Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 17th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (65-58) lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Fresno drops their 5th straight game and stays 5 games behind Tacoma. Rodgers was on the mound for Fresno but he only lasted 4 innings after being hit by a comebacker. He allowed 2 runs in his 4 innings. Fresno jumped out a 1-0 lead with Moran singling and coming around to score on a Singleton groundout. Omaha took a 3-1 lead into the 9th and added an insurance run which was very important. In the bottom of the 9th Fresno was able to rally for 2 runs on a Heineman RBI double and Garcia RBI groundout but that is all they would get as the comeback came up short.
- Yulieski Gurriel, 3B: 0-for-4
- Colin Moran, 1B: 2-for-4, R, 2B
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 1-for-4
- Jon Singleton, DH: 2-for-4, R, 2 2B, RBI
- Tyler Heineman, C: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Nolan Fontana, SS: 1-for-3, 2B
- Brady Rodgers, RHP: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Aaron West, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (72-50) lost 11-6 (BOX SCORE)
This game got out of hand early for the Hooks. Corpus scored first on a Davis sac fly in the 1st inning but NW Arkansas responded with 4 runs in the bottom of the inning. In the top of the 2nd Gregor chipped away at the lead with a solo HR, but once again, NW Arkansas put up 4 more runs. All 8 runs in the first two innings were charged to Emanuel. Laureano connected on a solo HR in the 3rd inning, his 4th HR in AA, to make it 8-3. Corpus continued to battle getting a Ramsay RBI groundout in the 8th and sac flies from Stubbs and Tanielu in the 9th, but it wasn’t enough as they fell 11-6.
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 2-for-5
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, SB
- Ramon Laureano, CF: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB, SB
- Nick Tanielu, DH: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-4, R, 3B, RBI
- Conrad Gregor, LF: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
- Mott Hyde, 2B: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Kent Emanuel, LHP: 1.1 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Eric Peterson, RHP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
- Ryan Thompson, RHP: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (68-53) POSTPONED
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (57-64) lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Tough loss late for Quad Cities. All 3 runs they scored came in a 3 run 2nd inning. In that inning they got a run when Wrenn stole home and bases loaded walks to Trompiz and Michelena. Bower got the start and was rolling along befoe giving up 2 runs in the 6th. He finished going 5.2 innings allowing 2 runs with 9 strikeouts. The score would stay 3-2 until the bottom of the 9th. Back to back errors in the 9th opened the doors and Clinton was able to score 2 runs and walk it off.
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, BB, SB
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-5
- Arturo Michelena, 2B: 0-for-2, RBI, 3 BB
- Spencer Johnson, LF: 2-for-5, R
- Bobby Wernes, 3B: 2-for-2, 2 BB
- Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-4, R
- Matt Bower, LHP: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 9 K
- Chris Murphy, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (31-26) won 6-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Rodrigo Ayarza, 3B: 1-for-4, R
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 2-for-3, 2 R, 3B, 2 RBI, BB
- Connor Goedert, 1B: 0-for-2, RBI, SB
- Alex DeGoti, 2B: 0-for-3, RBI
- Edgardo Sandoval, RHP: 3.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
- Makay Nelson, RHP: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- Angelo Serrano, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (27-26) OFF
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Cesar Valdez (3.40 ERA)
CC: Cy Sneed (4.73 ERA)
LAN: TBD
QC: Framber Valdez (3.57 ERA)
TC: Kevin Hill (4.13 ERA)
GV: Forrest Whitley (0.00 ERA)
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