Astros Minor League Recap: July 30th

Astros Minor League Recap: July 30th, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (63-44) lost 5-2 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Davis has 4 HR, 14 RBI in 12 games with Fresno.

• Teoscar Hernandez, RF: 1-for-4, R, 2B
• J.D. Davis, 3B: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
• Reid Brignac, DH: 1-for-3, 2B

• David Martinez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Dayan Diaz, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (52-55) lost 8-1 (BOX SCORE) 

Note: Thompson has a 2.51 ERA with 26 K in 28.2 innings since June 1st..

• Drew Ferguson, RF: 2-for-4
• Jamie Ritchie, DH: 0-for-1, R, 2 BB
• Ryne Birk, 3B: 1-for-2, BB
• Antonio Nunez, SS: 1-for-3, RBI

• Akeem Bostick, RHP: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Ryan Thompson, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
• Riley Ferrell, RHP: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Andrew Thome, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (61-46) lost 6-5 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Straw has 8 BB/3 K over his last 10 games.

• Myles Straw, CF: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-4, R
• Yordan Alvarez, LF: 1-for-5, R, 2 RBI
• Jake Rogers,DH: 0-for-4, RBI
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-5, R
• Anthony Hermelyn, C: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB
• Randy Cesar, 3B: 2-for-3, RBI
• Anibal Sierra, SS: 2-for-4, R

• Hector Perez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 6 BB, 3 K
• Ryan Hartman, LHP: 1.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Carlos Sierra, RHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (59-45) won 10-9 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Dawson is hitting .462 with 3 HR, 13 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Carmen Benedetti, RF: 1-for-3, 3 R, 2 BB
• Chuckie Robinson, C: 3-for-4, R, 2 RBI, BB
• Ronnie Dawson, LF: 2-for-4, 3 R, 3B, HR, 3 RBI, BB
• Troy Sieber, 1B: 0-for-3, 2 BB
• Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 2-for-3, R, HR, 3 BRI, BB
• Kristian Trompiz, SS: 3-for-5, R, RBI
• Raymond Henderson, C: 2-for-5, R

• Ronel Blanco, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 4 K
• Robert Corniel, RHP: 2.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 0 K
• Salvador Montano, LHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (WIN)

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (17-21) lost 5-2 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Scheetz has 3 BB/27 K in 19.2 innings this season.

• Bryan De La Cruz, CF: 1-for-3, R, BB
• J.J. Matijevic, LF: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
• Colton Shaver, DH: 2-for-4, RBI
• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-3, R

• Brandon Bielak, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Ben Smith, LHP: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Corbin Martin, RHP: 4.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (20-16) lost 13-1 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Celestino is hitting .318 over his last 10 games and .286 this season.

• Gilberto Celestino, CF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
• Brody Westmoreland, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B

• Hansel Paulino, RHP: 3.0 IP, 9 H, 9 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
• Cole Watts, LHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Dariel Aquino, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Trent Thornton (4.67 ERA)

CC: TBD

BC: Matt Bower (6.03 ERA)

QC: Patrick Sandoval (3.38 ERA)

TC: Tyler Ivey (13.89 ERA)

GV: Felipe Tejada (4.12 ERA)

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