Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 13th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (65-53) lost 9-5 (BOX SCORE)
Frias has struggled so far with Fresno and last night was no different. He went 3.2 innings giving up 7 runs. Fresno did jump out to an early lead on a Kemmer 2 run HR in the first. Singleton added another run in the 4th on a solo HR. Kemmer made the game a bit closer with a 2 run triple in the 5th. Unfortunately the offense went silent after that inning and couldn’t mount a comeback.
- Colin Moran, 3B: 1-for-4
- Derek Fisher, CF: 0-for-2, 2 R, BB
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 2-for-4, R, 3B, HR, 4 RBI
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Alejandro Garcia, RF: 2-for-4
- Nolan Fontana, SS: 2-for-4, R, 2B
- Edison Frias, RHP: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Jordan Jankowski, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (70-49) lost 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
Tough loss late for Corpus. Martes got the start and was very good once again allowing 2 runs over 6 innings with 7 strikeouts. Corpus got 2 runs in the 5th inning on a Tanielu RBI single and Gurriel RBI groundout to tie it. They added 2 more in the 6th on a 2 run single from Nunez to take a 4-2 lead. The Hooks bullpen had a rough go of it allowing 2 runs to Arkansas to tie it and another run in the 10th to take the lead. Corpus was unable respond and fell in extras.
- Yulieski Gurriel, 3B: 0-for-4, RBI, BB
- Bobby Boyd, LF: 1-for-4, R, 3B, BB
- Nick Tanielu, 2B: 1-for-5, RBI
- James Ramsay, CF: 1-for-5, R
- Roberto Pena, C: 1-for-3, R, 2B
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI
- Francis Martes, RHP: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (66-52) won 16-2 (BOX SCORE)
Big time win for Lancaster last night. Dykxhoorn started for Lancaster and gave up 2 solo HR in the first inning but was great after that. He finished going 6.2 innings allowing just 2 runs. Lancaster first got on the board in the 3rd on a Ferguson RBI single. They put up 5 runs in the 4th on a 3 run triple from Wik, Straw RBI single, and Sewald RBI double. Muniz added a 2 run HR in the 7th to extend their lead but they weren’t done. They capped off their big night dropping 8 runs in the 8th inning. In that inning the Jethawks got RBI singles from Duarte and Mizell, RBI walks from Woodward and Marlow, and a grand slam from Wik. Garza tossed 2.1 scoreless innings to close it.
- Myles Straw, RF: 3-for-5, 3 R, 2B, RBI
- Johnny Sewald, DH: 2-for-6, 2B, RBI
- Osvaldo Duarte, CF: 2-for-5, R, RBI
- Drew Ferguson, LF: 1-for-3, 2 R, RBI, BB
- Bryan Muniz, 1B: 1-for-3, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- Aaron Mizell, 2B: 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI, BB
- Trent Woodward, C: 0-for-2, 2 R, RBI, 3 BB
- Brooks Marlow, 3B: 1-for-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB
- Marc Wik, SS: 2-for-5, 2 R, 3B, HR, 7 RBI, SB
- Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Ralph Garza, LHP: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (56-61) played a double header
GAME 1 – lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Valdez got the start in this one and pitched well. We will get into his line in a bit. Quad Cities entered the 6th down 3-0 and were able to tie it on an RBI single from Michelena and a 2 run triple from Porter. Valdez had a solid start allowing 4 runs, 3 earned over 6.2 innings. Unfortunately the 4th run came in the bottom of the 7th (last inning) and Peoria was able to walk it off.
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 1-for-3, R
- Arturo Michelena, 2B: 1-for-3, R, RBI
- Pat Porter, LF: 2-for-2, 3B, 2 RBI, BB
- Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-3, 2B
- Bobby Wernes, 3B: 1-for-3, R
- Framber Valdez, LHP: 6.2 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
GAME 2 – won 8-3 (BOX SCORE)
Quad Cities was able to pull out the win in the 2nd game of the double header. They jumped out to an early lead with 3 runs in the first inning on a Tucker RBI single, Cesar RBI groundout, and Porter RBI single. They added to their lead with a 4 run 4th on a 2 run HR from Johnson and a 2 run HR from Wrenn. Perez was pretty dominant striking out 10 over 5.1 innings allowing 3 runs. Wrenn wasn’t done though as he added an RBI double in the 6th. Schmidt was able to close it out with a scoreless 7th.
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-4, R
- Stephen Wrenn, LF: 3-for-4, R, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI
- Dexture McCall, DH: 1-for-4, R
- Kyle Tucker, CF: 1-for-4, R, RBI
- Pat Porter, RF: 2-for-3, R, RBI
- Spencer Johnson, 1B: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
- Arturo Michelena, 2B: 0-for-2, R, BB
- Hector Perez, RHP: 5.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 10 K (WIN)
- David Schmidt, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (29-25) POSTPONED
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (25-25) lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-4, R, SB
- Reiny Beltre, DH: 1-for-4, RBI
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 1-for-4, R
- Raymond Henderson, 2B: 1-for-5, 2B
- Frankeny Fernandez, LF: 2-for-3, R, RBI, BB, SB
- Carlos Machado, RF: 2-for-4
- Luis Payano, CF: 1-for-4, SB
- Ricardo Castro, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Carlos Hiraldo, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Mike Hauschild (2.96 ERA)
CC: TBD
LAN: Elieser Hernandez (8.80 ERA)
QC: TBD
TC: TBD
GV: Ben Smith (1.40 ERA)
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