Astros Minor League Recap: September 3rd, 2017
Another day of baseball in the books. See how the teams and prospects performed in their games last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (76-65) lost 10-8 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Reed now has 33 HR, 98 RBI in 125 games this season.
- Rico Noel, CF: 2-for-4, 3 R, 2B, 3B, RBI
- Colin Walsh, 3B: 1-for-3, 3 R, 3B, RBI, 2 BB
- A.J. Reed, 1B: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
- Preston Tucker, RF: 1-for-4, 3 RBI
- Drew Ferguson, LF: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Garrett Stubbs, C: 2-for-5, RBI, SB
- Reid Brignac, SS: 2-for-5
- Josh Rojas, 2B: 1-for-4, R
- Kent Emanuel, LHP: 3.1 IP, 11 H, 7 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- Andrew Thome, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Dean Deetz, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Jumbo Diaz, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Brendan McCurry, RHP: 0.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (66-71)
Game 1 – won 4-0 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Ferrell last 9 outings – 0.00 ERA, 12.1 IP, 3 H, 0 BB, 19 K
- Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 0-for-2, RBI, BB
- Kyle Tucker, LF: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI
- Dexture McCall, 1B: 2-for-3
- Jason Martin, LF: 1-for-3, R, 2B
- Ramon Laureano, RF: 2-for-2, R, BB
- Cionel Perez, LHP: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Riley Ferrell, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)
Game 2 – won 4-3 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Whitley has 34 BB/143 K in 92.1 innings this season.
- Myles Straw, CF: 2-for-4, R
- Ryne Birk, 2B: 2-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
- Kyle Tucker, LF: 2-for-4
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Ramon Laureano, RF: 0-for-3, RBI
- Jamie Ritchie, C: 2-for-3
- Arturo Michelena, 3B: 1-for-3, R
- Forrest Whitley, RHP: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
- Sean Stutzman, LHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
- Ralph Garza, RHP: 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Nick Hernandez, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Framber Valdez, LHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (WIN)
A+: Buies Creek Astros (74-64) lost 7-3 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Cesar is hitting .350 with 8 RBI over his last 10 games.
- Ronnie Dawson, RF: 3-for-4, R, BB
- Yordan Alvarez, DH: 1-for-4, BB
- Randy Cesar, 3B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Taylor Jones, 1B: 2-for-5, R
- Rodrigo Ayarza, LF: 4-for-4, 2B, 3B, RBI
- Anibal Sierra, SS: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- Carson LaRue, RHP: 6.0 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- Devin Raftery, RHP: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (78-59) lost 6-4 (BOX SCORE)
Note: Sandoval has 78 K in 61.2 innings this season.
- Abraham Toro-Hernandez, C: 1-for-3, R, BB
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Wander Franco, 1B: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Kristian Trompiz, LF: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Raymond Henderson, 2B: 2-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI
- Patrick Sandoval, LHP: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Lucas Williams, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Salvador Montano, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (33-38) POSTPONED
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Cy Sneed (9.82 ERA)
CC: Akeem Bostick (5.08 ERA)
BC: Abdiel Saldana (3.46 ERA)
QC: Nathan Thompson (6.14 ERA)
TC: TBD
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