Astros Minor League Recap: June 14th, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (32-34) lost 7-3 (BOX SCORE)
Martinez was on the mound for the Grizzlies last night and allowed 4 runs over 6 inning pitched. Fresno fell behind 4-0 early but started a comeback in the 6th getting 1 run on an RBI single from Tucker. In the 7th they would get another run on a White RBI single to make it 4-2. Unfortunately, the bullpen gave up 3 runs (unearned) in the 8th to put the game out of reach.
Note: Moran is hitting .382 with 5 HR, 11 RBI over his last 8 games.
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 2-for-5, RBI
- Tyler White, SS: 2-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- Preston Tucker, RF: 2-for-5, RBI
- Juan Centeno, C: 1-for-3, BB
- Alejandro Garcia, CF: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 1-for-2, BB
- David Martinez, RHP: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Aaron West, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (30-34) POSTPONED
A+: Buies Creek Astros (35-31) lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
Buies Creek scored first in this one with an RBI single in the first inning. Alcala got the start and allowed 4 runs, 3 earned over 5 innings of work. Ferrell was solid in relief tossing 2.1 scoreless innings. Cesar hit his first HR in High-A and 4th HR over all, a solo shot, in the 9th inning to make it 4-2 but Buies Creek was unable to mount a full comeback and fell 4-2.
Note: Cesar is hitting .351 over his last 10 games.
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 1-for-4, R
- Spencer Johnson, LF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Alex DeGoti, 3B: 1-for-3, BB
- Jorge Alcala, RHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Justin Ferrell, RHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Ralph Garza, LHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (34-30) won 7-1 (BOX SCORE)
Cionel Perez got the start last night and had a good outing going 5.1 scoreless innings with 0 BB/6 K. Perez has a 3.05 ERA over his last 8 outings. Quad Cities jumped out to an earl 1-0 lead on a Jones RBI single scoring Alvarez. In the 2nd inning, Alvarez came through with a 2 out, 2 run single to make it 3-0.
The River Bandits picked up another run in the 3rd on a Henderson RBI single. Alvarez led off the 5th with a HR, his 7th HR of the season and third hit of the game. Robinson added a 2 run single in the 6th to make it 7-0. Saldana allowed 1 run over 2.2 innings and Pinales tossed a scoreless 9th to close it.
Note: Alvarez 18 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Marcos Almonte, DH: 2-for-5, R
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 3-for-3, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, BB
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, BB
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-4, RBI
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Daz Cameron, CF: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB, SB
- Raymond Henderson, 2B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Wander Franco, 3B: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
- Cionel Perez, LHP: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Kyle Smith (-.– ERA)
CC: Brock Dykxhoorn (5.68 ERA)
BC: Framber Valdez (3.43 ERA)
QC: Gabriel Valdez (3.60 ERA)
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