Astros Minor League Recap: September 1st

Astros Minor League Recap: September 1st, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (75-64) won 5-2 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Armenteros in AAA – 10 GS, 2.16 ERA, 58.1 IP, 42 H, 19 BB, 72 K

• A.J. Reed, 1B: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
• Preston Tucker, DH: 2-for-4, 2 R, 3B, HR, 2 RBI
• Drew Ferguson, RF: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, SB
• Alejandro Garcia, LF: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
• Josh Rojas, 2B: 1-for-3, BB
• Eduardo de Oleo, C: 2-for-4

• Rogelio Armenteros, RHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (WIN)
• Jacob Dorris, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Brendan McCurry, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• James Hoyt, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (SAVE)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (64-70) won 9-3 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Tucker is hitting .297 with 3 HR, 12 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Myles Straw, CF: 1-for-4, 2 R, BB
• Kyle Tucker, LF: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI
• Carlos Correa, SS: 1-for-5, R, 2B, RBI
• Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-4, R, BB
• Max Stassi, C: 1-for-3, R, RBI, 2 BB
• Jason Martin, DH: 1-for-5, RBI
• Ramon Laureano, RF: 1-for-5, R
• Antonio Nunez, 2B: 1-for-5, 3B, 2 RBI
• Arturo Michelena, 3B: 2-for-4, R, 2B

• Framber Valdez, LHP: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Ralph Garza, RHP: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
• Nick Hernandez, RHP: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (SAVE)

A+: Buies Creek Astros (71-60) POSTPONED

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (78-57) lost 7-4 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Javier has a 2.25 ERA with 80 K in 60 innings this season.

• Chuckie Robinson, C: 1-for-4, R, BB
• Colin Moran, DH: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
• Wander Franco, 1B: 1-for-4, R
• Chas McCormick, RHP: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB
• Cody Bohanek, SS: 1-for-4, R
• Kristian Trompiz, 2B: 1-for-3, RBI, BB

• Cristian Javier, RHP: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
• Devon Carr, LHP: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Jesus Balaguer, RHP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (32-38) lost 5-4 (BOX SCORE)

• Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
• Kyle Davis, 2B: 1-for-4, R
• Gabriel Bracamonte, DH: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
• Michael Papierski, C: 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI
• Jake Meyers, CF: 2-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB
• Andy Pineda, LF: 1-for-3, SB

• Brandon Bielak, RHP: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
• Ian Hardman, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• Corbin Martin, RHP: 3.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Ben Smith, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Trent Thornton (5.30 ERA)

CC: Josh James (3.74 ERA)

BC: Elieser Hernandez (3.67 ERA); Jorge Alcala (3.79 ERA)

QC: Yohan Ramirez (5.31 ERA)

TC: Carlos Hiraldo (7.19 ERA)

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