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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