Astros Minor League Recap: August 17th, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (69-56) lost 6-0 (BOX SCORE)
Note: McCurry has 47 K in 38.2 IP this season for Fresno.
- Tony Kemp, 2B: 2-for-4
- Tyler White, 3B: 1-for-3, BB, SB
- Preston Tucker, DH: 1-for-3, BB
- David Martinez, RHP: 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Reymin Guduan, LHP: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (56-66) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Whitley now has 30 BB/128 K in 83.2 IP this season.
- Kyle Tucker, CF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, RBI
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
- Spencer Johnson, LF: 2-for-4
- Forrest Whitley, RHP: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 11 K (AA Debut)
- Ryan Thompson, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (70-53) lost 10-6 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Alvarez is hitting .462 with 14 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- Stephen Wrenn, RF: 1-for-4, R, 3B
- Yordan Alvarez, 1B: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR, 3 RBII
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Alex DeGoti, 2B: 1-for-3, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB
- Hector Perez, RHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
- Kevin Hill, RHP: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Sean Stutzman, LHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (71-50) LOST 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Williams has a 2.21 ERA over his last 10 outings.
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-2, RBI, 2 BB, SB
- Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, DH: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Wander Franco, 1B: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Raymond Henderson, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
- Marcos Almonte, 2B: 2-for-4
- Ronel Blanco, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
- Lucas Williams, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Devon Carr, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (27-27) lost 7-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Bryan De La Cruz, 1B: 2-for-5
- J.J. Matijevic, LF: 2-for-4, 2 R, BB
- Jonathan Arauz, SS: 2-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
- Gabriel Bracamonte, DH: 1-for-5, R, RBI
- Michael Papierski, C: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI
- Tyler Ivey, RHP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Colin McKee, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Rookie: Greeneville Astros (29-24)
Game 1 – won 5-4 (BOX SCORE)
- Cody Bohanek, SS: 0-for-1, R, 3 BB
- Gilberto Celestino, CF: 2-for-4, R
- Roman Garcia, 1B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Brody Westmoreland, 3B: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Martin Figueroa, C: 2-for-4, RBI
- Patrick Mathis, RF: 2-for-3, R, 2B, BB
- Chad Donato, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Hansel Paulino, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (WIN)
Game 2 – won 10-0 (BOX SCORE)
- Cody Bohanek, 2B: 0-for-0, R, RBI, 2 BB
- Roman Garcia, DH: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB
- Jose Benjamin, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 R
- Brody Westmoreland, 3B: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, BB
- Patrick Mathis, RF: 0-for-3, R, RBI
- Joan Mauricio, SS: 0-for-1, R, RBI, 2 BB
- Wilson Amador, LF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (WIN)
- Ian Hardman, LHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Rogelio Armenteros (2.82 ERA)
CC: Franklin Perez (3.27 ERA)
BC: Ryan Hartman (3.65 ERA)
QC: TBD
TC: TBD
GV: Jairo Solis (10.80 ERA)
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