Astros Minor League Recap: July 17th, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (54-41) won 22-8 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Kemp is hitting .432 with 3 HR, 8 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 3-for-6, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
- Tyler White, DH: 2-for-6, 2 R, RBI
- Derek Fisher, CF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
- Alejandro Garcia, PH-CF: 1-for-2, 2 RBI
- A.J. Reed, 1B: 1-for-5, R, RBI
- Colin Moran, 3B: 2-for-5, 3 R, BB
- Preston Tucker, RF: 2-for-5, 4 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- Jon Kemmer, LF: 4-for-6, 3 R, HR, 6 RBI
- Reid Brignac, SS: 3-for-4, 3 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI
- Juan Centeno, C: 2-for-5, 2 R, RBI, BB
- Rogelio Armenteros, RHP: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Aaron West, RHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Ashur Tolliver, LHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (47-47) won 7-2 (BOX SCORE)
Note: James has a 1.13 ERA with 17 K in 16 IP over his last 4 outings.
- Ramon Laureano, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Jason Martin, LF: 4-for-4, R, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI
- Jack Mayfield, 2B: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Jamie Ritchie, DH: 0-for-2, R, BB
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 3 RBI
- Dallas Keuchel, LHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Josh James, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Franklin Perez, RHP: 3.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K (SAVE)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (54-41)
GAME 1 – won 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-4, R, 2 RBI
- Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB, SB
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 3-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Spencer Johnson, LF: 1-for-4, 2B
- Alex DeGoti, SS: 2-for-3, R, BB
- Cionel Perez, LHP: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Brett Adcock, LHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (WIN)
GAME 2 – lost 2-0 (BOX SCORE)
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-4, 2B
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-4, 3B
- Ryan Hartman, LHP: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Sean Stutzman, LHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Sebastian Kessay, LHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (54-39) lost 6-2 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Rojas is slugging .588 in 14 games for Quad Cities.
- Osvaldo Duarte, 2B: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Carmen Benedetti, RF: 2-for-4
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Josh Rojas, 3B: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
- Troy Sieber, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Robert Corniel, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Salvador Montano, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (10-15) SUSPENDED
Rookie: Greeneville Astros (15-9) lost 13-0 (BOX SCORE)
- Gilberto Celestino, CF: 1-for-4
- Roman Garcia, DH: 1-for-3
- Reiny Beltre, 2B: 1-for-3
- Hansel Paulino, RHP: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Cole Watts, LHP: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 0 K
- Austin Kerns, LHP: 1.0 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Kyle Smith (6.64 ERA)
CC: Akeem Bostick (3.67 ERA)
BC: Hector Perez (2.90 ERA)
QC: OFF
TC: Juan Robles (9.35 ERA)
GV: Felipe Tejada (3.19 ERA)
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