Astros Minor League Recap: July 31st

Astros Minor League Recap: July 31st, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (64-44) won 6-4 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Kemmer hit .356 in the month of July.

• Tony Kemp, 2B: 2-for-5, R, 2B. 2 SB
• Jack Mayfield, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB, SB
• Preston Tucker, RF: 0-for-4, R, BB
• J.D. Davis, 1B: 1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
• Reid Brignac, SS: 0-for-4, R, BB
• Juan Centeno, C: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
• Alejandro Garcia, RHP: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB, SB

• Trent Thornton, RHP: 6.0 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
• James Hoyt, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)
• Jumbo Diaz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K (SAVE)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (52-56) lost 12-0 (BOX SCORE) 

Note: Ferguson is hitting .303 over his last 10 games.

• Colin Walsh, 3B: 0-for-2, 2 BB
• Kyle Tucker, DH: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
• Jason Martin, LF: 1-for-4
• Ramon Laureano, RF: 1-for-4
• Ryne Birk, 2B: 1-for-4
• Antonio Nunez, SS: 1-for-4, 2B

• Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 3.2 IP, 11 H, 10 R, 10 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Yoanys Quiala, RHP: 3.0 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Nick Hernandez, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (62-46) won 4-2 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Alcala has a 2.44 ERA this season allowing just 46 hits in 84.2 innings.

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

• Jorge Alcala, RHP: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
• Matt Bower, LHP: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (59-46) lost 4-3 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Benedetti hit .402 during the month of July.

• Ronnie Dawson, LF: 2-for-4, BB, 2 SB
• Carmen Benedetti, DH: 2-for-5
• Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-5, R
• Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B: 0-for-4, R, BB
• Josh Rojas, 2B: 1-for-5, RBI
• Kristian Trompiz, SS: 1-for-4, RBI
• Troy Sieber, 1B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB

• Patrick Sandoval, LHP: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
• Devon Carr, LHP: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (18-21) won 1-0 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Johnson has 4 BB/25 K in 20 IP for Tri-City this year.

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

• Tyler Ivey, RHP: 4.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Diogenes Almengo, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
• Reggie Johnson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)

Rookie: Greeneville Astros (21-16) won 6-1 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Celestino is hitting .341 over his last 10 games.

• Cody Bohanek, SS: 1-for-5, RBI
• Gilberto Celestino, CF: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
• Brody Westmoreland, 3B: 1-for-4, R
• Frankeny Fernandez, RF: 1-for-3, R, BB
• Martin Figueroa, C: 2-for-2, R, 2 BB
• Jose Benjamin, 1B: 0-for-3, 2 BB
• Joan Mauricio, 2B: 1-for-4, R
• Wilson Amador, LF: 3-for-4, 2 R, 3B

• Felipe Tejada, RHP: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
• Humberto Castellanos, RHP: 4.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (WIN)

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Kent Emanuel (4.61 ERA)

CC: Framber Valdez (4.55 ERA)

BC: TBD

QC: Carson LaRue (2.79 ERA)

TC: Matt Ruppenthal (4.97 ERA)

GV: Leovanny Rodriguez (2.10 ERA)

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