Astros Minor League Recap: July 27th, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (62-43) won 8-5 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Tucker has drawn 15 walks in his last 6 games.
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 0-for-4, R, RBI, BB
- Preston Tucker, RF: 0-for-1, 2 R, RBI, 4 BB, SB
- A.J. Reed, 1B: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB
- J.D. Davis, 3B: 0-for-2, RBI, 2 BB
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 1-for-4, R, BB
- Juan Centeno, C: 3-for-3, R, 2 RBI, BB
- Max Stassi, DH: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Alejandro Garcia, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2 RBI
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
- Jacob Dorris, RHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Ashur Tolliver, LHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Dayan Diaz, RHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- James Hoyt, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (51-53) won 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Tucker is hitting .400 over his last 10 games played.
- Ramon Laureano, RF: 2-for-4, 2 R
- Kyle Tucker, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Drew Ferguson, RF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- Cy Sneed, RHP: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K (WIN)
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (60-44) lost 5-2 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Whitley has 5 BB/37 K in 22.1 innings for Buies Creek
- Myles Straw, CF: 0-for-4, R, BB
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-4, 3B, RBI
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 1-for-3, BB
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Alex DeGoti, 2B: 2-for-4, 2B
- Elieser Hernandez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Forrest Whitley, RHP: 3.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (58-43)
Game 1 – lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
- Ronnie Dawson, DH: 2-for-4, R
- Carmen Benedetti, RF: 2-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Troy Sieber, 1B: 1-for-3, 2B
- Chas McCormick, LF: 1-for-3, R
- Carson LaRue, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Robert Corniel, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Game 2 – won 6-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Chuckie Robinson, DH: 1-for-3, R, 2B
- Josh Rojas, SS: 0-for-2, R, BB
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-3, R, 2 RBI
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 1-for-2, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
- Marcos Almonte, 2B: 1-for-2, RBI
- Raymond Henderson, C: 1-for-3, RBI
- Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Salvador Montano, LHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (WIN)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (16-19) won 5-2 (BOX SCORE)
- Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-4, 2B
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 1-for-3, R, 2B
- Kyle Davis, 2B: 1-for-4, R
- Colton Shaver, DH: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI
- Matt Ruppenthal, RHP: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Nathan Thompson, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
- Reggie Johnson, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (WIN)
Rookie: Greeneville Astros (19-14) won 2-0 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Mathis is hitting .378 over his last 10 games.
- Patrick Mathis, RF: 2-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Cody Bohanek, SS: 2-for-4
- Frankeny Fernandez, LF: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Joan Mauricio, SS: 0-for-2, 2 BB
- Bryan Abreu, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K (WIN)
- Adam Bleday, LHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Mike Hauschild (4.92 ERA)
CC: Franklin Perez (7.71 ERA)
BC: Brett Adcock (4.02 ERA)
QC: TBD
TC: Hunter Martin (2.81 ERA)
GV: Gerardo Bojorquez (5.88 ERA)
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