Astros Minor League Recap: July 19th

Astros Minor League Recap: July 19th, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (55-42) lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Thornton has a 2.12 ERA and 3 BB/17 K over his last 3 outings.

• Tony Kemp, 2B: 1-for-4
• Tyler White, 1B: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Derek Fisher, RF: 1-for-4
• Teoscar Hernandez, CF: 1-for-2, R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB
• J.D. Davis, 3B: 2-for-4
• Alejandro Garcia, LF: 1-for-4

• Trent Thornton, RHP: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Dayan Diaz, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
• Jordan Jankowski, RHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (48-48) won 6-0 (BOX SCORE)

Note: McCall has homered in 3 straight games for Corpus.

• Ramon Laureano, CF: 1-for-3, R, BB
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-4, R
• Jack Mayfield, SS: 1-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-3, R, BB
• Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Jason Martin, LF: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB

• Alex Winkelman, LHP: 8.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (WIN)
• Andrew Walter, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (54-42) OFF

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (55-39) won 20-2 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Cameron is hitting .459 with 2 HR, 15 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Ronnie Dawson, LF: 3-for-4, 3 R, 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI
• Carmen Benedetti, DH: 2-for-5, 3 R, BB
• Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI
• Gabriel Bracamonte, PH-C: 2-for-3, R, 2B, RBI
• Josh Rojas, 3B: 4-for-5, 4 R, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI
• Troy Sieber, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB
• Daz Cameron, CF: 3-for-5, R, 3B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 SB
• Marcos Almonte, 2B: 1-for-5, R
• Chas McCormick, RF: 2-for-5, 2 R

• Carson LaRue, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (WIN)
• Ronel Blanco, RHP: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
• Dustin Hunt, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (11-17) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)

• J.J. Matijevic, LF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
• Connor MacDonald, DH: 1-for-3, 2B
• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-3, 2B

• Tyler Ivey, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Luis Ramirez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K 

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (16-10) 

Game 1 – lost 7-6 (BOX SCORE)

• Cody Bohanek, SS: 1-for-3, RBI
• Gilberto Celestino, CF: 1-for-4, 2B
• Colton Shaver, DH: 2-for-4, R
• Patrick Mathis, RF: 1-for-2, R, 2B, 2 BB
• Ruben Castro, C: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI
• Wilson Amador, LF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI

• Felipe Tejada, RHP: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Ian Hardman, LHP: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Willy Collado, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Game 2 – won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)

• Wilson Amador, CF: 2-for-4, R, SB
• Gilberto Celestino, RF: 1-for-4, 2B
• Colton Shaver, 1B: 0-for-3, RBI, BB
• Reiny Beltre, 2B: 1-for-3, R

• Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Dariel Aquino, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (WIN)

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: TBD

CC: TBD

BC: Matt Bower (5.81 ERA)

QC: Abdiel Saldana (2.85 ERA)

TC: TBD

GV: Bryan Abreu (8.00 ERA)

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**Photo Credit: Richard Guill**