Astros Minor League Recap: July 2nd, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (45-38) won 4-2 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Kemmer is hitting .462 over his last 10 games.
- Teoscar Hernandez, CF: 0-for-4, RBI
- Preston Tucker, DH: 1-for-5, RBI
- Colin Moran, 3B: 1-for-3, R
- Tyler White, 2B: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB
- Reid Brignac, SS: 1-for-3, RBI
- Max Stassi, C: 3-for-4, R
- Jon Kemmer, RF: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B
- David Martinez, RHP: 7.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K (WIN)
- Kevin Comer, RHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (SAVE)
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (38-42) lost 3-2 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Nunez is hitting .346 over his last 10 games.
- Drew Ferguson, RF: 1-for-4, 2B, BB
- Jason Martin, LF: 1-for-5, RBI
- Kyle Tucker, CF: 1-for-5
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 1-for-5, SB
- Arturo Michelena, 3B: 1-for-4, RB
- Antonio Nunez, 2B: 2-for-2
- Charlie Morton, RHP: 4.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Yoanys Quiala, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (44-37) won 3-2 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Birk is hitting .410 over his last 10 games.
- Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Ryne Birk, DH: 2-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 1-for-2, SB
- Jake Rogers, C: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-3, BB
- Spencer Johnson, RF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 2-for-4
- Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB
- Jorge Alcala, RHP: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Matt Bower, LHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (WIN)
- Nick Hernandez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (44-35) won 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Perez has 5 BB/23 K over his last 19.2 innings.
- Daz Cameron, CF: 2-for-5, R, 2B
- Chuckie Robinson, DH: 1-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-4, R, BB, SB
- Carmen Benedetti, RF: 2-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- Josh Rojas, 2B: 2-for-4, RBI
- Cionel Perez, LHP: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
- Kevin Hill, RHP: 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (4-8) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Corey Julks, LF: 1-for-4
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, C: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- J.J. Matijevic, DH: 1-for-3
- Kristian Trompiz, 3B: 1-for-3
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-3
- Matt Ruppenthal, RHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Ricardo Castro, RHP: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
- Diogenes Almengo, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Rookie: Greeneville Astros (7-4)
Game 1 – won 6-2 (BOX SCORE)
- Cody Bohanek, SS: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Frankeny Fernandez, LF: 2-for-4, R
- Gilberto Celestino, CF: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Oscar Campos, C: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI
- Reiny Beltre, 3B: 1-for-2, R, RBI
- Felipe Tejada, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Leovanny Rodriguez, RHP: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (WIN)
- Austin Kerns, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Game 2 – won 3-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Cody Bohanek, 2B: 1-for-2, R
- Adrian Tovalin, DH: 2-for-3, R
- Brody Westmoreland, 3B: 0-for-2, RBI
- Roman Garcia, 1B: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI
- Wilson Amador, CF: 1-for-2, R, 2B
- Tim Hardy, LHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Jheyson Caraballo, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (WIN)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Kyle Smith (8.76 ERA)
CC: Cy Sneed (5.23 ERA)
BC: Justin Ferrell (5.19 ERA)
QC: Gabriel Valdez (4.17 ERA)
TC: TBD
GV: Bryan Abreu (7.56 ERA)
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