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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