Astros Minor League Recap: July 12th, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (49-41) OFF
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (43-46) lost 7-1 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Tucker is hitting .410 with 3 HR, 7 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Kyle Tucker, CF: 2-for-4
- Jason Martin, LF: 1-for-3, 2B
- Bryan De La Cruz, PH: 1-for-1, R, 2B
- Alex Winkelman, LHP: 4.0 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
- Akeem Bostick, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (51-39) won 8-2 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Birk is hitting .378 with 2 HR, 7 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-5, R, 2 RBI
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 4-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-4, 2 RBI, BB
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Taylor Jones, DH: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 0-for-0, 2 R, 4 BB
- Spencer Johnson, 1B: 1-for-4, R
- Alex DeGoti, SS: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Hector Perez, LHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 K (WIN)
- Ryan Hartman, LHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Sean Stutzman, LHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (52-36) won 5-2 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Benedetti is hitting .465 with 9 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Daz Cameron, CF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB, SB
- Carmen Benedetti, RF: 3-for-5, R
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-5, R, RBI
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 3-for-5, 2B
- Wander Franco, 3B: 0-for-4, RBI
- Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 1-for-5, R
- Marcos Almonte, LF: 1-for-4, 2B
- Carson LaRue, RHP: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)
- Lucas Williams, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (8-13) lost 10-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Luis Payano, RF: 3-for-5, 2B
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, C: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Kristian Trompiz, 3B: 2-for-3, R, BB, 2 SB
- Kyle Davis, 2B: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Jacob Meyers, CF: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
- Kristopher Scheetz, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Colin McKee, RHP: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Ben Smith, LHP: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Luis Ramirez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
Rookie: Greeneville Astros (13-6) won 5-3 (BOX SCORE)
- Colton Shaver, DH: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Patrick Mathis, RF: 2-for-3, 3 R, BB
- Oscar Campos, C: 3-for-3, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
- Joan Mauricio, 2B: 1-for-2, RBI, BB
- Hansel Paulino, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Cole Watts, LHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Willy Collado, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Trent Thornton (5.49 ERA)
CC: Brock Dykxhoorn (4.41 ERA)
BC: Matt Bower (6.16 ERA)
QC: TBD
TC: Carlos Hiraldo (11.12 ERA)
GV: Francisco Villegas (0.00 ERA)
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