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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