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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