Astros Minor League Recap: August 5th

Astros Minor League Recap: August 5th, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (66-47) lost 6-1 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Armenteros has 12 BB/41 K in 33.1 innings in AAA.

• Jack Mayfield, 3B: 1-for-4, R
• Alejandro Garcia, RF: 0-for-3, RBI

• Rogelio Armenteros, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 9 K
• Ashur Tolliver, LHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• Jordan Jankowski, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Jumbo Diaz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (54-58) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Birk has 15 2B, 10 HR, 52 RBI in 92 games this season.

• Rico Noel, CF: 0-for-3, BB, SB
• Jason Martin, LF: 2-for-4, R, SB
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 2-for-3, RBI

• Alex Winkelman, LHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Akeem Bostick, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (65-47) won 7-5 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Cesar is hitting .417 with 6 RBI over his last 6 games.

• Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-5, R, RBI
• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 2-for-5, R, RBI
• Yordan Alvarez, 1B: 2-for-5, R, RBI
• Jake Rogers, C: 1-for-4, R, 3B, 2 RBI
• Randy Cesar, 3B: 2-for-4, R, RBI
• Carmen Benedetti, LF: 1-for-4, R
• Rodrigo Ayarza, 2B: 1-for-4, R, RBI

• Ryan Hartman, LHP: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K (WIN)
• Carlos Sierra, RHP: 2.2 IP, 3 H. 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Sean Stutzman, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (SAVE)

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (64-46) won 8-2 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Dawson is hitting .500 with 14 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Ronnie Dawson, LF: 2-for-3, R, 2 RBI, BB
• Chuckie Robinson, C: 3-for-4, R, RBI
• Troy Sieber, 1B: 3-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
• Abraham Toro-Hernandez, DH: 1-for-4, R, 3B, RBI
• Daz Cameron, CF: 2-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
• Josh Rojas, 3B: 1-for-4, R
• Kristian Trompiz, 2B: 1-for-4, R
• Chas McCormick, RF: 1-for-3, R, 2B

• Ronel Blanco, RHP: 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Patrick Sandoval, LHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (SAVE)

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (21-23) lost 3-2 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Ivey has 24 K in 21.2 innings this season.

• Adrian Tovalin, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B
• Kyle Davis, 2B: 2-for-4, 2B
• Jake Meyers, CF: 1-for-3, R

• Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Tyler Ivey, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
• Diogenes Almengo, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (23-18) won 7-4 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Celestino is hitting .349 with 8 RBI, 3 SB over his last 10 games.

• Cody Bohanek, SS: 2-for-5, RBI
• Gilberto Celestino, DH: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB
• Frankeny Fernandez, LF: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Jose Benjamin, RF: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI
• Reid Russell, 1B: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Joan Mauricio, 2B: 1-for-4, R, RBI
• Wilson Amador, CF: 1-for-3, R, RBI, 2 SB

• Hansel Paulino, RHP: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Willy Collado, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Cole Watts, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: David Martinez (4.76 ERA)

CC: Yoanys Quiala (4.06 ERA)

BC: Hector Perez (2.96 ERA)

QC: Abdiel Saldana (2.84 ERA)

TC: Matt Ruppenthal (4.97 ERA)

GV: TBD

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