Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 9th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (64-53) lost 5-1 (BOX SCORE)
Not much production from the offense last night for Fresno. Yuhl made his AAA debut and went 6 innings allowing 4 runs with 0 BB/9 K. Fresno was shutout until the 6th inning when Fisher his a solo HR, his first HR in AAA. That was the only run they would score as they only managed five hits on the night.
- Jon Kemmer, DH: 1-for-4
- Teoscar Hernandez, RF: 1-for-3, BB
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-4
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 1-for-4
- Derek Fisher, LF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Keegan Yuhl, RHP: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 9 K
- Aaron West, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (68-47) lost 4-1 (BOX SCORE)
Tough loss for Corpus as they only scored 1 run with 8 hits on the night. Grills got the start and allowed 4 runs in 6 innings of work. The only run the Hooks scored came when Tanielu scored on a double play in the 7th inning. As was the same with Fresno, they just couldn’t come through with the big hit. Smith did toss three scoreless innings in relief though.
- Yulieski Gurriel, DH: 0-for-3
- Ramon Laureano, CF: 1-for-4, 3B
- Nick Tanielu, 2B: 2-for-4, R
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-4
- Conrad Gregor, 1B: 1-for-2, 2B, 2 BB
- Evan Grills, LHP: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Kyle Smith, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (64-50) won 8-1 (BOX SCORE)
Great pitching leads Lancaster to the win last night. James started for Lancaster and allowed 1 run over 6 innings of work. That 1 run came in the 1st inning. The Jethawks got their scoring started in the 3rd scoring 5 runs on an RBI double from Duarte, 2 run double from Ferguson, Muniz RBI single, and a Martin RBI triple. They would add to their lead with 3 runs in the 5th inning on a Martin RBI single and Ritchie 2 run double. E. Hernandez made his return to Lancaster and tossed a scoreless 7th. Garza closed the game with 2 scoreless innings.
- Bobby Boyd, RF: 1-for-5, R
- Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI
- Drew Ferguson, DH: 2-for-5, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
- Bryan Muniz, 1B: 2-for-5, 2 R, RBI
- Jason Martin, CF: 2-for-4, R, 3B, 2 RBI
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Keach Ballard, 3B: 2-for-4, R
- Joshua James, RHP: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Elieser Hernandez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (55-59) won 6-2 (BOX SCORE)
Nice bounce back win for Quad Cities. Barrios made his Quad Cities debut for 2016 and pitched well allowing 1 run over 6.2 innings. Wrenn got the offense going with a solo HR in the 1st inning, his 1st HR with Quad Cities. The River Bandits would put up a four spot in the 2nd inning on a 2 run double from Michelena, RBI single from Straw, and RBI groundout from Wrenn. Cesar added a solo HR in the 5th to extend the lead. Murphy tossed the last 2.1 innings allowing just 1 run.
- Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-4, RBI
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 2-for-4, R, 2B
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-4
- Stephen Wrenn, LF: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Hector Roa, RF: 1-for-4, R
- Arturo Michelena, 2B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Agapito Barrios, RHP: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Chris Murphy, RHP: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (28-23) lost 8-6 (BOX SCORE)
- Rodrigo Ayarza, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Taylor Jones, DH: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B, BB
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Spencer Johnson, 1B: 3-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Marcos Almonte, CF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Sebastian Kessary, LHP: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 5 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (25-21) lost 2-1 in 13 innings (BOX SCORE)
- Stijn van der Meer, SS: 1-for-7
- Troy Sieber, 1B: 2-for-5, BB
- Raymond Henderson, C: 2-for-7, 2B, RBI
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 1-for-6, BB
- Luis Payano, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2 BB
- Reiny Beltre, DH: 2-for-5, BB
- Carlos Machado, RF: 2-for-6
- Cristian Javier, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 8 K
- Ben Smith, LHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
- Devon Carr, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Brady Rodgers (2.67 ERA)
CC: Kent Emanuel (4.40 ERA)
LAN: TBD
QC: OFF
TC: Edgardo Sandoval (3.98 ERA)
GV: TBD
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