Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 22nd
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (67-62) lost 7-1 (BOX SCORE)
Fresno continues to slide. Yuhl made his third start in AAA and ended up allowing 5 runs in 5.2 innings of work. AAA hasn’t been kind to him as he owns a 9.60 ERA in those three starts. The offense was very quiet only mustering five hits on the night. One of those hits was a White solo HR in the 9th inning, the only run they would score. West tossed a scoreless outing in relief and has a 3.38 ERA in AAA so far.
- Tyler White, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Alejandro Garcia, LF: 1-for-4
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 1-for-3
- Derek Fisher, RF: 2-for-4, 2B
- Keegan Yuhl, RHP: 5.2 IP, 12 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Aaron West, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (75-51) OFF
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (71-55) OFF
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (58-68) lost 4-1 (BOX SCORE)
Just like Fresno, Quad Cities has struggled too. Perez got the start in this one but struggled giving up a run in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th, though only 1 was earned. He finished tossing 3 innings with 3 walks and 3 strikeouts. The River Bandits got on the board in the 6th on a Michelena RBI single but that is all they would get. Sierra made his debut for Quad Cities tossing 3 scoreless innings.
- Arturo Michelena, SS: 1-for-4, RBI
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-4
- Hector Roa, RF: 1-for-3
- Bobby Wernes, 2B: 3-for-4, R, 2B
- Franklin Perez, RHP: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
- Sebastian Kessay, LHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Carlos Sierra, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (32-30) PLAYED DOUBLE HEADER
GAME 1 – lost 1-0 (BOX SCORE)
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-3
- Brauly Mejia, RF: 1-for-3
- Connor Goedert, 1B: 1-for-3
- Kevin Martir, C: 1-for-2, BB
- Marcos Almonte, CF: 1-for-3
- Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Edgardo Sandoval, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
GAME 2 – lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Tyler Wolfe, 3B: 2-for-3, R, 2B, SB
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 0-for-3, BB
- Alex DeGoti, 2B: 2-for-2, BB
- Gabriel Bracamonte, C: 1-for-2, BB
- Makay Nelson, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Angelo Serrano, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (28-30) lost 7-3 (BOX SCORE)
- Wilson Amador, CF: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- Stijn van der Meer, SS: 2-for-4, RBI
- Frankeny Fernandez, RF: 1-for-4, 2B, SB
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 1-for-4
- Jonathan Arauz, 2B: 1-for-4
- Reiny Beltre, DH: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Oscar Campos, C: 1-for-3, BB
- Vicente Sanchez, LF: 3-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Patrick Sandoval, LHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brady Rodgers (2.82 ERA)
CC: Kent Emanuel (5.56 ERA)
LAN: TBD
QC: Matt Bower (4.43 ERA)
TC: TBD
GV: Forrest Whitley (1.59 ERA)
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**Photo Credit: Kiel Maddox/Fresno Grizzlies**
