Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 8th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (64-52) lost 5-2 (BOX SCORE)
Peacock was back on the mound for the Grizzlies after a short stint with the Astros. He 7 innings allowing 4 runs. Fresno scored first getting 2 runs in the 2nd inning with Singleton scoring on an error and a Fontana sac fly. Unfortunately the offense only managed five total hits and were unable to get anything else going ad they fell 5-2.
- Tyler Heineman, DH: 1-for-5
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-2, R, 2B, 2 BB
- Max Stassi, C: 2-for-3, BB
- Derek Fisher, CF: 1-for-4, R
- Brad Peacock, RHP: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (68-46) OFF
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (63-50) OFF
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (54-59) lost 8-4 (BOX SCORE)
Tough loss losing in extras. Quad Cities got off to a good start getting a run in the first inning on a Tucker RBI single. They got another in the 2nd inning on Trompiz solo HR. Quiala was on the mound for the River Bandits and went 5.2 innings allowing 3 runs with 8 strikeouts. Quad Cities entered the bottom of the the down 3-2 but put up 2 runs with Straw scoring on a balk and a McCall RBI single. Burlington tied it up at 4 in the 7th inning. The game would got to extra innings and stayed tied at 4 until the 15th inning when Burlington dropped 4 runs. Quad Cities was unable to respond.
- Myles Straw, RF: 4-for-7, R, SB
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-7, R, HR, RBI
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-7, RBI
- Kyle Tucker, LF: 1-for-5, RBI, 2 BB, SB
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 1-for-6, 2 R, 3B, SB
- Jake Rogers, C: 2-for-6, BB
- Hector Roa, 1B: 2-for-7
- Bobby Wernes, 2B: 1-for-5, BB
- Yoanys Quiala, RHP: 5.2 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
- David Schmidt, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Juan Santos, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (28-22) lost 14-3 (BOX SCORE)
- Rodrigo Ayarza, 2B: 1-for-5
- Alex DeGoti, SS: 1-for-4, 3B
- Chuckie Robinson, DH: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-4, R
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 2-for-4, RBI
- Spencer Johnson, RF: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Tyler Wolfe, 3B: 2-for-4
- Austin Nicely, LHP: 2.0 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (25-20) won 3-0 (BOX SCORE)
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 0-for-2, R
- Stijn van der Meer, 2B: 1-for-3, RBI, 2 BB
- Troy Sieber, 1B: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Frankeny Fernandez, CF: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
- Reiny Beltre, DH: 2-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Vicente Sanchez, LF: 2-for-4
- Jorge Alcala, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Ricardo Castro, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Keegan Yuhl (-.– ERA)
CC: Evan Grills (3.97 ERA)
LAN: TBD
QC: Agapito Barrios (-.– ERA)
TC: TBD
GV: Cristian Javier (0.00 ERA)
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