Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 5th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (63-50) won 3-2 (BOX SCORE)
Fresno is really playing good baseball. The Grizzlies got on the board first with a 2 run single from Kemp in the 2nd inning. Valdez made the start for the Grizzlies and once again was very good. He went 6 innings allowing 2 runs with 5 strikeouts. Fresno added another run in the 3rd on a Kemmer solo HR. Gustave pitched the 7th and 8th striking out 2 and not allowing any runs. Jankowski came on for the 9th and shut the door sealing the win for Fresno.
- Tony Kemp, LF: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
- Jon Kemmer, DH: 3-for-4, R, 2B, HR, RBI
- Colin Moran, 3B: 1-for-4, R
- Cesar Valdez, RHP: 6.0 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (WIN)
- Jandel Gustave, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Jordan Jankowski, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (67-45) won 3-2 (BOX SCORE)
It took 11 innings but Corpus was able to walk away with the win. Laureano led off the game with a solo HR, his 2nd HR in AA. Sneed got the start for the Hooks and pitched well allowing just 1 unearned run over his 6 innings of work. The game stayed tied at 1 until the 10th inning when Hyde scoring on a bunt single from Nunez. Midland battled back and tied the game in the bottom half of the inning. Corpus struck again though in the 11th on a Hyde RBI single. Peterson was able to close it out with a scoreless 11th.
- Ramon Laureano, CF: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- Chase McDonald, DH: 1-for-4, BB
- Nick Tanielu, 3B: 2-for-5
- James Ramsay, LF: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- Mott Hyde, 2B: 3-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
- Kevin Comer, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Ryan Thompson, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Eric Peterson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (62-49) won 13-8 (BOX SCORE)
Wild game in Lancaster. The Jethawks got on the board early with a 2 run HR from Woodward in the 1st inning. In the 3rd inning Ferguson had a 2 run single to extend Lancaster’s lead. Bostick was cruising along before running into trouble in the 4th and 5th. He finished going 6 innings allowing 7 runs. Lancaster battled back though with a solo HR from Sewald in the 5th and a Ferguson solo HR and Marlow 2 run HR in the 6th inning. The Jethawks blew it open with 5 runs in the 8th inning. Ferguson capped off that inning with a 3 run HR, his 2nd HR of the game and 11th of the season. Weathersby allowed 1 run over the final 3 innings of the game.
- Yulieski Gurriel: DNP
- Johnny Sewald, RF: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Bobby Boyd, DH: 0-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Osvaldo Duarte, CF: 1-for-4, 2 R, BB, SB
- Brooks Marlow, 3B: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
- Drew Ferguson, LF: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI
- Trent Woodward, C: 1-for-2, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB
- Akeem Bostick, RHP: 6.0 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 5 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Scott Weathersby, RHP: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (SAVE)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (53-57) won 11-4 (BOX SCORE)
Big time win for Quad Cities last night. They got off to a great start scoring 3 runs in the 1st inning on a Birk RBI triple, McCall sac fly, and a Tucker solo HR. They added another 3 runs on a 3 run double from Birk. Quad Cities really blew the game open in the 6th inning putting up 4 runs on a Straw RBI double, Birk RBI single, and a 2 run double from McCall. Valdez got the start allowing 3 earned runs over his 6 innings of work. Straw wasn’t done though as he added an RBI triple in the 9th inning. Murphy allowed 1 run over the final 3 innings of the game.
- Myles Straw, RF: 3-for-5, 3 R, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, BB
- Ryne Birk, DH: 3-for-6, 2 R, 2B, 3B, 5 RBI
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 0-for-4, R, BB
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 2-for-3, 2B, 3 RBI, BB
- Kyle Tucker, LF: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-4, 2 R, BB
- Anthony Hermelyn, C: 1-for-5, R
- Framber Valdez, LHP: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Chris Murphy, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (SAVE)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (26-21) won 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Rodrigo Ayarza, 3B: 3-for-5, 2 RBI
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Alex DeGoti, 2B: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
- Makay Nelson, LHP: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Edgardo Sandoval, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Nick Hernandez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (23-19) lost 10-6 (BOX SCORE)
- Jonathan Arauz, 2B: 4-for-6, R, 2B, RBI
- Stijn van der Meer, SS: 3-for-6, R, 2B
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 1-for-5, RBI
- Troy Sieber, 1B: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Chaz Pal, LF: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Raymond Henderson, C: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI
- Luis Payano, CF: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
- Carlos Sanbria, RHP: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Edison Frias (6.00 ERA)
CC: Trent Thornton (2.25 ERA)
LAN: TBD
QC: Hector Perez (3.72 ERA)
TC: TBD
GV: Patrick Sandoval (6.54 ERA)
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