Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 28th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (69-66) lost 8-6 (BOX SCORE)
This game got away from Fresno late. Fresno jumped out to a 3-0 lead on a Stassi 3 run HR in the 2nd inning. After allowing a run in the 3rd, they responded with 3 more runs on a Garcia RBI single, Stassi RBI single, and another run scoring on a wild pitch. Yuhl got the start for Fresno, and while it started well, he finished going 5.1 innings allowing 6 runs. Sacramento capped off their comeback effort with a 4 run 6th and 1 more runs in the 8th to make it 8-6. Fresno was unable to get the bats going again as they fell 8-6 in the last home game of the season.
- Alejandro Garcia, DH: 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI, BB
- Derek Fisher, RF: 1-for-5
- Max Stassi, C: 2-for-4, R, HR, 4 RBI
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 1-for-4
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 1-for-2, R
- Keegan Yuhl, LHP: 5.1 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- James Hoyt, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (80-52) won 6-0 (BOX SCORE)
Deetz made his Double-A last night for the Hooks and was great. He tossed six shutout innings while striking out nine batter with no walks. Davis got the Hooks on the board with a solo HR in the bottom of the 2nd inning, his 21st HR of the season. McDonald added the 2nd run of the night on a solo HR himself, his 17th HR of the season. The Hooks would add three more in the 6th with 2 runs scoring on an error and a McDonald RBI single. Deemes tossed two scoreless innings in relief and Comer closed the game with a scoreless 9th.
- Nick Tanielu, 2B: 0-for-3, R, BB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI, BB
- Chase McDonald, 1B: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Bobby Boyd, RF: 1-for-3, BB
- Mott Hyde, SS: 2-for-4
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K (WIN)
- Ryan Deemes, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Kevin Comer, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (72-61) lost 3-2 (BOX SCORE)
Tough loss late for the Jethawks. The game got off to a good start as they got a run in the first inning on a Woodward RBI double and another run in the 2nd on a Ballard RBI single. Weathersby got the start and gave up 2 runs in his 4 innings of work. McCanna came in relief of Weathersby and pitched great. The Rice product tossed 4.2 scoreless innings striking out 6 batters. Unfortunately, after the 2nd inning the offense failed to produce a run and Modesto won in a walk-off in the 11th.
- Myles Straw, RF: 1-for-5
- Kyle Tucker, DH: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Jamie Ritchie, 1B: 1-for-3, R
- Trent Woodward, C: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB
- Marc Wik, SS: 1-for-4, BB, SB
- Keach Ballard, 3B: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
- Scott Weathersby, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Kevin McCanna, RHP: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (58-73) lost 6-3 (BOX SCORE)
The fall for Quad Cities continues. They fell behind early with Wisconsin scoring twice in the first but they would respond with two runs of their own on a 2 run double from McCall. Wisconsin would play add on eventually extending their lead to 6-2. Roa added an RBI triple in the 8th to make it 6-3. Sierra struck out 7 in his 4 innings and Ferrell tossed 2 scoreless innings but it wasn’t enough.
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 2-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 3-for-4, R, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI
- Hector Roa, RF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Anthony Hermelyn, C: 1-for-3, BB
- Tyler Britton, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
- Carlos Sierra, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
- Justin Ferrell, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (34-34) lost 9-6 (BOX SCORE)
- Rodrigo Ayarza, 2B: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- Carmen Benedetti, RF: 3-for-5, 2 2B
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI
- Brauly Mejia, CF: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB
- Taylor Jones, DH: 3-for-5, R, HR, 4 RBI
- Connor Goedert, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B
- Kevin Hill, RHP: 3.0 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Sean Stutzman, LHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (30-34) lost 8-7 (BOX SCORE)
- Ruben Castro, C: 0-for-3, R, BB, SB
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB
- Reiny Beltre, 1B: 1-for-3, R, RBI, 2 BB
- Chaz Pal, LF: 1-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI
- Luis Payano, CF: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Jonathan Matute, RHP: 1-for-4, R
- Forrest Whitley, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brady Rodgers (2.91 ERA)
CC: Kent Emanuel (5.20 ERA)
LAN: OFF
QC: Matt Bower (4.23 ERA)
TC: Carlos Sanabria (2.25 ERA)
GV: Lupe Chavez (0.00 ERA)
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