Houston Astros Minor League Recap: September 3rd
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (71-70) won 10-5 (BOX SCORE)
Nice win for Fresno. The Grizzlies scored first getting a sac fly from Worth in the 1st inning. In the 2nd inning, Mayfield came through with an RBI single to give them a 2-0 lead. After Sacramento tied it at 2, Fresno responded with 2 more runs in the 3rd on a Singleton 2 run double. Singleton added a sac fly in the 5th to extend the lead to 5-2. Sacramento would battle back and tie the game at 5 in the 7th inning. Fresno responded in a big way getting 5 runs in the 8th on a Kemmer grand slam and a Singleton RBI double. Chapman pitched the final 2.1 innings to close it out.
- Derek Fisher, CF: 3-for-6, R, 2 2B
- Danny Worth, 2B: 0-for-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, SB
- Jon Kemmer, RF: 1-for-5, R, HR, 4 RBI
- Alejandro Garcia, LF: 3-for-4, 3 R, BB
- Max Stassi, C: 3-for-5, R, SB
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 2-for-3, 2 2B, 4 RBI, BB
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Keegan Yuhl, RHP: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Kevin Chapman, RHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (WIN)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (83-55) won 7-1 (BOX SCORE)
Corpus keeps on rolling. Deetz made his second start in Double-A and was just as dominant as he was a week ago. He tossed 6 shutout innings allowing just 1 hit with 8 strikeouts. The Hooks got on the board early with a Ferguson solo HR in the 1st inning. Corpus added 3 more runs in the 4th on a Davis RBI double, Gregor RBI groundout, and a Tanielu RBI single. Stubbs continued his strong night at the plate with an RBI double in the 5th inning. Corpus added two more runs in the 7th on a Davis 2 run double. Smith tossed the final 3 innings allowing just 1 run to pick up the save.
- Drew Ferguson, LF: 1-for-2, 4 R, HR, RBI, 3 BB
- Nick Tanielu, 2B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B, RBI, BB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-4, R, 2 2B, 3 RBI
- Conrad Gregor, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K (WIN)
- Kyle Smith, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (SAVE)
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (76-62) won 7-6 (BOX SCORE)
This game almost got away but Lancaster was able to hold on. The Jethawks jumped out to an early 1-0 lead when Straw singled, stole second, and eventually scored on a Muniz groundout. Wik added an RBI groundout in the 4th to time the game at 2. Lancaster took a big lead in the 7th scoring 5 times on a Sewald RBI walk, Straw steal of home, Muniz RBI triple, Ritchie RBI single and another run scoring on a wild pitch. Inland Empire made it close scoring twice in the 8th and 9th but Thome was able to get the last two outs and pick up the save.
- Myles Straw, RF: 2-for-5, 2 R, 3 SB
- Johnny Sewald, LF: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB, 2 SB
- Osvaldo Duarte, CF: 0-for-2, R, BB, SB
- Bryan Muniz, 1B: 1-for-4, R, 3B, 2 RBI
- Aaron Mizell, 2B: 2-for-3, R, BB
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 3-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Jason Martin, LF: 2-for-2, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- Elieser Hernandez, RHP: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
- Scott Weathersby, RHP: 2.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (SAVE)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (60-77) lost 5-0 (BOX SCORE)
Another rough night for the Quad Cities offense. On the night they managed just 3 hits, all singles, and 2 walks. Quiala got the start and allowed 3 runs over 6 innings. Kessay relieved him and tossed 2 innings allowing 2 unearned runs.
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 1-for-3, BB
- Hector Roa, DH: 1-for-3
- Anthony Hermelyn, C: 1-for-3
- Yoanys Quiala, RHP: 6.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Sebastian Kessay, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (37-37) lost 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Carmen Benedetti, DH: 2-for-4, R
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-3, R, 2 RBI
- Connor Goedert, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Sean Stutzman, LHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Ricardo Castro, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Mike Hauschild (3.10 ERA)
CC: Kent Emanuel (5.33 ERA)
LAN: Albert Abreu (5.14 ERA)
QC: Franklin Perez (2.84 ERA)
TC: Ryan Hartman (2.59 ERA)
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