Astros Minor League Recap: June 8th

1. Astros Minor League Recap: June 8th, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (29-32) won 9-2 (BOX SCORE)

Martinez got the start last night for Fresno and was great going 7 innings allowing 1 unearned run. He has allowed just 1 earned run over his last 20.2 innings pitched. Fresno got their first run in the 2nd inning on an RBI groundout from Garcia. They would add 4 more runs in the 5th on a Kemp RBI single, White sac fly, Tucker RBI single, and Fisher RBI groundout.

Stass led off the 5th inning with a solo HR, his 4th HR of the season. The Grizzlies would cap off their scoring with 3 more in the 8th on a Tucker RBI groundout and a Fisher 2 run HR, his 16th of the season. The 16 HR is tied for the Astros organization lead with JD Davis. West tossed a scoreless 9th with 2 strikeouts to close it.

Note: Tucker has 14 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Tony Kemp, 2B: 1-for-5, R, RBI
• Tyler White, 3B: 2-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
• Preston Tucker, LF: 1-for-4, R, 2 RBI, BB
• Derek Fisher, RF: 2-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI, BB, SB
• Max Stassi, C: 2-for-2, 2 R, HR, RBI, 3 BB
• Alejandro Garcia, CF: 3-for-4, 3 R, 2B

• David Martinez, RHP: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Brian Holmes, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Aaron West, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (30-29) won 11-6 (BOX SCORE)

Nice win for the Hooks. After falling behind 2-0, Corpus would get 3 runs in the 2nd inning on a run scoring on a wild pitch and 2 more runs scoring on a Ritchie 2 run single. Sneed was on the mound but got roughed up a bit allowing 6 runs over 4.1 innings of work. His season ERA is now 5.69.

Corpus Christi would respond in a big way getting 5 runs in the 4th on a bases loaded walk to Tucker and a Davis grand slam, his 15th HR of the season. The Corpus added some insurance in the 7th. Davis connected on another HR, his 2nd of the game and 16th of the season. Later in the inning, Martin hit 2 run HR to cap the scoring. Dykxhoorn was solid in relief tossing 3.1 scoreless innings.

Note: Tucker has recorded a hit in all nine Double-A games

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

• Cy Sneed, RHP: 4.1 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Jacob Dorris, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K (WIN)
• Ryan Thompson, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (32-28) lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)

Tough loss in an extra inning affair for Buies Creek. Alcala got the start and went 4 innings allowing 2 runs, 1 earned, but walked 6. Buies Creek was down 2-0 going into the 6th inning but they got 1 run back on a Rogers sac fly. In the 7th inning, they got 2 more runs on a Straw 2 run triple to take a 3-2 lead. Wilmington battled back in the 9th getting an unearned run off of Quiala. The game would stay tied at 3 all the way until the 15th when Wilmington got a run and walked it off. Hernandez tossed 3 scoreless innings in relief.

Note: Hernandez last 12 outings: 14 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 20 IP

• Myles Straw, RF: 2-for-6, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 BB
• Rodrigo Ayarza, DH: 1-for-5, R, 2B
• Stephen Wrenn, CF: 1-for-6
• Jake Rogers, C: 2-for-6, RBI
• Alex DeGoti, 3B: 1-for-6, BB
• Spencer Johnson, 1B: 3-for-6, R, BB
• Pat Porter, LF: 3-for-7, R

• Jorge Alcala, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 6 BB, 4 K
• Sebastian Kessay, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• Yoanys Quiala, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
• Nick Hernandez, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Howie Brey, LHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (30-28) lost 8-3 (BOX SCORE)

Hunt got the start for the River Bandits last night going 4 innings allowing 4 runs, 3 earned. After falling behind 1-0, Quad Cities rallied for 2 runs on an RBI triple from Arauz and an RBI double from Cameron. They would get another run in the 4th on an Almonte RBI single. Unfortunately, the pitching struggled though with Hill giving up 3 runs in 1.1 innings and Williams allowing an unearned run.

Note: Dawson is hitting .323 over his last 8 games.

• Daz Cameron, CF: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI, SB
• Ronnie Dawson, RF: 1-for-3, BB
• Yordan Alvarez, DH: 0-for-3, BB
• Wander Franco, 3B: 1-for-4, R
• Marcos Almonte, 2B: 2-for-4, R, RBI, SB
• Raymond Henderson, C: 2-for-4, 2B
• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 2-for-4, R, 3B, RBI

• Dustin Hunt, RHP: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
• Kevin Hill, RHP: 1.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• Lucas Williams, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Dean Deetz (27.00 ERA)

CC: Akeem Bostick (3.72 ERA)

BC: Framber Valdez (3.43 ERA)

QC: TBD

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