Astros Minor League Recap: June 25th

Astros Minor League Recap: June 25th, 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) OFF

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (38-38) won 4-2 (BOX SCORE) 

Quiala got the start in this one going 3 scoreless innings before being relived by Sneed. Corpus got on the board first on a sac fly from Tucker. Davis added to the 1-0 lead with a 2 run HR in the 5th, his 18th HR of the season. Corpus would get another in the 6th when McCall tripled and scored on a wild pitch. Sneed pitched 3 innings allowing 2 runs. James closed out the game with three scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts.

Note: Martin is hitting .349 with 6 2B, 4 HR, 12 RBI in 21 AA games.

• Jason Martin, LF: 1-for-4, R
• Ramon Laureano, RF: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB, SB
• Kyle Tucker, CF: 0-for-3, RBI
• J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
• Dexture McCall, 1B: 2-for-3, R, 3B, BB
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI

• Yoanys Quiala, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Cy Sneed, RHP: 3.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)
• Josh James, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (SAVE)

A+: Buies Creek Astros (38-36) lost 4-0 (BOX SCORE)

Rough day for the offense. They were no hit until the 7th inning when DeGoti broke it up with a double. Alvarez added a single in the 8th but that was the only two hits they would get. Straw did draw two walks giving him 47 this season. Hartman went 6 innings allowing 4 runs. Garza tossed two scoreless innings in relief but the offense was unable to mount a comeback.

Note: Straw is hitting .373 with 16 BB/8 K in 19 June games.

• Myles Straw, CF: 0-for-2, 2 BB
• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 0-for-3, BB
• Jake Rogers, DH: 0-for-3, BB
• Yordan Alvarez, LF: 1-for-3, BB
• Alex DeGoti, 2B: 1-for-3, 2B, BB

• Ryan Hartman, LHP: 6.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Ralph Garza, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (39-33) lost 6-2 (BOX SCORE)

Blanco was on the mound and started well but ended up allowing 4 runs in 4.2 innings with 6 walks. Henderson put Quad Cities on the board in the 5th with an RBI double. They would get another run in the 8th with a run scoring on an error but that was it offensively. Hunt tossed 2 scoreless innings relief.

Note: De La Cruz is hitting .357 with 2 RBI in 4 games for Quad Cities

• Marcos Almonte, CF: 1-for-5
• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-4, 2B
• Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-3, BB
• Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 1-for-4, R
• Raymond Henderson, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
• Wander Franco, 1B: 2-for-4, 2B
• Tyler Wolfe, 2B: 0-for-3, R, BB

• Ronel Blanco, RHP: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 6 BB, 2 K
• Devon Carr, RHP: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
• Dustin Hunt, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (2-4) lost 10-9 (BOX SCORE)

• Corey Julks, RF: 1-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Kyle Davis, 2B: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
• J.J. Matijevic, LF: 3-for-5, R
• Jake Adams, 1B: 2-for-5, 2 R
• Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI
• Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-5, 2B
• Reid Russell, DH: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
• Carlos Canelon, C: 1-for-4, R
• Andy Pineda, CF: 1-for-4, 2B

• Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 4.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Diogenes Almengo, RHP: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 8 BB, 1 K
• Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (2-2) won 11-4 (BOX SCORE)

• Chas McCormick, RF: 3-for-4, 3 R, BB, SB
• Cody Bohanek, SS: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI
• Brody Westmoreland, 3B: 1-for-4, 2 R, RBI, BB
• Reiny Beltre, 2B: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB
• Frankeny Fernandez, LF: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 3 RBI
• Roman Garcia, 1B: 1-for-5, 3 RBI
• Gilberto Celestino, CF: 2-for-4, RBI, BB
• Oscar Campos, C: 1-for-4, R

• Adam Bleday, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Tim Hardy, LHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• Jesus Balaguer, RHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Hansel Paulino, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (WIN)

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: David Martinez (4.88 ERA)

CC: OFF

BC: Jorge Alcala (4.07 ERA)

QC: Cionel Perez (4.39 ERA)

TC: TBD

GV: Noel Pinto (-.–ERA)

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