Astros Minor League Recap: August 9th

Astros Minor League Recap: August 9th, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (66-50) lost 5-3 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Reed is hitting .353 with 3 HR, 8 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Tony Kemp, 2B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
• A.J. Reed, 1B: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI
• Jack Mayfield, 3B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI

• Dean Deetz, RHP: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
• Jacob Dorris, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Ashur Tolliver, LHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
• Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (55-59) won 10-7 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Martin is hitting a combined .282 with 28 2B, 17 HR, 61 RBI between A+/AA this season.

• Colin Walsh, 2B: 1-for-5, R, RBI
• Antonio Nunez, SS: 2-for-5, R
• Kyle Tucker, CF: 0-for-4, RBI
• Jamie Ritchie, C: 2-for-5, R
• Jason Martin, LF: 3-for-5, R, HR, 4 RBI
• Rico Noel, RF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-4, R
• Dexture McCall, 1B: 3-for-4, 3 R, HR, RBI
• Arturo Michelena, 3B: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI

• Framber Valdez, LHP: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
• Cy Sneed, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Ryan Thompson, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (WIN)

A+: Buies Creek Astros (67-48) won 3-2 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Whitley has 9 BB/50 K in 31.1 innings for Buies Creek.

• Myles Straw, CF: 0-for-4, BB, SB
• Jake Rogers, DH: 2-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-4, R, 2B
• Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-4, R, 2B
• Anthony Hermelyn, C: 2-for-3, 2 RBI, BB

• Forrest Whitley, RHP: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
• Erasmo Pinales, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Elieser Hernandez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (67-46) OFF

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (24-24) won 7-2 (BOX SCORE)

• J.J. Matijevic, LF: 1-for-5, R
• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
• Michael Papierski, C: 1-for-4, BB
• Adrian Tovalin, 3B: 2-for-5, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI
• Gabriel Bracamonte, DH: 2-for-5, R, 3B
• Kyle Davis, 2B: 1-for-3, RBI, BB

• Brandon Bielak, RHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Ben Smith, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (WIN)
• Corbin Martin, RHP: 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K (SAVE)

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (23-20) lost 6-1 (BOX SCORE)

• Wilson Amador, LF: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Jose Benjamin, PH-1B: 1-for-1, RBI
• Patrick Mathis, RF: 2-for-4, 2B

• Jheyson Caraballo, RHP: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
• Gerardo Bojorquez, RHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Mike Hauschild (7.02 ERA)

CC: Franklin Perez (4.24 ERA)

BC: Cionel Perez (1.69 ERA)

QC: Carlos Sanabria (4.30 ERA)

TC: J.B. Bukauskas (-.– ERA)

GV: Hansel Paulino (3.06 ERA)

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