Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 29th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (70-66) won 5-1 (BOX SCORE)
Fresno starts their last week of baseball this season with a win. The Grizzlies jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the 1st on an RBI double from Worth and an RBI single from Moran. They would add two more runs in the 2nd thanks to a Kemmer RBI single and a Worth sac fly. Hauschild was on the mound for the first time since 08/14 and pitched well tossing 5 shutout innings lowering his season ERA to 3.10. In the 4th inning the Grizzlies added another run on a Fisher RBI double. The Grizzlies got good work from the pen as Jankowski tossed two scoreless innings to close it out.
- Alejandro Garcia, LF: 1-for-4
- Derek Fisher, CF: 2-for-5, R, 2 2B, RBI
- Danny Worth, 2B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Jon Kemmer, RF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Colin Moran, 3B: 2-for-4, RBI
- Tyler Heineman, C: 2-for-4, R
- Nolan Fontana, SS: 3-for-4, 2 R, SB
- Mike Hauschild, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Albert Minnis, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Jordan Jankowski, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (80-53) lost 6-3 (BOX SCORE)
Emanuel had a rough go of it recently and last night was the same. He finished allowing 5 runs (4 earned) over his 5 innings of work. Corpus got on the board in the first inning on a Ferguson solo HR, his 2nd HR of the season. They would inch a bit closer in the 4th getting a run when Boyd walked, stole second and third, and scored on a Hyde sac fly. The Hooks would only get one more run which came on a Tanielu RBI single in the 7th. Unfortunately, the early deficit was too much to overcome.
- Nick Tanielu, DH: 1-for-3, RBI
- Ramon Laureano, RF: 1-for-4
- Drew Ferguson, LF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Bobby Boyd, CF: 1-for-3, 2 R, 3B, BB, 2 SB
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-4, SB
- Mott Hyde, SS: 2-for-4
- Kent Emanuel, LHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
- Kyle Smith, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Jacob Dorris, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (72-61) OFF
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (59-74) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Well pitched game in this one. Quad Cities got their first run early on a McCall RBI single in the first inning. Wisconsin responded with a run in the 2nd inning to tie it at 1. That would be the only run they got off the starter Bower as he went 5.1 innings with 6 strikeouts. The game stayed scoreless and went to extra innings thanks to shutout performances from Kessay and Whitt. In the bottom of the 10th, McCall lead off with a single and later advanced to second on a walk to Porter. With two outs Roa came through with a single to right field to drive in McCall for the walk-off RBI single.
- Bobby Wernes, 3B: 3-for-4, R, 2B
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 1-for-5
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 2-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Spencer Johnson, DH: 1-for-5, 2B
- Hector Roa, RF: 2-for-5, RBI
- Arturo Michelena, 2B: 2-for-4
- Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-4
- Matt Bower, LHP: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
- Sebastian Kessay, LHP: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Adam Whitt, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (35-34) won 3-0 (BOX SCORE)
- Carmen Benedetti, RF: 2-for-3, R, BB
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Brauly Mejia, CF: 1-for-5, R
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-4
- Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
- Dustin Hunt, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (SAVE)
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (31-34) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Stijn van der Meer, SS: 1-for-4, 3B
- Raymon Hendersn, 2B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
- Luis Payano, RF: 1-for-3, R, SB
- Jonathan Matute, DH: 1-for-3, RBI
- Lupe Chavez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
- Ricardo Castro, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Dariel Aquino, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Cesar Valdez (3.08 ERA)
CC: Cy Sneed (4.21 ERA)
LAN: TBD
QC: OFF
TC: Austin Nicely (6.17 ERA)
GV: Cristian Javier (1.14 ERA)
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**Photo Credit: Kiel Maddox/Fresno Grizzlies**
