Astros Minor League Recap: July 4th

Astros Minor League Recap: July 4th, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (47-38) won 5-4 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Moran is hitting .432 over his last 10 games and .299 overall this season.

• Tony Kemp, 2B: 1-for-3, 2 R
• Derek Fisher, CF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, SB
• Colin Moran, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 RBI
• Tyler White, 3B: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI
• Preston Tucker, LF: 2-for-4, R, 3B
• Reid Brignac, SS: 0-for-2, RBI
• Juan Centeno, C: 0-for-3, RBI

• Trent Thornton, RHP: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
• Tyson Perez, RHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• Reymin Guduan, LHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Brendan McCurry, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (39-43) won 4-1 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Valdez has 85 K in 73.1 innings this season.

• Kyle Tucker, CF: 1-for-3, 2 BB, SB
• J.D. Davis, 3B: 1-for-4, RBI
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B, HR, RBI
• Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
• Arturo Michelena, 2B: 3-for-4, 2 R

• Framber Valdez, LHP: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 9 K (WIN)
• Ryan Thompson, RHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Andrew Thome, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (SAVE)

A+: Buies Creek Astros (46-37) won 12-3 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Roger is hitting .278 with 17 2B, 11 HR, 40 RBI in 64 games this season.

• Myles Straw, RF: 3-for-6, 2 R, 2 2B, RBI, SB
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-5, 2 R, 2B, BB
• Jake Rogers, DH: 4-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, SB
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-5, 2B
• Stephen Wrenn, CF: 4-for-5, R, HR, 4 RBI
• Spencer Johnson, LF: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI
• Eduardo de Oleo, C: 2-for-5, R, HR, RBI
• Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-4, 2 R

• Brett Adcock, LHP: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
• Howie Brey, LHP: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)
• Ralph Garza, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (46-35) won 5-4 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Benedetti is hitting .395 with HR, 9 RBI, 8 BB/3 SO over his last 10 games.

• Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI
• Carmen Benedetti, RF: 1-for-3, 3 R, RBI, 2 BB
• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 0-for-2, R, 3 BB
• Troy Sieber, 1B: 2-for-5
• Josh Rojas, 3B: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
• Daz Cameron, CF: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI, SB

• Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 4 K
• Dustin Hunt, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Salvador Montano, LHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (WIN)

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (5-9) won 9-5 (BOX SCORE)

• J.J. Matijevic, LF: 0-for-4, R, BB
• Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 2-for-4, 2 R, BB
• Connor MacDonald, 3B: 0-for-2, R, RBI, BB
• Jake Adams, 1B: 2-for-5, R, RBI
• Kristian Trompiz, 2B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, 4 RBI, BB
• Randy Vasquez, C: 3-for-4, R, RBI, BB
• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, SB
• Jacob Meyers, CF: 0-for-2, RBI, BB, SB

• Tyler Ivey, RHP: 1.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Cristian Javier, LHP: 5.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
• Ben Smith, LHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
• Reggie Johnson, RHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (WIN)

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (8-4) won 4-1 (BOX SCORE)

• Chas McCormick, RF: 1-for-4, R
• Cody Bohanek, SS: 1-for-3, R, BB
• Brody Westmoreland, 3B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI
• Ruben Castro, C: 2-for-4
• Reiny Beltre, 2B: 1-for-3, BB
• Wilson Amador, CF: 1-for-2, RBI, BB, SB

• Bryan Abreu, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Adam Bleday, LHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Dariel Aquino, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Jesus Balaguer, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (SAVE)

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Joe Musgrove (0.00 ERA)

CC: Collin McHugh (36.00 ERA)

BC: Franklin Perez (2.54 ERA)

QC: TBD

TC: Carlos Hiraldo (10.13 ERA)

GV: Gerardo Bojorquez (6.23 ERA)

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