Astros Minor League Recap: June 22nd

Astros Minor League Recap: June 22nd, 2017

Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (35-38) lost 9-3 (BOX SCORE)

Morton made a rehab start last night going 2 innings and allowing 1 run on 36 pitches. He was relieve by Thornton who allowed 8 runs, 7 earned over 4 innings. Fresno got a run in the 3rd inning on an RBI single from Tucker and 2 more in the 5th on a 2 run single from Kemp. The bullpen tossed 3 scoreless innings after Thornton but the offense was unable to rally.

Note: Kemp is hitting .426 with 2 HR, 9 RBI over his last 10 games

• Tony Kemp, 2B: 3-for-4, 2 RBI
• Preston Tucker, RF: 2-for-4, RBI
• Teoscar Hernandez, DH: 1-for-4
• Reid Brignac, SS: 1-for-4, R
• Jon Kemmer, LF: 1-for-2, 2 R, 2B, 2 BB

• Charlie Morton, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Trent Thornton, RHP: 4.0 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
• Ashur Tolliver, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• Aaron West, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (36-37) won 6-5 (BOX SCORE) 

Back and forth game for Corpus last night. Bostick got the start and pitched well allowing just 2 runs over 5 innings pitched. Corpus got on the board in the 2nd on a Singleton solo HR. In the 3rd, they got 2 more runs on a Ferguson RBI single and Tucker RBI double. Tucker added to the lead in the 7th with a solo HR to left, his 5th HR in AA. Frisco took the lead on 3 runs in the 8th but Corpus tied it back on a Ritchie RBI groundout. The game stayed tied at 5 until the bottom of the 11th when Singleton won it on a sac fly. Walter and Thome both had scoreless outings in relief.

Note: Tucker is hitting .289 with 4 HR, 7 RBI over his last 9 games.

• Drew Ferguson, RF: 3-for-5, R, RBI, BB, SB
• Kyle Tucker, CF: 2-for-6, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
• J.D. Davis, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 BB
• Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Jack Mayfield, SS: 2-for-5, SB
• Jason Martin, LF: 0-for-4, R, BB
• Jamie Ritchie, C: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
• Trent Woodward, DH: 1-for-4, R, BB

• Akeem Bostick, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Alex Winkelman, LHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
• Andrew Walter, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Andrew Thome, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)

A+: Buies Creek Astros (37-34) lost 5-4 (BOX SCORE)

Tough loss late for Buies Creek. They got a 2-0 lead early with a Hermelyn RBI groundout in the 1st and Rogers sac fly in the 3rd. Valdez got the start and allowed 3 unearned runs in the 3rd, lasting just 3.2 innings. Buies Creek got another run in the 5th on an RBI single from Hermelyn and 2 more in the 8th on a Cesar RBI single and another on a wild pitch to take the lead. Unfortunately, Bower struggled in relief giving up 1 run in the 8th and 9th as Winston-Salem walked it off.

Note: Straw is hitting .463 with 5 RBI, 4 SB over his last 10 games.

• Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-4, 3 R, BB
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 4-for-5
• Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-4, RBI
• Anthony Hermelyn, DH: 2-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI
• Spencer Johnson, 1B: 3-for-5, R
• Randy Cesar, 3B: 2-for-4, RBI, BB

• Framber Valdez, LHP: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
• Howie Brey, LHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Matt Bower, LHP: 3.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (37-32) lost 4-0 (BOX SCORE)

Rough night for the offense as they managed just 2 hits in the game, a single from Robinson and a double from Sieber. Whitley got the start and pitched well striking out 7 over 4 innings while allowing just 1 run. Unfortunately, he didn’t get any run support and Quad Cities picked up the loss 4-0.

• Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-3
• Troy Sieber, DH: 1-for-3, 2B

• Forrest Whitley, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
• Dustin Hunt, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• Gabriel Valdez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (2-1) won 1-0 (BOX SCORE)

• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 0-for-4, R, SB
• Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 1-for-3

• Ricardo Castro, RHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Felipe Tejada, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Robert Corniel, RHP: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
• Luis Ramirez, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (SAVE)

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (1-0) won 13-6 (BOX SCORE)

• Wilson Amador, LF: 1-for-5, R, 2 SB
• Gilberto Celestino, CF: 1-for-4, R, BB
• Enmanuel Valdez, 2B: 0-for-4, 2 R, BB
• Vicente Mota, 1B: 2-for-4, 3 R, RBI, BB
• Brody Westmoreland, 3B: 4-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
• Jose Benjamin, RF: 1-for-5, 2 R, RBI
• Oscar Campos, C: 2-for-5, R, 2B
• Juan Pineda, SS: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI, BB

• Juan Robles, RHP: 3.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
• Willy Collado, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Francisco Villegas, RHP: 4.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Mike Hauschild (5.15 ERA)

CC: Rogelio Armenteros (1.64 ERA)

BC: Brett Adcock (5.72 ERA)

QC: Yohan Ramirez (4.02 ERA)

TC: Cristian Javier (-.– ERA)

GV: TBD

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