Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 2nd
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (60-49) won 4-1 (BOX SCORE)
Reed and Hoyt were both promoted to the Astros but it didn’t stop Fresno’s winning ways. Hauschild got the start and allowed 1 run in the first inning but great the rest of the way. He finished going 7 innings allowing just the 1 run. Fresno got on the board in the 3rd inning with Fontana scoring on a groundout. In the 6th inning Kemmer hit a solo HR to take a 2-1 lead. They scored another run in the 7th on a Heineman RBI single. Aplin added some more insurance in the 9th inning with a solo HR, his 5th of the season. McCurry tossed a scoreless 8th and Gustave struck out the side in the 9th to pick up his 2nd save.
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB, SB
- Colin Moran, 3B: 1-for-4
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-4
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Tyler Heineman, C: 3-for-4, RBI
- Nolan Fontana, SS: 2-for-3, R, 2B
- Mike Hauschild, RHP: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Jandel Gustave, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (65-44) won 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
Martes tossed another gem last night. Coming off 7 shutout innings in his last outing, Martes struck out a career high 12 batters over his 6.1 innings of work. The only damage against him was a 2 run HR in the 7th inning. Corpus put up a 4 spot in the second inning on a Hyde RBI single, Stubbs RBI walk, and a 2 run single from Tanielu. Thompson tossed 1.2 scoreless innings in relief and West pitched a scoreless 9th pickup up the save.
- Garrett Stubbs, DH: 0-for-2, RBI, BB
- Ramon Laureano, CF: 2-for-3, R, 2 BB, SB
- Nick Tanielu, 2B: 2-for-4, 2 RBI
- James Ramsay, LF: 2-for-3, R, 2B, SB
- Roberto Pena, C: 1-for-4, R
- Mott Hyde, SS: 2-for-4, R, RBI
- Francis Martes, RHP: 6.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 12 K (WIN)
- Ryan Thompson, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Aaron West, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (60-48) lost 10-9 (BOX SCORE)
Tough loss in extra inning for Lancaster. They jumped on the board in the 1st inning with a 2 run double from Muniz. In the 2nd inning they added 4 more runs on a 2 run HR from Duarte, RBI double from Gurriel, and a Muniz sac fly. Ballard added an RBI single in the 3rd to make it 7-1. Unfortunately, Lake Elsinore would battle back and tie the game with 3 runs in the 4th and 3 runs in the 5th. James started for Lancaster and gave up 6 runs in his 4 innings of work. He was relieved by Deemes who went 3 innings allowing 1 run with 4 strikeouts. The game went to extra innings and Lake Elsinore put up 3 runs in the top of the 12th. Lancaster battled back getting RBI single by Ritchie and Duarte to make it 10-9 but the last two batters struck out ending the rally.
- Yulieski Gurriel, DH: 3-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Johnny Sewald, CF: 1-for-5, R
- Bryan Muniz, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI, BB
- Drew Ferguson, LF: 2-for-6, R
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 2-for-5, 2 R, RBI
- Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 2-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI, BB, SB
- Keach Ballard, 2B: 1-for-6, RBI
- Joshua James, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Ryan Deemes, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (51-56) lost 8-2 (BOX SCORE)
Quiala got the start for Quad Cities but got roughed up allowing 7 runs, 5 earned in his 5.1 innings of work. The River Bandits got on the board in the 4th inning on a solo HR from Tucker, his 4th HR of the season. Quad Cities would add another run in the 8th on a Tucker RBI single but that is all they would get from the offense. On the positive side, Whitt tossed 1.2 scoreless innings in relief.
- Myles Straw, DH: 2-for-4, SB
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Kyle Tucker, CF: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-4
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-4
- Pat Porter, LF: 1-for-4
- Yoanys Quiala, RHP: 5.1 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
- Adam Whitt, RHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (24-20) won 3-2 (BOX SCORE)
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 3-for-3, 2 R, 2B
- Rodrigo Ayarza, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 2-for-3, BB
- Alex DeGoti, SS: 1-for-2, R, SB
- Tyler Britton, RHP: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Ryan Hartman, LHP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- Kevin Hill, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (22-18) won 6-5 (BOX SCORE)
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 2-for-3, R, 2B, HR, RBI, BB
- Jonathan Matute, 2B: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
- Connor MacDonald, 1B: 1-for-5, R
- Chaz Pal, LF: 2-for-5, 2 2B
- Gabriel Bracamonte, C: 1-for-3, 2 R, 3B, 2 RBI
- Raymond Henderson, DH: 1-for-4, R
- Devon Carr, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Lucas Williams, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (WIN)
- Jorge Alcala, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Devin Raftery, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brad Peacock (4.13 ERA)
CC: Evan Grills (4.38 ERA)
LAN: Rogelio Armenteros (3.38 ERA)
QC: Matt Bower (3.10 ERA)
TC: TBD
GV: OFF
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