Astros Minor League Recap: July 18th

Astros Minor League Recap: July 18th, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (55-41) won 19-12 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Kemmer is hitting .385 with 11 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Tony Kemp, 2B: 1-for-5, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
• Tyler White, 3B: 2-for-6, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI
• Derek Fisher, LF: 4-for-6, 4 R, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI
• Teoscar Hernandez, CF: 3-for-5, 3 R, 3 2B, 3 RBI, BB
• A.J. Reed, 1B: 3-for-5, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
• Preston Tucker, RF: 3-for-6, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
• Jon Kemmer, DH: 1-for-3, R, RBI, 2 BB
• Max Stassi, C: 2-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI, BB

• Kyle Smith, RHP: 0.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• David Martinez, RHP: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (WIN)
• Kevin Comer, RHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Andrew Thome, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (47-48) lost 6-1 (BOX SCORE)

Note: James has a 1.13 ERA with 17 K in 16 IP over his last 4 outings.

• Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
• Antonio Nunez, 2B: 1-for-3
• Arturo Michelena, 3B: 1-for-3

• Akeem Bostick, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
• Ryan Thompson, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Nick Hernandez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (54-42) lost 5-4 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Rogers is hitting .361 with 5 HR, 18 RBI in July.

• Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-5, 2 R, SB
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 0-for-4, R, BB
• Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI
• Anthony Hermelyn, DH: 0-for-3, RBI

• Hector Perez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 6 K
• Justin Ferrell, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Carlos Sierra, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (54-39) OFF

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (11-16) won 3-1 (BOX SCORE)

• Luis Payano, RF: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
• J.J. Matijevic, LF: 1-for-3, 2B, SB
• Kristian Trompiz, 2B: 2-for-3, R, 2 SB
• Connor MacDonald, 1B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
• Reid Russell, DH: 1-for-3, RBI

• Juan Robles, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
• Ben Smith, LHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)
• Jesus Balaguer, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE) 

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (15-9) POSTPONED

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Trent Thornton (5.21 ERA)

CC: Alex Winkelman (4.96 ERA)

BC: OFF

QC: Carson LaRue (2.84 ERA)

TC: TBD

GV: Felipe Tejada (3.19 ERA)

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**Photo Credit: Kiel Maddox/Fresno Grizzlies**