Astros Minor League Recap: August 8th

Astros Minor League Recap: August 8th, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (66-49) lost 7-5 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Kemp has a career high .473 SLG this season with 36 XBH in 96 games.

• Tony Kemp, 2B: 1-for-4, R, 3B, RBI
• Preston Tucker, DH: 0-for-3, R, BB
• A.J. Reed, 1B: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI
• Jack Mayfield, 3B: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
• Alejandro Garcia, RF: 1-for-4, R
• Alex DeGoti, SS: 1-for-2, 2B, BB

• Kent Emanuel, RHP: 6.0 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
• Jordan Jankowski, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
• Dayan Diaz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (54-59) lost 3-1 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Minus his last outing (10 ER), Dykxhoorn has a 1.67 ERA over his last 9 outings.

• Colin Walsh, 2B: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI
• Ramon Laureano, RF: 0-for-3, BB, SB
• Jamie Ritchie, C: 1-for-3, BB
• Rico Noel, CF: 2-for-4

• Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
• Ralph Garza, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
• Andrew Thome, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (66-48) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Cesar is hitting .469 with 8 RBI over his last 8 games.

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

• Matt Bower, LHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
• Jorge Alcala, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (67-46) won 5-0 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Cameron is hitting .483 with 2 HR, 9 RBI over his last 8 games.

Note: Cameron is now hitting .259/.794 OPS with 22 2B, 7 3B, 13 HR, 62 RBI, 24 SB in 100 games this season.

Note: Cameron last 50 games: .328 BA/.400 OBP/.591 SLG, 14 2B, 4 3B, 9 HR, 43 RBI, 12 SB.

• Troy Sieber, DH: 1-for-3, R, BB
• Abraham Toro-Hernandez, DH: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2B, BB
• Daz Cameron, CF: 4-for-4, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI, SB
• Josh Rojas, 3B: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
• Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 1-for-3, BB
• Chas McCormick, RF: 1-for-4, SB

• Cristian Javier, RHP: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K (WIN)
• Gabriel Valdez, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
• Robert Corniel, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (23-24) lost 4-0 (BOX SCORE)

• Jonathan Arauz, 3B: 2-for-4
• Gabriel Bracamonte, C: 3-for-4, 2B
• Corey Julks, RF: 0-for-3, BB, SB

• Kit Scheetz, LHP: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
• Luis Ramirez, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Juan Robles, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (23-19) won 6-5 (BOX SCORE)

• Wilson Amador, CF: 2-for-3, R, BB, 2 SB
• Gilberto Celestino, DH: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, SB
• Patrick Mathis, RF: 1-for-2, 2 R, BB, 2 SB
• Brody Westmoreland, 3B: 1-for-3, R, BB, SB
• Reid Russell, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
• Ruben Castro, C: 1-for-2, 2 RBI, BB

• Leovanny Rodriguez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Francisco Villegas, LHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Tim Hardy, LHP: 2.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Willy Collado, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Dean Deetz (7.02 ERA)

CC: Framber Valdez (5.14 ERA)

BC: Forrest Whitley (2.96 ERA)

QC: OFF

TC: Brandon Bielak (0.82 ERA)

GV: TBD

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