Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 26th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (68-65) lost 3-0 (BOX SCORE)
Tough night for the Grizzlies’ bats. Paulino got the start last night and pitched well going 5 innings allowing 3 runs (2 earned) with 8 strikeouts. Unfortunately the offense couldn’t get anything going as they managed just 5 hits. McCurry and Chapman each tossed two scoreless innings in relief.
- Alejandro Garcia, LF: 1-for-4, 2B
- Jon Singleton, DH: 1-for-3, BB
- Jon Kemmer, RF: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 1-for-3, 2B
- David Paulino, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Kevin Chapman, LHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (78-52) won 7-0 (BOX SCORE)
The Astros top pitching prospect, Francis Marte, was on the mound last night and he continued his great pitching. He went 7 shutout innings allowing just 3 hits with 4 strikeouts. The Hooks bats were quiet until 6th inning when Ferguson connected on a 2 run HR, his first HR in Double-A. The Hooks would add some insurance getting 5 runs in the 7th inning on a Nunez run scoring single, Tanielu 2 run single, and a Davis 2 run HR. Peterson struck out 4 over the final two innings to close it out.
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 1-for-5, R, 2 RBI
- J.D. Davis, DH: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
- Ramon Laureano, CF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Drew Ferguson, LF: 3-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Roberto Pena, C: 1-for-4, R
- Antonio Nunez, SS: 2-for-2, R, 2 BB, SB
- Francis Martes, RHP: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Eric Peterson, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (72-59) lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
Late rally falls short for Lancaster. Hernandez was on the mound last night and went 5 innings allowing 4 runs with 3 strikeouts. The offense was silent for the 7 innings before getting on the board in the 8th. In the 8th they got a Woodward solo HR and a Martin sac fly to cut the lead in half. In the 9th inning the Jethawks put the tying runs on base but were unable to bring them home. Thome tossed three scoreless innings in relief.
- Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-3, BB
- Trent Woodward, C: 2-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Aaron Mizell, 2B: 1-for-3, R, 2B
- Jason Martin, DH: 0-for-2, RBI
- Elieser Hernandez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (58-72) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Another disappointing night offensively for Quad Cities. Chavez started for the River Bandits and pitched really well allowing just 1 run over 7 innings. Quad Cities tied the game up in the 6th on an RBI single from Wernes. The game would stay scoreless until the 9th inning when Hernandez gave up a run. Quad Cities went down in order in the 9th and fell 2-1.
- Bobby Wernes, 3B: 2-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-4
- Pat Porter, RF: 0-for-1, 2 BB, SB
- Enrique Chavez, RHP: 7.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Nick Hernandez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (34-32) lost 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Rodrigo Ayarza, 2B: 2-for-5
- Ronnie Dawson, DH: 2-for-5, 2 R, SB
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 3-for-4
- Kevin Martir, C: 1-for-3, 2 RBI
- Tyler Wolfe, 3B: 1-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB
- Jorge Alcala, RHP: 4.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (30-32) won 4-0 (BOX SCORE)
- Stijn van der Meer, 2B: 2-for-4
- Frankeny Fernandez, CF: 1-for-3, R
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 2-for-4
- Troy Sieber, 1B: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-4
- Carlos Machado, RF: 2-for-4, RBI
- Ruben Castro, C: 2-for-4, 2 R
- Jorge Guzman, RHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K (WIN)
- Juan Robles, RHP: 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Evan Grills (5.40 ERA)
CC: Rogelio Armenteros (0.00 ERA)
LAN: Albert Abreu (0.00 ERA)
QC: Yoanys Quiala (5.25 ERA)
TC: TBD
GV: Patrick Sandoval (5.66 ERA)
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