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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