Astros Minor League Recap: August 1st

Astros Minor League Recap: August 1st, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (65-45) lost 9-1 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Kemp now has a new career high in HR with 9 in 2017.

• Tony Kemp, CF: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
• Drew Ferguson, PH-CF: 1-for-1 (AAA debut)
• Alejandro Garcia, RF: 1-for-3

• Kent Emanuel, LHP: 5.0 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
• Jacob Dorris, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• Ashur Tolliver, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (52-57) lost 7-3 (BOX SCORE) 

Note: Garza has 3 BB/16 K in 11.1 innings with Corpus Christ.

• Kyle Tucker, RF: 1-for-5, R
• Jason Martin, LF: 2-for-3, 2 RBI, BB
• Ramon Laureano, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2B
• Jon Singleton, DH: 2-for-3, R, 2B, BB

• Framber Valdez, LHP: 5.1 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
• Ralph Garza, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (63-46) won 6-1 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Whitley has 27 BB/110 K in 73.2 innings with a 2.93 ERA this season.

• Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-5, R
• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 2-for-3, R, BB
• Yordan Alvarez, 1B: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
• Randy Cesar, 3B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, SB
• Alex DeGoti, 2B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI

• Forrest Whitley, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (WIN)
• Sean Stutzman, LHP: 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (60-46) won 6-3 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Toro-Hernandez is hitting .441 with 5 HR, 11 BB/6 SO over his last 10 games.

• Ronnie Dawson, LF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
• Carmen Benedetti, RF: 2-for-5, R, RBI
• Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-5, R, RBI
• Troy Sieber, 1B: 3-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
• Abraham Toro-Hernandez, DH: 2-for-3, 2 BB
• Daz Cameron, CF: 2-for-4, R, RBI
• Josh Rojas, 2B: 0-for-3, R, RBI, BB

• Carson LaRue, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (WIN)
• Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K (SAVE)

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (19-21) won 5-0 (BOX SCORE)

Note: McKee has a 0.79 ERA with 7 BB/15 K over his last 11.1 IP (5 outings).

• Bryan De La Cruz, 1B: 1-for-3, RBI, SB
• J.J. Matijevic, LF: 0-for-3, RBI
• Corey Julks, RF: 1-for-4, R
• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 2-for-4, R, 2B
• Kyle Davis, 2B: 1-for-1, 2 R, 2B, RBI, 3 BB
• Carlos Canelon, C: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB

• Nathan Thompson, RHP: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
• Luis Ramirez, RHP: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)
• Colin McKee, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (SAVE)

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (21-17) lost 7-0 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Rodriguez has a 1.80 ERA with 6 BB/33 K in 35 IP for Greeneville.

• Gilberto Celestino, CF: 2-for-4, 2B
• Frankeny Fernandez, LF: 1-for-4, 2B
• Reiny Beltre, 2B: 1-for-3, 2B

• Leovanny Rodriguez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
• Tim Hardy, LHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• Johsson Arias, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: OFF

CC: Josh James (2.81 ERA)

BC: Elieser Hernandez (4.31 ERA)

QC: TBD

TC: TBD

GV: OFF

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