Astros Minor League Recap: August 23rd, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (71-59) OFF
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (58-69) lost 8-4 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Tucker has 4 HR, 7 RBI over his last 7 games.
- Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-4, RBI, BB, SB
- Kyle Tucker, LF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Ramon Laureano, RF: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI
- Trent Woodward, 3B: 1-for-3, BB
- Framber Valdez, LHP: 4.2 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 8 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
- Nick Hernandez, RHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Ryan Thompson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
A+: Buies Creek Astros (71-57) won 7-3 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Cesar is hitting .375 with 4 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Ronnie Dawson, RF: 0-for-2, R, RBI, 2 BB
- Stephen Wrenn, CF: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Yordan Alvarez, LF: 2-for-4, R
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 3-for-4, 3 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 0-for-2, RBI, BB
- Anthony Hermelyn, DH: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
- Alex DeGoti, 2B: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Brett Adcock, LHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
- Kevin Hill, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (WIN)
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (75-52) lost 3-0 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Sandoval has 65 K in 51 IP this season.
- Daz Cameron, CF: 0-for-2, BB
- Luis Payano, RF: 0-for-2, BB
Yes, they were no-hit last night.
- Ronel Blanco, RHP: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 1 K
- Patrick Sandoval, LHP: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (30-30) lost 5-2 (BOX SCORE)
- Jake Meyers, RF: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B
- J.J. Matijevic, LF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Gabriel Bracamonte, DH: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
- Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
- Tyler Ivey, RHP: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
- Luis Ramirez, RHP: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Rookie: Greeneville Astros (31-28) won 4-1 (BOX SCORE)
- Juan Pineda, 2B: 1-for-3, R, RBI
- Frankeny Fernandez, DH: 1-for-4, R
- Gilberto Celestino, CF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Roman Garcia, 1B: 1-for-3, RBI
- Joan Mauricio, SS: 0-for-2, R, BB
- Wilson Amador, LF: 2-for-3, R, 2B, RBI
- Jairo Solis, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- Tim Hardy, LHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K (SAVE)
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: David Martinez (4.81 ERA)
CC: Forrest Whitley (0.00 ERA)
BC: Hector Perez (3.29 ERA)
QC: TBD
TC: TBD
GV: Francisco Villegas (3.63 ERA)
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