Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 19th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (66-59) lost 11-7 (BOX SCORE)
Fresno fell behind early but would battle. De La Rosa made his Fresno debut but got roughed up giving up 7 runs in 4 innings. Fresno got their scoring started in the 3rd on a 2 run HR from Moran, his 9th of the season. In the 4th inning they put up 4 runs to bring to make it a 7-6 game. In that inning they got a solo HR from Kemmer, Aplin RBI double, Fisher RBI single, and Moran RBI single. The game stayed at 7-6 until Omaha added 3 more runs in the 6th and 1 in the 9th. Fresno did get a run in the 9th on an RBI groundout but that is all they would get as they fell 11-7.
- Yulieski Gurriel, DH: 1-for-5
- Colin Moran, 3B: 2-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI, BB
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 1-for-5, R,HR, 2 RBI
- Danny Worth, 1B: 1-for-4, R
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB, SB
- Derek Fisher, RF: 1-for-2, R, RBI, 2 BB
- Nolan Fontana, SS: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Eury De La Rosa, LHP: 4.0 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (74-50) won 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Thornton continued his quality pitching with Corpus last night. He tossed 6 shutout innings with 5 strikeouts. The Hooks got on the board in the 2nd inning on a Ramsay RBI single and a sac fly from Nunez. Boyd connected on an RBI double in the 4th inning to extend the lead to 3-0. Hooks manufactured a run in the 7th to take a 4-0, which they took into the 9th. In the 9th, Arkansas battled putting up 3 runs in the 9th but Dorris came and closed it out.
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 0-for-2, RBI, BB
- Bobby Boyd, LF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB, SB
- Ramon Laureano, CF: 1-for-3, 2 BB, SB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-4, R, BB
- Conrad Gregor, 1B: 2-for-4, RBI, BB
- James Ramsay, RF: 1-for-5, RBI
- Roberto Pena, C: 2-for-4, R, 2B
- Trent Thornton, RHP: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K (WIN)
- Kyle Smith, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Jacob Dorris, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (70-54) won 6-3 (BOX SCORE)
Lancaster has quietly put together a very good season. Dykxhoorn got the start last night going 5 inning allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts. The Jethawks got two runs in the 3rd on Duarte and Muniz RBI singles. They would add two more in 5th on on a Ritchie RBI single and a Martin RBI groundout. The game would stay 4-3 going to the 9th thanks to scoreless outings from Winkelman and Deemes. In the 9th the Jethawks played add on getting two more runs on a Woodward 2 run double. Deemes came back out for the 9th and closed it out.
- Myles Straw, RF: 2-for-5, R, SB
- Johnny Sewald, CF: 2-for-5, R
- Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 2-for-5, R, RBI
- Bryan Muniz, 1B: 2-for-5, 2 R, RBI
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 2-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Aaron Mizell, 2B: 1-for-4, SB
- Trent Woodward, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Alex Winkelman, LHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Ryan Deemes, RHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (58-65) won 8-2 (BOX SCORE)
Nice win for Quad Cities last night. Perez got the start and was great allowing just 1 run over 5.2 innings with 7 strikeouts. The River Bandits got on the board with a Roa solo HR in the 3rd inning. Quad Cities got two more in the 5th on Hermelyn and Trompiz RBI singles. The River Bandits capped their night with 4 runs in the 7th inning thanks to a McCall 2 run double, Cesar RBI double, and Wrenn RBI single. Santos struck out 6 over 3.1 innings allowing just 1 run and picking up the save.
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 2-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Arturo Michelena, 2B: 0-for-2, R, BB
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 2-for-4, R, RBI, SB
- Hector Roa, RF: 1-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Anthony Hermelyn, DH: 1-for-4, RBI
- Hector Perez, RHP: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
- Juan Santos, RHP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (32-27) lost 7-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Rodrigo Ayarza, 2B: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-4, 3B
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-4, R
- Connor Goedert, DH: 2-for-4, R, RBI
- Alex DeGoti, 2B: 2-for-3, R, 2B
- Dustin Hunt, RHP: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
- Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (28-27) won 2-0 (BOX SCORE)
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-4
- Stijn van der Meer, 3B: 1-for-3, BB
- Frankeny Fernandez, LF: 1-for-4, R, SB
- Reiny Beltre, DH: 2-for-4, RBI
- Jonathan Matute, 2B: 1-for-3, BB
- Oscar Campos, C: 1-for-3, R, 3B
- Jorge Alcala, RHP: 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
- Ricardo Castro, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: David Paulino (-.– ERA)
CC: Francis Martes (3.50 ERA)
LAN: TBD
QC: TBD
TC: Austin Nicely (6.10 ERA)
GV: Cristian Javier (0.00 ERA)
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