Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 1st

Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 1st

Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (59-49) won 7-3 (BOX SCORE)

Reed carried the Grizzlies to the win. In the top of the first Reed got Fresno on the board with a 2 run HR, his 15th HR in AAA. Frias made his second start in AAA and allowed 2 runs in the first, but that is all he would allow. He finished tossing 6 innings allowing just the 2 runs. Fresno scored again in the 3rd with Fontana scoring on a wild pitch. In the 4th inning Kemp drew a bases loaded walk to extend the lead to 4-2. Kemmer added some insurance with a 2 run HR in the 8th, his 10th HR of the season. Reed capped off his night with an RBI double in the 9th to make it a 7-3 game. Hoyt tossed a perfect 9th with a strikeout to seal it.

• Tony Kemp, LF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB
• A.J. Reed, DH: 3-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB
• Teoscar Hernandez, CF: 1-for-5, R
• Jon Kemmer, RF: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Colin Moran, 3B: 1-for-4
• Jon Singleton, 1B: 2-for-4, R
• Max Stassi, C: 1-for-3, BB
• Nolan Fontana, SS: 1-for-4, R, 2B

• Edison Frias, RHP: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K (WIN)
• Kevin Chapman, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• James Hoyt, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (64-44) won 7-4 (BOX SCORE)

Big 5th inning lifts Corpus to the win. Thornton made his second start in AA and went 6 innings allowing just 1 run with 0 BB/6 K. Corpus was shutout until the 5th where they put up 5 runs. In that inning they got a 2 run HR from Garcia, 2 run double from Davis and an RBI single from Fisher. The Hooks added another run on a Stubbs solo HR in the 7th inning, his 2nd HR in AA. San Antonio would attempt a comeback scoring 3 in the 8th but McDonald added some more insurance with a solo HR. West pitched a scoreless 9th to pick up the save.

• J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-4, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, SB
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI
• Derek Fisher, CF: 1-for-4, RBI
• Chase McDonald, 1B: 1-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
• Ramon Laureano, CF: 0-for-4, R
• Alejandro Garcia, RF: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Mott Hyde, 2B: 2-for-4
• Antonio Nunez, SS: 2-for-4

• Trent Thornton, RHP: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (WIN)
• Aaron West, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)

A+: Lancaster Jethawks (60-47) won 7-6 (BOX SCORE)

Dykxhoorn got the start for Lancaster last night going 4.1 innings allowing 3 runs with 5 strikeouts. The Jethawks entered the 7th inning down 4-0 but they would rally. In the 7th they put up 7 runs on a Duarte RBI single, Mizell run scoring single, Marlow 2 run double, and a Boyd 3 run HR. Lake Elsinore made it close scoring 2 runs in the 9th but Dorris was able to slam the door and pick up the save.

• Johnny Sewald, LF: 1-for-3, R, BB, SB
• Bobby Boyd, CF: 1-for-3, R, HR, 3 RBI, BB
• Drew Ferguson, DH: 1-for-4, R
• Trent Woodward, C: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
• Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 3-for-4, R, RBI
• Brooks Marlow, 2B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI
• Aaron Mizell, RF: 1-for-3, R, BB

• Brock Dyxkhoorn, RHP: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
• Scott Weathersby, RHP: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Jacob Dorris, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (51-55) lost 5-4 (BOX SCORE)

Things started great for Quad Cities putting up 4 runs in the 1st inning. In the 1st they got an RBI groundout from McCall, Cesar RBI single, and a 2 run double from Roa. Unfortunately they would be shut out the rest of the game. Perez got the start and got roughed up early but finished tossing 5 innings and giving up 4 runs. He was relieved by Abreu who tossed 4 scoreless innings allowing just 2 hits. In the bottom of the 10th Beloit hit a walk-off HR to win it.

• Myles Straw, RF: 2-for-5, R, SB
• Kyle Tucker, CF: 2-for-4, R, BB
• Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
• Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-4, R, RBI
• Pat Porter, LF: 1-for-4, R
• Hector Roa, DH: 2-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI

• Franklin Perez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
• Albert Abreu, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (23-20) played a doubleheader 

GAME 1 – won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)

• Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-3, BB, SB
• Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI
• Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-2, R, BB
• Brauly Mejia, RF: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI
• Marcos Almonte, CF: 0-for-2, R, BB

• Dustin Hunt, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
• Carlos Sierra, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)

GAME 2 – lost 7-3 (BOX SCORE)

• Marcos Almonte, CF: 1-for-3, R, BB
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Rodrigo Ayarza, SS: 3-for-4, R, 2B, 3B, RBI
• Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-3

• Enrique Chavez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Sean Stutzman, LHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (21-18) won 9-2 (BOX SCORE)

• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 3-for-5, 2 R, 3B, RBI, BB
• Jonathan Matute, 2B: 2-for-4, R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, BB
• Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
• Connor MacDonald, 1B: 0-for-4, R, RBI
• Chaz Pal, LF: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB
• Ruben Castro, C: 1-for-5, R, RBI, 2 SB
• Reiny Beltre, DH: 1-for-3, 2 R, RBI, BB

• Salvador Montano, LHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 6 K
• Nathan Thompson, LHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Mike Hauschild (3.24 ERA)

CC: Francis Martes (3.76 ERA)

LAN: Joshua James (4.16 ERA)

QC: Yoanys Quiala (3.97 ERA)

TC: Agapito Barrios (6.75 ERA)

GV: Ricardo Castro (3.00 ERA)

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