Astros Minor League Recap: June 24th

Astros Minor League Recap: June 24th, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (38-38)

GAME 1 – won 6-2 (BOX SCORE)

Coleman got the start in game one and pitched well allowing just 2 runs over 6 innings of work. Fresno scored all 6 runs in 4th inning on a Reed RBI walk, Brignac RBI walk, Kemmer 3 run triple, and Kemp RBI triple. West pitched a perfect 7th inning to close it out.

Note: Kemp is hitting .476 over his last 10 games

• Tony Kemp, DH: 1-for-3, 3B, RBI
• Colin Moran, 3B: 1-for-3, 2B
• Derek Fisher, CF: 1-for-3, R, 2B
• Teoscar Hernandez, RF: 1-for-2, R, BB
• Juan Centeno, C: 0-for-3, R
• A.J. Reed, 1B: 0-for-2, R, RBI, BB
• Reid Brignac, SS: 0-for-2, R, RBI, BB
• Jon Kemmer, LF: 1-for-3, R, 3B, 3 RBI

• Casey Coleman, RHP: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 1 K (WIN)
• Aaron West, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

GAME 2 – won 6-2 (BOX SCORE)

Deetz was on the mound in game 2 and only lasted 3.2 innings but allowing just 1 run (3 walks). Fresno was down 1-0 entering the 4th but tied the game on a White solo HR, his 11th. In the 5th they got 2 runs on a Kemmer solo HR and another scoring on an error. They capped their scoring with 3 runs in the 6th on a Kemmer RBI single, Stassi RBI single, and Kemp RBI single. Sacramento got 1 back off Comer but Fresno was able to hold on for the win.

Note: Kemmer is hitting .301 with 10 HR, 35 RBI in 53 games.

• Tony Kemp, DH: 1-for-3, RBI
• Tyler White, SS: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
• Colin Moran, 3B: 1-for-2, R, BB
• A.J. Reed, 1B: 1-for-3, R, 2B
• Jon Kemmer, LF: 2-for-2, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
• Max Stassi, C: 1-for-2, R, RBI

• Dean Deetz, RHP: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
• Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• Tyson Perez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• Kevin Comer, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (37-38) won 11-4 (BOX SCORE) 

Dykxhoorn got the start last night and pitched very well. He carried a shutout into the 7th inning and gave up 1 run before being pulled. Another run scored after he was pulled but he finished going 6.2 innings allowing just 2 runs. The offense got going early on a Tucker solo HR in the first inning, his 6th in AA and 15th HR overall this season. In the 4th, Corpus scored 3 more times on a Singleton solo HR (14) and a Martin 2 run HR (4th in AA, 11th overall).

Corpus continued to play add-on in the 6th inning getting a run from a Mayfield solo HR. They got another run in the 7th on a Davis RBI single. The offense put the game out of reach with 5 runs in the 8th. In that inning they got an RBI single from Laureano, Tucker 2 run single, and a Stubbs 2 run single. Dorris and Ferrell pitched in relief each allowing a run but the offense scored plenty to secure the win.

Note: Tucker is hitting .346 with 4 HR, 10 RBI over his last 6 games

• Kyle Tucker, DH: 3-for-5, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI
• J.D. Davis, 3B: 1-for-5, RBI
• Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI
• Ramon Laureano, RF: 1-for-4, R, RBI
• Jack Mayfield, 2B: 2-for-5, R, 2B, HR, RBI
• Jason Martin, LF: 3-for-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
• Antonio Nunez, SS: 2-for-4, 2 R

• Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 6.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K (WIN)
• Jacob Dorris, RHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Riley Ferrell, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (38-35) lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)

Perez got the start last night and had a rough first inning allowing 4 runs. He was better after that tossing 4 scoreless innings. His final line was 5 IP, 4 R, 7 K. The offense struggled but finally got on the board in the 8th inning on an RBI single from Alvarez. They would get one more in the 9th on a DeGoti RBI single but couldn’t get anything else going and fell 4-2.

Note: Straw is hitting .335 with 35 BB/27 K in 43 games since May 1st

• Myles Straw, CF: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-3, BB
• Jake Rogers, C: 0-for-3, BB
• Yordan Alvarez, LF: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-4, R
• Alex DeGoti, PH: 1-for-1, RBI

• Franklin Perez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
• Sebastian Kessay, LHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (39-32) won 3-2 (BOX SCORE)

Nice come from behind win for the River Bandits last night. LaRue was on the mound and pitched very well going 6 innings allowing 2 runs with 8 strikeouts. Quad Cities entered the bottom the 4th down 1-0 but got on the board thanks to a 2 run HR from Dawson, his 6th of the season. In the 5th inning Cameron connected on a solo HR, his 8th of the season, to give the River Bandits a 3-2 lead. Hill tossed 3 scoreless innings in relief to close it out.

Note: LaRue is now 8-2 with a 2.67 ERA and 21 BB/66 K in 67.1 innings this season.

• Marcos Almonte, DH: 1-for-4, SB
• Daz Cameron, CF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
• Troy Sieber, DH: 2-for-3, R, 2B, BB
• Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Wander Franco, 3B: 2-for-3, 2B

• Carson LaRue, RHP: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K (WIN)
• Kevin Hill, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (SAVE)

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (2-3) lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)

• Corey Julks, RF: 2-for-3, 2B, 2 SB
• Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 1-for-3, 2B, SB
• Kyle Davis, 2B: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Carlos Canelon, C: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Luis Payano, LF: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB
• Andy Pineda, CF: 1-for-4, RBI

• Cesar Rosado, RHP: 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
• Colin McKee, RHP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
• Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (1-2) lost 7-6 (BOX SCORE)

• Wilson Amador, LF: 1-for-5, 2 RBI, BB, SB
• Gilberto Celestino, CF: 0-for-5, BB, SB
• Enmanuel Valdez, 2B: 1-for-5, BB
• Brody Westmoreland, 1B: 1-for-5, R, HR, RBI, BB
• Jose Benjamin, RF: 1-for-6, R
• Reiny Beltre, 3B: 2-for-5, R, 2B, RBI, BB
• Ruben Castro, C: 3-for-6, 2 R, RBI
• Carlos Machado, DH: 2-for-5, R
• Juan Pineda, SS: 1-for-4, BB

• Gerardo Bojorquez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Javier Navas, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Johsson Arias, RHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Dariel Aquino, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: OFF

CC: Yoanys Quiala (3.00 ERA)

BC: Ryan Hartman (5.17 ERA)

QC: Ronel Blanco (3.29 ERA)

TC: TBD

GV: Hansel Paulino (-.–ERA)

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