Astros Minor League Recap: August 13th, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (69-52) lost 22-1 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Mayfield is hitting a combined .286 with 19 HR, 65 RBI between AA/AAA this season.
- Preston Tucker, DH: 1-for-2, R, BB
- Jack Mayfield, SS: 1-for-3, RBI
- Drew Ferguson, RF: 2-for-3, 2B
- Trent Thornton, RHP: 4.0 IP, 12 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Jacob Dorris, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
- Kevin Comer, RHP: 0.2 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Alejandro Garcia, RHP/OF: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (56-63) lost 7-5 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Dykxhoorn has a 3.74 ERA and held opponents to a .266 BAA in the 2nd half of the season.
- Jason Martin, LF: 0-for-2, 2 R, BB
- Jon Singleton, DH: 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI, BB
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Trent Woodward, 3B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Josh James, RHP: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
- Ryan Thompson, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (69-50) won 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Alvarez is hitting .500 (17-for-34) with 10 RBI over his last 8 games.
- Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-4, 2B, BB
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 3-for-5, R, 2B, SB
- Anthony Hermelyn, DH: 3-for-5, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 0-for-4, R, BB
- Carmen Benedetti, RF: 1-for-3, RBI
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 3-for-5, 2B, 3 RBI
- Jorge Alcala, RHP: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
- Sean Stutzman, LHP: 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Kevin Hill, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (68-49) lost 7-6 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Cameron is hitting .385 with 2 HR, 8 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Troy Sieber, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, C: 1-for-5, R
- Daz Cameron, CF: 3-for-4, R, 2B
- Ronnie Dawson, DH: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Chas McCormick, RF: 1-for-3, R, HR, 4 RBI, BB
- Luis Payano, LF: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Gabriel Valdez, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Jesus Balaguer, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
- Nathan Thompson, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Salvador Montano, LHP: 0.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (27-25) lost 5-2 (BOX SCORE)
- Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-3, 2B
- Gabriel Bracamonte, C: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Corey Julks, LF: 1-for-2, RBI, 2 BB
- Andy Pineda, RF: 2-for-4, R, 3B
- Colton Shaver, 3B: 0-for-2, RBI, BB
- Adam Bleday, LHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Alex House, RHP: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Juan Robles, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Adam Bleday, LHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Rookie: Greeneville Astros (27-23) won 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Cody Bohanek, SS: 0-for-2, R, BB
- Gilberto Celestino, CF: 0-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB
- Roman Garcia, 1B: 2-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Brody Westmoreland, DH: 2-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Martin Figueroa, C: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Frankeny Fernandez, LF: 1-for-3, BB, SB
- Reiny Beltre, 3B: 2-for-4
- Francisco Villegas, LHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Maikel Sepulveda, LHP: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
- Dariel Aquino, RHP: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (WIN)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Kent Emanuel (6.93 ERA)
CC: OFF
BC: Matt Bower (5.74 ERA)
QC: Abdiel Saldana (2.97 ERA)
TC: OFF
GV: Gerardo Bojorquez (5.63 ERA)
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