathan Matute, 2B: 1-for-2, R
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 1-for-4
- Raymond Henderson, DH: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Frankeny Fernandez, CF: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
- Ruben Castro, C: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
- Colin McKee, RHP: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Luis Ramirez, LHP: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Patrick Sandoval, LHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Cesar Valdez (3.51 ERA)
CC: Trent Thornton (4.00 ERA)
LAN: TBD
QC: Framber Valdez (3.27 ERA)
TC: TBD
GV: Forrest Whitley (-.– ERA)
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