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**
