Astros Minor League Recap: July 12th

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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**Photo Credit: Richard Guill**