Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 16th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (65-57) lost 12-5 (BOX SCORE)
Yuhl made his second start in AAA last night and it didn’t go well. He went 3.1 innings giving up 9 runs, 7 earned. Fresno got on the board in the bottom of the 4th inning on a solo HR from Gurriel. They would get two more runs in the 5th on a Gurriel RBI single and Kemmer RBI double. They entered the 7th down 12-3 and got two more runs on RBIs from Kemmer and Worth. The deficit proved to big to come back. Gurriel went 3-for-4 in his AAA debut though.
- Yulieski Gurriel, DH: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Colin Moran, 3B: 2-for-5, 2 R
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 2-for-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI
- Danny Worth, 2B: 0-for-1, RBI, 2 BB
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 2-for-4, R
- Keegan Yuhl, RHP: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 9 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (72-49) won 7-2 (BOX SCORE)
Corpus flexed their muscles last night. They got the scoring started in the 3rd inning with a 2 run single from Tanielu and a sac fly from McDonald. In the 4th inning Stubbs added a 2 run HR, his 3rd HR in AA. Davis would play insurance agent as he added a solo HR in the 5th and a solo HR in the 9th. Grills was on the mound last night and pitched very well. He finished going 7 innings allowing just 2 runs on a 2 run HR in the 7th. Freeman and Dorris both tossed scoreless innings to close it out.
- Bobby Boyd, LF: 1-for-4, 2 R, SB
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-3, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB
- Ramon Laureano, CF: 1-for-5, R
- Nick Tanielu, 2B: 1-for-5, 2 RBI
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Chase McDonald, 1B: 0-for-3, RBI
- Conrad Gregor, DH: 1-for-3, BB
- Evan Grills, LHP: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Michael Freeman, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Jacob Dorris, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (68-53) won 11-8 (BOX SCORE)
Wild affair in High Desert last night. Lancaster scored first getting an RBI single in the 1st inning. High Desert responded with 3 in the 2nd, 1 in the 3rd, and 3 in the 4th to take a 7-1 lead. The Jethawks rallied to score 8 runs in the top of the 5th. In that inning they got a Sewald RBI single, Ferguson 2 run single, Ritchie RBI walk, Martin sac fly, and a Woodward 2 run single. In the 7th inning the Jethawks played add on getting 2 more runs on a Straw RBI walk and a Wik sac fly. Armenteros had a rough go of it giving up 7 runs in 4 innings but the bullpen of McCanna and Thome only allowed 1 run over the final five innings.
- Myles Straw, DH: 1-for-3, 2 R, RBI, 3 BB
- Johnny Sewald, RF: 1-for-4, R, RBI, 2 BB
- Drew Ferguson, CF: 2-for-5, R, 3 RBI, BB
- Jamie Ritchie, 1B: 3-for-3, 2 R, RBI, BB
- Jason Martin, RF: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Trent Woodward, C: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB
- Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 2-for-4, R, BB
- Marc Wik, 3B: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI
- Rogelio Armenteros, RHP: 4.0 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Kevin McCanna, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (57-63) lost 6-2 (BOX SCORE)
This game got away from Quad Cities late. Barrios got the start and only went 2.1 innings allowing 1 run before being pulled. Ferrell tossed the next 2.2 innings allowing 1 run as well. In the top of the 4th Rogers and Trompiz had back to back RBI singles to tie the game at 2. The Quad Cities bullpen gave up 4 more runs and the River Bandits were unable to mount a comeback.
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-5, RBI
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 2-for-3, BB
- Arturo Michelena, 3B: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Spencer Johnson, DH: 1-for-4
- Hector Roa, RF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-4, RBI
- Agapito Barrios, RHP: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Justin Ferrell, RHP: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (30-26) OFF
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (27-26) won 8-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Stijn van der Meer, SS: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI, BB
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, DH: 1-for-4, R
- Frankeny Fernandez, LF: 0-for-2, 2 R, BB, 2 SB
- Connor MacDonald, 1B: 1-for-3, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
- Luis Payano, CF: 1-for-4, R
- Reiny Beltre, 3B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Patrick Sandoval, LHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
- Luis Ramirez, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)
- Diogenes Almengo, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 3 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brady Rodgers (2.76 ERA)
CC: Kent Emanuel (4.57 ERA)
LAN: TBD
QC: Matt Bower (4.55 ERA)
TC: TBD
GV: OFF
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