Astros Minor League Recap: June 20th, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (35-37) lost 11-7 (BOX SCORE)
Tough loss in extras for Fresno. El Paso jumped out to a 4-0 lead but Fresno would start to battle back getting 2 runs in the 2nd on a Kemmer 2 run HR, his 9th HR of the season. El Paso then took a 6-2 lead and Fresno bounced back with 3 runs on a Stassi 3 run HR. Fresno entered the 8th inning down 7-5 but Moran tied the game with a 2 run HR, his 16th of the season, Smith made his second AAA start and allowed 4 runs in 4 innings, though he did have 5 strikeouts. The game went to extras and El Paso scored 4 in the 11th to win it.
Note: Moran has 7 HR, 20 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Preston Tucker, LF: 2-for-5, R, 2B
- Colin Moran, 3B: 1-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
- A.J. Reed, 1B: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Teoscar Hernandez, RF: 3-for-5, R, SB
- Jon Kemmer, DH: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Max Stassi, C: 1-for-3, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Kyle Smith, RHP: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Tyson Perez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Kevin Comer, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Jordan Jankowski, RHP: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (35-36) won 6-1 (BOX SCORE)
Nice win for Corpus. James got the start and was very good allowing just 1 run over 5 innings with 7 strikeouts. James left the game down 1-0 but Tucker tied it shortly after with an opposite field solo HR, his 4th in AA and 13th overall. The game went into the 8th tied at one run a piece but Tucker came through with a 2 run double to make it 3-1. A Davis RBI single and Singleton 2 run HR added the insurance. Sneed pitched the final 4 innings without allowing a run.
Note: Martin is hitting .442 during his current 13 game hitting streak.
- Jason Martin, LF: 1-for-4, R
- Kyle Tucker, RF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 1-for-4, R, RBI
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 2-for-4
- Antonio Nunez, 2B: 1-for-2, R, BB
- Josh James, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (WIN)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (37-33) OFF
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (37-31) OFF
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (0-1) lost 9-0 (BOX SCORE)
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
- Kristian Trompiz, SS: 2-for-3, 2B, 2 SB
- Frankeny Fernandez, CF: 0-for-2, BB, SB
- Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
- Diogenes Almengo, RHP: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
- Colin McKee, RHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
- Ben Smith, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: OFF
CC: Kent Emanuel (4.25 ERA)
BC: OFF
QC: OFF
TC: Patrick Sandoval (-.– ERA)
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