Astros Minor League Recap: June 26th

Astros Minor League Recap: June 26th, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (39-38) won 7-6 (BOX SCORE)

Back and forth game in Fresno last night. Martinez was on the mound to start it and pitched very well allowing just 1 run over 6 innings with 7 strikeouts. Fresno first got on the board in the 5th inning on a 2 run HR from Stassi. Albuquerque tied it up in the 7th but Fresno retook the lead on a White RBI single and a run scoring on an error. Fresno got 2 more in the 8th on a Moran solo HR, his 17th, and a Kemp sac fly. The Grizzlies entered the 9th up 6-2 but the bullpen struggled allowing Albuquerque to score 4 runs and tie it. The game went to the 10th where White won it with a walk off, bases loaded walk.

Note: White is hitting .452 with 4 HR, 13 RBI over his last 10 games

• Tony Kemp, 2B: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
• Tyler White, SS: 3-for-5, 2 RBI, BB
• Teoscar Hernandez, RF: 1-for-4, BB
• Colin Moran, 3B: 3-for-5, R, HR, RBI
• Max Stassi, C: 3-for-4, 4 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
• Alejandro Garcia, CF: 3-for-4, 2B

• David Martinez, RHP: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
• Ashur Tolliver, LHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
• Aaron West, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Jordan Jankowski, RHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• Dayan Diaz, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Brian Holmes, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (38-38) OFF

A+: Buies Creek Astros (39-36) won 8-1 (BOX SCORE)

Pitching was great in this one. Alcala got the start and tossed 5 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts and reports he hit 100 MPH with his fastball multiple times. Perez relieved him and pitched well too allowing 1 run over 4 innings with 5 strikeouts. The offense got on the board in the 3rd on a Sierra solo HR, Rogers RBI single, and Alvarez sac fly. They put up 4 more runs in the 6th with 1 run scoring on an error and a 3 run triple from Birk. Birk added an RBI groundout in the 8th to cap the scoring and give him 4 RBI.

Note: Birk is hitting .333 with 8 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Myles Straw, CF: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 2-for-5, R, 3B, 4 RBI
• Jake Rogers, C: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB
• Yordan Alvarez, DH: 0-for-2, RBI, 2 BB
• Alex DeGoti, SS: 1-for-5, R
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-3, 2 R, BB
• Anibal Sierra, 3B: 3-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI

• Jorge Alcala, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Hector Perez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (40-33) won 8-2 (BOX SCORE)

Cionel Perez got the start in this one and went 4.2 innings allowing 2 runs with 7 strikeouts. The offense went to work early scoring 2 runs in the 2nd on a Franco 2 run double and 2 runs in the 3rd on a Cameron RBI single and Sieber RBI double. They would add another in the 4th on a Henderson sac fly and another in the 5th on Sieber RBI single. The pitching was solid after Perez with Saldana going 3.2 scoreless innings and Montano tossing a scoreless inning to close it.

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

• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 0-for-2, 3 BB
• Daz Cameron, CF: 1-for-5, R, RBI
• Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2B, BB
• Troy Sieber, 1B: 3-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
• Ronnie Dawson, RF: 1-for-5, R
• Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 1-for-4, R, BB, SB
• Marcos Almonte, DH: 2-for-5, R, RBI, SB
• Raymond Henderson, 2B: 0-for-3, R, RBI
• Wander Franco, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI

• Cionel Perez, LHP: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
• Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 3.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
• Salvador Montano, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (3-4) won 8-5 (BOX SCORE)

• Corey Julks, RF: 1-for-5
• Kyle Davis, 2B: 1-for-3, R, BB
• J.J. Matijevic, LF: 1-for-4, R
• Jake Adams, DH: 1-for-2, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
• Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 1-for-4, 2 R, RBI
• Connor MacDonald, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-2, 2 BB
• Andy Pineda, CF: 1-for-4, R, RBI

• Patrick Sandoval, LHP: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Parker Mushinksi, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Ben Smith, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Hunter Martin, RHP: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• Robert Corniel, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (SAVE)

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (3-2) won 4-2 (BOX SCORE)

• Chas McCormick, RF: 1-for-4, SB
• Roman Garcia, 1B: 1-for-4, R
• Gilberto Celestino, CF: 3-for-3, R, BB
• Joan Mauricio, C: 1-for-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
• Ruben Castro, C: 1-for-4, RBI
• Wilson Amador, DH: 0-for-2, RBI, BB, SB

• Noel Pinto, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Leovanny Rodriguez, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
• Felipe Tejada, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Charlie Morton (4.50 ERA)

CC: OFF

BC: Matt Bower (5.51 ERA)

QC: Gabriel Valdez (3.60 ERA)

TC: OFF

GV: TBD

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**Photo Credit: Kiel Maddox/Fresno Grizzlies**