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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