Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 23rd
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (67-63) lost 6-4 (BOX SCORE)
Another loss for Fresno, their 5th in a row. This game had a little back and forth going on. Rodgers got the start and gave up 4 runs, 3 earned over 5.1 innings of work. Fresno got their first run in the 4th on a Worth RBI double to tie it at 1. The Grizzlies entered the 6th down 3-1 but would rally for 3 runs on a Fisher 2 run double and a Stassi RBI single. Albuquerque would respond in the bottom of the inning to tie it at 4. The game stayed scoreless for the next 3 innings thanks to McCurry and Hoyt. Unfortunately, the Isotopes rallied in the 10th getting a walk-off HR from former Astros outfielder, Brandon Barnes.
- Colin Moran, 3B: 1-for-5, R
- Danny Worth, 2B: 3-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Jon Singleton, DH: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Max Stassi, C: 2-for-4, RBI
- Derek Fisher, RF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Brady Rodgers, RHP: 5.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- James Hoyt, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (76-51) won 7-2 (BOX SCORE)
Big 6th inning lifts Hooks for the win. Emanuel got the start last night and gave up 2 runs in the first but locked down after that. He finished going 6.1 innings allowing just the 2 runs (1 earned) with 5 strikeouts. Corpus entered the 3rd down 2-0 but tied it with a solo HR from McDonald and an RBI double from Ferguson. The game would stay 2-2 until the 6th. In the bottom of the 6th the Hooks rallied for 5 runs on a Davis RBI single, Gregor RBI single, and a McDonald 3 run HR. Deemes made his AA debut and tossed 1.2 scoreless innings. Peterson came on for the 9th and closed it out sealing the win for the Hooks.
- Bobby Boyd, LF: 1-for-3
- Drew Ferguson, RF: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 1-for-4, R, RBI
- Ramon Laureano, CF: 2-for-3, R, BB, SB
- Conrad Gregor, 1B: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Chase McDonald, DH: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI
- Mott Hyde, SS: 1-for-2, R, BB
- Kent Emanuel, LHP: 6.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K (WIN)
- Ryan Deemes, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Eric Peterson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (71-56) lost 10-4 (BOX SCORE)
Lancaster pitching got roughed up a bit last night. The game got started off great with Lancaster scoring 3 times in the 1st inning. In that inning they got RBI singles from Tucker, Muniz, and Mizell. Tucker added an RBI triple in the 2nd inning to give Lancaster a 4-1 lead. High Desert would end up putting up a run in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th chasing starter James who went 5 innings allowing 5 runs. They didn’t stop there as they put up three more in the 7th and one in the 8th and 9th.
- Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-5, 2 R
- Marc Wik, 2B: 3-for-5, R
- Kyle Tucker, DH: 3-for-4, R, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, BB
- Bryan Muniz, 1B; 1-for-5, RBI
- Aaron Mizell, LF: 1-for-5, RBI
- Brooks Marlow, 3B: 2-for-4
- Keach Ballard, SS: 1-for-4, 2B
- Joshua James, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (58-69) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Tough loss for Quad Cities. Bower got the start and struggled with his command a bit but only allowed 1 run over 5.2 innings. Roa drove in the only River Bandits’ run with a solo HR in the 2nd inning. The game stayed 1-1 until the 7th when Cedar Rapids got a run off of Ferrell. Quad Cities was unable to respond as they only had 6 hits on the night.
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 1-for-3, SB
- Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-3, 2B
- Hector Roa, RF: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
- Bobby Wernes, 3B: 2-for-4, 2B
- Matt Bower, LHP: 5.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 4 K
- Justin Ferrell, RHP: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (32-31) lost 2-0 (BOX SCORE)
- Brauly Mejia, RF: 1-for-3, BB
- Connor Goedert, 1B: 1-for-4
- Alex DeGoti, SS: 1-for-4
- Kevin Martir, C: 1-for-3, 2B
- Andy Pineda, CF: 2-for-3, 2 SB
- Tyler Britton, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Salvador Montano, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
- Kevin Hill, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (28-31) lost 6-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B
- Connor MacDonald, DH: 2-for-3, R, BB
- Troy Sieber, 1B: 1-for-3, BB
- Chaz Pal, LF: 1-for-3, BB
- Carlos Machado, CF: 2-for-4, RBI
- Ruben Castro, C: 2-for-4, SB
- Forrest Whitley, RHP: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Cesar Valdez (3.28 ERA)
CC: Cy Sneed (4.40 ERA)
LAN: Jose Hernandez (5.10 ERA)
QC: Framber Valdez (3.18 ERA)
TC: Abdiel Saldana (2.19 ERA)
GV: TBD
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