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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