Astros Minor League Recap: August 20th

Astros Minor League Recap: August 20th, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (70-58) lost 11-8 (BOX SCORE)

Note: White is hitting .298 with 23 HR, 78 RBI in 101 games in AAA.

• Tony Kemp, CF: 4-for-5, 3 R, 2B, RBI
• Colin Walsh, 2B: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI, BB
• Tyler White, 1B: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI
• A.J. Reed, 1B: 1-for-3, BB
• Jack Mayfield, 3B: 1-for-3, BB, SB
• Alejandro Garcia, LF: 1-for-4, R, 2B

• Kent Emanuel, LHP: 4.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Dayan Diaz, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Reymin Guduan, LHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (57-68) lost 8-2 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Birk has homered in 3 straight games and has 13 HR, 62 RBI in 108 games this season.

• Kyle Tucker, RF: 2-for-4
• Jamie Ritchie, C: 1-for-1, R, 2 BB
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI

• Akeem Bostick, RHP: 2.1 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Ryan Thompson, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Cionel Perez, LHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (70-56) lost 3-0 (BOX SCORE)

Note: LaRue has 29 BB/99 K in 109.2 innings between Quad Cities and Buies Creek.

• Carmen Benedetti, LF: 0-for-2, 2 BB
• Rodrigo Ayarza, RF: 2-for-3

• Carson LaRue, RHP: 6.0 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (73-51) won 13-3 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Scheetz has 7 BB/45 K in 39.0 IP this season.

• Daz Cameron, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, 3 RBI
• Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-4, 3 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
• Troy Sieber, 1B: 2-for-3, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB
• Ronnie Dawson, RF: 1-for-4, R, RBI
• Josh Rojas, DH: 2-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
• Wander Franco, 3B: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
• Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-5, R
• Raymond Henderson, 2B: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB
• Marcos Almonte, LF: 1-for-5, R

• Kit Scheetz, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (WIN)
• Cristian Javier, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K (SAVE)

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (29-27) won 13-10 (BOX SCORE)

• Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 2-for-5, R, 4 RBI
• J.J. Matijevic, LF: 2-for-5, 3 R, 2B, HR, RBI
• Adrian Tovalin, 3B: 2-for-5, R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
• Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB
• Colton Shaver, 1B: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2B, BB
• Kyle Davis, 2B: 2-for-2, 2 R, 3 BB
• Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 0-for-3, R, RBI, BB
• Jake Meyers, CF: 1-for-3, 2 R, BB, SB

• Alex House, RHP: 2.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Parker Mushinski, LHP: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Hunter Martin, RHP: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
• Luis Ramirez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (29-27) lost 6-3 (BOX SCORE)

• Wilson Amador, CF: 2-for-3, 2 R, SB
• Frankeny Fernandez, LF: 2-for-4, 2 RBI

• Jheyson Caraballo, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Johsson Arias, RHP: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Cole Watts, LHP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Cy Sneed (9.00 ERA)

CC: OFF

BC: OFF

QC: Yohan Ramirez (4.50 ERA)

TC: Adam Bleday (0.00 ERA)

GV: Hansel Paulino (3.12 ERA)

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