Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 15th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (65-56) lost 6-4 (BOX SCORE)
Fresno drops another and falls five games back of Tacoma. Things started off great for Peacock as he was rolling through 3 innings. He ended up allowing 1 run in the 4th, 2 runs in the 5th, and another run in the 6th. Worth got Fresno’s scoring started with a solo HR in the bottom of the 1st. Fresno tied the game in the 6th with a bases loaded walk to Stassi, a Singleton sac fly, and a Garcia RBI single. Iowa retook the lead with 2 runs in the 7th and Fresno was able to bounce back.
- Colin Moran, 3B: 1-for-5, R
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Danny Worth, DH: 1-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 0-for-2, 2 BB
- Max Stassi, SS: 0-for-1, RBI, 3 BB
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 0-for-3, RBI
- Alejandro Garcia, RF: 2-for-4, RBI
- Brad Peacock, RHP: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
- Jordan Jankowski, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (71-49) OFF
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (67-53) lost 8-5 (BOX SCORE)
This game got off to a good start with Straw leading off the game with a solo HR, his first professional HR. Martin added a 2 run HR in the 1st to make it 3-0. High Desert responded immediately with 3 runs of their own in the 1st. James was on the mound and went 5.2 innings allowing 5 runs. In the 6th inning Wik hit a solo HR to tie the game at 4 but High Desert responded again taking an 8-4 lead. Sewald added an RBI single in the 8th to make it 8-5 but that is all they would get.
- Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Johnny Sewald, LF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Bryan Muniz, 1B: 1-for-4, R
- Jason Martin, RF: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Marc Wik, SS: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Joshua James, RHP: 5.2 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (57-62) lost 9-3 (BOX SCORE)
This one started off right for the River Bandits as they jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the 2nd on a 2 run HR from Roa and a solo HR from Hermelyn. Quiala got the start and was unable to make it out of the 3rd inning and finished going 2.1 innings allowing 6 runs. Clinton continued to play add on getting 3 more in the 7th while the River Bandits’ bats were shutout for the remainder of the game. On a positive note, Person tossed 4 scoreless innings lowering his ERA to 2.93 on the season.
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 2-for-4
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 1-for-4
- Hector Roa, DH: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Spencer Johnson, 1B: 2-for-4, 2B
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-4, R
- Anthony Hermelyn, C: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
- Yoanys Quiala, RHP: 2.1 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Zac Person, LHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (30-26) OFF
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (26-26) lost 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Stijn van der Meer, SS: 1-for-4, R, SB
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Frankeny Fernandez, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2 SB
- Connor MacDonald, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Raymond Henderson, C: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Ruben Castro, C: 2-for-4, RBI
- Reiny Beltre, DH: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Jorge Guzman, RHP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Keegan Yuhl (6.00 ERA)
CC: Evan Grills (4.11 ERA)
LAN: TBD
QC: Agapito Barrios (1.35 ERA)
TC: OFF
GV: Patrick Sandoval (5.75 ERA)
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