Astros Minor League Recap: August 19th

Astros Minor League Recap: August 19th, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (70-57) lost 4-1 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Kemp is hitting .320 this season with just 41 K in 107 games.

• Tony Kemp, 2B: 2-for-5, R
• Colin Walsh, DH: 1-for-3, 2B, 2 BB
• A.J. Reed, 1B: 0-for-2, 2 BB
• Preston Tucker, RF: 0-for-2, RBI, 2 BB, SB

• Trent Thornton, RHP: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
• Jacob Dorris, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Kevin Comer, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (57-67) lost 12-5 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Tucker now has 29 2B, 20 HR, 75 RBI in 105 games this season.

• Jason Martin, DH: 1-for-5, R, SB
• Ramon Laureano, CF: 3-for-5, R, 3B, 2 RBI, SB
• Kyle Tucker, RF: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB
• Jamie Ritchie, C: 2-for-4, BB
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 2-for-5, R, HR, RBI
• Antonio Nunez, SS: 3-for-3, 2 R, 2B, BB

• Josh James, RHP: 0.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Nick Hernandez, RHP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
• Alex Winkelman, LHP: 3.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
• Ralph Garza, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (70-55) lost 5-1 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Alvarez is hitting .487 with 2 HR, 15 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Yordan Alvarez, LF: 2-for-3, 2 2B, BB
• Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 0-for-2, 2 BB
• Rodrigo Ayarza, 2B: 1-for-4, 2B

• Jorge Alcala, RHP: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Matt Bower, LHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (72-51) lost 8-5 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Thompson has 52 K in 40 IP this season between Tri-City and Quad Cities.

• Daz Cameron, CF: 1-for-5, R, 3B
• Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-4, R, BB
• Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
• Luis Payano, RF: 1-for-2, 2 R, 2B, 2 BB
• Wander Franco, 3B: 2-for-4
• Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI

• Nathan Thompson, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
• Dustin Hunt, RHP: 2.2 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
• Devon Carr, LHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (28-27) won 4-1 (BOX SCORE)

• Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI
• J.J. Matijevic, DH: 1-for-3, R, 2B, SB
• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 0-for-1, R, 2 BB
• Gabriel Bracamonte, C: 1-for-3, BB
• Adrian Tovalin, 3B: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
• Kyle Davis, 2B: 1-for-3, BB, SB

• Leovanny Rodriguez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
• Diogenes Almengo, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
• Matt Ruppenthal, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (29-26) lost 11-3 (BOX SCORE)

• Frankeny Fernandez, LF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
• Roman Garcia, 1B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Oscar Campos, C: 2-for-4, 4B
• Joan Mauricio, SS: 1-for-2, R, BB

• Maikel Sepulveda, LHP: 3.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Noel Pinto, LHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Francisco Villegas, LHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 5 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
• Willy Collado, RHP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Kent Emanuel (6.37 ERA)

CC: Akeem Bostick (4.55 ERA)

BC: Carson LaRue (6.00 ERA)

QC: Kit Scheetz (1.50 ERA)

TC: Alex House (3.29 ERA)

GV: TBD

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