Astros Minor League Recap: August 13th

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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