Astros Minor League Recap: April 24th, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (9-10) lost 12-9 (BOX SCORE)
Interesting game in Fresno last night. Yuhl was on the mound and got roughed up allowing 9 runs, 8 earned over 4 innings of work. Before Fresno could even score, they were in a 9-0 hole. Moran got Fresno on the board with a solo HR in the 4th inning. Reed added a 2 run single in the 5th to make it 9-3. Salt Lake added 3 more in the 8th to make it 12-3. Fresno continued to battle though with a Moran 2 run single and a Brignace RBI groundout in the 8th. Aplin pitched a scoreless 9th, his third career relief appearance. In the 9th they got an RBI single from Reed and a 2 run HR from White but that is all as they fell 12-9.
Note: Moran has 3 HR, 11 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Tony Kemp, LF: 1-for-4, R, BB
- A.J. Reed, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB
- Colin Moran, 3B: 2-for-5, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI
- Tyler White, 2B: 1-for-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Preston Tucker, DH: 2-for-5
- Jon Kemmer, RF: 1-for-4
- Reid Brignac, SS: 1-for-4, R, RBI
- Juan Centeno, C: 1-for-4, R
- Keegan Yuhl, RHP: 4.0 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 8 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Tyson Perez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Ryan Thompson, RHP: 2.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Andrew Aplin, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (10-7) lost 9-0 (BOX SCORE)
Rough night for the offense as they only managed two hits on the night. Smith got the start and ran into some trouble. He ended up allowing 4 runs, 3 earned over 4.1 innings. The bullpen didn’t do much better as Peterson allowed 2 runs and Dorris allowed 3 runs. The offense only produced two single, which both came in the 2nd inning. They will give it another go tomorrow with Deetz on the mound.
Note: After a slow start, Ferguson is up to .286 with 9 RBI in 16 games.
- Ramon Laureano, RF: 0-for-3, BB
- Drew Ferguson, DH: 0-for-3, BB, SB
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-3, BB
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 1-for-3
- Kyle Smith, RHP: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Eric Peterson, RHP: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Jacob Dorris, RHP: 1.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Michael Freeman, LHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (12-6) OFF
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (10-8) won 14-4 (BOX SCORE)
Another blowout win for Quad Cities. Perez got the start in this one allowing 1 run over his 4.1 innings of work (4 BB/4 K). Rogers got the game started off with a bang connecting on a 2 run HR in the first inning, his 3rd of the season. Henderson hit a solo HR in the 2nd, his first of the year. In the 3rd inning, the River Bandits put up 6 runs on a Wrenn RBI single, Ayarza RBI single (with two more scoring on an error), and another Henderson HR, this time a 2 run shot. In the 6th inning they could get 4 more runs on a Cameron RBI single, a run on a wild pitch, and a Dawson 2 run single. Hartman allowed 2 runs in 3.2 innings in relief but the offense put up enough runs to make it an easy win.
Note: Rogers is hitting .417 with 3 HR, 7 RBI over his last 6 games.
- Alex DeGoti, SS: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
- Jake Rogers, C: 2-for-3, 3 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB, SB
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- Stephen Wrenn, DH: 2-for-4, 2 R, RBI, BB
- Rodrigo Ayarza, 3B: 2-for-5, 2 R, RBI
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI
- Daz Cameron, CF: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Ray Henderson, 2B: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI
- Hector Perez, RHP: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
- Ryan Hartman, LHP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Lucas Williams, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: TBD
CC: Dean Deetz (1.04 ERA)
BC: Alex Winkelman (0.00 ERA)
QC: Dustin Hunt (4.50 ERA)
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