Astros Minor League Recap: August 6th

Astros Minor League Recap: August 6th, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (66-48) lost 5-4 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Mayfield is hitting .271 in 25 AAA games.

• Drew Ferguson, CF: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB
• Preston Tucker, RF: 1-for-5, R, 2B
• Jack Mayfield, 3B: 4-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
• Jon Kemmer, LF: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2B, RBI, BB

• David Martinez, RHP: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Jumbo Diaz, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• Jacob Dorris, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
• Dayan Diaz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (54-59) lost 7-6 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Ritchie became the first player in Hooks history to hit for the cycle.

• Ramon Laureano, RF: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 BB
• Kyle Tucker, CF: 2-for-4
• Dexture McCall, 1B: 1-for-4, R
• Jamie Ritchie, C: 4-for-4, 3 R, 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-4, RBI

• Yoanys Quiala, RHP: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
• Ryan Thompson, RHP: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Nick Hernandez, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (66-47) won 9-1 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Cesar is hitting .464 with 8 RBI over his last 7 games.

• Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-2, R, 3 BB
• Stephen Wrenn, RF: 2-for-5, 2 R
• Yordan Alvarez, 1B: 3-for-5, R, RBI
• Jake Rogers, C: 0-for-2, R, 3 BB, SB
• Randy Cesar, 3B: 3-for-4, 3 R, 2B, RBI, BB
• Carmen Benedetti, LF: 2-for-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI
• Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-5, RBI
• Rodrigo Ayarza, 2B: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB

• Hector Perez, RHP: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (WIN)
• Sebastian Kessay, LHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (SAVE)

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (65-46) won 6-5 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Robinson is hitting .391 with 9 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, BB
• Chuckie Robinson, C: 2-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Troy Sieber, 1B: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB
• Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 1-for-5, R
• Daz Cameron, CF: 2-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB
• Josh Rojas, 2B: 3-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
• Luis Payano, RF: 1-for-3, RBI, BB

• Abdiel Saldana, RHP: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
• Devon Carr, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
• Jesus Balaguer, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (WIN)

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (22-23) won 9-3 (BOX SCORE)

• Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 3-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI
• J.J. Matijevic, LF: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, BB, SB
• Colton Shaver, DH: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
• Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-2, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB
• Jake Adams, 1B: 1-for-5, R, 2B
• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 2-for-4, 2 R, 3B, RBI, BB
• Kyle Davis, 2B: 0-for-2, R, RBI, BB

• Matt Ruppenthal, RHP: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
• Colin McKee, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (WIN)
• Nathan Thompson, RHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (SAVE)

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (23-19) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)

• Patrick Mathis, RF: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB
• Brody Westmoreland, 3B: 1-for-5, 2B
• Frankeny Fernandez, LF: 1-for-3, RBI, BB, SB
• Jose Benjamin, 1B: 1-for-3, R, 3B
• Wilson Amador, CF: 1-for-3, SB

• Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Johsson Arias, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Ian Hardman, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K (WIN)

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Trent Thornton (4.76 ERA)

CC: OFF

BC: OFF

QC: Carson LaRue (2.83 ERA)

TC: Alex House (2.79 ERA)

GV: TBD

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