Astros Minor League Recap: July 15th, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (52-41) won 11-2 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Moran has 18 HR, 63 RBI in 76 games this season.
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Tyler White, 1B: 2-for-6, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI
- Derek Fisher, CF: 1-for-6, R
- Teoscar Hernandez, RF: 3-for-5, R, 2 2B, RBI
- Colin Moran, 3B: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B, 2 BB
- A.J. Reed, DH: 2-for-5, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI
- Juan Centeno, C: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI, BB
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 3-for-5, R, RBI
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- Kent Emanuel, LHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (45-47) won 13-7 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Laureano is hitting .391 with 6 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Ramon Laureano, RF: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, BB, SB
- Kyle Tucker, CF: 2-for-2, R
- Antonio Nunez, PH-2B: 0-for-2, R, BB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-3, 3 R, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 3-for-5, 3 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI
- Jason Martin, DH: 3-for-5, R, 2B, 3B, HR, 2 RBI
- Bryan De La Cruz, LF: 2-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Framber Valdez, LHP: 5.0 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (SAVE)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (53-40) won 6-2 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Rogers is hitting .429 with 5 HR, 15 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Myles Straw, CF: 3-for-5, R, 2B
- Jake Rogers, C: 3-for-4, 2 R, BB, 2 SB
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 3-for-5, R, 3B, 3 RBI
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Anibal Sierra, SS: 2-for-3, 2B, BB
- Forrest Whitley, RHP: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K (WIN)
- Carlos Sierra, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Howie Brey, RHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (54-37) won 8-1 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Benedetti is hitting .350 over his last 10 games.
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
- Carmen Benedetti, RF: 2-for-5, R
- Ronnie Dawson, DH: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B, BB
- Josh Rojas, 2B: 1-for-4, R, RBI
- Daz Cameron, CF: 0-for-2, R, 2 RBI, BB
- Troy Sieber, 1B: 1-for-3, R, HR, 4 RBI, BB
- Cesar Rosado, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Gabriel Valdez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Devon Carr, LHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (SAVE)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (9-15) won 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2B, BB
- Jake Adams, DH: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Kristian Trompiz, 2B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, SB
- Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-3, R, RBI
- Connor MacDonald, 1B: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Jake Meyers, CF: 2-for-4
- Matt Ruppenthal, RHP: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Nathan Thompson, RHP: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
- Ben Smith, LHP: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Reggie Johnson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
Rookie: Greeneville Astros (14-8) lost 9-6 (BOX SCORE)
- Adrian Tovalin, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Colton Shaver, DH: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Patrick Mathis, RF: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Brody Westmoreland, 3B: 1-for-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
- Reiny Beltre, 2B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
- Wilson Amador, CF: 1-for-3, RBI, SB
- Bryan Abreu, RHP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 6 BB, 4 K
- Adam Bleday, LHP: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Dariel Aquino, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Willy Collado, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Mike Hauschild (5.36 ERA)
CC: Collin McHugh (6.00 ERA)
BC: Cionel Perez (-.– ERA)
QC: TBD
TC: TBD
GV: Gerardo Bojorquez (7.31 ERA)
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