Astros Minor League Recap: September 2nd

Astros Minor League Recap: September 2nd, 2017

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

AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (76-64) won 4-2 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Reed now has 33 HR, 98 RBI in 125 games this season.

• Rico Noel, CF: 2-for-5
• Colin Walsh, SS: 2-for-3, R, 2B, BB
• A.J. Reed, 1B: 1-for-5, RBI
• Preston Tucker, DH: 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 BB
• Drew Ferguson, RF: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
• Garrett Stubbs, C: 0-for-4, R, BB, SB
• Trent Woodward, 3B: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
• Alejandro Garcia, LF: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
• Josh Rojas, 2B: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB

• Trent Thornton, RHP: 8.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• James Hoyt, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (SAVE)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (64-71) lost 6-3 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Ferrell last 8 outings – 0.00 ERA, 11 IP, 3 H, 0 BB, 18 K

• Kyle Tucker, LF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
• Jamie Ritchie, C: 0-for-3, R, BB
• Jason Martin, DH: 2-for-3, R, BB
• Antonio Nunez, SS: 1-for-2, 2B, BB
• Arturo Michelena, 3B: 0-for-2, 2 RBI

• Josh James, RHP: 1.1 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Alex Winkelman, LHP: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Ryan Thompson, RHP: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Riley Ferrell, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

A+: Buies Creek Astros (74-63)

Game 1 – won 1-0 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Alcala has allowed just 71 hits in 109.1 IP this season (.188 BAA).

• Stephen Wrenn, CF: 0-for-2, RBI
• Rodrigo Ayarza, 2B: 1-for-2, R

• Jorge Alcala, RHP: 7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (WIN)

Game 2 – lost 5-2 (BOX SCORE)

Note: Cesar is hitting .359 with 3 HR, 8 RBI over his last 10 games.

• Alex DeGoti, 2B: 1-for-4, R
• Yordan Alvarez, DH: 2-for-4
• Randy Cesar, 3B: 3-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Taylor Jones, 1B: 1-for-3, BB
• Randy Vasquez, C: 2-for-2

• Elieser Hernandez, RHP: 2.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Justin Ferrell, RHP: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Carlos Sierra, RHP: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

A: Quad Cities River Bandits (78-58) lost 4-2 (BOX SCORE)

Note: McCormick is hitting .313 over his last 10 games with 4 BB/2 K.

• Chuckie Robinson, 1B: 0-for-3, R
• Chas McCormick, CF: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
• Marcos Almonte, LF: 1-for-3, RBI

• Carlos Sanabria, RHP: 4.1 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• Yohan Ramirez, RHP: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K

A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (33-38) won 6-1 (BOX SCORE)

• Gabriel Bracamonte, C: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B
• Jonathan Arauz, SS: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI
• Adrian Tovalin, 3B: 1-for-4, RBI
• Jake Meyers, CF: 2-for-4, R, SB
• Miguelangel Sierra, 2B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI
• Andy Pineda, LF: 0-for-2, R, BB, SB

• Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• Colin McKee, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (WIN)
• Angel Heredia, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Luis Ramirez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:

FRE: Kent Emanuel (7.45 ERA)

CC: Cionel Perez (9.82 ERA); Forrest Whitley (0.87 ERA)

BC: Carson LaRue (4.05 ERA)

QC: Patrick Sandoval (4.11 ERA)

TC: TBD

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